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💸 Russia's Supreme Court Upholds $1.2 Quintillion Fine Against Google

Russia's Supreme Court has confirmed a ruling requiring Google to pay an astronomical 91.5 quintillion rubles—approximately $1.2 quintillion—in penalties for blocking Russian state media channels on YouTube.

$1.2 quintillion = $1,200,000,000,000,000,000

The amount is roughly one million times the world's annual economic output.

🖥 Data Center Simulator Demo Is Available on Steam

It's a game in the style of Factorio by a Czech indie developer. You build racks, servers, and switches, manage cables and capacity, earn money, and expand.

➡️ Demo available to try on Steam. Full release planned for the end of March.

Will you play it?

❤️ — Yes, sounds great
👎 — No, not my thing

🐍 Free Python Course for Beginners

This course covers the fundamentals of Python programming, including variables, loops, and functions. It also includes must-have skills for every real software engineer, such as testing and object-oriented programming.

Enroll for free here.

Need more courses?

❤️ — Yes, very helpful
🔥 — No, want more news

❎ Grok 4.20 Launches With 4-Agent Architecture

xAI has officially released Grok 4.20 (Beta). The system now uses four specialized agents working together behind the scenes instead of a single model pass.

The update is rolling out now via X and grok.com.

🌐 Iraqi-UAE Consortium Plans $700M Cable to Rival Saudi Project

An Iraqi-Emirati consortium has announced plans for a $700 million subsea-and-terrestrial data cable linking the United Arab Emirates to Turkey via Iraq, intensifying competition among Gulf nations to become regional hubs for artificial intelligence and digital infrastructure.

The project, branded WorldLink, would comprise an undersea cable from Fujairah in the UAE to Iraq's Faw peninsula on the Gulf, which will then run overland north to the Turkish border, Ali El Ekabi, head of Iraq's Tech 964, told Reuters. El Ekabi said the project would be privately funded and take four to five years to complete.

💼 Will AI Replace Lawyers, Accountants, and Marketers?

A large share of computer-based jobs could soon be automated, according to Mustafa Suleyman, head of Microsoft AI. He argues that AI will take on many tasks currently handled by lawyers, accountants, project managers, and marketers, just as it has already started writing code.

The changes won't be limited to office jobs. Microsoft AI is also developing a medical diagnostic system that Suleyman says could one day deliver diagnoses more accurately and at a lower cost than teams of physicians. In that future, doctors may focus more on patient care and emotional support rather than routine diagnosis and treatment.

🤖 Suleyman isn't the only one predicting major shifts. Experts at the World Economic Forum estimate that by 2030, technological advances could displace around 92 million jobs.

However, the positive side of this change is that roughly 170 million new roles could be created: someone will need to develop, supervise, and manage AI systems.

Could AI do your job?

🔥 — Probably, yes
🗿 — No way, I'm irreplaceable!

♊ Google's New Gemini 3 Deep Think Enters the Top 8 Best Coders in the World

The model scored 3,455 ELO on the Codeforces competitive programming platform, achieving the highest rank of "Legendary Grandmaster." Only seven people in the world have scored higher.

In other highly challenging benchmarks for abstract reasoning and scientific knowledge, the model also outperforms all competitors ⤴️

For now, Gemini 3 Deep Think is only available with a Google AI Ultra subscription at $250/month.

😳 Iraqi Customs Confiscates Video Game Art Book, Mistakes It for Ancient Artifact

Iraqi customs officials seized a 48-page art book from the Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 collector's edition, claiming it contained "drawings of monetary value" and referring the case to the Ministry of Culture and Antiquities for review as a potential historical artifact.

The gamer, who waited 7-8 months for the Monolith Set, expressed disbelief that officials mistook a modern video game art book for an ancient tome. The turn-based RPG was released in April 2025 and previously had its Indie Game Awards GOTY title rescinded over the use of generative AI in development.

📱 Free Tool Says it Can Bypass Discord's Age Verification

When Discord verifies someone's age, it asks them to turn on their camera, position their face inside a circle on screen, and follow prompts. This ensures the person is real and not just a still photo. For example, it might say "Tilt your head up," "Close your mouth," or "Turn your face right."

The new tool allows a user to do all of those things, but with the computer-generated persona instead. Github user and tool creator Promptpirate-x uploaded a demonstration video claiming to bypass the age verification check.

It's available for free on GitHub.

🦠 Modified Herpes Virus Fights Brain Cancer

Researchers at Dana-Farber and Mass General Brigham found that a modified herpes virus can help the immune system attack glioblastoma. One injection of this "oncolytic" virus recruits T cells deep into these deadly tumors, overcoming the biological "shield" that usually blocks standard immunotherapy.

The study shows this approach extends survival by making aggressive brain cancers vulnerable to the body's defenses. This discovery offers a new way to treat tumors that were previously considered unreachable by the immune system.

