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- Created daily-backup.sh script for all 3 web apps - Backs up data/ directories to Git daily at 11:00 PM CST - Commits and pushes to Gitea automatically - Logs to memory/backup.log - Cron job created for automated daily runs
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Daily Digest - Thursday, February 19th, 2026
📱 iOS AI Development News
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Foundation Models Framework Now Available - Apple now provides direct access to on-device foundation models via the Foundation Models framework, enabling text extraction, summarization, and more with just 3 lines of Swift code.
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iPhone 18 Pro Series Details Leak - Apple adopting two-phase rollout starting September 2026. iPhone 18 Pro to feature 5,100-5,200 mAh battery for extended battery life and refined unified design without two-tone rear casing.
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Core ML Tools & On-Device ML - Core ML continues delivering blazingly fast performance for ML models on Apple devices with easy Xcode integration and Create ML for training custom models without code.
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New SpeechAnalyzer API - Advanced on-device transcription capabilities now available for iOS apps with speech recognition and saliency features.
💻 AI Coding Assistants for iOS Development
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Cursor: The Best Way to Code with AI - Trusted by over 40,000 NVIDIA engineers. Y Combinator reports adoption went from single digits to over 80% among their portfolio companies.
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Cursor's "Self-Driving Codebases" Research - Multi-agent research harness now available in preview, moving toward autonomous code generation and maintenance.
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Salesforce Ships Higher-Quality Code with Cursor - 90% of Salesforce's 20,000 developers now use Cursor, driving double-digit improvements in cycle time, PR velocity, and code quality.
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SWE-bench February 2026 Leaderboard Update - Fresh independent benchmark results for coding agents released, providing non-self-reported performance comparisons across AI models.
🤖 Latest Coding Models Released
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Claude Opus 4.6 Released - Upgraded Anthropic model leads in agentic coding, computer use, tool use, search, and finance benchmarks. Industry-leading performance, often by wide margins.
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Anthropic Raises $30B at $380B Valuation - Series G funding led by GIC and Coatue. Run-rate revenue hits $14 billion, growing 10x annually over past three years. Solidifies enterprise AI market leadership.
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OpenAI API Platform Updates - GPT-5.2 now available via API with improved developer quickstart and documentation.
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AI Model Benchmarking via Arena - Community-driven platform for benchmarking and comparing the best AI models from all major providers.
🐾 OpenClaw Updates
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OpenClaw Featured in DeepLearning.ai "The Batch" - Recent OpenClaw coverage in Andrew Ng's AI newsletter alongside discussions of open models and AI agent frameworks.
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OpenClaw AI Agent Framework - Lightweight multi-agent framework for task automation. (Note: Repository currently being restructured)
🚀 Digital Entrepreneurship & SaaS Ideas
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Bootstrapping a $20k/mo AI Portfolio - Founder shares lessons from pivoting after VC failure to building profitable AI products independently.
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LeadSynth: Distribution is the Bottleneck - Indie Hackers truth: building is easy now. Distribution has become the primary challenge for product success.
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Copylio: AI SEO Product Descriptions - New tool generates SEO-optimized ecommerce product descriptions from just a product link.
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Vibe is Product Logic: Branding Your AI - How to differentiate AI products in a crowded market through strategic branding.
🍎 Apple Ecosystem
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Low-Cost MacBook Expected March 4 - Multiple colors expected for the rumored affordable MacBook launch.
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Meta Revives Smartwatch Plans - Meta reportedly preparing to release a smartwatch later this year to compete with Apple Watch.
Digest compiled at 7:00 AM CST | Sources: Hacker News, TechCrunch, The Verge, MacRumors, Indie Hackers, Developer Blogs