๐Ÿ’ช Mighty Brief

Thursday, February 5, 2026 โ€” 4:30 AM CT

๐Ÿ“Œ TL;DR โ€” Top Stories

๐Ÿ“ง Emails

๐Ÿฆ Twitter โ€” Leaders

Derek Thompson @DKThomp
This part of the Matt Murray email to WaPo staffers makes me most depressed about the paper's future. What you've got here is a media company where the owner has not only overhauled strategy but also required that new leadership pursue a Bad Strategy and demonize the very thing that recently made them successful...
10:04 AM ยท View on X
Harry Stebbings @HarryStebbings
Satya's statement of making Sundar dance was premature. Today, he sits at the helm of a company that does not own their own models and has no play in building their own chips. They are behind and have to buy. Satya should buy Mistral.
8:20 AM ยท View on X
Tom Blomfield @t_blom
3 months?! Who's going to tell him about Claude Code? [QT: "The fastest way to validate a product: DON'T build it. Make a landing page, describe the problem, add a waitlist button. If nobody signs up, you saved yourself 3 months"]
10:29 AM ยท View on X
Alex Rampell @arampell
Anyone who's written software knows that the last 5% can take 95% of the time. Edge cases, conflicts, weird environments, you name it. And for many areas of work, 95% right is still 100% wrong. AI is a remarkable tool and a huge productivity gain. Laws of physics still apply.
2:31 AM ยท View on X
Mike Maples, Jr @m2jr
This is hilariously dishonest. [QT: Newsom on CA high-speed rail]
4:52 AM ยท View on X
Garry Tan @garrytan
We need smart common sense people who are not captured by special interests and willing to get into the weeds and get the outcomes citizens need. If people like that don't run... we are stuck with liars and sociopaths. LA needs Caruso.
4:52 AM ยท View on X
Dylan Field @zoink
RT @figma: Grab a box, then bend reality. Vector editing just got a lot easier (yay)
5:43 AM ยท View on X
Karri Saarinen @karrisaarinen
RT @embirico: In addition to running more coding agents, with the app I've found myself doing much more product work across @linear @Notion...
6:30 AM ยท View on X

๐Ÿค– Twitter โ€” AI

Ethan Mollick @emollick
It is possible to get Genie 3 to make worlds that are visually interesting. I have been using images I generated in Midjourney of vast megastructures & odd cities. After 20 seconds I can freely wander around them.
4:09 AM ยท View on X
Ethan Mollick @emollick
Chinese open weights models remain the same 7-9 months behind, but o3 level is an achievement. I still don't get the business model of open weights companies as costs go up, however.
3:31 AM ยท View on X
roon @tszzl
putting my mediaobserver hat on. ant ads are pretty brilliant because they're dishonest in a way that's only going to ragebait openai heads and certain industry insiders but are funny and striking to everyone else. when you're a call option variance is good. mario kart blue shell
3:21 AM ยท View on X
roon @tszzl
we only really have one button and it's to accelerate
3:58 AM ยท View on X
Ryan Carson @ryancarson
Shit. I should be sleeping but I'm on TG messaging Scout (openclaw who's quietly working in my office downstairs on the iMac). He just installed qmd and setup a nightly cron job which orchestrates a team of 7 agents to sweep my repo for vulnerabilities, fix, and compound learnings.
4:09 AM ยท View on X
Romain Huet @romainhuet
By popular demand, you can now open @zeddotdev directly from the Codex app!
4:04 AM ยท View on X
Gil Dibner @gdibner
RT @om: The word around Silicon Valley is that everyone from Meta to OpenAI to xAI wants a piece of OpenClaw and its creator. Zuck and Sam...
8:29 AM ยท View on X
eric zakariasson @ericzakariasson
remember when llms.txt was the cool thing
4:36 AM ยท View on X

๐Ÿ“Š Twitter โ€” Tech

Joe Weisenthal @TheStalwart
Silver -11%
10:21 AM ยท View on X
Joe Weisenthal @TheStalwart
NEW ODD LOTS: How the US could actually become a rare earths player. @tracyalloway and I talk to CFR Senior Fellow Heidi Crebo-Rediker, author of a brand new report on how the US can actually become competitive in the space
10:17 AM ยท View on X
Techmeme @Techmeme
A look at India's push to become a major provider of AI services, as US tech companies pledge tens of billions in Indian data center investments
10:13 AM ยท View on X
Techmeme @Techmeme
Sources: HP, Dell, Acer, and Asus are considering sourcing memory chips from Chinese chipmakers; HP and Dell are currently qualifying DRAM products from CXMT
6:37 AM ยท View on X
Techmeme @Techmeme
TSMC plans to produce 3nm chips at its second plant in Kumamoto, Japan; sources say that is an upgrade from an original plan to produce 7nm chips by late 2027
6:15 AM ยท View on X
Peter Yang @petergyang
Here's my new OpenClaw tutorial covering everything I've learned, including: How to set it up safely, My top 5 use cases (calendar, docs, voice, daily briefings, and weekly insights), How to connect it to Google Workspace step-by-step, How to personalize your bot's memory
Feb 4, 9:30 AM ยท View on X
jack @jack
RT @Novanoodle5165: One month later and another 20% increase in merchants accepting Bitcoin on @Square terminals. Watch the signal.
6:36 AM ยท View on X

๐Ÿ”ฅ Techmeme Headlines

Tech
Alphabet Earnings Release
Annual revenue exceeded $400B for first time. 2026 capex guidance of $175-185B shocked analysts expecting ~$120B.
AI
TechCrunch
Up from 650M last quarter. Processing 10B+ tokens per minute. Gap with ChatGPT (810M) closing fast.
AI
X / Sam Altman
Says Anthropic serves "product to rich people" while OpenAI is "committed to free access". Sparks major AI industry drama.
Tech
Variety
Q4 ad revenue rose 9% YoY to $11.38B. More than every entertainment company except Disney.
Tech
CNBC
Revenue up 1% to ~$23.7B. PS5 shipments top 92.2M. Gaming profit up 19% despite 16% decline in console sales.
Tech
Wall Street Journal
But the belief that they might be facing one is damaging their stocks.
Tech
SiliconANGLE
Led by Blue Cloud and ForgePoint, taking total funding to ~$51M.
Tech
Nikkei Asia
Second Kumamoto plant upgraded from original 7nm plan. Production expected by late 2027.

๐Ÿ›๏ธ Memeorandum Headlines

Politics
Multiple sources via Memeorandum
Minnesota federal prosecutor fired after telling judge system is broken. DOJ deploying "emergency jump teams" to handle backlog.
Politics
Associated Press
Cites "unprecedented cooperation" from local authorities. Around 2,000 federal agents remain.
Politics
Associated Press
US judge rules agents must have probable cause to believe suspect will flee before warrantless arrest.
Politics
CBS News
"Alarming" wave of resignations at Minnesota DOJ as lead prosecutors on major fraud case depart.

๐ŸŒŸ WeSmirch โ€” Pop Culture

Culture
NBC News
Search enters fourth day. Trump pledges "all federal law enforcement" to help. Ransom note being investigated.
Culture
People
Savannah Guthrie pleads for proof of life. FBI now helping with "hundreds of leads".
Culture
TMZ
Note sent to media outlets being investigated. Pacemaker data may help establish timeline.

๐Ÿ  Local News

Twin Cities
Star Tribune
Local coverage of ongoing immigration enforcement drama in Minnesota.
Twin Cities
Star Tribune
How a small town recovered and rebuilt after devastating fire.
Iowa
Des Moines Register
Local business dispute over police towing contract.
Iowa
Des Moines Register
Lottery results and local news updates.

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