Social•Feb 20, 2026
Claude Code Shifts Toward Ideation and Non‑Engineering
Creator of Claude Code Boris Cherny on where Claude Code is going next: 1. Coming up with product/feature ideas 2. Taking on work adjacent to engineering
By Lenny Rachitsky
Social•Feb 20, 2026
Australia’s Grid-Scale BESS Market Becomes Megawatt Competition
‘Each megawatt will be competing’: Wärtsilä on Australia’s evolving grid-scale BESS market #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/w4JnKuzvQD
By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Social•Feb 20, 2026
This Week's AI Upgrades: Intelligence, Visuals, Music, Real Estate
Channeling the Fire Horse energy this week 🔥🐎 here’s what we launched: — Gemini 3.1 Pro, a step forward in core intelligence that helps you tackle complex workflows and projects — Photoshoot, a new feature for Pomelli by @GoogleLabs that transforms...
By Google AI
Social•Feb 20, 2026
Dielectric Elastomer Powers Wearable Fluidics at Household Voltage
A new Science #Robotics study highlights a high-performance #dielectric #elastomer that can operate at household voltages and drive wearable fluidic circuits and untethered soft robotic crawlers. https://t.co/zAb0uHec2c https://t.co/rXz1K9J9G1
By Science Robotics
Social•Feb 20, 2026
Smart, Narrow, Trusted AI: Prenosis Sepsis Test Approved
Healthcare AI doesn’t need to be louder. It needs to be smarter, narrower, and trusted. Prenosis’ FDA-authorized sepsis diagnostic shows what that looks like in practice. 🔗https://t.co/JQBRCOKfO3 @PrenosisInc #patientsafety #HITSM
By Colin Hung
Social•Feb 20, 2026
Engineer‑style AI Marketing Tour: Live Demos Worldwide
I'm going on the WORLD TOUR 🌍 I've spent the last few months building marketing skills for Claude Code — automating the work I've done with 60+ startups over the last two and a half years. The repo has over 8,400+ stars...
By Corey Haines
Social•Feb 20, 2026
FDA Cracks Down as Novo Sues Hims over Semaglutide
This is the first reference which I heard directly from FDA commissioner Dr. Marty Makary regarding $HIMS, $NVO 🧵👇and the recent legal actions that the HHS had initiated against HIMs and Hers. When he was asked by @annikakimc - @CNBC’s...
By Yair Einhorn
Social•Feb 20, 2026
Users Find OpenAI 5.2 Too Slow and Unfriendly
which openai model are people liking for their openclaw? is 5.2-thinking is too slow and unfriendly?
By Aaron Ng
Social•Feb 20, 2026
Grid Battery Installations Hit Record High in 2025
Chart: Grid battery installations soared to a new high in 2025 #energysky -- via Canary Media: https://t.co/EOxZj7iIvM
By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Social•Feb 20, 2026
Embrace the Cringiest Platform, Scale to $7.3M ARR
4 years stuck at $2.5M ARR. I had no idea if this was my retirement plan or the thing that broke me. Then I built a $7.3M ARR company in 18 months with 3 employees and zero funding. The weapon turned out to...
By Adam Robinson
Social•Feb 20, 2026
AI Call Transcripts Are Everywhere—Establish Clear Usage Rules
At this point, in any call, it is likely someone is AI transcribing, whether they tell you (& whether that is legal or not). We really need clear norms & rules about how these transcripts can be used, since AI makes...
By Ethan Mollick
Social•Feb 20, 2026
Transparent Business Blueprint: Numbers, Tests, and Growth
Started writing: Building Theanna Will be dropping all the details of running a business including NUMBERS. I’m not just telling stories, I’m going to write about tests I’ve run, money spent, money lost, conversion metrics, churn, MRR growth everything. I always wanted...
By Nomiki Petrolla
Social•Feb 20, 2026
Digital ID Tracking Has Been Power's Goal Since 2017
I've been reporting on this legal effort since 2017 in the U.S. (and it started far before that). Whitney Webb is 1000% correct that the goal of Digital ID and tracking everything every person says/consumes online has long been the...
