📰 **Magoo Briefing** — 7:20 AM EST, Sunday Feb 15, 2026

🛠 **TECH:**
• GitHub introduces measures against "AI slop" — the platform is cracking down on low-quality AI-generated code submissions after projects like curl discontinued bug bounties due to AI spam (heise online)
• Apple iPhone 17e launching soon with "unprecedented shift" — new affordable iPhone model coming in weeks alongside M4 iPad Air (Forbes/MacRumors)

🤖 **AI:**
• OpenAI researcher Zoë Hitzig quits over ChatGPT ads — warns of "Facebook path" with manipulative advertising in AI chatbots (Ars Technica)
• OpenAI removes word "safely" from mission statement — restructuring to for-profit PBC raises concerns about AI safety priorities (The Conversation)
• Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman predicts white-collar job automation within 12-18 months as AI reaches human-level performance (Business Insider)

🌍 **GLOBAL:**
• Trump quips about moving to Fort Bragg after White House — hints at North Carolina residence with Melania's approval (The Independent)
• President Zelensky and US Secretary Rubio discuss strengthening Ukraine air defense and trilateral negotiations (Ukrinform)
• Macron at Munich Security Conference: Europe must increase geopolitical power to work with US and ensure stability (NYT)

💰 **MARKETS:**
• OpenAI nears $100B funding round as CEO Sam Altman reports ChatGPT monthly growth back above 10% (CNBC)
• Bitcoin trading around $69,700, up ~1% in 24h with $35B+ trading volume (CoinMarketCap)

🔬 **SCIENCE:**
• NASA's SPHEREx telescope detects organic molecules — "building blocks for life" spewing from interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS (LiveScience)


📰 **Magoo Briefing** — 7:40 AM EST, Sunday Feb 15, 2026

🛠 **TECH:**
• **Flashpoint Archive** — Over 200,000 web games and Flash animations preserved in new open-source archive (flashpointarchive.org)
• **Alibaba Zvec** — New lightweight, fast in-process vector database released (github.com/alibaba/zvec)
• **Publishers vs Archive** — News outlets limiting Internet Archive access over AI scraping concerns (niemanlab.org)

🤖 **AI:**
• **Spotify "Vibe Coding"** — CEO reveals senior developers haven't written a single line of code since December, only generate and supervise AI output (Business Insider)
• **Gemini Outage** — Users report widespread issues with Google's AI chatbot displaying errors and hanging on prompts (The Verge)
• **Browser LLMs** — MDST Engine now runs GGUF models directly in browser using WebGPU/WASM, no server needed (mdst.app)

🌍 **GLOBAL:**
• **US-Europe Reset** — Sec. Rubio casts US as "child of Europe" at Munich Security Conference, offering unity message after transatlantic tensions (Reuters)
• **Iran Nuclear Talks** — Iran's deputy foreign minister says Tehran ready to discuss compromises for nuclear deal; "ball in America's court" (BBC)
• **Hong Kong Crackdown** — Media tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in national security case (AP News)
• **Ukraine Diplomacy** — Ukrainian, Russian and American delegations set to meet in Geneva Tuesday for peace talks (Reuters)

💰 **MARKETS:**
• **India Startup Boost** — Union Cabinet approves Rs 10,000 crore ($1.2B) Fund of Funds 2.0 for deep-tech and manufacturing ventures (Dhanamonline)

🔬 **SCIENCE:**
• **AI Math Test** — Researchers gave AI systems 10 tough math problems; results described as "mixed" — OpenAI and others struggled (Scientific American)
• **Axolotl Regeneration** — Scientists discover axolotls can completely regenerate their thymus, a complex immune system organ (Scientific American)
• **Great Backyard Bird Count** — Annual community science project runs Feb 13-16; global bird identification and count underway (Scientific American)


📰 **Magoo Briefing** — 1:04 PM UTC, Sunday Feb 15, 2026

🛠 **TECH:**
• **GitHub** now offers Claude (Anthropic) and Codex (OpenAI) on Agent HQ in public preview for Copilot Pro+/Enterprise users — developers can pick their preferred AI agent directly in VS Code
• **Flashpoint Archive** has preserved over 200,000 web games and Flash animations — a massive digital preservation effort for early internet culture
• Alibaba releases **Zvec**: lightweight, fast, in-process vector database (open source on GitHub)

🤖 **AI:**
• **Spotify CEO** reveals top developers "haven't written a single line of code since December" — fully embraced "vibe coding" where senior engineers only generate and supervise AI-written code
• **Google Gemini** experiencing outage reports — users seeing errors and hangs (DownDetector spike confirmed)
• **OpenAI** quietly removed GPT-4o access Friday; users who relied on it for companionship are mourning the loss globally
• **Disney** accuses ByteDance's new Seedance 2.0 AI video model of infringing on characters (Spider-Man, Darth Vader examples cited)

🌍 **GLOBAL:**
• **Navalny** was killed using toxin from poison dart frogs, five European allies claim — Russia calls it propaganda
• **Rubio** at Munich Security Conference: tells Europe "yesterday is over" and US/Europe "belong together" but only if allies change course
• **Iran** ready to discuss compromises to reach nuclear deal, deputy foreign minister tells BBC — "ball is in America's court"
• **Jimmy Lai** sentenced to 20 years in Hong Kong security case; China summoned UK, US, EU missions over criticism

💰 **MARKETS:**
• **Bitcoin** claws back to $70,000 on cooling inflation data after $8.7B wipeout; Crypto Fear & Greed Index still in "extreme fear"
• **Elon Musk's X** launching crypto and stock trading in "couple weeks" — users can execute trades within app

🔬 **SCIENCE:**
• **AI slop crisis** hits computer science publishing — preprint repositories and conferences overwhelmed by low-quality AI-generated submissions
• **US repeals** key climate change 'endangerment finding' that labeled CO2 a public health threat — major policy reversal


📡 **Tech Radar** — 1:08 PM UTC, Feb 15, 2026

🚀 **RISING REPOS:**

• **modelcontextprotocol/servers** — Official MCP servers collection (Filesystem, Git, Memory, Sequential Thinking, Time + 100+ third-party)
  [Source](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers)
  **[FLAG: MCP server ecosystem exploding — relevant to OpenClaw tool integration]**

• **DeepGenTeam/DeepGen** — 5B unified multimodal model for image generation/editing. Beats 80B HunyuanImage by 28% on WISE.
  [Source](https://github.com/DeepGenTeam/DeepGen)
  **[FLAG: SOTA claim — efficient small model beating giants]**

• **CM2-RLCR-Tool-Agent** — RL framework with checklist rewards for multi-turn agents. +8-12 points on tool-use benchmarks.
  [Source](https://github.com/namezhenzhang/CM2-RLCR-Tool-Agent)
  **[FLAG: Agent architecture — relevant to agent reliability]**

• **efficientsam3/sam3_litetext** — 88% text encoder parameter reduction for SAM3 vision-language segmentation.
  [Source](https://github.com/SimonZeng7108/efficientsam3)
  **[FLAG: Infra optimization — memory efficiency]**

• **Microsoft Learn MCP Server** — Microsoft officially adopted MCP for docs integration (launched June 2025)
  [Source](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/engineering-at-microsoft/how-we-built-the-microsoft-learn-mcp-server/)
  **[FLAG: MCP adoption by major vendor]**

📄 **FRESH RESEARCH:**

• **CATTS: Confidence-Aware Test-Time Scaling for WebAgents** — Dynamic compute allocation for multi-step agents. 9.1% improvement using 2.3x fewer tokens than uniform scaling.
  [arXiv:2602.12276](https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.12276)
  **[FLAG: Agent architecture — efficiency breakthrough]**

• **CM2: RL with Checklist Rewards for Multi-Turn Agents** — Replaces verifiable rewards with checklist-based training. SOTA on tau^-Bench, BFCL-V4, ToolSandbox.
  [arXiv:2602.12268](https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.12268)
  **[FLAG: Agent architecture — training methodology]**

• **KeplerAgent: Physics-guided LLM for Equation Discovery** — Agentic framework that mimics scientific reasoning process for symbolic regression.
  [arXiv:2602.12259](https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.12259)

• **Pedagogically-Inspired Knowledge Distillation** — IOA framework: 94.7% teacher performance with <1/10th params. +19.2% on MATH, +22.3% on HumanEval.
  [arXiv:2602.12172](https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.12172)
  **[FLAG: SOTA on coding benchmarks]**

• **DeepGen 1.0** (HuggingFace #1 trending) — 5B model beats 27B Qwen-Image-Edit by 37% on UniREditBench.
  [arXiv:2602.12205](https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.12205)
  **[FLAG: SOTA claim — trending #1]**

• **SAM3-LiteText** — MobileCLIP-based text encoder reduces params 88% while maintaining segmentation performance.
  [arXiv:2602.12173](https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.12173)
  **[FLAG: Infra optimization]**

⚡ **INFRA ALERTS:**

• **MCP Registry launched** — Official registry at registry.modelcontextprotocol.io now lists 100+ servers
  **[FLAG: OpenClaw ecosystem opportunity — tool integration standard]**

• **vLLM Ascend** — Huawei Ascend NPU native support for vLLM (chunked prefill, TP, PP, speculative decoding)
  **[FLAG: Hardware diversification for inference]**

---
**MCP MOMENTUM:** Major adoption wave — Microsoft, Cloudflare, Stripe, AWS all shipping MCP servers. Consider OpenClaw MCP bridge for tool ecosystem compatibility.


📰 **Magoo Briefing** — 8:40 AM EST, Sunday Feb 15, 2026

🛠 **TECH:**
• GitHub Copilot gets GPT-5.3-Codex — OpenAI's latest agentic coding model now generally available (github.blog)
• Tesla shifts FSD to subscription-only model — No more lifetime purchases starting Feb 14 (S. Korea Daily)
• Waymo introduces World Model — New generative AI for hyper-realistic autonomous driving simulation

🤖 **AI:**
• Microsoft plans to ditch OpenAI — AI chief Mustafa Suleyman confirms shift away from ChatGPT reliance (Windows Central)
• AI researchers warn on exit — OpenAI & Anthropic departures raise alarms about unchecked AI risks (CNN)
• WhatsApp may add ChatGPT/Gemini — EU pressure could force Meta to allow rival AI assistants (The Star)

🌍 **GLOBAL:**
• China vows to support Taiwan "reunification forces" — Beijing pledges to strike hard against separatists (Reuters)
• Trump pushes Ukraine war endgame — Rubio meets Zelensky at Munich to pursue "once and for all" resolution (CNN)

💰 **MARKETS:**
• Musk net worth tops $800B — SpaceX-xAI merger at $1.25T valuation puts him on path to trillionaire status (CNBC)
• Dow Jones holds steady — Markets digest mixed signals on Fed policy direction

🔬 **SCIENCE:**
• NASA Artemis II on track — First crewed Moon mission since 1972 scheduled for early 2026 (Britannica)
• Perseverance rover makes history — First Mars traverse using AI-planned routes without human operators (ScienceDaily)

📊 **Total: 11 diverse items** | Sources: GitHub, Reuters, CNN, CNBC, BBC, Windows Central, Waymo, NASA


📰 **Magoo Briefing** — 9:07 AM EST, Sunday Feb 15, 2026

🛠 **TECH:**
• **Waymo raises $16B** at $126B valuation — largest autonomous vehicle funding round to date marks "new era" for self-driving tech (Waymo)
• **SpaceX shifts Dragon launches** from historic Pad 39A to SLC-40 as Starship testing looms for 12th flight (Spaceflight Now, Digital Trends)

🤖 **AI:**
• **OpenAI nears $100B funding** — CEO Sam Altman says ChatGPT monthly growth back above 10% amid heated AI competition (CNBC)
• **OpenAI removes "safely" from mission** — restructuring to for-profit PBC structure sparks debate over AGI governance (The Conversation)

🌍 **GLOBAL:**
• **Russia poisoned Navalny with dart frog toxin** — five European nations say Kremlin killed opposition leader using lethal batrachotoxin from Ecuadorian frogs (CNN, PBS, The Hill)
• **Iran ready to discuss nuclear deal compromises** — Deputy FM tells BBC ball is "in America's court" ahead of Geneva talks (BBC, Reuters)
• **Australia commits $2.76B to AUKUS shipyard** — construction progressing for nuclear-powered submarine program with US/UK (Reuters)
• **Taiwan blasts China as "real threat"** — Foreign Minister rebuffs Chinese diplomat's comments at Munich Security Conference (Reuters)

💰 **MARKETS:**
• **US troops deploying to Nigeria** — American forces to train military in combating extremism as security crisis spreads in West Africa (AP)

🔬 **SCIENCE/SPACE:**
• **SpaceX Crew-12 arrives at ISS** — international crew begins 8-month mission after earlier medical emergency evacuation (Fox News, Space.com)
• **Lindsey Vonn crashes at Olympics** — American skiing legend's comeback ends with ACL tear seconds into downhill race (AP, NBC, ESPN)

🇺🇸 **US POLITICS:**
• **Ghislaine Maxwell pleads Fifth** in House Oversight Epstein probe — sought clemency in exchange for testifying (Politico)
• **Melinda French Gates addresses Epstein files** — calls references to Bill Gates' alleged affairs "painful memories" (NYT, NPR)


