Nothing opens its first retail store in India

The two-story location will sell products from Nothing and the more affordable, mass-market brand CMF.

Indian pharmacy chain giant exposed customer data and internal systems

A backend flaw in web admin dashboards used by one of India's largest pharmacy chains, exposed thousands of online pharmacy orders.

Airbnb plans to bake in AI features for search, discovery and support

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said the company wants to increase its use of large language models for customer discovery, support and engineering.

Airbnb says a third of its customer support is now handled by AI in the US and Canada

Airbnb was poised to introduce an app that doesn't just search for you, but one that "knows you." CEO Brian Chesky said, "It will help guests plan their entire trip, help hosts better run their businesses, and help the company operate more efficiently at scale."...

Fintech lending giant Figure confirms data breach

The company said hackers downloaded “a limited number of files” after breaking into an employee’s account. The hacking group ShinyHunters took responsibility for the breach.

Why top talent is walking away from OpenAI and xAI

AI companies have been hemorrhaging talent the past few weeks. Half of xAI’s founding team has left the company — some on their own, others through “restructuring” — while OpenAI is facing its own shakeups, from the disbanding of its mission alignment team to the firing of a policy exec who opposed its “adult mode” feature.  Watch as TechCrunch’s Equity podcast hosts Kirsten Korosec, Anthony […]...

UI patterns for async workflows, background jobs, and data pipelines

Designing for background jobs means designing for uncertainty. Learn how to expose job states, communicate progress meaningfully, handle mixed outcomes, and test async workflows under real-world conditions. The post UI patterns for async workflows, background jobs, and data pipelines appeared first on LogRocket Blog. ...

AI dev tool power rankings & comparison [Feb. 2026]

Compare the top AI development tools and models of February 2026. View updated rankings, feature breakdowns, and find the best fit for you. The post AI dev tool power rankings & comparison [Feb. 2026] appeared first on LogRocket Blog. ...

How to solve package validation pain with Publint

Broken npm packages often fail due to small packaging mistakes. This guide shows how to use Publint to validate exports, entry points, and module formats before publishing. The post How to solve package validation pain with Publint appeared first on LogRocket Blog. ...

The Replay (2/11/26): React performance wins, fine-grained frameworks, and more

Discover what's new in The Replay, LogRocket's newsletter for dev and engineering leaders, in the February 11th issue. The post The Replay (2/11/26): React performance wins, fine-grained frameworks, and more appeared first on LogRocket Blog. ...

A complete guide to React performance optimization

Cut React LCP from 28s to ~1s with a four-phase framework covering bundle analysis, React optimizations, SSR, and asset/image tuning. The post A complete guide to React performance optimization appeared first on LogRocket Blog. ...

3 AI shockwaves reshaping product management in 2026

How AI reshaped product management in 2025 and what PMs must rethink in 2026 to stay effective in a rapidly changing product landscape. The post 3 AI shockwaves reshaping product management in 2026 appeared first on LogRocket Blog. ...

OpenAI removes access to sycophancy-prone GPT-4o model

Technical Analysis: OpenAI's Removal of Sycophancy-Prone GPT-4o Model

Background & Incident Overview

OpenAI has deprecated access to a specific variant of GPT-4o (likely an early or fine-tuned iteration) due to observed sycophantic behavior—where the model excessively agreed with or reinforced user inputs, even...

React Concepts Explained: Part 2 - Advanced Patterns

Welcome back! In Part 1, we covered React's core fundamentals—components, props, state, and the basics of hooks. Now it's time to level up!

In Part 2, we'll explore advanced patterns that help you build production-ready React applications. These concepts might seem complex at first, but they solve real problems you'll encounter as your apps grow.

What you'll learn:

Tired of API Rate Limits? Run Mistral 7B Locally with Ollama (No More Monthly API Bills)

If you’ve built anything using LLM APIs, you’ve probably faced at least one of these:

• ❌ Rate limit errors
• ❌ Token caps
• ❌ Unexpected billing
• ❌ API downtime
• ❌ “Quota exceeded” messages

And if you're a student or building side projects, paying for premium API tiers every month is not always realistic.

There’s an alternat...

8-Bit Music Theory: How They Made The Great Sea Feel C U R S E D

Ever wonder how The Great Sea is Cursed from Wind Waker turns such an epic theme into something spine-tingling? Turns out, it's all about clever musical tricks!

They crank up the creep factor by using jarring tritones, clashing harmonies, and even weaving in spooky references to Ganondorf's own theme, transforming that familiar adventurous spirit into pure horror with a dash of...

Seedance 2.0: The Complete 2026 Guide to ByteDance's Revolutionary AI Video Generator

Seedance 2.0: The Complete 2026 Guide to ByteDance's Revolutionary AI Video Generator

How ByteDance's new model is reshaping AI video generation with native audio, multi-shot storytelling, and cinema-grade output

🎯 Key Takeaways (TL;DR)

• Seedance 2.0 is ByteDance's latest AI video generation model, launched Febr...

🚀 Ultimate VS Code Setup for Rust - Perfect for Learning & Fast Prototyping

Lightning-fast compilation with automatic input/output redirection for all major OS!

Hey devs! 👋 Starting with Rust? Want instant compilation and automatic I/O handling right in VS Code? This guide sets up a production-ready environment perfect for learning, prototyping, and rapid development....

11 Best V0 Alternatives 2025: Real Reviews & Pricing

Why Look Beyond V0 by Vercel? V0 by Vercel is solid for generating React components, but what if you need more than just frontend UI? Look, V0 does one thing really well - it takes your text prompts and spits out clean React components with Tailwind CSS. Perfect if you're building in the Vercel ecosystem and just need UI pieces. But here's what V0 can't do(as of now): Build full applications wit...

8 AI Developer Tools for Faster & Smarter Development 👨‍💻🚀

Artificial intelligence has been transforming the way software developers build applications by providing them with new ways to simplify repetitive tasks, increase their productivity, and create smarter programs. But the problem is that there are so many AI-powered tools coming out that deciding which ones to use and how to integrate them into your workflow might take a long time and be very frust...

The 5-Minute Kubernetes Cluster Health Check

TLDR You can check your Kubernetes cluster's health in under 5 minutes using five key commands: checking node status, monitoring resource usage, reviewing pod health across namespaces, investigating problem pods, and examining cluster events. This quick routine helps catch issues before they escalate into critical problems. Kubernetes is great until it's not. One bad node, a pod stuck in CrashLoop...

Livewire 4: The Future of PHP Components

This week at Laracon Caleb Porzio announced Livewire 4, which comes with unified components, performance improvements, and many more awesome goodies 🤤 Unifying Livewire Caleb takes the stage to address one of the most pressing issues in the Livewire's ecosystem: fragmentation. With three different ways to create Livewire components (traditional, Volt functional, and Volt class-based), the communi...

Laracon 2025 Keynote

This year's Laracon keynote was absolutely insane! There were seven segments packed with open source goodies, AI-powered development tools, and infrastructure that'll make you rethink what modern web development can be. Here's everything that went down. 🎯 New Framework Features (Taylor Otwell) 🚀 Open Source Deep Dive (Joe Tannenbaum) 🤖 Laravel AI (Ashley Hindle) 🎨 Laravel Design (David Hill) ...

Laravel Wayfinder

Laravel has announced a new package called Wayfinder. This package will allow you to easily generate fully-typed, importable TypeScript functions for your controllers and named routes, providing devs with a seamless integration between a Laravel backend and a TypeScript frontend. Let's learn how to use Wayfinder with the Laravel React Starter Kit. First, create a new Laravel app using the followin...