By Taylor Lorenz
Social•Feb 20, 2026
Argentina’s Energy Minister Highlights Critical Mineral Role
A pleasure to speak to Argentina’s Secretary for Energy & Mining Daniel González at the #IEAMinisterial An IEA Family Member, 🇦🇷 is a key contributor to critical mineral supplies & global energy security Grateful to Ambassador @IanArgentinoS for his support for our...
By Fatih Birol
Social•Feb 20, 2026
Nasal Mucosa Targeted for Universal Respiratory Vaccine
How to get a universal vaccine vs respiratory threats? Block via the nasal mucosa @ScienceMagazine https://t.co/IjCkbF05LB @NatRevImmunol https://t.co/2W7SZ1fHSR https://t.co/XcEzcMeXrB
By Eric Topol
Social•Feb 20, 2026
Envisioning the Next Generation of Frontier AI Labs
Thinking a bunch about frontier AI labs and what a new kind of lab might look like.
By Hiten Shah
Social•Feb 20, 2026
AI Coaching Nullifies Behavioral Interviews; Use Live Scenarios
AI Made Your Behavioral Questions Useless Every candidate you’re interviewing has been coached by AI — and your behavioral questions can’t screen for that anymore. The shift the best hiring teams are making: ditch ‘tell me about a time’ and replace it...
By Lars Schmidt
Social•Feb 20, 2026
XPENG's Humanlike Robot Erases the Uncanny Valley
They SLICED OPEN a "human" on stage... and IT WALKED AWAY. XPENG's IRON robot just shattered the uncanny valley—silicone skin, fluid steps, zero humans inside. Sci-fi is NOW. But is this the future we want? Creepy genius or dystopian nightmare?...
By Giuliano Liguori
Social•Feb 20, 2026
MacOS Terminal Adds Vertical Tabs, Scriptable Browser
Another day another libghostty-based project, this time a macOS terminal with vertical tabs, better organization/notifications, embedded/scriptable browser specifically targeted towards people who use a ton of terminal-based agentic workflows. https://t.co/9SLNCxM21S
By Mitchell Hashimoto
Social•Feb 20, 2026
Challenger Brands Win Through Clear Purpose, Not Spend
Challenger brands do not win by spending more. They win by making clear choices about who they serve and what they stand for. We explore Rival’s study with @EFulwiler in this episode. Watch the full video: https://t.co/Y31f7tnfQ6 https://t.co/M2cWuLR3zt
By Jim Marous
Social•Feb 20, 2026
14 Google Lessons, Delivery Trends, and Component Shrinkage
Seroter Daily Reading List – February 20, 2026 (#726): Today’s links look at 14 lessons from 14 years at Google, takeaways from a new “state of software delivery” report, and how one company reduced the size of their software component. https://t.co/BG7Xbu8k54
By Richard Seroter
Social•Feb 20, 2026
Six Tips to Test AI’s Leadership Capability
Human management may be messy at times, but is AI any better? Here are six tips from business leaders and questions to weigh whether AI has what it takes to lead. (My latest in @forbes) https://t.co/zSHyx8Su64
By Joe McKendrick
Social•Feb 20, 2026
SI‑Model Alliances Bring Trusted AI to Regulated Enterprises
Big signal for enterprise AI 👇 @AnthropicAI + @Infosys are moving AI agents straight into regulated industries: Telecom, financial services, compliance-heavy environments. It’s all about making AI operational with the latest proven practices. Why this matters: Enterprise AI adoption was never blocked by model...
By Dion Hinchcliffe
Social•Feb 20, 2026
AI Accountability Demands Direct P&L Mapping in 2026
2026 is the year AI accountability gets real. No more hiding behind "pilot mode." If you can’t map AI spend to the P&L, your seat at the table is at risk. 💺🔥 See the roadmap: https://t.co/dJs86sTyRD #CXOtalk #Leadership #FutureOfWork
By Tim Crawford
Social•Feb 20, 2026
Australian Battery Startup Secures Strategic Investment for Manufacturing
Australian home battery upstart banks “strategic investment” towards manufacturing plans #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/MX0KJ8kVOG https://t.co/f1plFHvyPn
By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Social•Feb 20, 2026
AI Panic Is Stalling Hiring Like Economic Recession
Just as fear and panic will cause businesses pull back spending and bring about a recession, the fear and panic being spread about AI is causing managers to pull back on hiring. (My latest in @forbes) https://t.co/5oeVL6Kwyj
By Joe McKendrick
Social•Feb 20, 2026
Pre‑filled LLM Prompts Drive Smarter Brand Traffic
Most marketers right now are trying to figure out how to get the LLMs to send them more Web traffic. Maybe the pro move is to do the opposite. Check out what Amplemarket HQ is doing. And when you press one...