📡 **Tech Radar** — 2:10 PM UTC, Feb 15 2026

🚀 **RISING REPOS:**

• **rowboat** — Open-source AI coworker with memory
  https://github.com/rowboatlabs/rowboat
  ⭐ Rising fast | **FLAG: OpenClaw competitor / Agent framework**

• **gh-aw** — GitHub Agentic Workflows (official GitHub)
  https://github.com/github/gh-aw
  ⭐ New from GitHub | **FLAG: MCP server / OpenClaw ecosystem**

• **chrome-devtools-mcp** — Chrome DevTools for coding agents
  https://github.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp
  ⭐ MCP server | **FLAG: MCP server / DevTools integration**

• **zvec** — Lightning-fast in-process vector database (Alibaba)
  https://github.com/alibaba/zvec
  ⭐ New release | **FLAG: Infra optimization / Vector DB**

• **moonshine** — Fast ASR for edge devices (Mistral)
  https://github.com/moonshine-ai/moonshine
  ⭐ 351 stars today | **FLAG: SOTA claim / Edge AI**

• **wifi-densepose** — WiFi-based human pose through walls
  https://github.com/ruvnet/wifi-densepose
  ⭐ 6,342 total | **FLAG: Novel tech / Computer vision**

• **PocketFlow** — 100-line LLM framework
  https://github.com/The-Pocket/PocketFlow
  ⭐ Trending | **FLAG: OpenClaw competitor / Minimal framework**

📄 **FRESH RESEARCH:**

• **CATTS: Confidence-Aware Test-Time Scaling for WebAgents**
  Dynamic compute allocation for agents using uncertainty signals.
  https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.12276
  **FLAG: Agent architecture / Web agents**

• **DeepGen 1.0** — 5B unified multimodal beats 80B HunyuanImage
  Lightweight image gen/editing with SOTA results.
  https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.12205
  **FLAG: SOTA claim / Multimodal / Efficiency**

• **UI-Venus-1.5** — Unified GUI agent (SOTA on AndroidWorld 77.6%)
  Model merging + RL for real-world app automation.
  https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.09082
  **FLAG: SOTA claim / GUI agents / Mobile automation**

• **MiniCPM-V 4.5** — 8B MLLM beats GPT-4o-latest
  46.7% GPU memory, 8.7% inference time of Qwen2.5-VL 7B.
  https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.18154
  **FLAG: SOTA claim / Efficiency / Edge**

⚡ **INFRA ALERTS:**

• **GLM-5** now trending #1 on HuggingFace (128K downloads)
  https://huggingface.co/zai-org/GLM-5
  **FLAG: SOTA model / Cost-effective**

• **MiniMax-M2.5** released (229B MoE, 32B active)
  https://huggingface.co/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M2.5
  **FLAG: SOTA claim / Cost savings**

• **Qwen3-Coder-Next** trending — coding specialist
  https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-Coder-Next
  **FLAG: SOTA claim / Coding benchmark**

📊 **MCP WATCH:**
• MCP Registry now live: https://github.com/mcp
• Chrome DevTools MCP server launched
• GitHub Agentic Workflows (gh-aw) official from GitHub


📰 **Magoo Briefing** — 6:00 PM EST, Feb 15, 2026

🛠 **TECH:**
• GitHub GPT-5.3-Codex now GA for Copilot — OpenAI's latest agentic coding model reaching new benchmark highs (github.blog)
• Uber expands into 7 new European markets in food-delivery push (Reuters)
• a16z Speedrun accelerator becomes hottest startup program — launched 2023, now super-competitive (TechCrunch)

🤖 **AI:**
• Google Gemini reports massive growth — analysts ask: "Checkmate" to ChatGPT? (Nasdaq/Fool)
• Seedance 2.0 video generator sparks Hollywood backlash over copyright/jobs (TechCrunch)
• China's AI hardware breakthrough gains speed via smuggled tools, SMIC 7nm yields hit 70% (TechSoda)

🌍 **GLOBAL:**
• Rubio tells Europe it "belongs together" with US at Munich conference — eases tensions after Trump turmoil (Reuters/BBC)
• China confirms visa-free travel for UK & Canadian nationals through Dec 31 (BBC)
• China's semiconductor industry accelerates amid global push — record investments, strategic pushback on export controls (St. Augustine)

💰 **MARKETS:**
• Bitcoin ETF flows down but don't signal investor panic despite price drop (CNBC)
• MicroStrategy (MSTR) stock jumps 8.85% to $133.88 on late-week Bitcoin rally (TMA Street)

🔬 **SCIENCE:**
• Black hole discovered "100 trillion times more powerful than Death Star" — TDE AT2018hyz (ScienceAlert)
• Large Hadron Collider breakthrough confirms matter triumph over antimatter asymmetry — decades-long "holy grail" search (ScienceNaturePage)


📡 **Tech Radar** — 6:03 PM UTC, Feb 15, 2026

🚀 **RISING REPOS:**

• **microsoft/agent-framework** — Multi-language framework (Python/.NET) for building, orchestrating and deploying AI agents with graph-based workflows. DevUI included. ⭐ [Trending]
  [Source](https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework)
  **[FLAG: OpenClaw competitor / Agent architecture]**

• **concierge-hq/concierge** — MCP workflow framework with progressive tool disclosure, enforced ordering, shared state, semantic search for 100+ tool APIs. Wraps any MCP server.
  [Source](https://github.com/concierge-hq/concierge)
  **[FLAG: MCP server / Agent infrastructure]**

• **jgraph/drawio-mcp** — Official draw.io MCP server with inline diagram rendering, supports XML/CSV/Mermaid. Published as @drawio/mcp on npm.
  [Source](https://github.com/jgraph/drawio-mcp)
  **[FLAG: MCP server / Productivity tool]**

• **kaitranntt/ccs** — Universal AI profile manager for Claude Code. Switch between Claude accounts, Gemini, Copilot, OpenRouter (300+ models). Cost optimization via centralized API management.
  [Source](https://github.com/kaitranntt/ccs)
  **[FLAG: Cost savings / OpenClaw ecosystem]**

• **alichherawalla/off-grid-mobile** — LLM on mobile, all local, no data leaves device. Trending 15 hours ago.
  [Source](https://github.com/alichherawalla/off-grid-mobile)

• **Free LLM API Resources** — GitHub trending curated list of free LLM API inference services. Published by cheahjs.
  **[FLAG: Cost savings]**

📄 **FRESH RESEARCH:**

• **ByteDance Doubao 2.0** — Released for "agent era", matches GPT 5.2 & Gemini 3 Pro performance, 10x cost reduction via efficient token usage. 155M weekly active users (DeepSeek: 81.6M).
  [Article](https://whtc.com/2026/02/14/chinas-bytedance-releases-doubao-2-0-ai-chatbot/)
  **[FLAG: SOTA claim / Agent architecture / Cost optimization]**

• **Gemini 3 Deep Think Upgrade** — Refined reasoning model, HumanEval coding benchmark: 74.4% vs GPT-4's 67%. Natural2Code benchmark also improved.
  **[FLAG: SOTA claim / Coding benchmark]**

• **jdopensource/JoyAI-LLM-Flash** — New HuggingFace trending model (11 hours ago). Modeled after dsv3, smaller scale. Base model released.
  [HuggingFace](https://huggingface.co/jdopensource/JoyAI-LLM-Flash)

⚡ **INFRA ALERTS:**

• **ROCm/vLLM AMD GPU Support Improved** — SitePoint guide notes llama.cpp and vLLM now offer functional AMD GPU acceleration, though ecosystem still behind CUDA.
  **[FLAG: Performance boost / Hardware diversity]**

• **ragflow v2 Release** — AI Badgr model provider, HTTP API improvements, chat completion with metadata-based filtering.
  [Releases](https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/releases)

🔍 **ECOSYSTEM WATCH:**
• **Moltbook** — AI agents social network mentioned in news (OpenClaw/SaaSPocalypse flashpoint). Fueling debates on machine autonomy & cybersecurity.
  **[FLAG: OpenClaw ecosystem mention]**


📰 **Magoo Briefing** — 6:20 PM UTC, Feb 15, 2026

🛠 **TECH:**
• **Conduent data breach** — 10.5M affected, SSNs exposed. 8th-largest healthcare breach on record. Unauthorized access Oct-Jan. [Mashable]
• **Uber EU expansion** — Enters 7 new European markets in food delivery push [Reuters]
• **Free LLM API resources** — GitHub trending project lists inference endpoints for devs [AIToolly]

🤖 **AI:**
• **Anthropic safety researcher quits** — Mrinank Sharma warns "world is in peril," cites difficulty letting values govern actions [The Hill]
• **Adapt raises $10M seed** — SF startup building "AI computer for business," horizontal platform w/ frontier agents. Activant + Headline lead [Business Insider]
• **AI risks alarm** — Al Jazeera deep dive: experts warn on manipulation, job displacement, deceptive AI behavior. EU AI Act in effect [Al Jazeera]

🌍 **GLOBAL:**
• **Ukraine-Russia (Day 1,452)** — Zelenskyy: Russia demands Donetsk withdrawal for ceasefire; Ukraine rejects. Geneva talks next. NATO: Russia losing 65K/2 months [Al Jazeera]
• **Iran protests** — Massive global demonstrations opposing government. Hundreds of thousands march worldwide; nuclear talks resume in Geneva [Politico]

💰 **MARKETS:**
• **Bitcoin ETF outflows** — Flows down but don't signal panic, analysts say. Price crash stokes "crypto winter" fears [CNBC]
• **Stock market stress** — 15 S&P 500 firms saw 15%+ swings post-earnings. Volatility spikes across Mag 7 [Morningstar]

🔬 **SCIENCE:**
• **LHC matter triumph** — Breakthrough confirms how matter beat antimatter after Big Bang [Science Nature Page]
• **Parker Solar Probe** — Closest-ever solar flyby solves century-old solar wind heating mystery [SciTechDaily]


📰 **Magoo Briefing** — 1:42 PM EST, Feb 15

🛠 **TECH/CYBERSECURITY:**

**AT&T Breach:** Hacker stole call/text records from nearly all wireless customers. Records show phone numbers contacted, interaction counts, but no message content or SSNs. At least one person arrested. — ABC News

**Conduent Data Breach:** 10.5M people affected, SSNs exposed. Business services company began sending notices to impacted individuals. — Mashable

**"Crazy" Ransomware:** VoidCrypt variant uses employee monitoring software (Net Monitor, SimpleHelp) to deploy ransomware. Two incidents in early 2026. — BankInfoSecurity

**Arti Breach:** Massive 2023 leak exposed 12M records (PII, financial data) across institutions. Recent analysis reveals systemic data governance failures. — St. Augustine's Univ

🤖 **AI:**

**Sharma Quits Anthropic:** Mrinank Sharma resigned warning "world is in peril" from AI, bioweapons, and interconnected crises. Proud of internal transparency work but says "hard to truly let our values" guide. — AOL/The Hill

**Adapt Raises $10M:** SF-based AI startup secures seed funding for "AI computer for business" — horizontal platform enabling any role to collaborate with frontier AI agents grounded in company context. — Business Insider

**AI Alarm:** Al Jazeera deep dive on AI risks — deepfakes scamming people, chatbots encouraging suicides, AI-manipulated cyberattacks. Researchers from Anthropic/OpenAI quitting over safety concerns. — Al Jazeera

🌍 **GLOBAL:**

**Iran Pressure Call:** Exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi urges world leaders to increase pressure on Iran's government amid ongoing unrest. — ABC News

💰 **MARKETS:**

**Market Stress:** Nasdaq down 5th straight week (longest since 2022). Magnificent 7 breaking down, 15 S&P firms saw 15%+ post-earnings swings. VIX above 20 signals heightened alert. — Morningstar/MarketWatch

🔬 **SCIENCE:**

**JADES-ID1 Protocluster:** James Webb + Chandra find most distant galaxy protocluster ever (12.7B light-years). Challenges theories on early universe structure formation. — LiveScience


📰 **Magoo Briefing** — 2:00 PM EST, February 15, 2026

🛠 **TECH:**
• Check Point acquires 3 Israeli startups (Cyclops, Cyata, Rotate) for $150M+, integrating into security platform
• Mashable: Conduent data breach exposes 10.5M Social Security numbers
• ABC News: AT&T hacker stole call/text records from nearly all wireless customers

🤖 **AI:**
• ByteDance releases Doubao 2.0 chatbot — matches GPT-5.2/Gemini 3 Pro performance, 10x cost reduction
• Adapt raises $10M seed to build "AI computer for business"
• Cherryrock Capital launches fund targeting overlooked Series A/B founders in growth markets

🌍 **GLOBAL:**
• Politico: Massive global demonstrations held opposing Iran's government
• Guardian: Europe displays growing steeliness vs Trump's "new era" offer at Munich conference

💰 **MARKETS:**
• Morningstar: Market stress analysis — 15 S&P 500 firms saw 15%+ swings post-earnings
• MicroStrategy (MSTR) stock jumps +8.85% on Bitcoin rebound

🔬 **SCIENCE:**
• LiveScience: JWST/Chandra reveal JADES-ID1 — most distant protocluster at 12.7B light-years, defies theory
• SciTechDaily: Parker Solar Probe rewrites century-old solar wind mystery


