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Lyft launches teen accounts in the US more than two years after Uber, with safety features such as PIN verification, real-time tracking, and audio recordings (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/09/lyft-teen-accounts-uber-rideshare-waymo.html…

Lyft debuts teen accounts more than two years after Uber
CEO David Risher also addressed the company's autonomous vehicle strategy amid rising competition from Waymo, Uber and Tesla.

🙈 Our study shows younger siblings spend more time on screens than big sisters and brothers
https://theconversation.com/our-study-shows-younger-siblings-spend-more-time-on-screens-than-big-sisters-and-brothers-27390…

Our study shows younger siblings spend more time on screens than big sisters and brothers
Younger siblings also spend less time per day on ‘enrichment activities’, such as music practise or reading.

Temu und Shein: Handelsverband HDE bringt Importstopp ins Spiel
Der Handeslverband HDE sorgt sich um den deutschen Einzelhandel – und schlägt einen Importstopp für Temu, Shein und Co. in einem Brandbrief an den Kanzler vor.

"In 1999, I interviewed Prince for TIME and he told me to leave my tape recorder off because he didn’t trust what future technology might do with unauthorized recordings of his voice.
At the time, I thought Prince was being paranoid ... I realize now that Prince wasn’t paranoid, he was prescient."
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It's Time to Rage Against the AI Music Machine
If AI music takes over "humans will begin to echo the machines, and there will be a downward spiral into slop."

Tim Cook bei All-Hands: Neues zur Rente und zu Apples 50. Geburtstag
Bei einem Unternehmenstreffen hat Tim Cook verschiedene Themen angesprochen. Es gibt Neuigkeiten zu Apples Jubiläumsplanungen und seiner eigenen Pensionierung.

More Immigrants Than Ever Are Challenging Detention
An analysis of habeas cases since 2009 shows that
immigrants have filed more challenges to their detention in the first 13 months of Trump’s second term
than in the last three administrations combined
— and the number keeps rising.
The Trump administration’s push for mass deportations has resulted in more than 18,000 challenges in federal court
from immigrants claiming their detention is illegal,
mor…

Immigrants Who Say Their Detention Is Illegal Have Filed More Than 18,000 Cases. It’s a Historic High.
Immigrants claiming their detention is illegal have filed more than 18,000 challenges in federal court. This total is more than were filed under the last three administrations combined — including Trump’s first term.

London-based Tem, which uses AI to optimize energy transactions for businesses, raised a $75M Series B led by Lightspeed, a source says at a $300M valuation (Tim De Chant/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/09/tem-raises-75m-to-remake-electric…

Exclusive: Tem raises $75M to remake electricity markets using AI | TechCrunch
Tem has built a transaction engine that relies on AI to cut costs. Lightspeed led the round to help the startup expand to the U.S. and Australia.

Apple wird 50: Tim Cook über Werte, Steve Jobs und die Zukunft
Zum 50. Jubiläum von Apple spricht CEO Tim Cook über das Erbe von Steve Jobs, gesellschaftliche Werte in turbulenten Zeiten und die langfristige Planung.

Taiwan's data shows the US became its top export destination in 2025 over China, including Hong Kong, the first time since 1999, partly driven by AI tech demand (Hideaki Ryugen/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/economy/trade/taiwan-…

Taiwan exports to US overtake those to China on AI tech demand
Wider goods trade surplus in 2025 stokes worries over Trump tariff pressure

Five members of xAI's 12-person founding team have now left the company, with four of the departures coming in just the last year (Russell Brandom/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/nearly-half-of-xais-founding-team-has-now-left-th…

Nearly half of xAI's founding team has now left the company | TechCrunch
Whatever the cause of the departures, the cumulative impact is alarming. There is a lot of work left to do at xAI, and an IPO will bring more scrutiny than the lab has ever faced before.