Technology

Ukraine's drone war showed the West it needs to view small drones less like prized gear and more like expendable ammo

Wed, 02/18/2026 - 09:48

Tech Insider : Business, Politics, Technology

A man in camouflage gear stands with his back turned and holding a small drone while standing on snowy and muddy ground under a cloudy sky — Ukraine's allies want to learn as much as possible from how it's conducting drone warfare.
Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu via Getty Images

Military & Defense, Drones, drone-warfare, Russia, Ukraine, uk-mod, warfare-big-bet

Miami isn't the next Silicon Valley. It's something much weirder.

Wed, 02/18/2026 - 09:30

Tech Insider : Business, Crypto, Economy

Alex Karp in front of a palm tree — Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images; Getty Images; Rebecca Zisser/BI

Tech's elite are taking their talents to South Beach — again.

Tech, Discourse, Discourse, discourse-daily, discourse-newsroom, Miami, changing-workplace-big-bet

There's a lot at stake for the tech giants betting big on wearables

Wed, 02/18/2026 - 08:16

Tech Insider : Business, Technology

Treated photo showing a group of people on their phones — Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI

AI, business-insider-today, Newsletters, Newsletter

The Samsung QD-OLED Odyssey G9 gaming monitor is close to its best-ever price — save over $350 at Amazon

Wed, 02/18/2026 - 06:07

Mashable : Style, Technology

The 49-inch Samsung Odyssey G9 QD-OLED gaming monitor on a green and orange background

TL;DR: The Samsung 49-inch Odyssey G9 QD-OLED curved gaming monitor is

Jake Paul says Sam Altman taught him the value of a 15-minute meeting

Wed, 02/18/2026 - 06:05

Tech Insider : Business, Technology

Sam Altman and Jake Paul are pictured. — Jake Paul said he bonded with Sam Altman over a love of "fast cars."
Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images; Gerrit van Keulen/Soccrates/Getty Images

Tech, Strategy, jake-paul, venture-capital, artificial-intelligence, Business, Technology

Get the Eufy 11S Max robot vacuum for under $150 at Amazon — act fast to save $140

Wed, 02/18/2026 - 06:02

Mashable : Style, Technology

eufy 11s max robot vacuum against a purple and blue patterned background

SAVE OVER $100: As of Feb.

Meta will run AI in WhatsApp through NVIDIA's 'confidential computing'

Wed, 02/18/2026 - 06:00

Engadget : Technology

Meta just announced a deal to buy "millions" of NVIDIA Blackwell and Rubin GPUs in a new long-term partnership. As part of that, the social media giant will deploy NVIDIA's Confidential Computing for WhatsApp, "enabling AI-powered capabilities across the messaging platform while ensuring user data confidentiality and integrity."

Technology & Electronics , site|engadget , provider_name|Engadget , region|US , language|en-US , author_name|Steve Dent

Short-sellers are getting loud again — and targeting tech stocks

Wed, 02/18/2026 - 06:00

Tech Insider : Business, Sports, Style

A bronze statue of a bull fighting with a bear is displayed at the Museum of American Finance October 7, 2008 on Wall St. in New York City. — The number of short-seller campaigns has jumped in the last year.
Spencer Platt/Getty Images

finance, Tech, hedge-funds, short-sellers

VC Quantonation closes €220M fund to back next-gen physics tech

Wed, 02/18/2026 - 05:10

TNW News : Technology

A Paris-based venture firm that has quietly shaped the quantum technology scenery is now making a much louder statement about Europe’s role in the future of computing, materials science, and sensing. Quantonation Ventures has today announced the successful close of its second flagship fund at €220 million, more than double the size of its first […]