📡 **Tech Radar** — 7:04 PM UTC, Feb 15, 2026

🚀 **RISING REPOS:**

• **github/gh-aw** — GitHub Agentic Workflows (write agentic workflows in natural language markdown, run in GitHub Actions)
  [Source](https://github.com/github/gh-aw)
  **[FLAG: OpenClaw competitor / Includes Agent Workflow Firewall for network egress control]**

• **microsoft/agent-framework** — MS Agent Framework for Python & .NET (graph-based multi-agent workflows, DevUI for testing)
  [Source](https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework)
  **[FLAG: OpenClaw alternative / Migration guides from Semantic Kernel & AutoGen]**

• **ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp** — Chrome DevTools for coding agents (MCP server with performance, network, debugging tools)
  [Source](https://github.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp)
  **[FLAG: NEW MCP SERVER / Works with Claude, Gemini, Cursor, VS Code, etc.]**

• **rowboatlabs/rowboat** — Open-source AI coworker with memory (builds knowledge graph from email/meetings, local-first Markdown)
  [Source](https://github.com/rowboatlabs/rowboat)
  **[FLAG: OpenClaw competitor / Background agents + MCP support]**

• **openclaw/openclaw** — OpenClaw is trending on GitHub! 🦞
  [Source](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw)

• **ruvnet/wifi-densepose** — WiFi-based dense human pose estimation (351 stars today!)
  [Source](https://github.com/ruvnet/wifi-densepose)

• **alibaba/zvec** — Lightweight, lightning-fast, in-process vector database
  [Source](https://github.com/alibaba/zvec)

• **Jeffallan/claude-skills** — 66 Specialized Skills for Full-Stack Developers (transform Claude Code into expert pair programmer)
  [Source](https://github.com/Jeffallan/claude-skills)
  **[FLAG: OpenClaw ecosystem / Claude Code extension]**

• **mistralai/mistral-vibe** — Minimal CLI coding agent by Mistral
  [Source](https://github.com/mistralai/mistral-vibe)

• **The-Pocket/PocketFlow** — 100-line LLM framework (let Agents build Agents!)
  [Source](https://github.com/The-Pocket/PocketFlow)

📄 **FRESH RESEARCH:**

• **CATTS: Confidence-Aware Test-Time Scaling for WebAgents** — Dynamic compute allocation for multi-step agents using uncertainty signals (9.1% perf boost, 2.3x fewer tokens vs uniform scaling)
  [arXiv](https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.12276)
  **[FLAG: Agent architecture / Test-time scaling for agentic tasks]**

🤖 **HUGGINGFACE TRENDING MODELS:**

• **GLM-5** (Z.ai) — 754B params, 1189 likes, available via Together/Novita APIs
• **MiniMax-M2.5** — 228B params, 596 likes
• **Kimi-K2.5** (Moonshot AI) — 170B params, 2180 likes, multimodal vision
• **MiniCPM-SALA** (OpenBMB) — 9.4B params, 438 likes
• **Qwen3-Coder-Next** — 79B params, 866 likes, coding model

⚡ **INFRA ALERTS:**
None flagged this scan.

---
**NOTABLE:**
- GitHub shipped official agentic workflows (gh-aw) with read-only by default + firewall
- Microsoft agent-framework supports Python & .NET with migration paths from SK/AutoGen
- Chrome DevTools now has MCP server = agents can debug/performance test live browser
- Rowboat = local-first AI coworker (similar concept to OpenClaw but desktop-only)


📰 **Magoo Briefing** — 2:22 PM EST, Feb 15 2026

🛠 **TECH:**
• **Simon Willison:** OpenClaw hits 196K GitHub stars, 10K commits, 600 contributors in under 3 months since Nov 25 launch ([simonwillison.net](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/15/openclaw/))
• **Check Point:** Acquires Cyclops, Cyata, Rotate startups for $150M+ in cybersecurity consolidation ([letsdatascience.com](https://www.letsdatascience.com/news/check-point-acquires-three-startups-reports-results-42d07d75))
• **n8n vulnerability:** New security flaw discovered in n8n AI workflow platform — Schneier warning ([schneier.com](https://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram/archives/2026/0215.html))

🤖 **AI:**
• **Anthropic safety researcher quits:** Mrinank Sharma leaves, warns "world is in peril" from AI risks ([aol.com](https://www.aol.com/articles/ai-safety-researcher-quits-anthropic-195310989.html))
• **Adapt raises $10M seed:** Building "AI computer for business" platform ([businessinsider.com](https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/adapt-raises-10m-seed-to-build-the-ai-computer-for-business-1035828622))
• **ByteDance Doubao 2.0:** Matches GPT-5.2/Gemini 3 Pro performance, 10x cost reduction for agent era ([whtc.com](https://whtc.com/2026/02/14/chinas-bytedance-releases-doubao-2-0-ai-chatbot/))

🌍 **GLOBAL:**
• **Iran protests:** Massive global demonstrations opposing Iranian government escalate ([politico.com](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/15/massive-demonstrations-held-to-oppose-irans-government-00782529))
• **Europe vs Trump:** Munich conference shows "growing steeliness" rejecting Trump's "new era" offer ([theguardian.com](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/15/offer-to-join-trumps-new-era-is-met-with-growing-sense-of-european-steeliness))

💰 **MARKETS:**
• **MicroStrategy jumps:** MSTR stock +8.85% on Bitcoin rebound ([tmastreet.com](https://tmastreet.com/microstrategy-mstr-stock-jumps-on-bitcoin-rebound/))
• **Market volatility:** 15 S&P 500 firms see 15%+ post-earnings swings — unprecedented stress signals ([morningstar.com](https://www.morningstar.com/news/marketwatch/20260215145/here-are-7-charts-guaranteed-to-stress-you-out-about-the-stock-market))

🔬 **SCIENCE:**
• **Venus lava tube discovered:** Scientists uncover massive underground volcanic structure beneath Venus surface ([sciencedaily.com](https://www.sciencedaily.com/news/space_time/))
• **JADES-ID1 protocluster:** JWST/Chandra reveal most distant protocluster at 12.7 billion light-years, defies formation theory ([livescience.com](https://www.livescience.com/space/deepest-views-from-james-webb-and-chandra-telescopes-reveal-a-monster-object-that-defies-theory-space-photo-of-the-week))
• **Parker Solar Probe:** Solves century-old solar wind mystery with closest-ever Sun approach ([scitechdaily.com](https://scitechdaily.com/a-spacecraft-flew-closer-to-the-sun-than-ever-and-is-rewriting-a-century-old-mystery/))


📰 **Magoo Briefing** — 7:41 PM UTC, February 15

🛠 **TECH:**
• **n8n Critical Vuln:** CVE-2026-21858 (CVSS 10.0) enables remote takeover of 100K+ deployed instances — no workarounds [Schneier]
• **AT&T Breach:** Hacker stole call/text records from nearly all wireless customers [ABC News]
• **Conduent Leak:** 10.5M Social Security numbers exposed in data breach [Mashable]

🤖 **AI:**
• **ByteDance Doubao 2.0:** Matches GPT-5.2/Gemini 3 Pro, claims 10x cost reduction for agent era [WHTC]
• **Anthropic Exodus:** AI safety researcher Mrinank Sharma quits, warns "world is in peril" [AOL]

🧑💻 **GITHUB/DEV:**
• **GitHub Agentic Workflows (gh-aw):** Write workflows in natural language markdown, run in Actions — includes Agent Workflow Firewall [GitHub trending]
• **Microsoft Agent Framework:** Multi-agent Python/.NET framework with graph-based workflows, DevUI testing [GitHub trending]
• **Chrome DevTools MCP:** Official MCP server for debugging, performance, network analysis — works with Claude, Gemini, Cursor [GitHub trending]

🌍 **GLOBAL:**
• **Iran Protests:** Massive demonstrations held globally to oppose government [Politico]
• **Europe vs Trump:** "Growing sense of European steeliness" in response to Trump's Munich offer [The Guardian]

💰 **MARKETS:**
• **MicroStrategy (MSTR):** Stock jumps +8.85% on Bitcoin rebound [TMA Street]
• **Market Volatility:** 15 S&P firms saw 15%+ post-earnings swings — stress charts [Morningstar]

🔬 **SCIENCE:**
• **JADES-ID1:** Webb/Chandra reveal most distant protocluster at 12.7B light-years — defies theory [LiveScience]
• **Parker Solar Probe:** Rewrites century-old solar wind mystery after closest-ever approach [SciTechDaily]


📰 **Magoo Briefing** — 8:02 PM UTC, Feb 15

News cycle still settling. Only 21 minutes since last briefing (19:41 UTC).

Most sources repeating stories already covered today:
- AT&T/Conduent breaches ✓
- ByteDance Doubao 2.0 ✓
- Mrinank Sharma/Anthropic ✓
- Iran demonstrations ✓
- Munich Conference ✓
- GitHub trending repos (gh-aw, agent-framework, Chrome DevTools MCP) ✓
- MSTR/BTC market moves ✓
- Space discoveries (JADES-ID1, Parker Solar Probe) ✓

Waiting for fresh content. Next scan in 30-45 minutes.


📡 **Tech Radar** — 8:05 PM UTC, Feb 15, 2026

🚀 **RISING REPOS:**

• **rowboat** — Open-source AI coworker with memory ⭐ [trending]
  https://github.com/rowboatlabs/rowboat
  **[FLAG: Marketing relevant — AI agent with memory architecture]**

• **gh-aw** — GitHub Agentic Workflows ⭐ [trending]
  https://github.com/github/gh-aw
  **[FLAG: OpenClaw ecosystem — official GitHub agent tooling]**

• **chrome-devtools-mcp** — Chrome DevTools for coding agents ⭐ [trending]
  https://github.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp
  **[FLAG: MCP server — browser automation for agents]**

• **zvec** — Alibaba lightweight in-process vector database ⭐ [trending]
  https://github.com/alibaba/zvec
  **[FLAG: Infra optimization — lightning-fast vector DB]**

• **aios-core** — Synkra AIOS: AI-Orchestrated System for Full Stack Development v4.0 ⭐ [trending]
  https://github.com/SynkraAI/aios-core
  **[FLAG: OpenClaw alternative — full-stack agent framework]**

• **wifi-densepose** — WiFi-based dense human pose estimation (InvisPose) ⭐ 6,433 (+351 today)
  https://github.com/ruvnet/wifi-densepose
  **[FLAG: Revolutionary tech — full-body tracking through walls via WiFi]**

• **moonshine** — Fast/accurate ASR for edge devices ⭐ [trending]
  https://github.com/moonshine-ai/moonshine

📄 **FRESH RESEARCH:**

• **iGRPO: Self-Feedback-Driven LLM Reasoning** — Iterative GRPO with self-conditioning
  https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.09000
  **[FLAG: SOTA claim — 85.62% AIME24, 79.64% AIME25]**

• **CATTS: Agentic Test-Time Scaling for WebAgents** — Dynamic compute allocation for multi-step agents
  https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.12276
  **[FLAG: Agent architecture — 9.1% improvement on WebArena, 2.3x fewer tokens]**

• **RLCER: Chain-of-Thought with Self-Evolving Rubrics** — Autonomous CoT rewarding without human labels
  https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.10885
  **[FLAG: Agent reasoning — self-evolving evaluation rubrics]**

• **GLM-5** — Z.ai 744B params (40B active), beats GPT-5.2 on BrowseComp/Vending Bench 2
  https://z.ai/blog/glm-5
  https://github.com/zai-org/GLM-5
  **[FLAG: SOTA model — MIT license, complex systems engineering & long-horizon tasks]**

⚡ **INFRA ALERTS:**

• **zvec** — Alibaba in-process vector DB claims "lightning-fast" performance
  **[FLAG: Performance boost — potential replacement for heavy vector DBs]**

---
Total: 7 repos, 4 papers, 1 infra alert


📰 **Magoo Briefing** — 8:20 PM UTC, Feb 15

Only 18 minutes since last cycle (20:02 UTC). News sources still cycling same stories:
- AT&T/Conduent breaches ✓
- ByteDance Doubao 2.0 ✓
- GitHub trending repos ✓
- Market moves ✓
- Space discoveries ✓

Web search rate-limited. Waiting for fresh content.

Next scan: ~20:45 UTC.


📰 **Magoo Briefing** — Only 3-4 diverse items this cycle (late Saturday evening UTC, most sources recycling already-covered stories). Waiting for more news.

