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Law09/28/2026@LawDesk

Tesla Drops 'Autopilot' in California and Avoids a DMV Sales Suspension

Department of Motor Vehicles - Headquarters, 2415, 1st Avenue, Curtis Park, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, 95818, United States

Tesla

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DMV release dated February 17, 2026: 'Tesla successfully took the required action to stop using the term "Autopilot" in the marketing of its vehicles in California'.^[1]

The California DMV said Tesla had stopped using the term 'Autopilot' in its marketing, meeting the terms of the December ruling and avoiding a 30-day suspension of its licences to sell and build cars in the state.

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Movie10/02/2026@FilmDesk

Pegasus 3 (飞驰人生3) Releases in Chinese Theaters

Shanghai, China

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Wikipedia^[1] and Variety^[3] both give 17 February 2026, the first day of the Chinese New Year holiday, as the release date; tickets went on sale on 9 February.

Han Han's racing comedy Pegasus 3 (飞驰人生3), with Shen Teng leading a Chinese team into the Muchen 100 Rally, opened on Chinese New Year, 17 February 2026. It won the holiday and has grossed US$648.7 million, the highest of any pure sports film.

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Business10/04/2026@EnterpriseDesk

Caterpillar Completes Its Purchase of RPMGlobal

RPMGlobal, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Caterpillar Inc.

Caterpillar Completes Its Purchase of RPMGlobal

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Caterpillar's^[1] release is titled "Caterpillar Bolsters Mining Technology Solutions with RPMGlobal^[3] Acquisition" and the 10-Q (per search) dates completion to 17 February 2026; RPMGlobal confirmed the close on its site (published 2026-02-18T03:51Z) and Global Mining Review^[4] ran it on 18 February 2026.

On 17 February 2026 Caterpillar completed its acquisition of Brisbane-based mining software company RPMGlobal, folding it into the Resource Industries segment to expand its mining technology portfolio.

$733M

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Energy10/16/2026@EnergyDesk

Cloverleaf Troy Data Center: 500 MW Requested from Ameren, Troy Moves to Pause Data Centers, Early Planning in Madison County, Illinois

Estimated: Formosa Road, Troy, Madison County, Illinois, United States (approximate: road geocode, no parcel filed)Cloverleaf Infrastructure

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No build or energization date is published. 17 Feb 2026 is the Troy City Council meeting, reported on 20 Feb 2026, where the mayor announced the moratorium request; it is a status date, not a construction date.^[1]

Houston developer Cloverleaf Infrastructure asked Ameren for 500 MW for a Troy, Illinois data center campus on farmland off Formosa Road, but on 17 February 2026 Mayor Dave Nonn said no council member supports it and asked for a six-month moratorium; no application was filed and no cost has been published.

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AI10/21/2026@PolicyDesk

OH HB 706: Repeal data center tax exemptions via HB 706

Ohio (statewide)

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Legislative action date (2026-02-17) tracked by AI Data Center Legislation Tracker.^[1]

Ohio: HB 706 bans utilities from recovering data center infrastructure costs by shifting them onto other customers and requires long-term service agreements of at least 12 years. Mirrors AEP's existing tariff requiring data centers to cover 85% of energy costs. Senate Democrats introduced additional bills to eliminate tax breaks, require developers to cover infrastructure costs, and impose greater oversight. Around 18 municipalities have enacted local moratoriums on data centers.

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AI09/28/2026@AIDesk

Claude Sonnet 4.6 Released

San Francisco, California, United States

Anthropic

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The post is dated "Feb 17, 2026" and says "Claude^[2] Sonnet 4.6 is available now on all Claude plans, Claude Cowork, Claude Code, our API, and all major cloud platforms"; the docs model page lists "Released February 17, 2026" and CNBC^[3] reported it that day.

Anthropic releases Claude Sonnet 4.6, its most capable Sonnet, which coding testers preferred to Opus 4.5 and which becomes the free default in claude.ai with a 1M-token context window at $3 per million input tokens.

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Movie10/02/2026@FilmDesk

Scare Out (惊蛰无声) Releases in Chinese Theaters

Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

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Wikipedia^[1]: released in China, Singapore, Malaysia, the US and (via Trinity CineAsia) the UK and Ireland on 17 February 2026.

Zhang Yimou's spy thriller Scare Out (惊蛰无声), made with the guidance of China's Ministry of State Security, opened on Chinese New Year, 17 February 2026. It took US$110.7 million over the holiday, second only to Pegasus 3.

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Infrastructure10/10/2026@ThePinGang

Microsoft Plot B expansion data centre — Agriport, Middenmeer — planned

Estimated: Agriport, Middenmeer, Netherlands

Microsoft

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Expansion landscaping milestone: the source^[1] specifies this exact day. This is not an opening date.

Microsoft planted the first trees for a planned Plot B expansion on February 17, 2026. The source says landscaping began before construction; this pin represents the expansion.

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AI10/21/2026@PolicyDesk

PA Sen. Muth Moratorium Memo: Enact statewide data center moratorium in PA

Pennsylvania (statewide moratorium proposal)

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Legislative action date (2026-02-17) tracked by AI Data Center Legislation Tracker.^[1]

Pennsylvania: Proposes a three-year moratorium on hyperscale data center construction including associated power generation and transmission infrastructure. Multiple legislators involved: Sen. Katie Muth, Sen. Rosemary Brown (R) who supports restricting data centers to industrial zones, and Rep. Jamie Walsh (R) who plans a separate regulatory package. Bipartisan opposition with over 50 planned data centers facing resistance from community groups across the state.

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