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US-Unternehmen Blue Water Autonomy baut autonomes Schiff für die US-Marine
Das US-Unternehmen Blue Water Autonomy baut ein autonomes Schiff für die US-Marine. Es soll künftig auf Langzeitmissionen im Pazifik eingesetzt werden.

Apple debuts iOS 26.4 beta 1 for developers, adding limited support for encrypted RCS messages, enhancements to Apple Music, a Smart List for Reminders, more (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2026/02/16/ios-26-4-beta-1-heres-everything-new/

iOS 26.4 beta 1: Here's everything new - 9to5Mac
iOS 26.4 beta 1 is now available in beta for developers. The update includes a ton of new features and...

Condé Nast names Adam Baidawi as GQ's global editorial director; Baidawi previously led British GQ and wants GQ to be a "North Star of masculinity" (Katie Robertson/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/business/media/gq-adam-baida…

GQ Names Adam Baidawi as Its Top Editor
Mr. Baidawi, 35, replaces the magazine’s longtime editor Will Welch. He says he wants the magazine to be a “North Star of masculinity.”

iOS 26.4 Beta: Code-Hinweise auf CarPlay-Videofunktion mit Apple TV
In der ersten Beta von iOS 26.4 finden sich Code-Hinweise auf eine kommende Videofunktion für CarPlay. Apple TV soll sich ins Fahrzeug holen lassen.

The iMac Pro wouldn’t boot anything including recovery/internet recovery even after a T2 restore.
Hardware test claimed everything is fine. Because hardware test ran fine but it can’t boot and won’t see SSDs even in target disk mode, I’m suspecting one of the SSDs (the iMac Pro has two in a RAID) to be defective (hardware test doesn’t really look into those).
I’m replacing the SSDs and blowing the air ducts out and redo the thermal paste just in case.
Fingers crossed that that will fix it. 🫣
#Marchintosh

Nvidia announces BYD, Geely, Isuzu, and Nissan will use its Drive Hyperion AV platform and says Uber will launch Hyperion-powered robotaxis in 28 cities by 2028 (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/895301/nvidia-robotaxi-byd-geely-hyp…

Nvidia says China’s BYD and Geely will use its robotaxi platform
Nvidia says it’s adding BYD and Geely to its robotaxi program, as well as Uber and Lyft. The chipmaker is stepping up its automotive business as robotaxis expand.

YouTuber baut simplen Elektromotor aus Klemmbausteinen
YouTuber Jamie hat einen Elektromotor aus Klemmbausteinen gebaut. Nur wenige Zusatzteile sind nötig.
https://www.heise.de/news/YouT…

Sources: OpenAI signed a deal with AWS to sell its AI services to US government agencies for both classified and unclassified work, amid the Anthropic-DOD spat (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-clinches-aws-deal-bid…

OpenAI Clinches AWS Deal in Bid to Win Government Contracts
OpenAI on Friday signed a new contract with Amazon Web Services to sell its AI to U.S. government employees for both classified and unclassified work, according to two people with direct knowledge of the agreement. The contract will allow OpenAI to support the Pentagon through a deal it hastily ...

Zahlen, bitte! The ENIAC Six: Die Pionierinnen hinter dem Universalcomputer
ENIAC gilt als erster vollelektronischer Universalrechner der Welt. Ihn programmierten sechs IT-Pionierinnen, die fast von der Zeit vergessen wurden.

Nvidia says game developers have full "artistic control over DLSS 5's effects", following backlash alleging that the AI upscaling tech altered source material (Tyler Wilde/PC Gamer)
https://www.pcgamer.com/soft…

DLSS 5 clearly overwrites game characters with AI beauty standards, but Nvidia says devs have 'artistic control'
The first demo for Nvidia's new AI rendering technique doesn't do much to combat the perception that generative AI homogenizes artwork.