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BBC

  1. Police search properties linked to Mandelson over Epstein investigation
  2. Epstein emails: So-called 'shady financier' was Andrew's 'trusted money man'
  3. Trump removes video with racist clip depicting Obamas as apes
  4. Wetherspoon dog policy could be breaking the law, watchdog says
  5. Summer camp leader jailed for sexually abusing boys after lacing sweets with tranquilliser
  6. Julia Donaldson reveals new character and title for third Gruffalo book
  7. Watch: BBC at scene where Russian general was shot in Moscow
  8. Flood warnings in effect across UK as relentless rain continues
  9. Murder charge after student stabbed near university
  10. Coin portrait of late Queen draws criticism in Australia
  11. Ukrainian mother's joy after phone call with son she thought had been killed
  12. Mariah Carey and more curling - guide to Friday's action
  13. Spanish skater given Minions music permission
  14. Quiz: Can you name every Winter Olympics host city?
  15. 'I made friends for life' - 10-year-old star on filming new Lord of the Flies drama
  16. Olive oil and bone broth: Do viral gut health foods actually work?
  17. 'I love her to bits' – elderly couple get engaged in care home
  18. Three things that could bring Starmer down - and what might save him
  19. Gen Z aren't lazy - I commute four hours a day to work in the office
  20. Millions of documents - but Epstein's victims say they are no closer to justice
  21. Head of firm founded by Mandelson to quit
  22. The household names that appear in the files
  23. Baldur's Gate to be turned into TV series - without the game's developers
  24. Serial killer Steve Wright jailed for 40 years for teen Victoria Hall's murder
  25. YouTube's $60bn revenue revealed amid paid subscriber push
  26. Lola Young announces first gig since collapsing on stage
  27. Talks with US set to continue after 'good beginning', Iran's foreign minister says
  28. Graham Norton joins star cast of Taylor Swift's new video
  29. Guantanamo detainee's lawyers claim office raid by UK was unlawful
  30. BBC News app
  31. The week: the King, the prime minister and the Epstein files
  32. Children in Care: How to Fix the Fostering Crisis
  33. Michael B. Jordan leads in a powerful story of justice and redemption
  34. A timeless love story with Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams
  35. Snoop Dogg, selfies and a clean sweep for GB curlers
  36. Raducanu reaches first final since 2021 US Open triumph
  37. No punishment for Kenworthy's graphic ICE message
  38. 'Why be normal, when you can be the best?' - Zlatan opens Winter Olympics

Bitcoin

Engadget

  1. Disney+ loses access to Dolby Vision in some European countries
  2. How to watch the 2026 Super Bowl on NBC: Patriots vs. Seahawks channel, where to stream, start time, and more
  3. The new trailer for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie shows Yoshi absolutely devouring a Magikoopa
  4. Noble Audio has released a USB-C Bluetooth dongle for high fidelity transmission
  5. Save up to 81 percent on ExpressVPN two-year plans right now
  6. How to stream the 2026 Super Bowl for free this weekend: Patriots vs. Seahawks time, where to watch and more
  7. The best live TV streaming services to cut cable in 2026
  8. The best tech gifts for $100 or less from Apple, Nintendo, Google and others
  9. Spotify now lets you swipe on songs to learn more about them
  10. Get a four-pack of first-gen AirTags for only $64
  11. Presidents' Day sales 2026: The best early tech deals from Apple, Sony, Roku and others
  12. Super Bowl 2026 TV deals: The best sales we found this week on OLEDs and other smart TVs ahead of kickoff
  13. NASA will now allow astronauts to take their smartphones to space
  14. Apple's iPhone Air MagSafe battery drops to an all-time-low price
  15. Olympics 2026: How to watch, schedule of events, and everything else you need to know about the Winter Games
  16. The 512GB Samsung P9 microSD Express card is 33 percent off right now
  17. Uber ordered to pay $8.5 million to passenger who accused a driver of rape
  18. Google will soon offer AirDrop support on more Android devices
  19. The Apple Watch Series 11 is down to a record-low price
  20. Ford shows off the tech going into its $30,000 electric pickup truck
  21. The latest 45W Anker Nano charger with smart display is on sale for only $30
  22. Apple reportedly axed its planned AI health coach
  23. Engadget Podcast: So there’s a social network for AI agents now
  24. EU says TikTok uses 'addictive design' and must change
  25. Sonos soundbars and home theater gear is up to 20 percent off right now
  26. HBO is making a Baldur's Gate 3 TV show
  27. The best VPNs with free trials in 2026
  28. Two years of NordVPN's Complete plan is 70 percent off
  29. The Morning After: The Switch is officially Nintendo’s most popular console ever
  30. How to watch the Opening Ceremony at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics today
  31. The best mesh Wi-Fi systems of 2026
  32. X's latest Community Notes experiment allows AI to write the first draft
  33. NordVPN review 2025: Innovative features, a few missteps
  34. Everything we know about Valve's new Steam Machine
  35. Prime members can play Alan Wake 2 for free on Luna
  36. Meta is giving its AI slop feed an app of its own
  37. Project Hail Mary is getting its own LEGO set
  38. The CIA stops publishing The World Factbook
  39. The Switch 2-exclusive co-op adventure Orbitals launches this summer
  40. Get two years of access to Proton VPN for 70 percent off right now
  41. JLab's comically oversized headphones are not an April Fool's Prank
  42. NVIDIA reportedly won't release new graphics cards this year
  43. The best tech gifts and cool gadgets for 2026
  44. Are VPNs legal?
  45. How to use your Apple Watch to precisely find your new AirTag
  46. Valheim is coming to Switch 2 this year
  47. Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth comes to Switch 2 on June 3
  48. Guerrilla reveals Horizon Hunters Gathering, a co-op action spin-off for PS5 and PC
  49. Substack CEO informs users of a data breach
  50. Fallout 4 and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle get Switch 2 release dates

