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These are the daily tech headlines for Monday, February 9, 2026. I'm Sarah Lane Discord announced it will roll out Global age Verification starting in March, automatically setting all accounts to a teen appropriate experience unless users prove they're adults, which with a face scan or id, unverified users won't be able to access age restricted servers, speak in stage channels or view sensitive content and messages from unfamiliar users will be filtered. The European Commission told Meta it plans to impose interim measures to stop the company from blocking third party AI assistance on WhatsApp while an antitrust investigation continues. Regulators say Meta's policy, which took effect in January, may illegally leverage its dominance by restricting competitors access to the WhatsApp Business API, which would require Meta to restore access for outside AI services until the probe is resolved. Google is rolling out a paywall for lyrics and YouTube Music, requiring a YouTube Premium or Music Premium subscription to view them after a small number of free uses. Users now see a prompt to unlock lyrics with premium, and once the free views run out, only the first few lines remain visible the change was in testing for months and is now expanding globally as YouTube's subscription business continues to grow. Elon Musk says that SpaceX is shifting its near term focus from Mars to building what he calls a self growing city on the moon, arguing that a moon base could be completed in under 10 years, while a comparable Mars effort would take more than 20. Citing easier launch windows and, you know, proximity to Earth, Musk says he expects Mars missions to start in five or six years with a crewed flight possibly in 2031, but that the moon will come first. Uber is acquiring the food delivery arm of Turkey's Get Here from controlling shareholder Mubadala for $335 million in cash. The company will also invest $100 million for a 15% stake in Get Yours broader delivery businesses including grocery, retail and water. Uber says it plans to combine Geter with its existing Turkish operations, including Trend Y' all Go. Disney plus subscribers in parts of Europe, including Germany, France, Poland, Portugal and the Netherlands have lost access to Dolby Vision hdr. Disney says the change is due to technical challenges and that it's working to restore the feature, which with 4K and HDR10 still available. Reports suggest the issue may be tied to a German court injunction over video streaming patents held by Interdigital, although the exact connection to Dolby vision isn't clear. OpenAI is reportedly starting AD tests in chat GPT with clearly labeled ads appearing in a separate area below Conversations. The ads will target free users and those on the lower cost go plan, while OpenAI says chats will remain private and advertisers won't influence responses internally. CEO Sam Altman also said ChatGPT is growing more than 10% month over month, with 80 million weekly users reported last October and a new chat model expected this week and finally today. ByteDance launched a pre release version of its new AI video model Sea Dance 2.0, which combines text, images, audio and video to generate cinematic clips with natural language controls. The company says it supports 2K exports and runs about 30% faster than the previous version. A Swiss consultancy, CTOL, claims that CDance 2.0 outperforms OpenAI's Sora 2 and Google's VO 3.1 in testing. The model is currently available to select users of of ByteDance's Jiming AI platform and produces Watermark free videos. For more analysis of the tech news of the day, subscribe to DailyTech News Show.com that's where you can find show notes and links to all these headlines there as well. I'm Sarah Lane. Thanks for listening. We'll talk to you tomorrow.