Ring, the Amazon-owned company, canceled its partnership with Flock Safety following significant backlash and a questionable Super Bowl ad, according to The Verge. The decision, announced on February 12, 2026, came after mounting pressure regarding the integration of Ring's technology with the controversial law-enforcement technology company.
The Verge reported that the cancellation was a direct response to public concern. The partnership had drawn criticism due to the nature of Flock Safety's technology, which is used by law enforcement agencies.
In other news, according to reports from Stat News and The Wall Street Journal, a Trump administration official overruled FDA scientists to reject Moderna's mRNA flu vaccine. Vinay Prasad, the top vaccine regulator at the Food and Drug Administration during the Trump administration, made the decision despite the agency's scientists being ready to review the vaccine. A memo from a top career official, David Kaslow, objecting to Prasad's rejection, reportedly included a detailed explanation of why the review should proceed.
Meanwhile, Wired reported on several developments, including ICE's plans to expand across the US, Palantir employees' ethical concerns, and the capabilities of AI assistants. The publication discussed ICE's expansion plans, Palantir CEO Alex Karp's response to employee concerns about working with ICE, and a writer's experience with an AI assistant named OpenClaw.
Also, Wired reported on a wave of unexplained bot traffic sweeping the web. Data analyst Alejandro Quintero, who manages a website publishing articles about paranormal activities, saw a sudden surge in traffic from China and Singapore, accounting for more than half of his total visits over the past 12 months.
Finally, VentureBeat reported that Google Chrome launched WebMCP (Web Model Context Protocol) in early preview, turning every website into a structured tool for AI agents. WebMCP, developed jointly by Google and Microsoft, is a proposed web standard that aims to help AI agents navigate websites more efficiently. "When an AI agent visits a website, its essentially a tourist who doesnt speak the local language," VentureBeat noted.
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