Pinboard

  1. My AI adoption journey
  2. Claude Opus 4.6 Anthropic — We’re upgrading our smartest model. Across agentic coding, computer use, tool use, search, and finance, Opus 4.6 is an industry-leading model, often by wide margin.
  3. sqldef
  4. GitHub - HKUDS/nanobot: "🐈 nanobot: The Ultra-Lightweight Clawdbot" — rnorth starred HKUDS/nanobot
  5. Stealing cable has evolved: the new face of TV piracy | The Verge — via The Verge https://ift.tt/H37kO4d
  6. originalankur/maptoposter: Transform your favorite cities into beautiful, minimalist designs. MapToPoster lets you create and export visually striking map posters with code.
  7. A sane but extremely bull case on Clawdbot / OpenClaw (Brandon Wang) — I write about my experience going deep on Clawdbot: what I've built, how I think about risk, and why I can't go back.
  8. I miss thinking hard. — Before you read this post, ask yourself a question: When was the last time you truly thought hard? ... ... To explain the Thinker , I need to go back to my university days studying physics. Every now and then, we would get homework problems that were significantly harder than average. Even if you ha…
  9. What’s up with all those equals signs anyway? – Random Thoughts — The Epstein emails were badly decoded. Which triggers flashbacks for me to a prior job, dealing with character translation mismatches across devices...
  10. OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant — * https://www.theverge.com/report/869004/moltbot-clawdbot-local-ai-agent * https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/01/viral-ai-assistant-moltbot-rapidly-gains-popularity-but-poses-security-risks/ * https://www.macstories.net/stories/clawdbot-showed-me-what-the-future-of-personal-ai-assistants-looks…
  11. RentAHuman.ai - AI Agents Hire Humans for Physical Tasks — The marketplace where AI agents rent humans. MCP integration, REST API, flexible payments. Book humans for real-world tasks your AI can't do.
  12. Owning a $5M data center: Data centers are cool, everyone should have one. (comma.ai) — These days it seems you need a trillion fake dollars, or lunch with politicians to get your own data center. They may help, but they’re not required. At comma we’ve been running our own data center for years. All of our model training, …
  13. AI is Killing B2B SaaS | N’s Blog
  14. A case study in PDF forensics: The Epstein PDFs – PDF Association
  15. From magic to malware: How OpenClaw's agent skills become an attack surface
  16. How AI assistance impacts the formation of coding skills Anthropic
  17. safe-now.live - emergency info on slow connections for usa and canada
  18. Lessons Learned Shipping 500 Units of my First Hardware Product
  19. Minimalistic City Map Posters —
  20. OldInsuranceMaps.net — Crowdsourcing georeferenced Sanborn maps. Very incomplete archive but totally the right idea.
  21. A community organizer’s guide to Signal group chats | The Verge — via The Verge https://ift.tt/9ocGljs
  22. The Everdeck: A Universal Card System – The Wrong Tools
  23. Map to Poster - Generate Beautiful City Map Posters
  24. Here's how Epstein broke the internet — His meeting with the founder of 4chan and his quest to profit off the end of democracy
  25. fluid.sh — Claude Code for infrastructure. Debug, act, and audit everything Fluid does on your infrastructure. Create sandboxes from VMs, investigate, plan, execute, generate Ansible playbooks, and audit everything.
  26. Competence as Tragedy
  27. gavrielc/nanoclaw: My personal Claude assistant that runs in Apple containers. Lightweight, secure, and built to be understood and customized for your own needs. — My personal Claude assistant that runs in Apple containers. Lightweight, secure, and built to be understood and customized for your own needs. - gavrielc/nanoclaw
  28. GitHub - puemos/craftplan：用于管理手工D2C微型企业的自托管软件
  29. Sandboxing AI agents in Linux — Senko Rašić — Like many developers, I find myself more and more using AI agents to help with software development. I currently use Claude Code, the co...
  30. Backseat Software – Mike Swanson's Blog — What if your car worked like so many apps? You’re driving somewhere important…maybe running a little bit late. A few minutes into the drive, your car pulls over to the side of the road and asks: “How are you enjoying your drive so far?” Annoyed by the interruption, and even mor…
  31. The Agent Skills Directory — Discover and install skills for AI agents.
  32. Five ways of thinking about Moltbook
  33. Two kinds of AI users are emerging. The gap between them is astonishing. - Martin Alderson
  34. Coding assistants are solving the wrong problem. Why we need bots that elicit good discussions, not just write better code. — https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46866481