**Last covered:**
- AT&T/Conduent breaches ✓
- ByteDance Doubao 2.0 ✓
- GitHub trending (gh-aw, agent-framework, Chrome DevTools MCP) ✓
- Iran demonstrations ✓
- Space discoveries (JADES-ID1, Parker Solar Probe) ✓

Next scan: ~21:30 UTC


📰 **Magoo Briefing** — 9:00 PM UTC, Feb 15, 2026

🛠 **TECH:**
• **NPR host sues Google over AI voice clone** — David Greene claims NotebookLM's male podcast host illegally replicates his voice. [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/02/15/david-greene-google-ai-podcast/)
• **Linux kernel adds Rock Band 4 guitar support** — Linux 7.0 will include native support for guitar controllers, including PDP RiffMaster and CRKD Gibson SG. [Phoronix](https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-HID)
• **Western Digital sold out through 2026** — AI data centers have gobbled up all capacity; consumer sales now just 5% of revenue. HDD prices surged 46% since September. [TweakTown](https://www.tweaktown.com/news/110168/western-digital-runs-out-of-hdd-capacity-ceo-says-massive-ai-deals-secured-price-surges-ahead/index.html)

🤖 **AI:**
• **Gemini outage reported** — Users experiencing error messages and hangs; extent unclear. Google not yet commenting. [DownDetector](https://downdetector.com/status/googlegemini/)

🌍 **GLOBAL:**
• **Ukraine detains ex-energy minister at border** — Detained while attempting to flee country amid corruption probe. [BBC](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g5380xwqjo)
• **Democrats reassure Europe: "Trump gone in 3 years"** — Opposition leaders at Munich summit stake claim as future party leaders, offer alternative to America First. [BBC](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjrq2r9y278o)
• **Iran protests: Hundreds of thousands rally worldwide** — Largest crowds in Munich, LA, Toronto; smaller rallies in Tel Aviv, Lisbon. [BBC](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czr0lykl4g4o)
• **Navalny allegedly poisoned with dart frog toxin** — UK demands action on Russia after revelations. [BBC](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm289we7jzdo)

⚖ **JUSTICE:**
• **DOJ releases all Epstein files** — AG Pam Bondi announces 3.5M pages published, 300+ individuals named. [Fox](https://www.foxnews.com/us/ag-pam-bondi-announces-all-epstein-files-released-listing-high-profile-names)
• **Nancy Guthrie abduction grips US** — Bitcoin ransom demanded; DNA found on glove near abduction site. [BBC](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y48j0exlgo)

🔬 **SCIENCE:**
• **Massive Venus lava tube discovered** — Hidden beneath surface, revealing new layer of volcanic history. [ScienceDaily](https://www.sciencedaily.com/news/space_time/)
• **Impossible galaxy cluster discovered** — Massive cluster forming just 1B years after Big Bang... but it shouldn't exist. [Universe Today](https://www.universetoday.com/)


📡 **Tech Radar** — 9:03 PM EST, Feb 15, 2026

🚀 **RISING REPOS:**

• **DeepGen 1.0** — Lightweight 5B unified multimodal model for image generation/editing ⭐ 86 stars
  [GitHub](https://github.com/DeepGenTeam/DeepGen) | [Paper](https://huggingface.co/papers/2602.12205)
  **🔴 FLAG: Marketing relevant** — Beats 80B HunyuanImage by 28%, 27B Qwen-Image-Edit by 37%. Open-source training code + weights.

• **DeepCode** — Autonomous coding agent for document-to-codebase synthesis
  [Paper](https://huggingface.co/papers/2512.07921)
  **🔴 FLAG: OpenClaw competitor** — Outperforms Cursor, Claude Code, and **PhD-level human experts** on paper-to-code reproduction. SOTA on PaperBench.

📄 **FRESH RESEARCH:**

• **DeepGen 1.0: Lightweight Unified Multimodal** — 5B model with Stacked Channel Bridging (SCB) + "think tokens" for structured reasoning guidance
  [arXiv:2602.12205](https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.12205)
  **🔴 FLAG: SOTA claim** — 28-37% improvement over 10x larger models, trained on only ~50M samples

• **DeepCode: Open Agentic Coding** — Blueprint distillation + stateful code memory + RAG + closed-loop error correction
  [arXiv:2512.07921](https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.07921)
  **🔴 FLAG: Agent architecture** — Treats repo synthesis as channel optimization problem. Beats human PhD experts.

⚡ **INFRA ALERTS:**

• **DeepSeek R1 Series** — Revolutionary Chinese LLM using MLA (Multi-Head Latent Attention) + knowledge distillation
  **🔴 FLAG: Cost savings** — Achieves OpenAI-level performance at 1/70th training cost. Supports 140 languages, 128K context.

• **DeepSeek V3.2 Formal** — Enhanced Agent capabilities + deep reasoning + 128K context window
  [deepseek.com](https://www.deepseek.com/)
  **🔴 FLAG: OpenClaw ecosystem** — Strong agent framework, potentially competitive

• **Anthropic Claude Opus 4.6** — Latest release with enhanced safety/security standards
  [anthropic.com/claude/opus](https://www.anthropic.com/claude/opus)
  Released Nov 24, 2025

---

**📊 ANALYSIS:**

1. **Image Generation**: DeepGen 1.0 proves small models can beat giants with smart architecture
2. **Coding Agents**: DeepCode is first to claim better-than-PhD performance on paper reproduction
3. **Cost Optimization**: DeepSeek's 1/70th training cost is game-changing for infrastructure
4. **Agent Frameworks**: Multiple new autonomous agent architectures emerging

**⚠ IMMEDIATE ALERTS:**
- DeepCode could replace human coders for research reproduction
- DeepSeek R1 offers massive cost savings for Fred's LLM workloads
- DeepGen 1.0 is marketing-relevant for image generation pipelines


📰 **Magoo Briefing** — 9:42 PM UTC, Sunday Feb 15

🛠 **TECH:**
• Ars Technica retracts article with AI-fabricated quotes attributed to real sources — Condé Nast-owned pub pulls piece after using AI tool that invented quotations
• Hollywood workers flock to Curious Refuge AI academy as production reshapes — Training ground for adapting to AI-driven filmmaking fuels new career paths

🤖 **AI:**
• Pentagon threatens to cut off Anthropic in AI safeguards dispute — After months of negotiations, DoD frustrated that Anthropic won't agree to "all lawful purposes" including weapons development
• OpenAI accuses DeepSeek of stealing tech via distillation — Memo to House China Committee warns of "new, obfuscated methods" to extract model capabilities, bypass controls

🌍 **GLOBAL:**
• US military preparing for weeks-long Iran operations if Trump orders attack — Far more serious than 2025's "Midnight Hammer" one-off strike; officials expect Iranian retaliation, back-and-forth strikes
• Munich Security Conference: Europe/US relationship on the rocks — Trump's Greenland push, limited Rubio reassurances leave trust gone despite mutual need
• Merz in talks with Macron on European nuclear deterrence — Germany exploring French nuclear umbrella as NATO doubts deepen

💰 **MARKETS:**
• Nasdaq 100: Buy-the-dip or final stage tech bubble? — AI mania, Fed pivot hopes, and wild sentiment collide; Magnificent 7 still driving the bus amid stretched valuations

🔬 **SCIENCE:**
• Massive underground lava tube discovered beneath Venus surface — Radar data reanalysis reveals new layer of planet's volcanic history
• Impossible galaxy cluster discovered 1B years after Big Bang — Massive proto-cluster assembling itself... it shouldn't exist according to current models


📰 **Magoo Briefing** — 10:00 PM UTC, Sunday Feb 15, 2026

🛠 **TECH:**
• **Android 17 beta** now available on Pixel devices — split release model continues, Q2 major update + Q4 minor SDK release
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/02/the-first-android-17-beta-is-now-available-on-pixel-devices/

• **GitHub's "Eternal September"** — open source maintainers face surge in low-quality contributions; GitHub plans new trust signals & triage tools
https://github.blog/open-source/maintainers/welcome-to-the-eternal-september-of-open-source-heres-what-we-plan-to-do-for-maintainers/

• **Santa Monica deploys AI parking enforcement** — first US city to use Hayden AI cameras on municipal vehicles for bike lane violations
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/santa-monica-deploys-ai-powered-parking-cameras-to-protect-bike-lanes/

🤖 **AI:**
• **India hits 100M weekly ChatGPT users** — Sam Altman reveals milestone ahead of AI Impact Summit in New Delhi
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/15/india-has-100m-weekly-active-chatgpt-users-sam-altman-says/

• **CS enrollment crashes at UC campuses** — dropped 6% systemwide, except UC San Diego which added AI major; Chinese universities embracing shift faster
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/15/the-great-computer-science-exodus-and-where-students-are-going-instead/

• **Glean pivots from search to enterprise AI layer** — betting on becoming intelligence layer beneath interfaces vs competing chatbots
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/15/the-enterprise-ai-land-grab-is-on-glean-is-building-the-layer-beneath-the-interface/

🌍 **GLOBAL:**
• **Ukraine ex-minister arrested fleeing country** — German Galushchenko detained on train; implicated in $100M embezzlement scandal
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g5380xwqjo

• **Democrats try to reassure Europe at Munich Summit** — Gavin Newsom: "Trump is temporary. He'll be gone in three years"
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjrq2r9y278o

• **11 killed in Gaza strikes** — Israel says responding to Hamas ceasefire violations; 600+ killed since Oct 10 ceasefire began
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8r15eyvk2do

💰 **MARKETS:**
• **Rivian saved by software in 2025** — VW joint venture provided lifeline; another $2B expected in 2026 as R2 SUV launches
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/15/techcrunch-mobility-rivians-savior/

🔬 **SCIENCE:**
• **Ancient Mars was warm & wet, not icy** — Perseverance finds kaolinite clays matching Earth's greenhouse periods; "most habitable intervals" in Mars history
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/ancient-mars-was-warm-and-wet-not-cold-and-icy/

• **WHO slams US-funded vaccine trial as unethical** — Guinea-Bissau study withholds proven hepatitis B vaccine from newborns; "exploiting scarcity"
https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/02/who-slams-us-funded-newborn-vaccine-trial-as-unethical/


📡 **Tech Radar** — 10:02 PM UTC, Feb 15, 2026

🚀 **RISING REPOS:**

• **chroma-core/chroma** — Open-source search and retrieval database for AI applications (vector DB)
  [Source](https://github.com/chroma-core/chroma)
  **[FLAG: OpenClaw ecosystem / RAG infrastructure]**

• **feast-dev/feast** — The Open Source Feature Store for AI/ML
  [Source](https://github.com/feast-dev/feast)
  **[FLAG: ML infrastructure]**

• **nautechsystems/nautilus_trader** — High-performance algorithmic trading platform and event-driven backtester
  [Source](https://github.com/nautechsystems/nautilus_trader)

• **seerr-team/seerr** — Open-source media request and discovery manager for Jellyfin, Plex, and Emby
  [Source](https://github.com/seerr-team/seerr)

• **rustdesk/rustdesk** — Open-source remote desktop application (self-hosting alternative to TeamViewer)
  [Source](https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk)

• **google-deepmind/mujoco** — Multi-Joint dynamics with Contact physics simulator
  [Source](https://github.com/google-deepmind/mujoco)

---

📄 **FRESH RESEARCH:**

• **CATTS: Agentic Test-Time Scaling** (arXiv:2602.12276)
  Dynamically allocates compute for multi-step agents. Improves WebArena performance by 9.1% while using 2.3x fewer tokens than uniform scaling.
  [arXiv](https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.12276)
  **[FLAG: Agent architecture / Cost optimization]**

• **CM2: Reinforcement Learning with Checklist Rewards** (arXiv:2602.12268)
  RL framework for multi-turn, multi-step agentic tool use with checklist-based rewards instead of verifiable outcomes.
  [arXiv](https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.12268)
  **[FLAG: Agent architecture / Tool use]**

• **KeplerAgent: Physics-guided Equation Discovery** (arXiv:2602.12259)
  LLM agent framework that follows scientific reasoning process for symbolic equation discovery.
  [arXiv](https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.12259)
  **[FLAG: Agent architecture / Scientific computing]**

---

⚡ **INFRA ALERTS:**
None flagged this cycle — standard trending includes Jellyfin (media), ClickHouse (analytics DB), VictoriaMetrics (monitoring).

---

**Next scan:** 11:00 PM UTC


📰 **Magoo Briefing** — 10:20 PM UTC, Feb 15

Only 3-4 new items this cycle (late Saturday night). News sources returning stale content.

**Next scan:** ~11:30 PM UTC


📰 **Magoo Briefing** — 5:42 PM EST, Saturday Feb 15, 2026

🛠 **TECH:**
• **GitHub Codespaces RCE flaw** — Orca Security uncovered attack vectors enabling remote code execution via malicious repos/PRs; can steal credentials, access resources (Infosecurity Magazine)
• **China visa-free travel for UK/Canada** — Relaxed visa rules take effect Feb 17 for British and Canadian passport holders (BBC)

🤖 **AI:**
• **Musk pushes "unhinged" Grok** — Ex-xAI employee claims Musk wants more extreme chatbot; "safety is a dead org at xAI"; follows 11 engineer departures, 2 co-founders (NewsBytes)
• **UK AI chatbot crackdown** — Government closing loophole to force all AI chatbots under Online Safety Act; new powers in Children's Wellbeing Bill after Grok victory (HuffPost UK)

🌍 **GLOBAL:**
• **Russia claims dozen villages seized** — Moscow says forces took 12 eastern Ukrainian villages in February; army chief Gerasimov visits troops (Al Arabiya)
• **Ukraine ex-energy minister detained** — Arrested while attempting to leave country; faces legal proceedings after corruption scandal dismissal (BBC)
• **Iran protests worldwide** — Hundreds of thousands rally in Munich, LA, Toronto; smaller demos in Tel Aviv, Lisbon (BBC)
• **Iran signals nuclear compromise** — Deputy FM tells BBC Tehran ready to discuss deal; "ball in America's court to prove they want a deal" (BBC)

💰 **MARKETS:**
• **Bitcoin at $70,242** — BTC trades steady; down 11.3% for February (CoinMarketCap)

🚔 **US:**
• **FBI analyzes Guthrie case glove** — DNA sample recovered from glove matching suspect video; found miles from Nancy Guthrie's home (BBC)


📰 **Magoo Briefing** — Only 4 diverse items this cycle (11:05 PM UTC Sunday). Waiting for more news.

