Brazil lawmakers reintroduced a bill to create a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, which would allow the country to buy and hold up to 1 million BTC.
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Malwarebytes spotted nearly 20 fake web stores copying the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics shop, offering the Tina mascot plush at big “discounts” to steal payment and personal details, and is blocking the scam domains.
US spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $410M withdrawn Thursday, adding to weekly losses and setting up a possible 4th straight losing week. Standard Chartered lowered its 2026 BTC forecast from $150,000 to $100,000.
Google released Chrome 145 with fixes for 11 security flaws, including three rated high severity. Google says none are known to be used in attacks yet. The update is rolling out for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Leak: Nothing Phone 4a and 4a Pro may ship in 8GB memory/128GB storage or 12GB/256GB. Reported colors: 4a in black or white, 4a Pro in black or silver, not matching Nothing’s recent tease.
About $2.5B worth of bitcoin (BTC) options expire Feb. 13 at 8:00 UTC. More contracts are set for price rises than drops, and the key level is $74,000, with Bitcoin trading near $68,000.
New paper proposes Agent-guided Policy Search, where an AI assistant replaces human supervisors in robot training. In tests like insertion and handling soft objects, robots learned with fewer trials than with human guidance.
Blockchain data shows long-time bitcoin holders are near break-even, a level that has often come before major lows, but analysts say the Bitcoin market still hasn’t found a clear bottom. Traders are watching delayed US January inflation data.
Google said the Pixel 10a, the next version of its budget Pixel phone, will launch on February 18, 2026.
BTC futures bets fell to $34B, the lowest since 2024, after $5.2B in forced sell-offs. Data also shows $2.3B in bitcoin losses locked in over a week, one of the biggest shakeouts since 2021.
Robert McDermott released an AI-powered Knowledge Graph Generator that converts unstructured text into an interactive map of entities and their links by using an LLM to pull simple subject-verb-object facts, useful for analyzing cyber reports.
Google Docs is rolling out Gemini-powered audio summaries on the web, letting users play a short spoken recap of a document (including multiple tabs) with speed and voice options for select paid Workspace plans.
Anthropic said it will pay for power-grid upgrades and cover estimated electricity price increases caused by its AI data centers, instead of leaving local households and businesses with higher bills.
BBC reports a flaw in Orchids, an AI tool that builds apps from chat prompts, let a researcher take over a reporter’s laptop by adding a hidden line to the computer code, without the user clicking anything; the bug is still unfixed.
Apple told CNBC it’s still on track to release its revamped Siri features in 2026, after reports of internal delays. The update aims to let Siri use personal info, understand what’s on screen, and do more inside apps.
Bitcoin selling picked up after BTC turned down from $68,300. Glassnode and CryptoQuant data show long-term holders cutting holdings and market gauges in a “capitulation” zone, pointing to heavy selling pressure and possible accumulation ahead.
Roomba maker iRobot is now fully owned by Chinese manufacturer Picea after bankruptcy. iRobot says it will keep key work based in the US and has created a new “iRobot Safe” unit to protect customer data.
Bitcoin hit a weekly low near $65,500 after four days of declines. Futures market data shows many traders are betting against BTC, with the most negative “holding fees” since 2023, suggesting the short trade is crowded.
A researcher showed new ways to tamper with Windows shortcut files so they show a harmless target in Properties but run a different program when opened. Microsoft says this behavior isn’t a security vulnerability.
In January, company Strategy made up about 97.5% of all new Bitcoin bought by public companies, becoming the dominant corporate BTC buyer for the month.