On February 24, 2026, Waymo opened its fully autonomous robotaxi service to public riders in four new cities simultaneously: Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and Orlando. It was the first time any robotaxi company had expanded into multiple major markets at the same time — and it pushed Waymo’s total to 10 operational US cities. Meanwhile, […]
On the evening of February 27, 2026 — eight hours before the United States launched airstrikes on Tehran — President Trump ordered every federal agency to immediately stop using Anthropic’s AI products. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth designated Anthropic a “supply chain risk to national security,” a classification previously reserved for foreign adversaries like Huawei. The […]
February 2026 was unusually active for AI releases. Most months see incremental updates dressed up as revolutions. February had at least three releases that genuinely changed what’s possible. Here’s what actually matters, stripped of the hype. 1. Claude Sonnet 4.6 — The Writing Tool That Beat GPT-5.2 Released February 17, Claude Sonnet 4.6 quickly became […]
On February 27, 2026, Jack Dorsey announced that Block — the fintech company behind Cash App and Square — was cutting nearly 4,000 employees, reducing its workforce from over 10,000 to just under 6,000. That’s roughly 40% of the company gone in a single announcement. The market’s response was immediate: Block’s stock surged almost 24% […]
Something shifted in 2025. Tech layoffs weren’t new — they’d been rattling through Silicon Valley since the post-pandemic correction of 2022. But the language changed. Companies stopped saying “restructuring” or “cost optimisation.” They started saying AI. The numbers are staggering. According to data from TrueUp’s Tech Layoffs Tracker, over 245,000 tech employees were laid off […]