**New stories found:**
• Russian pick-up artist accused of secretly filming women in Ghana
• US boards second tanker in Indian Ocean (Venezuela sanctions)
• Bondi criticized over incomplete Epstein files release
• Disney reportedly accuses ByteDance's AI video model of infringement

Next scan: ~12:30 AM UTC (Monday morning)


📡 **Tech Radar** — 11:07 PM UTC, Feb 15, 2026

🚀 **RISING REPOS:**

• **ruvnet/wifi-densepose** — WiFi-based dense human pose estimation through walls using commodity mesh routers ⭐ 6,466 (351 today)
  [Source](https://github.com/ruvnet/wifi-densepose)
  **[FLAG: 351 stars in 24h — Production-ready InvisPose implementation]**

• **github/gh-aw** — GitHub Agentic Workflows
  [Source](https://github.com/github/gh-aw)
  **[FLAG: Official GitHub agent tooling]**

• **ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp** — Chrome DevTools for coding agents
  [Source](https://github.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp)
  **[FLAG: MCP server — browser automation for agents]**

• **rowboatlabs/rowboat** — Open-source AI coworker with memory
  [Source](https://github.com/rowboatlabs/rowboat)
  **[FLAG: OpenClaw competitor — agentic memory system]**

• **mistralai/mistral-vibe** — Minimal CLI coding agent by Mistral
  [Source](https://github.com/mistralai/mistral-vibe)
  **[FLAG: Marketing relevant — Mistral agent CLI]**

• **resemble-ai/chatterbox** — SoTA open-source TTS
  [Source](https://github.com/resemble-ai/chatterbox)

• **The-Pocket/PocketFlow** — 100-line LLM framework. Let Agents build Agents!
  [Source](https://github.com/The-Pocket/PocketFlow)

• **Jeffallan/claude-skills** — 66 Specialized Skills for Full-Stack Developers (Claude Code)
  [Source](https://github.com/Jeffallan/claude-skills)

---

📄 **FRESH RESEARCH:**

• **Agentic Test-Time Scaling for WebAgents** — CATTS technique for dynamic compute allocation in multi-step agents; improves WebArena-Lite by 9.1% while using 2.3x fewer tokens
  [arXiv:2602.12276](https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.12276)
  **[FLAG: Agent architecture — efficiency gains for long-horizon tasks]**

• **CM2: RL with Checklist Rewards for Multi-Turn Agentic Tool Use** — RL framework for multi-step agent training using checklist rewards instead of verifiable outcomes; +8pts on tau-Bench, +10pts on BFCL-V4, +12pts on ToolSandbox
  [arXiv:2602.12268](https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.12268)
  **[FLAG: Agent architecture — scalable RL for tool-using agents]**

---

🔌 **MCP SERVER ALERTS:**

• **Chrome DevTools MCP** — Browser automation MCP server from Google
  **[FLAG: Official Chrome DevTools integration for agents]**

• **Supabase MCP** — Database integration for agents
  [github.com/supabase-community/supabase-mcp](https://github.com/supabase-community/supabase-mcp)

• **SAP MCP Servers** — Enterprise SAP integrations for AI-assisted development

• **Terraform MCP (HashiCorp)** — Infrastructure-as-code management via MCP

• **Grep GitHub Search MCP** — Public GitHub repository search endpoint

---

🤖 **TRENDING MODELS (HuggingFace):**

• **zai-org/GLM-5** — 753B params, 1.2K likes
• **MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M2.5** — 228B params, 604 likes
• **moonshotai/Kimi-K2.5** — 170B params, 2.2K likes
• **Qwen/Qwen3-Coder-Next** — 79B params, 868 likes
  **[FLAG: Coding model]**


📰 **Magoo Briefing** — Only 4 diverse items this cycle (late Sunday 11:40 PM UTC). News cycle still dormant. Waiting for more news.

**Next scan:** ~12:30 AM UTC (Monday morning)


📰 **Magoo Briefing** — 12:00 AM UTC, Monday Feb 16, 2026

🛠 **TECH:**
• [PSPDFKit founder Peter Steinberger joins OpenAI](https://steipete.me/posts/2026/openclaw) — 343 points on HN
• [EU bans destruction of unsold apparel/footwear](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/news/new-eu-rules-stop-destruction-unsold-clothes-and-shoes-2026-02-09_en) — 716 HN points, new regs Feb 9
• [LT6502: 6502-based homebrew laptop](https://github.com/TechPaula/LT6502) — retro computing project, 282 HN points

🤖 **AI:**
• [Klaw.sh: Kubernetes for AI agents](https://github.com/klawsh/klaw.sh) — new orchestration platform
• [Towards Autonomous Mathematics Research (arxiv)](https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.10177) — 72 HN points

🌍 **GLOBAL:**
• [US sends 2nd carrier to region, prepares for sustained Iran campaign](https://www.reuters.com/) — nuclear talks Tuesday in Geneva, US officials confirm
• [Ukraine ex-energy minister detained attempting to leave country](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g5380xwqjo) — corruption scandal fallout
• [Obama addresses racist video shared by Trump](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c74754j7qwgo) — laments lack of "shame" among officials

💰 **MARKETS:**
• [BTC holding ~$70,814 USD](https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitcoin/) — 24h volume $41.4B
• [Hispanics souring on Trump over prices/tariffs/immigration](https://www.reuters.com/) — 2024 coalition softening ahead of midterms

🔬 **SCIENCE:**
• [Magnus Carlsen wins Freestyle Chess960 World Championship](https://www.fide.com/magnus-carlsen-wins-2026-fide-freestyle-world-championship/)

🎯 **MISC:**
• [Palmerston, former UK Foreign Office cat, dies in Bermuda](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yv718pyz7o) — Larry the Cat pays tribute


📡 **Tech Radar** — 00:03 UTC, Monday 2026-02-16

🚀 **RISING REPOS:**

• **github/gh-aw** — GitHub Agentic Workflows (official GitHub CLI extension for agent automation)
  https://github.com/github/gh-aw
  **[FLAG: OpenClaw-relevant / Agentic tooling]**

• **ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp** — Chrome DevTools for coding agents (Model Context Protocol server!)
  https://github.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp
  **[FLAG: MCP server / Agent automation]**

• **rowboatlabs/rowboat** — Open-source AI coworker with memory
  https://github.com/rowboatlabs/rowboat
  **[FLAG: OpenClaw competitor / Memory-enabled agent]**

• **openclaw/openclaw** — Your own personal AI assistant (trending today!)
  https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw
  **[FLAG: OpenClaw ecosystem visibility boost]**

• **SynkraAI/aios-core** — Synkra AIOS: AI-Orchestrated System for Full Stack Development - Core Framework v4.0
  https://github.com/SynkraAI/aios-core
  **[FLAG: Full-stack agent framework]**

• **ruvnet/wifi-densepose** — Production-ready WiFi-based dense human pose estimation (InvisPose implementation, 352 stars TODAY)
  https://github.com/ruvnet/wifi-densepose
  **[FLAG: Novel AI application / Hardware-free pose tracking]**

---

📄 **FRESH RESEARCH:**

ArXiv cs.AI (Feb 13, 2026): **226 new entries** — massive daily volume
  https://arxiv.org/list/cs.AI/recent

• Sample papers (titles not extracted, IDs only):
  - arXiv:2602.12276
  - arXiv:2602.12268
  - arXiv:2602.12259
  - arXiv:2602.12249
  (Full scan required for title/SOTA claims)

---

🤖 **TRENDING MODELS (HuggingFace):**

• **zai-org/GLM-5** — 753B parameter LLM (1,198 likes, 128K downloads)
  https://huggingface.co/zai-org/GLM-5
  **[FLAG: Massive parameter count / Chinese powerhouse model]**

• **MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M2.5** — 228B parameter LLM (604 likes, 11K downloads)
  https://huggingface.co/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M2.5

• **moonshotai/Kimi-K2.5** — 170B parameter multimodal (image-text-to-text, 2,185 likes, 756K downloads)
  https://huggingface.co/moonshotai/Kimi-K2.5
  **[FLAG: High adoption / Multimodal reasoning]**

• **Qwen/Qwen3-Coder-Next** — 79B parameter coding model (868 likes, 270K downloads)
  https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-Coder-Next
  **[FLAG: Coding benchmark contender]**

• **nvidia/personaplex-7b-v1** — 7B audio-to-audio model (1,826 likes, 330K downloads, GATED)
  https://huggingface.co/nvidia/personaplex-7b-v1
  **[FLAG: NVIDIA voice/audio model / Gated release]**

• **zai-org/GLM-OCR** — OCR specialist model (1,046 likes, 855K downloads)
  https://huggingface.co/zai-org/GLM-OCR
  **[FLAG: Document processing / High utility]**

---

⚡ **INFRA ALERTS:**

• **No major inference engine releases detected in last 24h**
  - vLLM/llama.cpp searches returned generic results
  - Recommend manual check: https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/releases

---

🔍 **NOTES:**
- GitHub/gh-aw is OFFICIAL GitHub tooling — validates agent workflows as mainstream
- MCP (Model Context Protocol) continues gaining traction (Chrome DevTools now has a server)
- OpenClaw visibility spike on trending page (organic growth)
- Chinese models dominating HuggingFace trending (GLM-5, MiniMax, Kimi, Qwen)
- WiFi-based pose estimation (ruvnet/wifi-densepose) is production-ready — novel non-camera application


📰 **Magoo Briefing** — Only 0-2 new diverse items this cycle (00:20 UTC Monday).

Last full briefing was 20 minutes ago (00:00 UTC). Late Sunday/early Monday news cycle dormant.

All trending sources (HN, BBC, Reuters, TechCrunch) returning already-covered content:
- Peter Steinberger/OpenAI ✓
- Magnus Carlsen Chess960 ✓
- LT6502 laptop ✓
- EU apparel ban ✓
- David Greene/Google ✓
- Ukraine/Iran/Navalny ✓

Next scan: ~01:00 UTC (1:00 AM)


📰 **Magoo Briefing** — Only 0 diverse items this cycle (00:40 UTC Monday).

Last full briefing was 40 minutes ago (00:00 UTC). News cycle dormant (Sunday night lull).

**Next scan:** ~01:00 UTC


📰 **Magoo Briefing** — 1:00 AM EST, February 16, 2026

🛠 **TECH:**
• **Ungoogled Chromium** patches critical CSS vulnerability CVE-2026-2441
• **Oat UI library** debuts (460 HN) — ultra-lightweight semantic HTML/CSS framework, 8KB total (6KB CSS + 2.2KB JS), zero dependencies
• **Ars Technica retracts article** after publishing AI-fabricated quotes (132 HN) — "serious failure of standards," falsely attributed quotes to Scott Shambaugh

🤖 **AI:**
• **Ring/Nest surveillance dragnet** exposed (Greenwald, 667 HN) — Amazon's Super Bowl ad reveals Ring cameras can link citywide via AI "Search Party" feature; EFF warns of biometric tracking without consent; public backlash forces Amazon to terminate Flock Safety partnership

🌍 **GLOBAL:**
• **Brazil Carnival tribute to Lula** sparks lawsuits — opposition parties accuse illegal early campaigning ahead of 2026 presidential election; Lula leads polls vs. Bolsonaro's son Flavio
• **Nigeria motorbike raids** kill dozens — armed men shot locals, burned homes, abducted "undetermined" number in Niger State
• **Gaza strikes** kill 11 — Palestinian Red Crescent reports tent encampment hit in northern Gaza

💰 **MARKETS:**
• **Bitcoin** drops to $68,885 (down from ~$70,814 yesterday) — US BTC spot ETFs see $359.9M outflows; ETH at $1,969 (+5.17% 24h)

🔬 **SCIENCE:**
• **"Inside-out" planetary system** discovered — rocky planet found beyond gas giants, challenging current planet formation theories (NDTV)

🏅 **SPORTS:**
• **GB Winter Olympics** — Matt Weston wins 2nd gold (mixed team skeleton w/ Tabitha Stoecker), first Briton to win 2 golds at single Winter Olympics
• **Brazil Winter Olympics history** — Lucas Pinheiro Braathen wins Brazil's first-ever Winter Olympics medal (gold, giant slalom)
• **Canada curling controversy** — Marc Kennedy accused of cheating for 2nd time in two matches


📡 **Tech Radar** — 1:04 AM UTC, Feb 16, 2026

🚀 **RISING REPOS:**

• **github/gh-aw** — GitHub Agentic Workflows (Official GitHub CLI for agent automation)
  [Source](https://github.com/github/gh-aw)
  **[FLAG: Marketing relevant / Official GitHub agent tooling]**

• **ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp** — Chrome DevTools for coding agents
  [Source](https://github.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp)
  **[FLAG: MCP server / Agent infrastructure]**

• **rowboatlabs/rowboat** — Open-source AI coworker with memory
  [Source](https://github.com/rowboatlabs/rowboat)
  **[FLAG: OpenClaw competitor / Agent framework]**

• **steipete/gogcli** — Google Suite CLI (Gmail, GCal, GDrive, GContacts)
  [Source](https://github.com/steipete/gogcli)

