SpaceX, led by Elon Musk, acquired his own artificial intelligence startup xAI. The deal was confirmed in an official statement on the SpaceX website. According to Bloomberg, SpaceX received a valuation of $1 trillion, while the value of xAI was $250 billion. The total valuation of the merged company is $1.25 trillion.
Developer Lyra Rebein launched the Xikipedia web application. It is a feed that displays articles from Simple Wikipedia in the format of social media posts. The goal of the project is to offer an alternative to the usual news scrolling, which is often accompanied by a stream of negative information.
OpenAI has made Codex available as a standalone app for macOS. This coding agent has now gained the ability to coordinate the work of several AI models simultaneously to perform complex tasks.
Mozilla will add settings to Firefox that will allow users to disable all generative artificial intelligence features. The changes will appear in Firefox version 148, which will be released on February 24, 2026. This capability will initially be available in Firefox Nightly builds.
Toyota has started sales of the Pixis Van BEV — a fully electric version of the popular commercial kei van for daily work and last-mile delivery in Japanese cities.
Audi acknowledged that the change in naming logic, which turned the A4 into the A5, has ultimately confused everyone. Now the company is open to returning to a simpler and clearer system.
ASUS has introduced the ROG Kithara — an open gaming headset with 100mm HiFiMan planar drivers, enhanced compatibility, and a focus on accurate sound.
The history of Lexus LC is coming to an end. The coupe and convertible will be discontinued at the end of August 2026. This became known from an official letter to dealers, which was published on Reddit and then confirmed by a Lexus representative.
Jaguar is actively preparing the production version of its new four-door GT — the successor to the Type 00 concept — for debut. Prototypes are being tested on frozen lakes in Sweden, where the handling and all-wheel drive behavior are checked in extreme conditions.
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The electric long-haul tractor Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 became the first battery-powered semi-trailer truck to fully complete the eNordkapp Challenge expedition spanning about 8,000 km from Germany to the Nordkapp Cape in northern Norway.
The expected price will be from $110 to 165
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The flagship will be based on the latest Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro chipset
