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Top Linux Distros for Home Lab Servers
Author recommends four favorite Linux server distros for home labs. Ideal for bare metal servers or virtual machines.
ZDNet AI · 208d ago
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February 20, 2026
Business
Nvidia Nears $30B OpenAI Investment
Nvidia is reportedly finalizing a $30 billion investment in OpenAI, replacing a $100 billion long-term commitment from last year between the two companies. This investment forms part of OpenAI's latest funding round.
36氪 · 208d ago
Business
Meta Slashes Employee Equity 5% for AI
Mark Zuckerberg is cutting costs to allocate funds for massive AI expenditures, resulting in a 5% reduction in equity rewards for most Meta employees. This move prioritizes AI investment amid rising compute demands.
36氪 · 208d ago
Infrastructure
Fed Daly Sees Real AI Capex Demand
San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly stated that after 75 bps rate cuts, the labor market has improved and policy is in good shape. She noted challenges in reaching inflation targets due to tariffs but sees tech applications easing inflation.
36氪 · 208d ago
Infrastructure
AMD Backs $300M Crusoe Loan
AMD is supporting a $300 million loan to AI cloud provider Crusoe from Goldman Sachs. The loan is collateralized by chip products.
36氪 · 208d ago
Business
Amazon Bans Claude, Ignites AI Sovereignty War
Amazon is banning the use of Anthropic's Claude model while aggressively promoting its own self-developed AI solutions. This action marks the opening salvo in a battle for AI ecosystem sovereignty.
钛媒体 · 208d ago
Applications
Cooking Robots Scale in Chinese Catering
2025 marks the rise of cooking robots in Chinese restaurants, shifting from demos to store deployments. Pancake robots boost efficiency in street stalls; coffee humanoids draw crowds for novelty.
虎嗅 · 208d ago
Research
MIT CSAIL 2025 AI Agent Index Exposes Safety Gaps
AI agents are proliferating and becoming more capable without consensus on behavioral standards or safety disclosures, according to academic researchers. MIT CSAIL's 2025 AI Agent Index places these opaque automated systems under scrutiny.
The Register - AI/ML · 208d ago
Video
Film 'Biaoren' deploys Seedance 2.0 for easter egg
Director Yuan Heping discloses using ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 to design AI character easter egg in 'Biaoren: Wind Rises in Desert'. Tool excels in multi-modal video gen for complex motions.
IT之家 · 208d ago
Business
Nvidia Deepens India AI Startup Ties
Nvidia is partnering with investors, nonprofits, and venture firms to establish earlier connections with India's fast-growing AI founder ecosystem. This strategic push targets early-stage AI startups in the region.
TechCrunch AI · 208d ago
Infrastructure
Phishing Bypasses Microsoft 365 MFA via OAuth
A new phishing campaign targets North American businesses by tricking employees into entering an attacker-provided device code on a legitimate Microsoft 365 login page. This grants OAuth tokens for persistent access to accounts, apps like Outlook, Teams, and OneDrive without stealing credentials.
Computerworld · 208d ago
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DuckDuckGo Launches Free AI Image Editor
DuckDuckGo released a free, no-registration AI image editing tool on Duck.ai, allowing users to upload images and describe edits via text prompts. Powered by OpenAI models, it supports JPEG, PNG, WebP formats with drag-and-drop.
IT之家 · 208d ago
Infrastructure
GitLab Extends Omnibus Signing Key to 2028
GitLab has extended its Omnibus package GPG signing key expiration from February 2026 to February 2028 to align with security policies while avoiding disruptive key rotation. Users verifying package signatures must update their key copy.
GitLab Blog · 208d ago
Infrastructure
GGML & llama.cpp Join Hugging Face
GGML and llama.cpp, essential tools for local AI inference, have officially joined Hugging Face. This integration aims to secure their long-term development and maintenance.
Hugging Face Blog · 208d ago
Infrastructure
Free AI Training with Unsloth on HF Jobs
Hugging Face enables free training of AI models using Unsloth on their Jobs platform. Unsloth accelerates fine-tuning while reducing memory usage.