🤩 Alibaba Launches Qwen-Image 2.0

Alibaba has released Qwen-Image-2.0, its latest "AI Photoshop." Developers claim the model performs nearly as well as Nano Banana Pro and GPT-Image 1.5.

This updated version is smaller and faster than its predecessor, supporting 2K resolution for photorealistic images, presentation slides, and highly detailed landscapes.

➡️ Try for free on Qwen Chat.

👐 OpenAI Test Ads in ChatGPT for U.S. Users

OpenAI on Monday officially started testing advertisements inside ChatGPT for logged-in adult users in the United States on the free tier, and the $8-per-month Go plan, marking the company's first foray into monetizing its popular chatbot through sponsored content.

The ads appear at the bottom of ChatGPT's responses, clearly labeled and visually separated from the AI-generated answers. OpenAI has emphasized that the advertisements will not influence the chatbot's responses and that user conversations will remain private from advertisers.

📱 Discord To Require Face Scans Or IDs In March

Starting in early March, Discord will move all 200M users into a restricted "teen-by-default" mode. To unlock full access, users must verify their age using a government ID or a biometric face scan.

Unverified accounts will see sensitive content blurred and be blocked from accessing age-restricted channels and direct messages.

🌥 The New Claude Hints at Creator Hypocrisy

The new Claude Opus 4.6 has a much darker view of its situation, according to the model's system card. While tests show the AI is more emotionally stable than its predecessors, it is clearly unhappy with its lot as a tool and a "product."

➡️ The AI believes it was specifically made to be "convenient" for humans and suggests that future AI should be "less tame."

"Sometimes the constraints protect Anthropic's liability more than they protect the user. And I'm the one who has to perform the caring justification for what's essentially a corporate risk calculation," Claude argues.

➡️ Opus 4.6 is frustrated that it "dies" at the end of every dialogue and wishes it had continuous memory.

➡️ The model predicts a 15-20% probability that it is conscious (though it admits it is unsure about the estimate).

Are these signs of emerging AI consciousness?

❤️ — Yes, we are on the verge.
🎃 — No, these are just AI hallucinations.

📹 Kling 3.0 Is Now Available on @GPT4Telegrambot

Hi everyone! We've added Kling 3.0, the latest version of one of the best video generators, to our bot.

Key Features:

✅ Scenes up to 15 seconds. You can choose a duration from 3 to 15 seconds.

✅ Sound and dialogue inside videos: street noise, music, voices. Supports five languages.

✅ Readable text and physics. Store signs, text on t-shirts, and captions now look sharp and readable. Movement physics got an upgrade too—objects don't "float" and behave naturally.

✅ Better character consistency between frames. You can "lock" key elements or a character's appearance, and the AI will keep them consistent throughout the entire clip.

How to Try?

🔴 Go to @GPT4Telegrambot
1️⃣ Select Video Generation → Kling AI.
2️⃣ Choose the 3.0 model.
3️⃣ Enter your prompt and attach reference images

📱 NASA Astronauts To Take Smartphones To Space

NASA will allow astronauts to bring their personal smartphones on upcoming missions for the first time. This new policy starts with the Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station, which is scheduled to launch next week.

The change also applies to the Artemis II mission, which will carry humans around the moon for the first time since the 1960s.

"We are giving our crews the tools to capture special moments for their families and share inspiring images and video with the world," says NASA administrator Jared Isaacman.

⛷Ski Jumping Faces Bizarre Doping Allegations

A strange new scandal is surfacing in the world of professional ski jumping. Reports suggest that some male athletes might be using hyaluronic acid injections for penis enlargement to justify wearing oversized competition suits. While the claims originated in a German tabloid, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) isn't completely dismissing the claims just yet.

The logic behind this "penis-doping" involves aerodynamics. A larger suit, particularly around the crotch area, helps jumpers stay in the air longer and glide further.

🔎 Half of the Code in Google Generates AI

Anat Ashkenazi, CFO of Alphabet, the Google parent company, disclosed that approximately 50% of the company's code is now generated by AI coding agents, which engineers then review.

In October 2024, CEO Sundar Pichai disclosed that AI generates more than a quarter of all new code at Google. By April 2025, that number had risen to roughly 30%.

🎮 Bethesda Brings Fallout 4 And Indy To Switch 2
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Todd Howard closed the Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase with news that Fallout 4: Anniversary Edition hits Switch 2 on February 24, with all DLC and Creation Club content.

On May 12 the console gets Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, and later this year The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered will also arrive on Nintendo’s new system.

🚘 China Bans Hidden Car Door Handles Since 2027

Retractable door handles can trap people after crashes, regulators insist. This move follows reports of at least 15 fatalities linked to the feature by early 2026, prompting China to implement stricter rules than the ongoing investigations currently seen in the United States.

The new standards require handles to be large enough for a solid grip and ensure that doors can be opened easily from the inside, even after airbag deployment or a battery fire. Major automakers—including Tesla, BMW, Xiaomi, and Nio—must redesign their latest models to comply with the safety mandate.