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#wired.com. The Latest Repair Battlefield Is the Iowa Farmlands—Again. A new bill that would give farmers in Iowa the right to repair is a big threat to tractor manufacturer John Deere.

#Feb.27.2026

#wired.com. ‘Uncanny Valley’: Pentagon vs. ‘Woke’ Anthropic, Agentic vs. Mimetic, and Trump vs. State of the Union. Our hosts unpack the news of the week, starting with the ongoing feud between Anthropic and the Pentagon. Plus: All you need to know about TAT-8 and undersea cables.

#Feb.26.2026

#wired.com. Hands-On With Nano Banana 2, the Latest Version of Google's AI Image Generator. Google’s latest image model, Nano Banana 2, is a powerful AI photo editor that punctures reality. Well, sometimes.

#Feb.27.2026

#bbc.com. Burger King AI bot will check up on staffs' please and thank yous. The fast-food chain is testing OpenAI-powered headsets that monitor staff interactions with customers.

#Feb.26.2026

#wired.com. Are You ‘Agentic’ Enough for the AI Era?. Silicon Valley built AI coding agents that can handle most of the grunt work. Now, the most valuable skill in tech is deciding what they should do.

#Feb.26.2026

#aljazeera.com. How Trump’s 2026 Iran ‘war’ script echoes and twists the 2003 Iraq playbook. Echoes of 2003: How Trump is using conflicting intel and homeland threats to justify a new escalation with Iran.

#Feb.26.2026

#wired.com. OpenAI Announces Major Expansion of London Office. The San Francisco-based AI lab is growing its research team in London. The move puts it in direct competition with Google DeepMind for top research talent in the UK.

#Feb.26.2026

#theguardian.com. Tell us: how will the UK’s landline switch-off affect you or your family?. The UK will phase out traditional home phones by 2027, but the switchover has been stressful for some. How do you feel about the change?

#Feb.26.2026

#wired.com. Why Sierra the Supercomputer Had to Die. For seven years, she ran high-security nuclear simulations for the US government. Now, this famous supercomputer is being put to death.

#Feb.26.2026

#computerweekly.com. US artificial intelligence developers accuse Chinese firms of stealing their data | Computer Weekly. Artificial intelligence developers are accusing Chinese firms of stealing their intellectual property following a spate of ‘distillation attacks’, despite their own alleged theft of training data.

#Feb.26.2026

#aljazeera.com. Cuba: Technological Disobedience. In US-blockaded Cuba, ingenious mechanics and inventors revive old machines to survive during a time of scarcity.

#Feb.25.2026

#wired.com. Riley Walz, the Jester of Silicon Valley, Is Joining OpenAI. The software engineer is famous for his online stunts. Now he’s joining the company behind ChatGPT to work on new ways for humans to use AI systems.

#Feb.25.2026

#wired.com. The AirPods Pro 3 Are $20 Off. It's not the flashiest deal, but if you need a new pair of our favorite earbuds for iPhone owners, you can snag them at a slight discount.

#Feb.25.2026

#wired.com. Kalshi Suspended a California Politician and a YouTuber for Insider Trading. Leading prediction market Kalshi has revealed details of two recent insider trading cases it flagged to authorities, giving a rare look at how the platform enforces its policies.

#Feb.25.2026

#computerweekly.com. Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN users targeted in series of cyber attacks | Computer Weekly. The NCSC, Cisa, and other Five Eyes agencies have warned of mass exploitation of vulnerabilities in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, which Cisco is attributing to an unknown threat actor called UAT-8616.

#Feb.25.2026

#wired.com. MAGA Is Raging Over the Epstein Files. But They're Not Mad at Donald Trump. Trump supporters are angry at the lack of arrests after the latest Epstein file dump, but have targeted their ire at Kash Patel, Pam Bondi, and Steve Bannon rather than the president.

#Feb.25.2026

#aljazeera.com. Anthropic vs the Pentagon: Why AI firm is taking on Trump administration. Anthropic was the first AI developer to be used in classified operations by the US Defense Department.

#Feb.25.2026

#theguardian.com. Meta’s AI sending ‘junk’ tips to DoJ, US child abuse investigators say. Officers say flood of low-quality reports is draining resources and slowing cases amid New Mexico lawsuit

#Feb.25.2026

#wired.com. How Mexico's ‘CJNG’ Drug Cartel Embraced AI, Drones, and Social Media. Drug kingpin Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes may be dead, but the Jalisco cartel he ran for years will likely outlive him—thanks, in part, to the criminal group’s embrace of technology.

#Feb.25.2026