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What happens when Waymo runs into a tornado? Or an elephant?

An autonomous vehicle drives down a lonely stretch of highway. Suddenly, a massive tornado appears in the distance. What does the driverless vehicle do next? This is just one of the scenarios that Waymo can simulate in the "hyper realistic" virtual world that it has just created with help from Google's DeepMind. Waymo's World Model […]

Analogue’s 4K N64 is getting five new transparent color options

Analogue has announced another collection of limited-edition colors for its modern remake of the Nintendo 64. Last December it introduced several transparent versions of the Analogue 3D inspired by Nintendo's Funtastic N64 series, but this time the company says it drew inspiration from colored versions of the nearly 30-year-old console that Nintendo prototyped, but never […]

Amazon Prime free games for February 2026 announced

Amazon Prime members can download or stream over 20 games this month with their subscription, including Tiny Tina's Wonderlands.

Analysis: Claude Code currently authors 4% of all public GitHub commits and is on track to cross 20% of all daily commits by the end of 2026 (Doug O'Laughlin/SemiAnalysis)

Doug O'Laughlin / SemiAnalysis:
Analysis: Claude Code currently authors 4% of all public GitHub commits and is on track to cross 20% of all daily commits by the end of 2026  —  What It Is, How We Use It, Industry Repercussions, Microsoft's Dilemma, Why Anthropic Is Winning  —  Doug O'Laughlin, Jeremie Eliahou Ontiveros, Jordan Nanos, and 2 others

Why American “quad god” Ilia Malinin skates like no one else

Figure skating is nothing without tension. Humans speed across slick ice, balancing on a thin metal blade and making sharp turns. The athletes defy physics, jumping and twisting their bodies in the air, seemingly faster than you can blink. Millimeters can mean the difference between success and splat, risk goes hand in hand with reward, […]