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Archives for February 2026

John Higgins
John Higgins
Panasonic partners with Skyworth for TV business in US and Europe.

Skyworth will make the Panasonic-branded TVs, leading marketing in the US and Europe while Panasonic focuses on development. It’s the second storied Japanese TV company to partner with a Chinese manufacturer in as many months, further highlighting the decline of Japanese TV dominance over the past decade.

Does Big Tech actually care about fighting AI slop?

It’s harder to clean up a mess you’re still actively making.

Jess Weatherbed
Hank Green will gladly take billionaire money for education videos
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The former Complexly owner lets loose on YouTube, AI, and why he turned his educational company into a nonprofit.

Nilay Patel
Inside Microsoft’s big Xbox leadership shake-up

Microsoft has a new gaming CEO who wants to bring Xbox back from the brink.

Tom Warren
Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
A slow update cycle.

MIDI was introduced in 1983, and hit version 2.0 back in 2020, an update cadence we think more of the industry should aspire to.

porkbun:

The MIDI folk kept the same version number for 43 years. HDMI could never.

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Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
X is working on ‘Made with AI’ labels.

The in-development feature reported by @nima_owji shows a toggle that allows users to disclose synthetically made or manipulated content. The move may be in response to India ordering social platforms to embrace provenance systems like C2PA, a standard that X abandoned after Elon Musk stepped in.

A screenshot of X’s in-development ai labels.
These disclosure systems only work if every X user is honest about the images and video content they upload. Which is unlikely.
Image: @nima_owji
Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
Honor is pivoting to robots.

The Chinese smartphone company says it will reveal a humanoid robot at MWC this week, which I’m told will focus on domestic tasks. It’s a big change for the company, even with the Robot Phone also on the way, but makes more sense when you know it has an IPO in its future.

Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
Samsung’s new Galaxy Buds might support gestures.

Specifically, head gestures like nodding or shaking to accept and decline calls, SammyGuru reports. The upcoming Galaxy Buds 4 and Buds 4 Pro will also reportedly let you operate your phone camera remotely by squeezing the earbud stems, and activate Find My Phone using the earbud charging case.

Leaked illustration of Samsung Galaxy Buds 4 design and pinch control features.
Images leaked via an APK teardown show some of the new features that may be available for the Galaxy Buds 4 and Buds 4 Pro, including the “Pinch and Hold” controls.
Image: @antonioig002