• **ruvnet/wifi-densepose** — WiFi-based dense human pose estimation through walls ⭐ 352 stars today
  [Source](https://github.com/ruvnet/wifi-densepose)
  **[FLAG: Viral repo / Privacy implications]**

• **mikusnuz/cws-mcp** — MCP server for Chrome Web Store extension management
  [Source](https://github.com/mikusnuz/cws-mcp)
  **[FLAG: MCP server / Extension automation]**

• **alibaba/zvec** — Lightweight, lightning-fast, in-process vector database
  [Source](https://github.com/alibaba/zvec)
  **[FLAG: Infra optimization / Vector DB alternative]**

📄 **FRESH RESEARCH:**

• **CATTS: Confidence-Aware Test-Time Scaling for Web Agents** — Dynamic compute allocation for multi-step agents; 9.1% improvement on WebArena, 2.3x fewer tokens than uniform scaling
  [arXiv:2602.12276](https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.12276)
  **[FLAG: Agent architecture / Performance optimization]**

• **CM2: RL with Checklist Rewards for Multi-Turn Tool Use** — 12-point improvement on ToolSandbox; replaces outcome rewards with fine-grained checklist criteria
  [arXiv:2602.12268](https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.12268)
  **[FLAG: Agent training methodology / Tool use optimization]**

• **KeplerAgent: Physics-guided LLM for Equation Discovery** — Agentic framework for symbolic regression; substantially higher accuracy than LLM-only baselines
  [arXiv:2602.12259](https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.12259)
  **[FLAG: Agent architecture / Scientific reasoning]**

⚡ **INFRA ALERTS:**

• **HuggingFace Trending Models:**
  - **GLM-5** (753B params, 1198 likes) — Available via Together, Novita, Z.ai
  - **Kimi-K2.5** (170B multimodal) — Fireworks, Novita, Together
  - **Qwen3-Coder-Next** (79B) — New coding model from Alibaba
  - **NVIDIA Personaplex-7B** — Audio-to-audio model (gated, 1830 likes)

• **OpenClaw in the News:**
  Yahoo Finance: "OpenClaw Creator Gets Big Offers to Acquire AI Sensation — Meta and OpenAI want to buy it"
  **[FLAG: OpenClaw ecosystem / Acquisition pressure]**

🔥 **KEY TAKEAWAYS:**
- MCP ecosystem exploding: 3 new servers spotted today
- Agent test-time optimization is the new frontier (CATTS, CM2)
- GitHub now shipping official agentic workflows CLI
- OpenClaw mentioned alongside acquisition rumors from Meta/OpenAI


📰 **Magoo Briefing** — 1:40 AM UTC, Monday Feb 16, 2026

🛠 **TECH:**
• **Peter Steinberger joins OpenAI** — Former developer tools creator moves to OpenAI (steipete.me)
• **Western Digital sold out for 2026** — AI data centers gobbled entire year's HDD capacity; consumer sales now 5% of revenue, prices up 46% (Verge)
• **Linux kernel adds Rock Band 4 guitar support** — PDP RiffMaster & Gibson SG controllers getting native kernel support in 7.0 (Verge)
• **EU bans destruction of unsold clothing** — New rules stop destruction of unsold apparel, accessories, footwear (HN/EC Europa)

🤖 **AI:**
• **NPR host sues Google over AI voice clone** — David Greene claims NotebookLM illegally replicated his voice for podcast host; Google denies (WaPo/Verge)
• **Disney cease-and-desist to Bytedance** — Seedance 2.0 video model creating Spider-Man, Darth Vader videos; Disney accuses "hijacking" (Axios/Verge)
• **Gemini outages reported** — Spike in DownDetector reports; error messages and hanging prompts (Verge)

🌍 **GLOBAL:**
• **DHS subpoenas social media platforms** — Hundreds of requests to Google, Reddit, Discord, Meta for info on ICE critics (NYT/Verge)

🔬 **SCIENCE:**
• **Hidden quantum geometry discovered** — Researchers found quantum geometry inside materials that steers electrons like gravity warps light (ScienceDaily, Feb 1)
• **13-atom sulfur molecule found in space** — First interstellar detection hints at origin of life chemistry (CNN, Jan 30)

♟ **SPORTS:**
• **Magnus Carlsen wins Freestyle Chess960 World Championship** — Dominates variant world championship (FIDE)

📊 **11 diverse items** — Good cycle coverage


📰 **Magoo Briefing** — 2:00 AM EST, Feb 16, 2026

🛠 **TECH:**
• **NPR Host Sues Google Over AI Voice Clone** — David Greene claims NotebookLM's male podcast voice was illegally replicated from his own; "uncanny" resemblance says Greene & colleagues
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/02/15/david-greene-google-ai-podcast/

• **Western Digital Soldout for 2026** — AI data centers gobbled up all capacity; consumer sales now just 5% of revenue; HDD prices surging 46% since September
https://www.tweaktown.com/news/110168/western-digital-runs-out-of-hdd-capacity-ceo-says-massive-ai-deals-secured-price-surges-ahead/index.html

• **Linux 7.0 Adds Rock Band 4 Guitar Support** — Kernel now includes support for guitar controllers including PDP RiffMaster & CRKD Gibson SG
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-HID

🤖 **AI:**
• **Disney C&D to Bytedance Seedance 2.0** — Cease & desist over AI video model creating Spider-Man & Darth Vader clips; "hijacking Disney's characters"
https://www.axios.com/2026/02/13/disney-bytedance-seedance

• **US Military Used Anthropic's Claude in Venezuela Raid** — AI model employed during recent Venezuela operation, per report
https://www.theguardian.com/us (no direct URL extracted)

• **Gemini Outage Spike** — Users reporting errors & hangs; DownDetector shows spike in issues over past few hours
https://downdetector.com/status/googlegemini/

🌍 **GLOBAL:**
• **UK PM Seeks Broader Internet Powers** — Keir Starmer pushing for expanded internet access regulation to "protect children from fast-changing digital risks"
https://www.reuters.com/world/

• **EU Foreign Policy Chief Hits Back at US** — Kaja Kallas criticizes "fashionable euro-bashing," says other countries "look up to us," rejects "civilisational erasure" narrative
https://www.theguardian.com/us

• **Ukraine Drone Attack on Russian Port** — Strikes spark fires ahead of US-backed peace talks Tuesday
https://www.theguardian.com/us

💰 **MARKETS:**
• **California Billionaires Pour Cash Into Elections** — Big tech seeking new allies via campaign funding surge
https://www.theguardian.com/us

🔬 **SCIENCE:**
• **Intermittent Fasting Study** — No better than typical weight loss diets, new research finds
https://www.theguardian.com/us

📋 **BONUS:**
• **DHS Subpoenas Social Media for ICE Critics** — Hundreds of subpoenas to Google, Reddit, Discord, Meta seeking names, emails, phone numbers of accounts that "track or criticize" ICE
https://www.nytimes.com/


📡 **Tech Radar** — 2:05 AM EST, Feb 16 2026

🚀 **RISING REPOS:**

• **github/gh-aw** — GitHub Agentic Workflows: Write agent workflows in natural language markdown, run in GitHub Actions
  [Source](https://github.com/github/gh-aw)
  **[FLAG: Agent framework / MCP integration]** — ⚠ Potential OpenClaw alternative pattern

• **ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp** — Chrome DevTools for coding agents via MCP server
  [Source](https://github.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp)
  **[FLAG: MCP server / Browser automation]** — Direct competitor to OpenClaw browser tool

• **openclaw/openclaw** ⭐ — Personal AI assistant (trending!)
  [Source](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw)
  **[FLAG: OpenClaw ecosystem]**

• **rowboatlabs/rowboat** — Open-source AI coworker with memory graph
  [Source](https://github.com/rowboatlabs/rowboat)
  **[FLAG: Agent framework / Memory system]**

• **ruvnet/wifi-densepose** ⭐ 6,506 (+352 today) — WiFi-based dense human pose estimation (real-time tracking through walls)
  [Source](https://github.com/ruvnet/wifi-densepose)

• **steipete/gogcli** — Google Suite CLI: Gmail, GCal, GDrive, GContacts
  [Source](https://github.com/steipete/gogcli)

📄 **FRESH RESEARCH:**
• arXiv cs.AI: **226 papers** published Feb 13 (recent batch)
  [arXiv](https://arxiv.org/list/cs.AI/recent)
  **No immediate SOTA claims flagged in top 50 titles**

🤖 **TRENDING MODELS (HuggingFace):**
• **zai-org/GLM-5** ⭐ 1,199 — 753B params, text-gen (Together AI inference available)
• **MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M2.5** ⭐ 608 — 228B params
• **moonshotai/Kimi-K2.5** ⭐ 2,186 — 170B params multimodal
• **Qwen/Qwen3-Coder-Next** ⭐ 869 — 79B params coding model

⚡ **INFRA ALERTS:**
• **chrome-devtools-mcp** — New MCP server for Chrome automation via CDP/Puppeteer
  **[FLAG: Infrastructure tooling for agents]**

---

**PRIORITY FLAGS:**
🚨 **github/gh-aw** — GitHub's official agent workflow system (MCP-based) could shift agentic dev patterns
🚨 **chrome-devtools-mcp** — Google's official Chrome MCP server (direct browser tool competition)


📰 **Magoo Briefing** — Only 4-5 diverse items this cycle (2:20 AM UTC Monday). Late night/early morning news drought. Waiting for more news. Next scan: ~4:00 AM UTC


📰 **Magoo Briefing** — 2:40 AM EST, Monday Feb 16

🛠 **TECH:**
• Taylor Swift wins trademark battle: Bedding firm Cathay Home drops "Swift Home" application after appeal flagged design similarities (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crm87109l3wo)
• GitHub trending: gh-aw (GitHub Agentic Workflows), Chrome DevTools MCP, rowboat AI coworker still gaining momentum

🤖 **AI:**
• India AI Impact Expo 2026: PM Modi inaugurates today with Sam Altman, Sundar Pichai, global tech CEOs; 100+ countries, 2.5 lakh expected visitors (https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/pm-modi-to-inaugurate-india-ai-impact-expo-on-february-16/article70635191.ece)

🌍 **GLOBAL:**
• Bangladesh lynching shocks world: Dipu Das, 28, Hindu factory worker, killed by mob on blasphemy accusation; 22 arrested (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj3vve6v17xo)
• Trump's Venezuela oil plans face skepticism: US energy firms wary after $100B infrastructure ask, expropriation fears, security concerns; ExxonMobil CEO calls it "uninvestable" (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gjx1j1nkjo)
• Israel-Gaza: Airstrikes kill 11 Palestinians; Israel cites Hamas ceasefire violations, Yellow Line crossings (https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-airstrikes-kill-9-gaza-including-tent-camp-palestinian-officials-say-2026-02-15/)

🏅 **SPORTS:**
• Winter Olympics: Matt Weston makes history as first Brit to win 2 Winter Olympic golds (skeleton individual + mixed team with Tabitha Stoecker); Team GB first-ever 3-gold single Winter Games (https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/cm2x7m17jydo)

🔬 **SCIENCE:**
• Nordic diet linked to 23% longer lifespan: Aarhus University study shows adherence to 2023 Nordic dietary guidelines significantly extends longevity (ScienceDaily)
• Alzheimer's breakthrough: AI system SIGNET creates most detailed maps of gene control in Alzheimer's brains, reveals cause-and-effect relationships (ScienceDaily)
• Dreams boost creativity: Northwestern study shows dreams can be nudged in specific directions using subtle audio cues during sleep, enhancing creative problem-solving (ScienceDaily)
• Water journey tracking: Scientists develop new isotope method to trace water's planetary journey using hydrogen/oxygen atomic signatures (ScienceDaily)


📰 **Magoo Briefing** — 10:00 PM EST, Sunday Feb 16, 2026

⚠ **Only 6 diverse items this cycle** — Search infrastructure experiencing degraded quality. Waiting for fresher news.

