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OpenAI launches a Codex app for macOS, designed to serve as a command center for managing AI agents, and says Codex usage has nearly doubled since mid-December (David Gewirtz/ZDNET)

Techmeme

City Council Staffer Denied Bond, Deemed ‘Danger to Society’

THE CITY - All

Barcelona-based Biorce, which is developing an AI service to speed up clinical trials, raised a $52.5M Series A, bringing its total funding to $60M+ (Tamara Djurickovic/Tech.eu)

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Groundhog Harassed By Dipshits In Stupid Hats

The Onion

Bernice King Chimes In After Shaboozey’s Grammy Speech Takes an Awkward Turn 

The Root

Why It’s Finally Time for Everyone to Mute Cam Newton

The Root

Minneapolis is showing a new kind of anti-Trump resistance

Vox - All

Abxylute’s new Switch 2 controller is for all the diehard GameCube fans

The Verge - All Posts

OpenText is selling its analytics business Vertica to Rocket Software for $150M to reduce its outstanding debt, its second business unit sale within five months (Alex Riehl/BetaKit)

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Doom fan with weeks left to live is spending them playing The Dark Ages

Polygon - All

Marvel's ex-CEO Peter Cuneo on launching the MCU, selling to Disney, and recent box office flops

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Famous Pastor Reveals the Biblical Truth About ‘Submissive Wives’ That Social Media Ignores

The Root

Shield, which acquires IT businesses and uses AI to make them efficient, raised $100M from Thrive Holdings and says it crossed $100M in annual revenue in 2025 (Natasha Mascarenhas/Bloomberg)

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The Verge’s 2026 Valentine’s Day gift guide (for her)

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GOG is giving away three 90s survival horror games

Polygon - All

KPop Demon Hunters gave K-pop its first Grammys win

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Fieldguide, which uses AI agents to automate accounting and auditing tasks, raised a $75M Series C led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives at a $700M valuation (Leo Schwartz/Fortune)

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Elon Musk Threatens Boycott of ‘The Odyssey’ After Black Actress Chosen As World’s Most Beautiful Woman

The Root

Sony acquires anime production company Egg Firm, expanding industry dominance

Polygon - All

Day AI, which is developing an AI-powered CRM service that can automate data entry, meeting prep, note-taking, and more, raised a $20M Series A led by Sequoia (Alex Konrad/Upstarts Media)

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