About $2.5B worth of bitcoin (BTC) options expire Feb. 13 at 8:00 UTC. More contracts are set for price rises than drops, and the key level is $74,000, with Bitcoin trading near $68,000.
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New paper proposes Agent-guided Policy Search, where an AI assistant replaces human supervisors in robot training. In tests like insertion and handling soft objects, robots learned with fewer trials than with human guidance.
Blockchain data shows long-time bitcoin holders are near break-even, a level that has often come before major lows, but analysts say the Bitcoin market still hasn’t found a clear bottom. Traders are watching delayed US January inflation data.
Google said the Pixel 10a, the next version of its budget Pixel phone, will launch on February 18, 2026.
BTC futures bets fell to $34B, the lowest since 2024, after $5.2B in forced sell-offs. Data also shows $2.3B in bitcoin losses locked in over a week, one of the biggest shakeouts since 2021.
Robert McDermott released an AI-powered Knowledge Graph Generator that converts unstructured text into an interactive map of entities and their links by using an LLM to pull simple subject-verb-object facts, useful for analyzing cyber reports.
Google Docs is rolling out Gemini-powered audio summaries on the web, letting users play a short spoken recap of a document (including multiple tabs) with speed and voice options for select paid Workspace plans.
Anthropic said it will pay for power-grid upgrades and cover estimated electricity price increases caused by its AI data centers, instead of leaving local households and businesses with higher bills.
BBC reports a flaw in Orchids, an AI tool that builds apps from chat prompts, let a researcher take over a reporter’s laptop by adding a hidden line to the computer code, without the user clicking anything; the bug is still unfixed.
Apple told CNBC it’s still on track to release its revamped Siri features in 2026, after reports of internal delays. The update aims to let Siri use personal info, understand what’s on screen, and do more inside apps.
Bitcoin selling picked up after BTC turned down from $68,300. Glassnode and CryptoQuant data show long-term holders cutting holdings and market gauges in a “capitulation” zone, pointing to heavy selling pressure and possible accumulation ahead.
Roomba maker iRobot is now fully owned by Chinese manufacturer Picea after bankruptcy. iRobot says it will keep key work based in the US and has created a new “iRobot Safe” unit to protect customer data.
Bitcoin hit a weekly low near $65,500 after four days of declines. Futures market data shows many traders are betting against BTC, with the most negative “holding fees” since 2023, suggesting the short trade is crowded.
A researcher showed new ways to tamper with Windows shortcut files so they show a harmless target in Properties but run a different program when opened. Microsoft says this behavior isn’t a security vulnerability.
In January, company Strategy made up about 97.5% of all new Bitcoin bought by public companies, becoming the dominant corporate BTC buyer for the month.
One strategy made up 97.5% of corporate bitcoin buys in January, accounting for nearly all corporate Bitcoin additions that month.
Google says attackers asked its Gemini AI more than 100,000 times to collect responses and try to copy the model.
Websites worldwide report a sudden surge of bot visits traced to Lanzhou, China and Singapore that are messing up visitor counts; experts say the automated traffic may be collecting web content for AI training.
US border agents at Fort Bliss used a powerful anti-drone laser weapon on what they believed was a cartel drone, but it was actually a children’s balloon, prompting officials to briefly shut down the airspace over El Paso International Airport.
Bitcoin miner Cango raised $75.5M in new equity after selling 4,451 BTC for about $305M to cut a bitcoin-backed loan. The company is shifting its global mining sites from Bitcoin mining toward providing computing power for AI and high-performance computing.