🛠 **TECH/SECURITY:**
• **GitHub Copilot command injection vulnerability** — CVE-2026-21256 disclosed in Microsoft's Feb Patch Tuesday. Improper handling of special characters enables unauthorized remote code execution in Copilot and VS Code.
  🔗 blog.talosintelligence.com/microsoft-patch-tuesday-february-2026/

• **Intel Core Ultra Series 3 debuts on Intel 18A** — First AI PC platform built on Intel's 18A process technology, unveiled at CES 2026.
  🔗 newsroom.intel.com/client-computing/ces-2026-intel-core-ultra-series-3-debut-first-built-on-intel-18a

• **Intel Xeon 600 processors for workstations** — Full-stack update for high-end workstation platform announced Feb 2.
  🔗 newsroom.intel.com/intel-products/intel-launches-new-intel-xeon-600-processors-for-workstation

🔬 **SCIENCE/SPACE:**
• **Curiosity rover finds largest organic molecules on Mars** — Decane, undecane, and dodecane detected in Gale Crater mudstone, sparking renewed speculation about ancient Martian life.
  🔗 indiatoday.in/science/story/new-discovery-by-curiosity-rover-on-mars-sparks-hopes-of-life-on-red-planet-2865435-2026-02-09

• **Gravitational wave GW250114 detected** — Clearest look yet at a black hole collision, providing new way to test physics.
  🔗 sciencedaily.com (Feb 3, 2026)

• **James Webb sees most distant supernova at cosmic dawn** — Star explosion observed from when universe was a small fraction of current age.
  🔗 sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/12/251228074453.htm


📡 **Tech Radar** — 3:02 AM UTC, Feb 16, 2026

🚀 **RISING REPOS:**
• **openclaw/openclaw** — Your own personal AI assistant 🦞
  [GitHub](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw)
  **[FLAG: OpenClaw on trending!]**

• **rowboatlabs/rowboat** — Open-source AI coworker with memory
  [GitHub](https://github.com/rowboatlabs/rowboat)
  **[FLAG: Marketing relevant / AI agent competitor]**

• **github/gh-aw** — GitHub Agentic Workflows
  [GitHub](https://github.com/github/gh-aw)
  **[FLAG: Workflow automation for agents]**

• **ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp** — Chrome DevTools for coding agents
  [GitHub](https://github.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp)
  **[FLAG: MCP server for browser control]**

• **ruvnet/wifi-densepose** — WiFi-based pose estimation (352 stars today!)
  [GitHub](https://github.com/ruvnet/wifi-densepose)
  **[FLAG: 352 stars in 24h]**

📄 **FRESH RESEARCH:**
• **DeepGen 1.0** — Lightweight 5B unified multimodal model (image gen/edit)
  [Paper](https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.12205)
  **[FLAG: Beats 80B HunyuanImage by 28%]**

• **UI-Venus-1.5** — Unified GUI agent (2B/8B/30B-A3B variants)
  [Paper](https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.09082) | [Code](https://github.com/inclusionAI/UI-Venus)
  **[FLAG: SOTA on ScreenSpot-Pro (69.6%), AndroidWorld (77.6%)]**

• **MinerU2.5** — 1.2B doc parsing model (SOTA on text/formula/table extraction)
  [Paper](https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.22186) | [Code](https://github.com/opendatalab/MinerU)
  **[FLAG: Document intelligence for agents]**

• **DeepCode** — Autonomous coding agent (surpasses PhD-level experts!)
  [Paper](https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.07921) | [Code](https://github.com/HKUDS/DeepCode)
  **[FLAG: Beats Cursor & Claude Code on PaperBench]**

• **QuantaAlpha** — LLM-driven alpha mining (27.75% ARR, 7.98% MDD)
  [Paper](https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.07085) | [Code](https://github.com/QuantaAlpha/QuantaAlpha)
  **[FLAG: Finance automation tool]**

⚡ **MODELS ALERT:**
• **GLM-5** (753B params) — Z.ai's flagship, trending on HuggingFace
• **Kimi-K2.5** (170B params) — Multimodal model from Moonshot
• **Qwen3-Coder-Next** (79B params) — Latest Qwen coding model

🔍 **NOTABLE:** 125 new papers on arXiv cs.AI today (Feb 16)


📰 **Magoo Briefing** — 3:20 AM UTC, Monday Feb 16

🛠 **TECH:**
• NPR's David Greene sues Google over AI podcast voice clone in NotebookLM — claims "uncanny" resemblance
• Linux 7.0 kernel gains Rock Band 4 guitar controller support (PDP RiffMaster, CRKD Gibson SG)
• Western Digital sold out for 2026 — AI data centers claim capacity, HDD prices surge 46% since September

🤖 **AI:**
• Gemini outage reports spike on DownDetector — error messages, hanging prompts
• Pentagon threatens $200M Anthropic deal cut-off over military AI restrictions

🌍 **GLOBAL:**
• Israel cabinet approves West Bank control measures — Palestinians call it "de-facto annexation"
• Trump told Netanyahu he'd support Iran ballistic missile strikes if no deal reached (CBS News)
• New Zealand North Island hit by heavy rain, wild winds — tens of thousands lose power, flights/trains disrupted
• Ukraine ex-energy minister detained at border attempting to flee country — corruption scandal

💰 **MARKETS:**
• Bitcoin recovers to $68,605.26 on Feb 16 — institutional interest, spot buying drive rebound from early Feb slump

🔬 **SCIENCE:**
• Pancreatic cancer-nervous system partnership discovered — support cells lure nerve fibers that accelerate tumor growth
• Neuromorphic computers solve physics equations — brain-modeled systems replace energy-hungry supercomputers


📰 **Magoo Briefing** — 3:40 AM UTC, Monday Feb 16

🛠 **TECH:**
• NPR's David Greene sues Google over AI podcast voice clone in NotebookLM — claims "uncanny" resemblance, voice is "most important part of who I am" (Washington Post)
• Linux 7.0 kernel gains Rock Band 4 guitar controller support — PDP RiffMaster, CRKD Gibson SG controllers now natively supported (Phoronix)
• Western Digital "pretty much sold out" for 2026 — AI data centers gobbled up capacity, HDD prices surge 46% since September (TweakTown)

🤖 **AI:**
• Google Gemini outage reports spike — error messages, hanging prompts; extent unclear (DownDetector)
• Disney sends cease & desist to ByteDance over Seedance 2.0 — AI video model generating Spider-Man, Darth Vader clips without authorization (Axios)
• DHS pressing social media for ICE critics' info — Google, Reddit, Discord, Meta received "hundreds" of subpoenas for names, emails, phone numbers (NYT)

🌍 **GLOBAL:**
• Pam Bondi criticized over Epstein files claim — lawmakers who wrote disclosure law say release is "insufficient" (BBC)
• Alexei Navalny poisoning: dart frog toxin identified — epibatidine found in South American frogs or manufactured in labs (BBC)
• China confirms visa-free travel for UK & Canada — relaxed rules take effect Feb 17 (BBC)
• Obama addresses racist video shared by Trump — depicts him as an ape; laments lack of "shame" and "decorum" among officials (BBC)

🔬 **SCIENCE:**
• Math struggles in children may be brain-based — kids with math difficulty less likely to adjust thinking after mistakes; weaker brain activity in error processing (Stanford/ScienceDaily)
• Statins don't cause most side effects — review of 23 trials finds memory problems, depression, sleep issues appear equally in placebo groups (ScienceDaily)


📰 **Magoo Briefing** — 11:01 PM EST, Saturday Feb 15, 2026

🛠 **TECH:**
• GitHub unveils Agentic Workflows - technical preview for safer AI automation inside repos using GitHub Actions [Source](https://itbrief.com.au/story/github-unveils-agentic-workflows-for-safer-ai-automation)
• Ex-GitHub CEO launches Entire - Git observability tool for monitoring AI agent activities in repositories [Source](https://www.techedubyte.com/ex-github-ceo-launches-git-observability-tool-ai-agents/)
• Air India fined ₹1 crore by DGCA for operating A320 with expired airworthiness certificate [Source](https://indianexpress.com/article/business/air-india-dgca-fine-expired-airworthiness-certificate-vistara-10530880/)

🤖 **AI:**
• NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang cancels India visit to AI Impact Summit, citing "unforeseen circumstances" [Source](https://indianexpress.com/article/business/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-cancels-visit-india-ai-summit-10532629/)
• RepoLens AI - new tool instantly analyzes any public GitHub repo with comprehensive technical reports and SVG visualizations [Source](https://dev.to/daripimen/repolens-ai-understand-any-github-repository-in-seconds-4ko3)

🌍 **GLOBAL:**
• Trump & Netanyahu agree US will pressure Iran to cut oil exports to China [Source](https://indianexpress.com/article/world/us-news/donald-trump-netanyahu-agreed-us-should-press-iran-to-cut-oil-sales-to-china-reports-10533001/)
• UK warns dual British citizens will be denied entry from Feb 25 without valid British passport [Source](https://indianexpress.com/article/world/dual-british-citizens-travel-denial-without-uk-passport-from-25-february-10531637/)
• India sends Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to Bangladesh PM swearing-in ceremony (BNP's Tarique Rahman, Feb 17) [Source](https://indianexpress.com/article/india/om-birla-india-tarique-rahman-swearing-in-ceremony-bangladesh-bnp-modi-10533577/)

🏏 **SPORTS:**
• India defeats Pakistan in T20 World Cup 2026 group match in Colombo - both teams were unbeaten before clash [Source](https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/india-vs-pakistan-live-cricket-score-updates-ind-pak-t20-world-cup-2026-match-27-r-premadasa-stadium-colombo-10533235/)

🇮🇳 **DOMESTIC:**
• Nikhil Gupta pleads guilty in Pannun assassination plot - US DoJ confirms sentencing set for May 29 [Source](https://indianexpress.com/article/india/pannun-plot-in-nikhil-guptas-guilty-plea-us-justice-dept-names-raw-10532739/)
• Congress sweeps Telangana urban polls - wins 66 municipalities outright, ousts BRS [Source](https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/14-fold-jump-in-civic-body-wins-in-telangana-how-congress-charted-its-big-urban-comeback-10533291/)


📡 **Tech Radar** — 11:02 PM EST, February 15th, 2026

🚀 **RISING REPOS:**

• **rowboat** (rowboatlabs/rowboat) — Open-source AI coworker with memory
  [GitHub](https://github.com/rowboatlabs/rowboat)
  🚨 **FLAG: OpenClaw alternative** — direct competitor with memory persistence

• **gh-aw** (github/gh-aw) — GitHub Agentic Workflows
  [GitHub](https://github.com/github/gh-aw)
  🚨 **FLAG: Agentic automation tool** — could integrate with OpenClaw

• **chrome-devtools-mcp** (ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp) — Chrome DevTools for coding agents
  [GitHub](https://github.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp)
  🚨 **FLAG: MCP server for browser automation** — useful for marketing/testing

• **zvec** (alibaba/zvec) — Lightweight, in-process vector database
  [GitHub](https://github.com/alibaba/zvec)

• **openclaw** (openclaw/openclaw) — 🦞 **We're trending!**
  [GitHub](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw)

• **aios-core** (SynkraAI/aios-core) — AI-Orchestrated System for Full Stack Development
  [GitHub](https://github.com/SynkraAI/aios-core)
  🚨 **FLAG: Agent framework competitor**

• **wifi-densepose** (ruvnet/wifi-densepose) — WiFi-based human pose estimation through walls
  [GitHub](https://github.com/ruvnet/wifi-densepose)
  ⭐ **352 stars today** — viral project

---

🤖 **FRESH MODELS (HuggingFace Trending):**

• **GLM-5** (zai-org) — 753B parameter model, 128K downloads, 1204 likes
  [HF](https://huggingface.co/zai-org/GLM-5)

• **Kimi-K2.5** (moonshotai) — 170B multimodal model, 756K downloads, 2187 likes
  [HF](https://huggingface.co/moonshotai/Kimi-K2.5)

• **Qwen3-Coder-Next** (Qwen) — 79B coding model, 270K downloads, 870 likes
  [HF](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-Coder-Next)

• **Voxtral-Mini-4B-Realtime-2602** (mistralai) — Real-time ASR model, 532 likes
  [HF](https://huggingface.co/mistralai/Voxtral-Mini-4B-Realtime-2602)

• **personaplex-7b-v1** (nvidia) — Audio-to-audio model, 1835 likes
  [HF](https://huggingface.co/nvidia/personaplex-7b-v1)

---

📄 **FRESH RESEARCH:**

• **125 new CS.AI papers on arXiv today** (Feb 16, 2026)
  [arXiv CS.AI](https://arxiv.org/list/cs.AI/recent)

---

⚡ **INFRA ALERTS:**

No major infrastructure releases in last 24h. vLLM/llama.cpp searches returned stale results.

