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Here's another short story that reflects on our extollation of technology...
The Flying Machine – Ray Bradbury
https://xpressenglish.com/our-stories/flying-machine/

Disney has sold out all its available commercial inventory for its Oscars telecast on Sunday; source: the event drew 18 returning sponsors and 24 new ones (Brian Steinberg/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/disney-oscars-ad-sales-sold-out-…

Disney Wraps Oscars Ad Sales; Event Will Boast Burger King Shout-Outs
Disney has sold out its commercial inventory tied to the Oscars, and deals include shout outs to Burger King and emerging filmmakers aided by Mazda

While preparing #ArtemisII for flight, NASA engineers are reviewing data after a confidence test Feb. 12, in which operators partially filled the SLS (Space Launch System) core stage liquid hydrogen tank to assess newly replaced seals in an area used to fill the rocket with propellant: https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/02/13/following-confidence-test-nasa-continues-artemis-ii-data-review/ - during the test, "teams encountered an issue with ground support equipment that reduced the flow of liquid hydrogen into the rocket. [...] Engineers will examine findings before setting a timeline for the next test, a second wet dress rehearsal this month. March remains the earliest potential launch window for Artemis II."

Atlassian is cutting 10% of its workforce, or ~1,600 jobs, to fund investment in AI and enterprise sales; filing: the cuts will incur $225M-$236M in charges (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/11/atlassian-slashes-10percent-of-work…

Atlassian slashes 10% of workforce to 'self-fund' investments in AI and enterprise sales
Atlassian said it's cutting 10% of its workforce, or about 1,600 jobs, as it restructures to fund investments in artificial intelligence and enterprise sales.

Loooong bike ride, then dinner out with my wife at Evie’s Bakery. One of my favorite spots — that kind of funky, eclectic, indie restaurant you can always walk in and find a table.
Great food, but the desserts, and particularly the cakes (they don’t call it Evie’s Entrees… 😉) are fantastic. Been working our way through the different flavors over time.
Tonight, we split Boston Cream and Strawberry. Figured I’d better get some pics or @…

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#ThroughTheNight
- La Flamboyance: Festive music of the 15th century
Sollazzo Ensemble, Anna Danilevskaia directing from the fiddle, perform Franco-Flemish music of the 15th Century from the Musica Antiqua Festival in Bruges.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002qqx4

OpenClaw partners with VirusTotal and says that all skills published to ClawHub are now scanned using VirusTotal's threat intelligence (The Hacker News)
https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/openclaw-integrates-virustotal-scanning.html

OpenClaw Integrates VirusTotal Scanning to Detect Malicious ClawHub Skills
OpenClaw integrates VirusTotal Code Insight scanning for ClawHub skills following reports of malicious plugins, prompt injection & exposed instances.

In einer weiteren aktuellen Analyse sieht Computerwoche die Telekom‑„KI‑Fabrik“ in München als Signalprojekt: Tim Höttges positioniert KI‑Infrastruktur explizit als Rettungsanker für die deutsche Industrie und als Baustein europäischer technischer Souveränität – mit der Forderung nach politischer Flankierung durch eine verlässliche, innovationsfreundliche Digitalpolitik. #KI

Finally an #ArtemisII update on https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/02/08/nasa-conducts-repairs-analysis-ahead-of-next-artemis-ii-fueling-test/ - "technicians have replaced two seals in an area where operators saw higher than allowable hydrogen gas concentrations during the test. Engineers are analyzing the removed seals and developing plans to address all issues ahead of the next rehearsal." No date for that new wet dress rehearsal has been set, and a launch date will be determined only after it is over.

Salesforce's Tableau chief, Ryan Aytay, leaves after 19 years at the company, just two months after Slack CEO Denise Dresser left for OpenAI (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-03/sales…

Salesforce Tableau Chief to Leave Following Slack Executive Exit
The chief of Salesforce Inc.’s data visualization unit, Tableau, has left the company, raising some concerns on Wall Street about executive churn at the software maker.