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Toyota unveiled the new 2027 Highlander, a fully redesigned midsize SUV that marks the brand's first three-row electric vehicle for the US market and the first Toyota EV assembled in America. It's a familiar name - Toyota has been selling gas Highlanders for over 20 years - with an all-new powertrain aimed directly at one of the most popular vehicle segments in the market today. To say



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The ad promotes Ring cameras’ new capability to search neighborhoods for a lost dog. | Screenshot from Ring video
The ad promotes Ring cameras’ new capability to search neighborhoods for a lost dog. | Screenshot from Ring video

Ring's new Search Party feature has once again drawn backlash for the company. A 30-second ad that aired during Sunday's Super Bowl showed Ring cameras "surveilling" neighborhoods to locate a lost dog. In the current political climate, a prime-time ad celebrating neighborhood


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The Seattle Seahawks cruised past the New England Patriots in Super Bowl 60, thanks to a dominant defense.
  • Sunday's Super Bowl was the second-most-watched after the 2025 game.
  • NBC's broadcast, featuring a lopsided game and a Bad Bunny performance, was viewed by 124.9 million.
  • A new ratings calculation method introduced last year has helped boost ratings

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  • xAI cofounder Jimmy Ba said he left Elon Musk's AI startup on Tuesday.
  • Ba is the second cofounder to depart xAI in less than 48 hours.
  • Six of xAI's 12 original founders have now left — five in the past year.

XAI cofounder Jimmy Ba said he left Elon Musk's startup on Tuesday.

"It's time to recalibrate my gradient on the big picture. 2026 is gonna be insane and likely the busiest


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Samsung’s 2025 was filled with new foldables, an ultra-thin new form factor and the launch of Google's XR platform. After making some announcements at CES 2026, the company has just announced its first Galaxy Unpacked of the year will take place on February 25, where it is expected to introduce the Galaxy S26 lineup. Official invites have just been shared, but actual information on what devices


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Lyft's fourth-quarter results sent its stock 16% lower in after-hours trading on Tuesday.
  • Lyft's stock sank 16% after the company reported its fourth-quarter results on Tuesday.
  • The ride-hailing service also reported an unexpected operating loss for 2025.
  • Ride-hailing service Lyft said it faced more price competition on rides during the period.

Lyft is down.

The ride-hailing


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Robert Playter, CEO of Boston Dynamics, announced on Tuesday that he is stepping down from his role effective immediately and leaving the company on February 27th, as previously reported by A3. Under Playter's leadership, Boston Dynamics navigated its way through an acquisition from Softbank that brought it to Hyundai in 2021, and it launched a new all-electric version of its humanoid



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Boston Dynamics CEO Robert Playter is stepping down from his chief executive role after more than 30 years with the robotics company.
  • Robert Playter told staff in a memo on Tuesday that he would step down as CEO on February 27.
  • Playter first joined Boston Dynamics, a robotics startup, in 1994.
  • He's leaving shortly after the company's unveiling of the Atlas humanoid robot.

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Demonstrators hold a "Save The Post" sign next to a cutout image of Jeff Bezos during a "Save The Post" rally outside the Washington Post headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. | Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images.

Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about tech politicking in the age of Trump. If you're a subscriber, you are


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