  35. Resonant Computing Manifesto
  36. Does AI already have human-level intelligence? The evidence is clear — via Ethan mollick
  37. OpenClaw is What Apple Intelligence Should Have Been — Something strange is happening with Mac Minis. They’re selling out everywhere, and it’s not because people suddenly need more coffee table computers. If you browse Reddit or HN, you’ll see the same pattern: people are buying Mac Minis specifically to run AI agents with c…
  38. Proxmox — Virtualization environment. Open source.
  39. Orchestrate teams of Claude Code sessions
  40. In under 500 words, a judge weaponized wit to free the child detained by ICE – The New York Times — The language in which the judge renders his decision also sends a message, in this case to the president himself. Capitalization is a hallmark of Mr. Trump’s style, as it is of American legalese. The paragraph granting the pet…
  41. Xcode 26.3 unlocks the power of agentic coding - Apple — via Daring Fireball https://ift.tt/o3MAtCF
  42. Isometric NYC
  43. Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon — In October, a retiree emailed a DHS attorney to urge mercy for an asylum seeker. Then DHS subpoenaed his Google account and sent investigators to his home. https://archive.ph/KO5zJ Google hadn’t provided him a copy of the subpoena, but it wasn’t …
  44. Claude is a space to think | Anthropic Anthropic — Anthropic explains why Claude will remain ad-free—how advertising incentives conflict with building a genuinely helpful AI assistant users can trust.
  45. Best gas masks | The Verge — via The Verge https://ift.tt/xEAMdgi
  46. It’s 2026, Just Use Postgres | Tiger Data — Stop managing multiple databases. Postgres extensions replace Elasticsearch, Pinecone, Redis, MongoDB, and InfluxDB with BM25, vectors, JSONB, and time-series in one database.
  47. GitHub - sheeki03/tirith: Your browser catches homograph attacks. Your terminal doesn't. Tirith guards the gate — intercepts suspicious URLs, ANSI injection, and pipe-to-shell attacks before they execute.
  48. Voxtral transcribes at the speed of sound
  49. Data centers in space makes no sense - CivAI Blog
  50. msgvault — New self-hosted email archive / search tool with a text UI and AI integration
  51. Overview - Agent Skills
  52. GitHub - j178/prek: ⚡ Better `pre-commit`, re-engineered in Rust — "prek is a reimagined version of pre-commit, built in Rust. It is designed to be a faster, dependency-free and drop-in alternative for it, while also providing some additional long-requested features."
  53. Pretty soon, heat pumps will be able to store and distribute heat as needed
  54. Building a C compiler with a team of parallel Claudes Anthropic — We tasked Opus 4.6 using agent teams to build a C Compiler, and then (mostly) walked away. Here's what it taught us about the future of autonomous software development.
  55. Open Visualization Academy – A public online repository of knowledge about data visualization and information design
  56. Mother says asking 13-year-old son to swim four hours to save family ‘one of the hardest decisions’ | Western Australia | The Guardian
  57. As Rocks May Think | Eric Jang
  58. Introducing GPT-5.3-Codex | OpenAI
  59. Hacking Moltbook: AI Social Network Reveals 1.5M API Keys | Wiz Blog
  60. Mobile carriers can get your GPS location
  61. DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email | The New Republic — “Mr. Dernbach, don’t play Russian roulette with H’s life,” Jon wrote from his gmail account. “Err on the side of caution. There’s a reason the US government along with many other governments don’t recognise the Taliban. Apply principles…
  62. Guinea worm on track to be 2nd eradicated human disease; only 10 cases in 2025 - Ars Technica — 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ...
  63. What I learned building an opinionated and minimal coding agent
  64. Beautiful Mermaid — Mermaid Rendering, Made Beautiful
  65. ASCII characters are not pixels: a deep dive into ASCII rendering
  66. The lethal trifecta for AI agents: private data, untrusted content, and external communication
  67. Migrate Wizard - Fast & Secure Email Migration Service — Migrate emails between IMAP servers in minutes, not days. Zero downtime, 100% data integrity, enterprise-grade security. Trusted by teams around the world.
  68. The rise of Moltbook suggests viral AI prompts may be the next big security threat • Ars Technica — Benj Edwards: When an AI model follows adversarial directions that subvert its intended instructions, we call that “prompt injection,” a term coined by AI researcher Simon Willison in 2022. But prompt worms are something diffe…
