Imagine E.T. snorted your dad off a space toilet. You’d be mad, but there wouldn’t be anything you could do about it. Unless you happened to have an arsenal of powerful alien guns and some tricked-out power armour. This is the story of you, an unassuming kid who just happens to love video games, and how Earth getting taken over by a vast interstellar drug cartel turns out to be the making of…
Domina From Overwatch, Will You Be My Valentine?
February 12, 2026
Have you ever fallen in love?
I did nearly a decade ago, with Overwatch, Blizzard’s hero shooter of near-immaculate design. But that relationship sadly became strained, distant even, ever since its decision to move on from those initial glory days and reinvent itself as a…
A legal clash between Coinbase and Nevada regulators is testing whether states can treat federally regulated prediction markets as gambling, setting up a high-stakes fight over who controls crypto derivatives in the United States.
Federal Preemption or State Gambling Law?
Ripple Reaffirms XRP Priority: CEO Says XRP Family Comes First
February 12, 2026
XRP optimism intensified as Ripple leadership reinforced unwavering commitment to the crypto asset’s long-term utility, signaling alignment between strategy and execution while positioning XRP at the core of expanding institutional finance infrastructure.
Ripple Leadership Reinforces XRP’s Central Role as Bullish Momentum Builds
Optimism around XRP strengthened as Ripple leadership emphasized…
Binance and Franklin Templeton have activated tokenized money market funds as off-exchange collateral, accelerating institutional crypto adoption and tightening the bridge between traditional finance and blockchain-based trading infrastructure.
Franklin Templeton and Binance…
Nothing Essential Apps Beta Announced for Nothing Phone (3)
February 12, 2026
Nothing Essential Apps beta has been announced by the UK-based brand. While currently limited to its flagship, Nothing says its Ai-based mini-app and widget builder will soon come to older Nothing and CMF phones as well. Here’s how you can use the feature.
Nothing…
Samsung Announces Galaxy Unpacked February 2026 Event, Pre-Reservations Go Live; Galaxy S26 Series Detailed Specs Surface
February 12, 2026
Samsung has announced the Galaxy Unpacked February 2026 event for later this month where it will be unveiling its Galaxy S26 series. “Get ready for a mobile experience designed to remove friction from the things you do every day. The new Galaxy S series is coming – built to simplify everyday interactions, inspire confidence and make Galaxy AI feel seamlessly integrated from the moment…
Meridian raises $17 million to remake the agentic spreadsheet
February 12, 2026
The fight to tame spreadsheets with AI isn’t over yet. A new company called Meridian has emerged from stealth with a more comprehensive IDE-based approach to agentic financial modeling – and plenty of funding to build it. On Wednesday, the company announced $17…
On Tuesday night, Elon Musk gathered the employees of xAI for an all-hands meeting. Evidently, he wanted to talk about the future of his AI company and, specifically, how it relates to the moon.
According to The New York Times, which reports that it heard the meeting, Musk…
Okay, now exactly half of xAI’s founding team has left the company
February 12, 2026
Monday night, xAI co-founder Yuhuai (Tony) Wu announced he was leaving the company. “It’s time for my next chapter,” Wu wrote in a late-night post on X. “It is an era with full possibilities: a small team armed with AIs can move mountains and redefine what’s possible.”
Less than a day later, on Tuesday afternoon, xAI co-founder Jimmy Ba, who reported directly to…