By Matt Heinz
Social•Feb 20, 2026
IEA Supports Greece’s Energy Priorities in Paris Meeting
Great to catch up with Greek Deputy Minister of Energy Nikos Tsafos @ntsafos at our HQ in Paris today about 🇬🇷’s energy priorities & how @IEA can support them I also thanked him for his contributions to ensuring successful outcomes at...
By Fatih Birol
Social•Feb 20, 2026
AI Threat to Doctors Explored in Slick Video
Watch @alexmhogan's latest STATus Report video for a slickkkkk video transition and to catch up on the "AI replacing doctors" conversation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxGm3BZTf4A
By Brittany Trang, PhD
Social•Feb 20, 2026
Nearly All U.S. Coal Plants Already Met 2012 Rules
"Nearly all coal plants in the United States have already met the 2012 requirements by installing new pollution controls, experts said. Many that didn’t make those investments have shuttered." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/climate/epa-mercury-coal-plants.html
By Akshat Rathi
Social•Feb 20, 2026
Chief AI Officer Becomes Essential in Modern Enterprises
This new C-suite role is more important than ever in the AI era - here's why https://t.co/5dBV9IFx4d via @ZDNET
By Joe McKendrick
Social•Feb 20, 2026
Claude Code Achieves Full Automation, Coding Considered Solved
Head of Claude Code Boris Cherny : "A 100% of my code is written by Claude Code. I have not edited a single line by hand since November. In February last year, when we released it it, was writing maybe 20%...
By Lenny Rachitsky
Social•Feb 20, 2026
New Drug Discoveries Target Cancer and Autoimmunity
Discovering Drugs for Cancer and Autoimmunity. Listen to @Satpathology on The Long Run podcast. Sponsored by @AlphaSenseInc Dash Bio. https://t.co/02keVFdqzj
By Luke Timmerman
Social•Feb 20, 2026
A16z Speedrun Seeks Events & Community Marketing Lead
new role opening up on the a16z speedrun team: come work with me and @SamiraBehrouzan - this is directly on the our speedrun team where we work with hundreds of founders. Dream job for the right person 😎 — Some notes from Samira...
By Andrew Chen
Social•Feb 20, 2026
R
A Diffusion Foundation Model for Bimanual Manipulation. RDT-1B is a 1B-parameter (largest to date) imitation learning Diffusion Transformer pre-trained on 1M+ (largest to date) multi-robot episodes. GitHub: https://lnkd.in/dUmGRibU ——- Weekly robotics and AI insights. Subscribe free: 22astronauts.com
By Ilir Aliu
Social•Feb 20, 2026
Sell Early: Immediate Upsells Boost AOV 35%
I've tested 180+ upsell strategies. Here's the pattern: Upsells I thought were 'too soon' added 35% AOV. Upsells I 'waited for right moment' added 8% AOV. Your timing concerns don't matter. Immediate relevance does. Test everything. Trust nothing.
By Kamil Sattar
Social•Feb 20, 2026
Philippines Targets 25 GW Renewable Auction by 2035
Philippines to auction 25 GW of renewables by 2035 #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/2ctkf8aO3A
By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Social•Feb 20, 2026
Humans Returning to Deep Space Within Two Weeks
We might be just two weeks from sending humans back into deep space. For 75 percent of the world's population, it will be the first time this has happened in their lifetimes. Can't wait to see it.