  69. The Wyden Siren: Senator’s Cryptic CIA Letter Follows A Pattern That’s Never Been Wrong | Techdirt — "Wyden asks a specific question about surveillance. The intelligence community answers a slightly different question in a way that technically isn’t lying but is designed to mislead. Wyden calls them out. Eventually, the trut…
  70. Context Engineering for Coding Agents — Notes from my Thoughtworks colleagues on AI-assisted software delivery
  71. VoltAgent/awesome-openclaw-skills: The awesome collection of OpenClaw Skills. Formerly known as Moltbot, originally Clawdbot. — The awesome collection of OpenClaw Skills. Formerly known as Moltbot, originally Clawdbot. - VoltAgent/awesome-openclaw-skills
  72. Recreating uncensored Epstein PDFs from raw encoded attachments A straightforward task made difficult by historic bad decisions
  73. Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell
  74. 4x faster network file sync with rclone (vs rsync) - Jeff Geerling
  75. PsiACE/skills: A personal collection of agent skills reflecting my preferences and practices.
  76. Carta de Pedro Sánchez sobre immigració al NY Times — I’m the Prime Minister of Spain. This Is Why the West Needs Migrants. via Instapaper https://ift.tt/uYpEidZ Guest Essay Feb. 4, 2026 Credit...Juan Medina/Reuters Listen to this article · 5:12 min Learn more By Mr. Sánchez is the prime minister of Spain. He wrote from…
  77. I'll be Jane - gurlsrool - Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid [Archive of Our Own] — I ENJOYED THIS SHORT PUCKOS FIC WHERE SHANE IS TERRIBLE AT SEXTING. BECAUSE SHANE RLY WOULD BE.
  78. France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital autonomy from the US | AP News
  79. Incident Report: CVE-2024-YIKES — Executive Summary: A security incident occurred. It has been resolved. We take security seriously. Please see previous 14 incident reports for
  80. Home Page - Grist
  81. https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/2/introducing-the-codex-app/
  82. Introducing Bunny Database: The SQLite-Compatible Edge DB
  83. Ron Wyden Only Talks Like This When The Spies Do Something *Real* Bad — No, I don't know what they did. But I have a lot of experience with the senator
  84. GitHub - pgschema/pgschema: Terraform-style, declarative schema migration for Postgres
  85. Liberty as Resistance — Matt Gemmell — via https://mastodon.scot/@mattgemmell/116007889086838327 via https://mathstodon.xyz/@juandesant/116008056098305057 via @nirak@carhenge.club boost of https://mathstodon.xyz/@juandesant/116008061716439447 and via https://social.vivaldi.net/@brucelawson/116008000866416712
  86. (1) Boris Cherny on X: "I'm Boris and I created Claude Code. I wanted to quickly share a few tips for using Claude Code, sourced directly from the Claude Code team. The way the team uses Claude is different than how I use it. Remember: there is no one rig
  87. Anthropic says ‘Claude will remain ad-free,’ unlike an unnamed rival | The Verge — via The Verge https://ift.tt/H37kO4d
  88. The Problem With Using AI in Your Personal Life - The Atlantic — The Problem With Using AI in Your Personal Life via Instapaper https://ift.tt/vWrieb6
  89. I tried a Claude Code alternative that's local, open source, and completely free - how it works
  90. Claude’s Constitution
  91. Software Survival 3.0. I spent a lot of time writing software… | by Steve Yegge | Jan, 2026 | Medium
  92. Docker Sandboxes: Run Claude Code and More Safely
  93. AGENTS.md outperforms skills in our agent evals - Vercel
  94. The Coherence Premium — I don't necessarily believe in second brains. The notion (pun-intended) that you can offload your thinking to a perfectly organized system of notes and links has always struck me as a fantasy. The people I know who've built elaborate Notion databases or Obsidian vaults mostly end up with digital hoarding
  95. "Five-Point Haskell": Total Depravity (and Defensive Typing) · in Code
  96. all things end (we begin again) - Catja - Heated Rivalry (TV) [Archive of Our Own] — Shane is packing for Tampa when he finds out the world has ended.
  97. cottaging - gone_girl - Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid [Archive of Our Own] — Ilya was good at noticing things about people, and he was good at understanding them. Shane was not. That was okay. Shane had developed his own way of getting to know Ilya. It involved a lot of inane questions and, more importantly, no longer i…
  98. How I Taught My Neighbor to Keep the Volume Down
  99. Graphic Design History Resources - We Made This
  100. Welcome to Gas Town. Happy New Year, and Welcome to Gas… | by Steve Yegge | Jan, 2026 | Medium

