{"id":5050,"date":"2026-02-03T18:00:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T15:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/?p=5050"},"modified":"2026-02-20T01:49:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T22:49:43","slug":"top-tech-stories-of-the-week-february-1st-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/top-tech-stories-of-the-week-february-1st-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Tech Stories of the Week \u2013 February 1st, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>China bans hidden car door handles over safety concerns &#8211; BBC | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cp37g5nxe3lo\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Elon Musk&#8217;s SpaceX has acquired his AI company, xAI &#8211; Engadget | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/ai\/elon-musks-spacex-has-acquired-his-ai-company-xai-221617040.html\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Waymo raises $16 billion to take its robotaxi business \u2018global\u2019 &#8211; The Verge | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/transportation\/872651\/waymo-raises-16-billion-investment-value-robotaxi\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Adobe Animate is shutting down as company focuses on AI &#8211; TechCrunch | <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/02\/02\/adobe-animate-is-shutting-down-as-company-focuses-on-ai\/\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Notepad++ Hijacking: Lotus Blossom Deploys Chrysalis Backdoor &#8211; TechNadu | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.technadu.com\/notepad-hijacking-incident-deploying-backdoor-linked-to-lotus-blossom-group-campaign\/619507\/\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Is Moltbook the Next Privacy Issue? &#8211; Tech Report | <a href=\"https:\/\/techreport.com\/news\/is-moltbook-the-next-privacy-issue\/\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Nvidia\u2019s RTX 50-series Super refresh is delayed, and the RTX 60-series might miss 2027 &#8211; The Verge | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/874439\/nvidia-rtx-50-super-60-series-delay\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Google\u2019s annual revenue tops $400 billion for the first time &#8211; The Verge | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/874161\/google-400-billion-revenue-q4-2025-earnings\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>EU says TikTok must disable &#8216;addictive&#8217; features like infinite scroll, fix its recommendation engine &#8211; TechCrunch | <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/02\/06\/eu-tiktok-disable-addictive-features-infinite-scroll-recommendation-engine\/\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Google announces Gemini 3.1 Pro, says it&#8217;s better at complex problem-solving &#8211; Ars Technica | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/google\/2026\/02\/google-announces-gemini-3-1-pro-says-its-better-at-complex-problem-solving\/\">Link<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Introducing Claude Opus 4.6\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dPn3GBI8lII?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China bans hidden car door handles over safety concerns &#8211; BBC | Link Elon Musk&#8217;s SpaceX has acquired his AI company, xAI &#8211; Engadget | Link Waymo raises $16 billion to take its robotaxi business \u2018global\u2019 &#8211; The Verge | Link Adobe Animate is shutting down as company focuses on AI &#8211; TechCrunch | Link [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[153],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5050"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5050"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5058,"href":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5050\/revisions\/5058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salehalsaffar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}