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Pepsi Gave Walmart Special Discounts, Biden-Era FTC Alleged | Financial Post
https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/pepsi-gave-walmart-special-discounts-biden-era-ftc-alleged

India is rolling out millions of smart meters that are doing more than tracking energy use—they're fundamentally reshaping the grid.
As rooftop solar and EVs spread, decentralized RF mesh networks connect devices affordably while multiple vendors collaborate to keep the system resilient. The focus: financial sustainability and renewable energy ambitions.

India’s smart metering boom reshapes grid through decentralized IoT
India’s power system is rapidly decentralizing as electricity demand, rooftop solar, electric vehicles, and distributed generation expand, turning a one-way grid into a dynamic network that increasingly depends on decentralized data systems such as RF mesh networks.

A profile of Anthropic and its key executives like Chris Olah, and a look at Project Vend, an internal "Claudius" experiment to run the office vending machine (Gideon Lewis-Kraus/New Yorker)
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/02

What Is Claude? Anthropic Doesn’t Know, Either
Researchers at the company are trying to understand their A.I. system’s mind—examining its neurons, running it through psychology experiments, and putting it on the therapy couch.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Kelly Lee Owens:
🎵 DESCEND
#KellyLeeOwens
https://kellyleeowens.bandcamp.com/track/descend
https://open.spotify.com/track/343XKBM8MsUfI92P60bek8

❤️ https://brennan.day/twtxt-simple-decentralized-microblogging-with-status-lol/

twtxt: Simple, Decentralized Microblogging with status.lol
I set up an effortless sync between my status.lol updates and a twtxt feed, creating a bridge between IndieWeb tools and classic decentralized microblogging.

"Encrypted" Doesn't Mean "Private": What Your Messaging Apps Really Know About You
Encryption protects your words. Not your secrets.
🔒 https://snugg.social/en/blog/encrypted-doesnt-mean-private

"Encrypted" Doesn't Mean "Private": What Your Messaging Apps Really Know About You
WhatsApp says it's encrypted and private. But Meta still knows who you talk to, when, how often, and can infer almost everything else. Here's what "encrypted" actually means.

No decent person looks at the world and says “you know what I want, a billion dollars!” So why do you still expect such people to behave decently? Or to learn from their “mistakes.” (They’re not mistakes.) It fucking blows my mind how some of you are still giving these parasites every benefit of the doubt.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MechanicalBreakdown
Desinteresse:
🎵 Niets Te Zeggen
#Desinteresse
https://desinteresse.bandcamp.com/track/niets-te-zeggen
https://open.spotify.com/track/6KraroNtjYa7t4lj9lej0R

An eight-month study at a US tech company finds AI tools didn't reduce work but intensified it, as employees worked faster and took on a broader range of tasks (Harvard Business Review)
https://hbr.org/2026/02/ai-doesnt-reduce-work-it-intensifies-it

AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It
One of the promises of AI is that it can reduce workloads so employees can focus more on higher-value and more engaging tasks. But according to new research, AI tools don’t reduce work, they consistently intensify it: In the study, employees worked at a faster pace, took on a broader scope of tasks, and extended work into more hours of the day, often without being asked to do so. That may sound like a win, but it’s not quite so simple. These changes can be unsustainable, leading to workload…