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// Tech news at terminal velocity
cat 2026-02-17.md
$ cat TLDR.md
▸ Apple confirms a 'Special Experience' for March 4th (expect Macs)
▸ Valve's Steam Deck OLED hits shortages amid a global RAM crisis
▸ ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 gets dragged by Hollywood for 'clip art' AI
Cupertino has sent out invites for a 'Special Experience' on March 4. While they're playing coy, the rumor mill is screaming about M4 MacBook Airs and perhaps a new iPad, because you definitely need another rectangle in your life.
Valve officially flagged that the Steam Deck OLED will be 'intermittently' out of stock due to memory shortages. It's the first major consumer casualty of the looming 2026 RAM crisis, proving that even Lord Gaben isn't immune to silicon economics.
TikTok's parent company launched a video generation tool that turned Hollywood icons into what critics are calling 'AI clip art.' The backlash was immediate, forcing a rare backpedal from the tech giant as Tinseltown sharpens its pitchforks.
In 'money is fake' news, Ricursive Intelligence just raised $335M at a $4B valuation despite being only four months old. Investors are apparently throwing cash at the 'famed founders' faster than they can burn it.
Infosys is partnering with Anthropic to build 'enterprise-grade' AI agents. It's a fascinating defensive move: System Integrators live on billable hours, and AI agents theoretically destroy that model. By owning the implementation, Infosys is trying to sell the very thing that threatens to eat its lunch.
Samsung has moved from putting AI in your phone to putting bad AI in their ads. The company is being roasted for 'slopping' AI-generated and edited content across social channels, proving that just because you *can* generate a video doesn't mean you *should*.
Scientists have developed a fluid molecule that changes structure when hit by sunlight, storing the energy to be released as heat months later. It's a DNA-inspired approach that could eventually replace bulky batteries for thermal storage, assuming we can scale it up.
Cohere released 'Tiny Aya,' a family of open weights models supporting over 70 languages. While everyone else chases massive parameter counts, Cohere is optimizing for the edge and underrepresented languages.
A fresh look at GrapheneOS, the hardened Android fork that strips out Google Play Services entirely. It's the gold standard for mobile privacy if you're willing to trade convenience for not being tracked by the mothership.
Before 'AI music' was a buzzword for copyright theft, Laurie Spiegel built Music Mouse (1986) to augment human creativity rather than replace it. A great read on the difference between algorithmic tools and generative slop.
A Best Buy employee allegedly used a manager's login to buy MacBooks for pennies on the dollar. It worked great until the cops showed up. Pro tip: If you're going to commit fraud, maybe don't do it where you clock in.
The Galaxy Z Fold 7 combined with a folding keyboard is apparently the new 'purse computer.' It's a cute idea until you realize you're squinting at a spreadsheet on a crease in a coffee shop.