TECHNOLOGY – Long Island, NY

News Ticker

[ February 13, 2026 ] DEA Special Agent in Dominican Republic arrested in connection with probe into misuse of U.S. visa program brooke mallory
[ February 13, 2026 ] DOJ ousts judge-appointed U.S. Attorney hours after swearing-in, as Blanche declares ‘Judges don’t pick U.S. Attorneys, POTUS does’ appointments
[ February 13, 2026 ] DHS ends Temporary Protected Status for Yemeni citizens in U.S. 60-day deadline
[ February 13, 2026 ] Don Lemon pleads ‘not guilty’ following anti-ICE Minn. Cities Church protest abbe lowell
[ February 13, 2026 ] Anton W. Ficurilli aka “Toppy” Long Island

This week in AI updates: GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark, GitHub Agentic Workflows, and more (February 13, 2026)

February 13, 2026 mstein340 0

OpenAI releases research preview GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark for ChatGPT Pro users GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is a lightweight version of the company’s coding model, GPT-5.3-Codex, that is optimized to run on ultra-low latency hardware and can deliver over 1,000 tokens […]

EPA Administrator Zeldin: Trump admin. killing ‘Obama Switch,’ effectively ending automatic start-stop in new cars

February 12, 2026 Brooke Mallory 0

(Background) President Donald Trump speaks alongside U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin on February 12, 2026. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) / (Center) EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin speaks on February 12, 2026 in Washington, […]

TypeScript 6.0 beta lays the foundation for shifting the codebase from JavaScript to Go

February 12, 2026 mstein340 0

Microsoft has announced a beta for TypeScript 6.0, which will be the last release of the language using the JavaScript codebase. The company announced last year that it was working on a native implementation of […]

GitGuardian Raises $50M Series C to Address Non-Human Identities Crisis and AI Agent Security Gap

February 11, 2026 mstein340 0

GitGuardian, a leading secrets and Non-Human Identity (NHI) security platform and #1 app on GitHub Marketplace, today announced a $50 million Series C funding round led by global software investor Insight Partners, alongside Quadrille Capital […]

Arcjet release v1 of its SDK for enabling security capabilities in JavaScript apps

February 11, 2026 mstein340 0

Arcjet has announced the release of version 1 of its JavaScript SDK designed to enable security capabilities like bot detection, email validation, attack protection, and data redaction across JavaScript apps. “Shipping v1.0 is a clear […]

Security professionals express concern over OpenClaw

February 10, 2026 mstein340 0

OpenClaw is an AI agent designed to act like a personal assistant, managing your email, calendar, social media accounts, and more, all from a messaging app like WhatsApp or Signal. While it has amassed a […]

The Cost of AI Slop in Lines of Code

February 10, 2026 mstein340 0

Decades ago, we abandoned the practice of measuring developers for the number of lines of code they developed. We realized it was too easy to game the system by writing bloated code that reduced value […]

Planview releases Connected Work Graph to provide insights into relationships across teams and initiatives

February 10, 2026 mstein340 0

Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM) provider Planview today announced the launch of its Connected Work Graph, which provides software development leaders with insights into how work connects across OKRs, initiatives, teams, and resources so they can […]

People don’t belong in the loop — They belong at the center

February 9, 2026 mstein340 0

Over the past year, I’ve watched teams roll out increasingly capable AI systems, tooling, and agents, and then struggle to trust, adopt, or scale them. I’d argue that a lot of today’s AI adoption problem […]

How to Design the Software Engineering Organization to Deliver Business Value

February 6, 2026 mstein340 0

Too often, software engineering organizations evolve reactively and are shaped by precedent or internal politics in a volatile and rapidly changing business environment, hindering intentional design. To deliver real business value, software engineering leaders should […]