France bars US ambassador Kushner from meeting government officials [The Hill]

Linus Torvalds: Someone 'More Competent Who Isn't Afraid of Numbers Past the Teens' Will Take Over Linux One Day [Slashdot.org]

Anthropic says DeepSeek, MiniMax, and Moonshot violated its ToS by prompting Claude a combined 16M+ times and using distillation to train their own products [TechMeme]

Job seekers are turning to 'reverse recruiting' in a tough market [Quartz]

How to stop a dictator — I spent months studying how authoritarians like Trump lose. The answer is shockingly simple. [Vox]

OpenAI forms “Frontier Alliances” with top consultancies to push enterprise AI into production [TheNextWeek]

Michelin’s Return to Vegas Is Huge for the Southwest [Eater]

Why Google Gemini Is Emerging as a Hot New AI Tool for Startups — Google is in the midst of an aggressive push to convince startups that its Gemini AI solutions are superior. [Inc.]

5 AI podcasts that explain it all [Fast Company]

Grinding the Dream: When Yakuza: Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Tests Your Patience [Medium]

‘Computers Can’t Tie Balloons’: 8 Innovative New Franchises [Entrepreneur]

‘Narco-Submarine’ Carrying 4 Tons of Cocaine Captured by Mexico’s Navy [WIRED] I told you there was a submarine, didn’t I tell you there was a submarine?

'Here Gaza,' and the rebirth of radio within the devastated territory [Le Monde]

Tech News Weekly 425 [TWIT]

Gemini 3.1 Pro: A smarter model for your most complex tasks [Google Blog]

Teaching AI to read a map [Google Research]

CBS Primary School Ennis wins top prize at Intel Mini Scientist Grand Final [Intel Newsroom]

AMD Introduces Ryzen AI Embedded Processor Portfolio, Powering AI-Driven Immersive Experiences in Automotive, Industrial and Physical AI [AMD Newsroom]

Truth Actually [Lapham’s Quarterly]

Artemis 2 launch delayed again [Astronomy Magazine] it will be delayed until 05.21.2026, my birthday. Also, I need to send an invoice. Also, I need you guys/gals to donate me a German-Engineered Sports Wagon.

Healthcare Is Short on People, But AI Is Closing the Gap [Salesforce, The 360 Blog]

Permit to Work in SAP Cloud ERP Private: Best Practices and More feat. Vattenfall | Expert Talk [SAP] #SAP #IwantToWorkAtSAP #Neurodivergent

What’s up, everybody! It’s Tuesday, February 24, 2026. Shout-out to #GeeksNerdsOtakusIntellosStrebers! There will be a “Coffee With Zaki” in French VLOG later tonight, hopefully.