By Eric Berger
Social•Feb 20, 2026
Real Energy Costs Have Declined Since 1960s
🚨New report from API 🚨: Energy & Inflation 2025 Highlights: - As a share of disposal income, energy expenditures have fallen since 1984 - In inflation adjusted terms, gasoline prices were lower in q4 2025 than in 1976 - Fuel costs have been declining...
By T. Mason Hamilton
Social•Feb 20, 2026
Venmo Lags Zelle as Banks Outpace Innovation
Venmo falls further behind Zelle https://t.co/qIyIwXmCFq "This is a useful tale to counteract some of the doomsaying about banks and innovation. When they try collective action, banks often win, but cooperation doesn’t come naturally." Word. Now do ID. https://t.co/ahiMlNMmux
By Dave Birch
Social•Feb 20, 2026
YC Team Turns Week‑Long Research Into 12‑Minute Live AI Sprint
Holy shit... a YC-backed team just compressed 1 week of research into 12 minutes. It's called Spine Swarm, and it runs a team of AI researchers on any question while you watch them work and steer in real time. No black box....
By Hasan Toor
Social•Feb 20, 2026
FP&A Software
Once you use an FP&A solution, you never want to go back. Spreadsheets always have their place, but FP&A software dramatically increases FP&A productivity. Here are the highlights from my latest tech stack report. - 37 forecasting and budgeting solutions named (down 11...
By Ben Murray
Social•Feb 20, 2026
Register Now for UCLA's 2026 Quantum Device Workshop
🚀 Registration is now open for the 2026 Quantum Device Workshop, held at UCLA on June 15–18, 2026 https://t.co/TpnOviTsh8
By Zlatko Minev
Social•Feb 20, 2026
Most Health Systems Stall Patients' HIPAA Record Rights
HIPAA guarantees patients a right to their own medical records. In practice, most health systems require patients to fill out a release-of-information form designed for a different legal purpose; justify why they want their own data; and wait. I sampled...
By Josh Mandel, MD
Social•Feb 20, 2026
GomSpace Posts Sharp 2025 Profit Rise Despite Payment Dispute
Smallsat builder @GomSpaceGroup: Revenue, profit up sharply in 2025; CEO confident that invoice nonpayment by major customer will be resolved soon, says deliveries on the 18-sat contract continue. @UnseenLabs @KpsZSU. https://t.co/vmIO8qFe9l https://t.co/owCDCmRzCj
By Peter B. de Selding
Social•Feb 20, 2026
Browse S3 Files Locally in One Fast Command
I quickly recorded how easily and conveniently it is to browse S3 files locally with a single command, blazingly fast. Even preview works with DuckDB integration. https://youtu.be/cimUvBd_9Ns
By SSP Data
Social•Feb 20, 2026
February's AI Explosion: Six New Models Debut
February is one of those months... - Moonshot AI's Kimi K2.5 (Feb 2) - z. AI GLM 5 (Feb 12) - MiniMax M2.5 (Feb 12) - ByteDance Seed-2.0 (Feb 13) - Nanbeige 4.1 3B (Feb 13) - Qwen 3.5 (Feb 15) - Cohere's Tiny Aya (Feb 17) (+Hopefully...
By Sebastian Raschka
Social•Feb 20, 2026
AI Swarm Beats Top Models on GAIA Benchmarks
A swarm of AI agents just beat Gemini, OpenAI, and Anthropic on GAIA benchmarks. Not one model. Not one thread. 300+ models working in parallel on a visual canvas - while you watch and steer in real-time. The "human manages AI team" future...
By Hasan Toor
Social•Feb 20, 2026
AI Demand Pushes Tech Giants Toward Real Nuclear Power
Tech giants spent years pretending to be "100% renewable," i.e. powered mostly by intermittent solar and wind. Now that they need large amounts of energy to power AI, they're not pretending any longer. Case in point: Meta's major new investments in nuclear...
By Alex Epstein
Social•Feb 20, 2026
Liquidity Beats Private Deal Hassles, Even for Savvy Investors
I know a guy who bought Tesla in the early 2010s, close to the IPO. Made a killing. And he'd made a lot of other really savvy bets over the years. So I was excited to have him in the syndicate I was...
By Andrew Youderian