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February 21, 2026
Roewe M7 OTA2 Adds AI Pre-Aim and Sentry Mode
Roewe M7 DMH's second OTA introduces sentry mode for parking alerts, AI pre-aim scanning 15m ahead for bumps with instant suspension tweaks, and DIY drag-to-park. Features also include app parking photos, personalized sounds, and Baidu Maps phone-car handover. Launched Sep 2025 as affordable PHEV with 160km EV range.
Asus ExpertBook Ultra: Productivity Dream Laptop
Asus' ExpertBook Ultra is praised as a productivity dream machine that hits all the right notes. It features Intel's flagship Panther Lake chip and a vibrant OLED display. The laptop is described as a joy to use for work.
Intel 18A Real Test: 36nm M0, 76nm GAA
Analyst teardown of Panther Lake reveals Intel 18A process details, including 36nm M0 spacing for HP library and 76nm GAA gate spacing for logic. Power Via back-power delivery is limited to logic chips due to spacing constraints, absent in SRAM. Future 14A node expected to resolve SRAM limitations with BSCON tech.
CLI Installs for Store Apps
Windows PowerShell now supports installing and updating Microsoft Store apps via simple text commands. This skips the Store's ads and clutter for faster management. Ideal for developers automating workflows.
Tech Founders Master AI Business
Tech entrepreneur recounts a talk to Chinese execs on generative AI business, arguing technical leaders like Lisa Su outperform MBAs. Stresses tech CEOs' edge in understanding deep tech. Explains SaaS pitfalls: revenue ≠ cashflow.
SK Hynix: AI Demand Fuels 2026 Memory Price Surge
SK Hynix forecasts memory prices rising all 2026 due to AI demand and supply limits. Customer inventories sit at tight 4 weeks, boosting supplier pricing power. Clients shifted to rational ordering amid no full demand fulfillment.
Tsinghua Reveals Human-AI Driving Attention Differences
Tsinghua AIR team published a study in npj Artificial Intelligence dissecting visual attention differences between humans and autonomous driving algorithms using eye-tracking experiments and algorithm comparisons. They proposed a three-stage quantitative framework for human driving attention. Algorithms lack semantic saliency extraction, but human-like semantic attention efficiently bridges semantic and grounding gaps without large pretraining.
AI Could Freeze Progress Warns Expert
Hilary Allen, a law professor, discusses how AI might undermine financial stability and halt technological progress. The podcast covers regulation of AI and crypto, venture capital's influence in Silicon Valley, and lessons from dot-com era companies. It highlights risks in new financial technologies.
AI Boom Lacks Public Enthusiasm
Tech leaders worry about the public's underwhelming enthusiasm for AI plans to remake the world. Unlike the dot-com boom, AI fails to excite the masses. This raises fears of a potential bubble burst.
Samsung Validates 7GHz 6G X-MIMO at 3Gbps Downlink
Samsung, KT, and Keysight verified X-MIMO in 7GHz band, hitting 3Gbps peak downlink outdoors. Ultra-high density antennas achieve 4x 5G density for future data demands including AI. Tested with 256-port 6G base station prototype.
TeichAI launches high-reasoning GGUF distillate
TeichAI releases GLM-4.7-Flash-Claude-Opus-4.5-High-Reasoning-Distill-GGUF on Hugging Face. Model was featured yesterday by Unsloth and on X. Reddit post invites community to check it out.
Apple iPhone Fold, 18 Pro to Mass Produce July
Leaker @刹那数码 claims Apple will start mass production of iPhone Fold and iPhone 18 Pro in July. The two models are expected to launch simultaneously. This marks Apple's entry into foldable smartphones.
Ouro-2.6B-Thinking fixed for Transformers
ByteDance's recurrent Universal Transformer Ouro-2.6B-Thinking now runs correctly with transformers 4.55 after fixing bugs in modeling code. Achieves ~3.8 t/s on NVIDIA L4 using 5.3 GB VRAM. Repo at huggingface.co/scpalmetto/Ouro-2.6B-Thinking-Fixed.
Mapped All Australian High Court Cases 1901-2025
Developer created a 3D visualization of ~7,000 High Court cases using embeddings, citations, and clustering from Open Australian Legal Corpus processed by Kanon 2 tools. Nodes sized by citation frequency, colored by citation sentiment, clustered by topics like estate and criminal law. Includes tutorial on replicating with own documents.
AI's Cognitive Rift Splits Humanity
Wharton study shows 'cognitive surrender' as users blindly accept AI errors 73% of the time, birthing System 3 thinking. This creates K-type divergence: 1% evolve as AI architects with rare skills like storytelling and empathy, while 99% risk degeneration. Feedback loops amplify the gap, turning AI into a cognitive prosthesis.
Robotics Burns 540B RMB, Hits Survival Turn
The robotics sector has burned through 540 billion RMB amid hype. It now enters a brutal 'eat chicken' survival phase. Balancing buzz with real-world deployment raises questions on pragmatism's cost.
Ex-Tencent Planner Lights AI Evolution Tree in OpenClaw
A former Tencent game planner has activated the AI evolution tree in the OpenClaw community. This feature endows AI with DNA-like structures for inheritance and evolution. It signals the dawn of silicon-based AI life evolution.
India Joins US-Led Pax Silica Framework
India announced joining the US-led Pax Silica framework to boost cooperation in semiconductors, advanced manufacturing, and key technologies. This strengthens strategic alliances amid intensifying US-China geopolitical competition. Seen as a milestone in India-US relations.
Toyota, Suzuki Adopt Chinese AI Chips
Toyota and Suzuki are adopting SoCs from Chinese firm Horizon Robotics for vehicles sold outside China. The chips are praised for reliability comparable to Western counterparts. This reflects growing global acceptance of Chinese automotive semiconductors.
Sony Tests 16MP Sensor for 4K 240fps
Sony is testing a 16MP partially stacked CMOS sensor for FX3 II and A7S IV cameras. It enables near-5K oversampled 4K at 240fps readout speed, double that of A7V. Features include 7.2μm pixels for low-light, full-pixel PDAF, IBIS, and DCG-HDR.