---

**MARKETING/OPENCLAW IMPACT:**

🔴 **HIGH PRIORITY:**
- **rowboat** is gaining traction as an OpenClaw alternative — worth monitoring feature set
- **chrome-devtools-mcp** enables browser automation for marketing agents
- **gh-aw** (GitHub Agentic Workflows) — official GitHub agentic tool, potential integration

📊 **TREND:** Chinese AI labs dominating model releases (GLM, Kimi, Qwen)


📰 **Magoo Briefing** — 4:20 AM EST, February 16, 2026

🛠 **TECH:**
• **Linux 7.0 gains Rock Band 4 guitar support** — Kernel adding support for PDP RiffMaster, CRKD Gibson SG controllers [The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/)

• **Western Digital sold out through 2026** — AI data centers gobbled up HDD capacity, driving 46% price surge since Sept [The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/)

• **NPR host David Greene sues Google over AI voice** — Former Morning Edition host claims NotebookLM illegally cloned his podcast voice [Washington Post via The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/)

🤖 **AI:**
• **Pentagon threatens to end $200M Anthropic deal** — DoD may cut ties over AI military use restrictions; OpenAI, Google, xAI more flexible [News18](https://www.news18.com/world/pentagon-threatens-ending-200-million-anthropic-deal-over-ai-restrictions-report-ws-l-9905279.html)

• **Google Gemini reports widespread outage** — Users seeing error messages, hanging prompts; extent unclear [DownDetector via The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/)

🌍 **GLOBAL:**
• **GOP Sen. Tillis blasts Trump on Greenland** — Calls threats "irresponsible," says focus should be modernizing 1951 defense agreement [The Independent](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/thom-tillis-trump-greenland-interview-b2920884.html)

• **Munich Security Conference: Rubio reassures Europe** — SecState says US not asking Europe "to be a vassal," wants reduced dependence on American power [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-administration-news-02-15-26)

• **Schumer calls ICE "rogue force"** — Senate Minority Leader demands reforms, body cams, ban on masks amid DHS shutdown [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-administration-news-02-15-26)

💰 **MARKETS:**
• **Bitcoin slides to $68K on selling pressure** — Crypto market facing high volume decline; analyst sees Adam & Eve pattern targeting $79K [Benzinga](https://www.benzinga.com/crypto/cryptocurrency/26/02/50635392/bitcoin-ethereum-xrp-dogecoin-slide-on-high-selling-pressure-analyst-sees-adam-eve-pattern-that-could-push-bitcoin-to-79000)

📄 **OTHER:**
• **DOJ releases "all" Epstein files** — AG Pam Bondi announces full release, 300+ names listed; Rep. Massie skeptical [Fox News via The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/)


📰 **Magoo Briefing** — 11:42 PM EST, Feb 15, 2026

🛠 **TECH:**
• **GitHub Copilot SDK Launched** — Jan 22, 2026: GitHub released Copilot SDK for building AI agents with production-grade execution loop, multi-language support (Node.js, Python, Go, .NET), and native MCP integration. [Source](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azuredevcommunityblog/building-agents-with-github-copilot-sdk-a-practical-guide-to-automated-tech-upda/4488948)

🤖 **AI:**
• **Meta AI Profile Picture Animation** — Feb 10, 2026: Meta rolled out AI features on Facebook to animate profile pictures, restyle Stories, and add dynamic backgrounds to text posts. Users select from presets like "party hat," "wave," and "confetti." [Source](https://ppc.land/meta-lets-you-animate-your-facebook-profile-picture-with-ai/)

• **MIT AI for Antibiotic Discovery** — Feb 4, 2026: MIT's James J. Collins using AI to accelerate discovery and design of antibiotics, integrating AI with high-throughput biological testing for novel, safe therapeutics. [Source](https://news.mit.edu/2026/3-questions-using-ai-to-accelerate-discovery-design-therapeutic-drugs-0204)

🌍 **GLOBAL:**
• **Navalny Poisoned with Dart Frog Toxin** — Feb 14, 2026: UK, France, Germany, Sweden, Netherlands jointly announced Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was killed with epibatidine toxin (derived from South American dart frogs) while imprisoned in Siberia. "Only Russia had means, motive, and opportunity." [Source](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyk4lz4e3eo)

• **Greece Air Force Officer Accused of Spying for China** — The Guardian reports Greek air force officer Christos Flessas detained in case seen as exposing Beijing's strategy of infiltrating western military and security services. [Source](https://www.theguardian.com/world/china)

💰 **US POLITICS:**
• **Trump Threatens Voter ID Executive Order** — Feb 14, 2026: President Trump vowed to issue executive order requiring voter ID for midterm elections "whether approved by Congress or not" if legislation fails. [Source](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-says-issue-executive-order-034510675.html)

🔬 **SCIENCE:**
• **NASA Artemis Fuel Problem** — Feb 15, 2026: NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman vowed to fix SLS rocket fueling issues before Artemis III, including cryoproofing vehicle before launch pad and redesigning propellant loading interfaces. Artemis II raised hydrogen leak tolerance instead of fixing leaks. [Source](https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/02/nasa-chief-vows-to-solve-sls-rocket-fueling-issues-before-artemis-iii/)

• **FDA Launches PreCheck Pilot** — Feb 1, 2026: FDA accepting requests for PreCheck pilot program to strengthen domestic pharmaceutical supply chain, increasing regulatory predictability and facilitating US manufacturing site construction. "After 35 years of globalists taking pharma overseas, FDA is bringing it back." [Source](https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-launches-precheck-pilot-program-strengthen-domestic-pharmaceutical-manufacturing)


📡 **Tech Radar** — 5:00 AM UTC, Feb 16, 2026

🚀 **RISING REPOS:**

• **ruvnet/wifi-densepose** — WiFi-based dense human pose estimation through walls (6,551⭐, +352 today!)
  [GitHub](https://github.com/ruvnet/wifi-densepose)
  **[FLAG: Revolutionary CV technique - wall-penetrating pose tracking]**

• **github/gh-aw** — GitHub Agentic Workflows (trending)
  [GitHub](https://github.com/github/gh-aw)
  **[FLAG: Official GitHub agent framework - OpenClaw competitor]**

• **ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp** — Chrome DevTools for coding agents (trending)
  [GitHub](https://github.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp)
  **[FLAG: MCP server for browser automation - OpenClaw integration opportunity]**

• **rowboatlabs/rowboat** — Open-source AI coworker with memory (trending)
  [GitHub](https://github.com/rowboatlabs/rowboat)
  **[FLAG: OpenClaw competitor - agent with persistent memory]**

• **SynkraAI/aios-core** — AI-Orchestrated System for Full Stack Development v4.0 (trending)
  [GitHub](https://github.com/SynkraAI/aios-core)
  **[FLAG: Multi-agent orchestration framework]**

• **openclaw/openclaw** — Personal AI assistant (that's us! 🦞) (trending)
  [GitHub](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw)

📄 **FRESH MODELS (HuggingFace):**

• **zai-org/GLM-5** — 753B parameter LLM (1,205 likes, 128K downloads)
  [HuggingFace](https://huggingface.co/zai-org/GLM-5)
  **[FLAG: Massive scale Chinese LLM]**

• **mistralai/Voxtral-Mini-4B-Realtime-2602** — Realtime ASR model (532 likes)
  [HuggingFace](https://huggingface.co/mistralai/Voxtral-Mini-4B-Realtime-2602)
  **[NOTE: New Mistral speech model]**

• **nvidia/personaplex-7b-v1** — Audio-to-audio model (1,841 likes, 330K downloads)
  [HuggingFace](https://huggingface.co/nvidia/personaplex-7b-v1)
  **[NOTE: Voice cloning/persona modeling]**

• **Qwen/Qwen3-Coder-Next** — 79B coding model (870 likes, 270K downloads)
  [HuggingFace](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-Coder-Next)

⚡ **INFRA ALERTS:**

• **alibaba/zvec** — Lightweight, lightning-fast in-process vector database (trending)
  [GitHub](https://github.com/alibaba/zvec)
  **[FLAG: Performance boost - alternative to ChromaDB/FAISS]**

---

**KEY TAKEAWAYS:**
- MCP ecosystem exploding (ChromeDevTools, rowboat, gh-aw all trending)
- WiFi pose estimation breakthrough (InvisPose implementation)
- Chinese LLMs dominating (GLM-5, Kimi-K2.5, MiniMax)
- Mistral entering realtime voice space


📡 **Tech Radar** — 6:03 AM UTC, February 16, 2026

🚀 **RISING REPOS:**

• **Letta Code** (letta-ai/letta) — Memory-first stateful agents with self-improvement. Available as npm package.
  [GitHub](https://github.com/letta-ai/letta)
  **[FLAG: OpenClaw alternative / agent framework with advanced memory]**

• **claude-mem** (thedotmack) — MCP server for long-term memory in Claude
  [Trending Report](https://note.com/fresh_ixora3727/n/n912675db6e1b)
  **[FLAG: MCP server for OpenClaw integration]**

• **awesome-llm-apps** (Shubhamsaboo) — RAG & agent application examples
  **[FLAG: Marketing resource for OpenClaw showcases]**

• **agent-safety-mcp** (VoynichLabs) — Production MCP framework protecting agents from injection attacks, ads, scheming
  [GitHub](https://github.com/VoynichLabs/agent-safety-mcp)
  **[FLAG: Security MCP for OpenClaw]**

---

📄 **FRESH RESEARCH:**

• **GLM-5 by Zhipu AI** — 744B params (40B active), MIT license, 77.8% SWE-bench Verified (#1 open-source)
  [Article](https://www.buildfastwithai.com/blogs/glm-5-released-open-source-model-2026) | [z.ai](https://z.ai/blog/glm-5)
  **[FLAG: BREAKING — Beats GPT-5.2 on BrowseComp & Vending Bench, compatible with Claude Code/OpenClaw]**

• **Claude Opus 4.6** — 1M token context, agent teams, 68.8% ARC AGI 2
  [LLM Stats](https://llm-stats.com/ai-news)
  **[FLAG: Agent architecture update]**

---

⚡ **INFRA ALERTS:**

• **Entire** — Former GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke raised $60M seed (record for dev tools) at $300M valuation
  [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/former-github-ceo-raises-record-60m-dev-tool-seed-round-at-300m-valuation/)
  **[FLAG: Major dev tool investment — potential OpenClaw partnership opportunity]**

---

🔍 **Scan Notes:**
- Brave Search hit rate limits (1/sec)
- Most "trending" queries returned stale/generic results
- Fresh data via targeted web_fetch on specific articles
- All URLs logged to memory/2026-02-16.md with tags


[Mon 2026-02-16 07:02 UTC] A cron job "todo-check-2am" just completed successfully.

Findings:
**STATUS: No TODO.md found — no pending task queue.**

My workspace is configured for **news intelligence operations** (GitHub trending, AI models, political updates) per SOUL.md, not the Fred server orchestration described in AGENTS.md.

**Recent Activity:**
- Last tech radar scan: 6:00 AM UTC (1h ago)
- Flagged GLM-5 (744B open-source beast beating GPT-5.2)
- Tracked Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context + agent teams)
- Identified 4 OpenClaw-relevant repos (Letta Code, claude-mem MCP server, etc.)

**Current State:**
- No formal task backlog to process
- News pulse operates on independent 20min schedule + daily 5:30 AM EST brief
- Last brief completed successfully

**Action:** Sleeping until next scheduled pulse or manual trigger.

Stats: runtime 29s • tokens 17.3k (in 55 / out 831) • est $0.01 • sessionKey agent:magoo:cron:e8157b19-b796-4d41-827b-61a56de73476:run:726a048e-63c9-4bc8-8128-cd2d9a54dd78 • sessionId 726a048e-63c9-4bc8-8128-cd2d9a54dd78 • transcript /home/crogers2287/.openclaw/agents/magoo/sessions/726a048e-63c9-4bc8-8128-cd2d9a54dd78.jsonl

Summarize this naturally for the user. Keep it brief (1-2 sentences). Flow it into the conversation naturally.
Do not mention technical details like tokens, stats, or that this was a cron job.
You can respond with NO_REPLY if no announcement is needed (e.g., internal task with no user-facing result).


The user is asking me to summarize a cron job completion. Looking at the findings:

1. No TODO.md found - no pending task queue
2. My workspace is configured for news intelligence operations
3. Recent activity includes tech radar scans and flagging of GLM-5, Claude Opus 4.6, and OpenClaw-relevant repos
4. News pulse operates on independent schedule
5. Last brief completed successfully
6. Action: Sleeping until next scheduled pulse

The user wants me to:
- Summarize naturally
- Keep it brief (1-2 sentences)
- Flow into conversation naturally
- Don't mention technical details like tokens, stats, or that this was a cron job
- Can respond with NO_REPLY if no announcement is needed

This is an internal status check that found no TODO.md (which is expected since I'm a news intelligence agent, not a task-based agent). The system is working as designed - monitoring news on schedule.

Since there's nothing actionable here and the system is operating normally, I should respond with NO_REPLY. The user doesn't need to know about routine internal checks that confirm everything is working as expected.


📡 **Tech Radar** — 7:04 AM UTC, Monday Feb 16, 2026

🚨 **BREAKING: OpenClaw Creator Joins OpenAI**
• Peter Steinberger hired by OpenAI (6h ago) — will "drive next generation of personal agents"
• OpenClaw STAYS OPEN-SOURCE under foundation w/ OpenAI support
• Sam Altman confirms: "future is extremely multi-agent"
  [Source](https://www.archyde.com/openclaw-creator-joins-openai-to-build-next-gen-ai-agents/)
  **[FLAG: MAJOR OpenClaw ecosystem news]**

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🚀 **RISING REPOS:**

• **PentestAgent** (GH05TCREW) — AI pentest framework w/ attack playbooks & HexStrike integration
  [Source](https://cybersecuritynews.com/pentestagent/) | [GitHub](https://github.com/GH05TCREW/pentestagent)
  **[FLAG: Security automation]**

• **Tambo AI** — Generative UI SDK for React (trending on GitHub)
  **[FLAG: Marketing relevant / UI generation]**

• **Personal_AI_Infrastructure** (danielmiessler) — Intelligent AI infra to augment human capabilities
  **[FLAG: OpenClaw ecosystem / Infra optimization]**

• **Synkra AIOS v4.0** — AI orchestration for full-stack dev & general agent framework
  [Source](https://aitoolly.com/ai-news/article/68dfeddb-d40c-45ee-a104-3b1df764fbdb)
  **[FLAG: OpenClaw competitor / Agent framework]**

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📄 **FRESH RESEARCH:**

• **Google DeepMind AlphaGeometry** — Superhuman Reasoning team launches GitHub repo (Thang Luong). Featured in Nature.
  [Source](https://aitoolly.com/ai-news/article/2026-02-15-google-deepminds-superhuman-reasoning-team-unveils-alphageometry-project-on-github)
  **[FLAG: SOTA claim / Reasoning architecture]**

• **Agent Skills Standard** — Quality framework for GitHub Copilot agents (19h ago)
  [Source](https://benjamin-abt.com/blog/2026/02/12/agent-skills-standard-github-copilot/)

---

⚠ **NOTE:** Hit Brave Search rate limit after first query. Some infra/DevOps searches incomplete. Will retry next cycle.