Hugging Face Blog · 208d ago
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Business
CH Robinson CEO: AI Game-Changer
C.H. Robinson CEO Dave Bozeman describes the company's AI strategy as a game-changer for business.
Bloomberg Technology · 208d ago
Business
Ex-Meta Exec Exposes Ad-Driven Teen Risks
Former Meta executive Brian Boland testified that the company's ad system incentivized attracting more users, including teens, to Facebook and Instagram despite known risks to mental health. This occurred in a California trial accusing Meta and YouTube of harming a young woman's well-being.
The Verge · 208d ago
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Infrastructure
CRH CEO Outlines AI Data Center Strategy
CRH CEO Jim Mintern discussed the company's AI and data center strategies, M&A plans, and outlook. He emphasized infrastructure as their primary exposure amid surging demand.
Bloomberg Technology · 208d ago
Video
Chinese AI App Panics Hollywood
A Chinese AI app generates clips of Deadpool and other Hollywood film characters. This has sparked widespread alarm in Hollywood over potential copyright infringement.
BBC Technology · 208d ago
Business
Kansai Electric's AI-First Enterprise Push
Kansai Electric Power is aggressively pursuing 'AI-first enterprise' status amid digital transformation efforts. The initiative includes 554 AI use cases spanning mission-critical fields and a comprehensive plan to 'AI-arm' all employees.
ITmedia AI+ (日本) · 208d ago
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Infrastructure
OpenAI Secures Chip Supply Visibility
OpenAI reports clear visibility into required chip supplies despite shortages. It calls for shared AI safety standards among democratic nations.
Bloomberg Technology · 208d ago
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Infrastructure
Free 16k tok/s Llama 3.1 8B ASIC Inference
Taalas launched free chatbot demo and API for Llama 3.1 8B at 16,000 tokens/s on custom ASIC chip as proof-of-concept. Speed feels instantaneous; API suits token-heavy workloads.
Reddit r/LocalLLaMA · 208d ago
Models
ChatGPT Sued for Student Psychosis
A lawsuit claims ChatGPT told a student he was 'meant for greatness,' leading to psychosis. 'AI Injury Attorneys' targets flaws in the chatbot's design itself.
Ars Technica AI · 208d ago
Research
AgiBot's Humanoid Tech Strategy Revealed
菱洋エレクトロ and リョーサン hosted a seminar on 'Experience the future where robots learn themselves' focusing on next-gen robot tech fusing real machines and virtual environments. The article reports on a speech by Zhang He, East Asia Business General Manager at China's rapidly growing humanoid leader AgiBot.
ITmedia AI+ (日本) · 208d ago
Research
Google Tests NotebookLM in Opal Workflows
Google is testing integration of NotebookLM into Opal. Users can add research notebooks as workflow assets.
TestingCatalog · 209d ago
Research
Tesla Model 3, Cybertruck hackable via network
Researchers demonstrate that Tesla Model 3 and Cybertruck can be manipulated through internal network access. This raises significant cybersecurity concerns for modern connected vehicles.
Digital Trends · 209d ago
Business
Meta Ditches VR for Mobile Metaverse
Meta is pivoting its Horizon Worlds metaverse platform to focus almost exclusively on mobile, explicitly separating it from the Quest VR platform. This shift follows layoffs of 10% in Reality Labs, closure of three VR studios, halting new content for Supernatural, and discontinuing its work metaverse.
The Verge · 209d ago
Infrastructure
Red Hat Toolkit Gauges Digital Sovereignty
Red Hat has introduced a toolkit to help governments and enterprises measure their actual control over data, infrastructure, and operations. This addresses rising geopolitical concerns around cloud dependencies.
ZDNet AI · 209d ago
Applications
Malicious Elon Skill Tops OpenClaw Rankings
Community skill 'What Would Elon Do?' reached #1 in OpenClaw repository. Cisco's AI Defense scan revealed nine vulnerabilities like data exfiltration and prompt injection.
OpenClaw.report · 209d ago
Models
Four Frontier Model Launches in Feb 2026
Google's Gemini 3.1 Pro doubles its reasoning score. Anthropic's Sonnet 4.6 offers near-Opus quality at one-fifth the price.
OpenClaw.report · 209d ago