Microsoft hires the team of Sequoia-backed AI collaboration platform, Cove The team behind Cove, a Sequoia-backed startup that was working on an AI-powered collaboration board, has joined Microsoft, according to an email sent to customers informing them that Cove’s service is shutting down. Cove was founded in late 2023 by Stephen Chau, Andy Szybalski, and Mike Chu, who worked on Google Maps...

Meta plans to add facial recognition to its smart glasses, report claims In Brief Posted: 6:58 AM PST · February 13, 2026 Image Credits:Meta Meta plans to add facial recognition to its smart glasses as soon as this year, according to a new report from The New York Times. The feature, internally known as “Name Tag,” would allow smart...

Xi Jinping: Chinese leader makes rare reference to recent military purgeYvette TanandStephen McDonell,China correspondentGetty ImagesSince coming to power, President Xi has launched waves of anti-corruption drivesChinese President Xi Jinping has made a rare public reference to a recent crackdown which saw the country's top military general removed.General Zhang Youxia, who was widely seen as...

Gabon suspends social media 'for spreading false information'Wycliffe MuiaandPaul Njie,BBC AfricaGetty ImagesThe authorities did not specify which social media platforms would be affected by the moveGabon's media regulator has announced the suspension of social media platforms "until further notice", saying online content has fuelled conflict and deepened divisions in the country.In a televised...

K2 to launch its first high-powered satellite for space compute An ambitious satellite builder will launch one of the highest-powered spacecraft ever built in the weeks ahead to demonstrate technology that will be required to build data centers in orbit. K2, founded by brothers and former SpaceX engineers Karan and Neel Kunjur in 2022, has packed its satellite Gravitas into a SpaceX Falcon 9...