Ring, the Amazon-owned company, canceled its partnership with Flock Safety following mounting pressure and a controversial Super Bowl ad, according to The Verge. The decision, announced on February 12, 2026, marked a reversal of Ring's plan to integrate with the law-enforcement technology company.
In other news, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) revoked an analysis of greenhouse gases that laid the foundation for regulating their emissions by cars, power plants, and industrial sources, Ars Technica reported. The analysis, called an endangerment finding, was initially ordered by the US Supreme Court in 2007 and completed during the Obama administration. Despite its theoretical role as the basis for government regulations of carbon dioxide emissions, its impact has been limited due to lawsuits and policy changes.
Meanwhile, Google released a YouTube app on the Vision Pro mixed reality headset, two years after the device's launch, Ars Technica noted. Users had previously expressed frustration at the lack of a proper YouTube app, a significant disappointment given the device's focus on video content consumption. The new app, which supports 3D videos, as well as 360- and 180-degree videos, is not just a port of the iPad app.
Wired reported on ICE's plans to expand across the US, Palantir employees' ethical concerns, and AI assistants. The publication discussed ICE's plans to expand to nearly every state in the US, and Alex Karp's non-response to Palantir employees with ethical concerns about collaborating with ICE. Additionally, a WIRED writer let the viral AI assistant OpenClaw run his life for a week to give listeners a peek of what AI agents can and can't actually do.
Finally, Google Chrome shipped WebMCP in early preview, turning every website into a structured tool for AI agents, VentureBeat reported. WebMCP, or Web Model Context Protocol, was developed jointly by engineers at Google and Microsoft and incubated through the W3C's Web Machine Learning community group. It aims to help AI agents navigate websites more efficiently.
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