Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs Prompts $1 Billion, Ricursive AI Chip Design Snares $335 Million, Google Joins AI Music Parade

Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs raises $1 Billion, Ricursive secures $335 Million for AI chip design, and Google adds Lyria 3 music generation to Gemini.

Today’s Wordle #1707 Hints And Answer For Friday, February 20

Looking for help with today’s New York Times Wordle? Here are some expert hints, clues and commentary to help you solve today’s Wordle and sharpen your guessing game.

NYT Pips Today: Hints, Answers And Walkthrough For Friday, February 20

Looking for help with today’s New York Times Pips? We’ll walk you through today’s puzzle and help you match dominoes to tiles.

NYT Strands Answers Today: Hints & Clues Friday, February 20 (True Grit)

Looking for help with today’s NYT Strands puzzle? Here’s an extra hint to help you uncover the right words, as well as all of today’s answers and Spangram.

Donald Trump Jr.’s Private DC Club Has Mysterious Ties to an Ex-Cop With a Controversial Past

The Executive Branch has a reported membership list that includes Trumpworld elites like David Sacks. A WIRED review of corporate filings reveals an under-the-radar player: a notorious former DC police officer.

‘Pew Pew’: The Chinese Companies Marketing Anti-Drone Weapons on TikTok

On TikTok, Chinese manufacturers are advertising signal-blocking weapons with the breezy cadence of consumer lifestyle advertising.

Inside the Rolling Layoffs at Jack Dorsey’s Block

Workers describe a deteriorating culture at Block, the company behind Square and Cash App, where layoffs continue and employees are expected to use AI tools daily.

Code Metal Raises $125 Million to Rewrite the Defense Industry’s Code With AI

The Boston startup uses AI to translate and verify legacy software for defense contractors, arguing modernization can’t come at the cost of new bugs.

Perplexity’s Retreat From Ads Signals a Bigger Strategic Shift

The AI search startup once predicted advertising would be a massive business. Now it’s betting on a smaller, more valuable audience.

Mckenna Grace Is Inescapable, Now With A Dozen Major IP Roles By 19

We talk about Pedro Pascal being omnipresent as of late on film and TV, but he’s got nothing on Mckenna Grace.