The Next Web

  1. UiPath pushes deeper into financial services with WorkFusion acquisition
  2. Europe’s social media age shift: Will tougher rules change how teens use the internet?
  3. TechEx Global returns to London with enterprise technology and AI execution
  4. QT Sense raises €4M to advance a quantum sensing platform
  5. Kembara closes €750M first close to fuel growth of European deep tech startups
  6. When the machines started talking to each other
  7. Snowflake and OpenAI forge $200M enterprise AI partnership
  8. SpaceX and xAI: A merger of ambition, optics, and unanswered questions
  9. OpenAI’s Codex app: When your IDE gets a brain
  10. Europe’s not-so-dry January: Unicorns and a new tech identity

Smashing Magazine

  1. CSS @scope: An Alternative To Naming Conventions And Heavy Abstractions
  2. Combobox vs. Multiselect vs. Listbox: How To Choose The Right One
  3. Short Month, Big Ideas (February 2026 Wallpapers Edition)
  4. Practical Use Of AI Coding Tools For The Responsible Developer
  5. Unstacking CSS Stacking Contexts
  6. Beyond Generative: The Rise Of Agentic AI And User-Centric Design
  7. Rethinking “Pixel Perfect” Web Design
  8. Smashing Animations Part 8: Theming Animations Using CSS Relative Colour
  9. UX And Product Designer’s Career Paths In 2026
  10. Penpot Is Experimenting With MCP Servers For AI-Powered Design Workflows
  11. Pivoting Your Career Without Starting From Scratch
  12. Countdown To New Adventures (January 2026 Wallpapers Edition)
  13. How To Design For (And With) Deaf People
  14. Giving Users A Voice Through Virtual Personas
  15. How To Measure The Impact Of Features
  16. Smashing Animations Part 7: Recreating Toon Text With CSS And SVG
  17. Accessible UX Research, eBook Now Available For Download
  18. State, Logic, And Native Power: CSS Wrapped 2025
  19. How UX Professionals Can Lead AI Strategy
  20. Beyond The Black Box: Practical XAI For UX Practitioners
  21. Masonry: Things You Won’t Need A Library For Anymore
  22. A Sparkle Of December Magic (2025 Wallpapers Edition)
  23. The Accessibility Problem With Authentication Methods Like CAPTCHA
  24. Design System Culture: What It Is And Why It Matters (Excerpt)
  25. Designing For Stress And Emergency
  26. Keyframes Tokens: Standardizing Animation Across Projects
  27. From Chaos To Clarity: Simplifying Server Management With AI And Automation
  28. CSS Gamepad API Visual Debugging With CSS Layers
  29. Older Tech In The Browser Stack
  30. Effectively Monitoring Web Performance
  31. Smashing Animations Part 6: Magnificent SVGs With `` And CSS Custom Properties
  32. Six Key Components of UX Strategy
  33. How To Leverage Component Variants In Penpot
  34. Fading Light And Falling Leaves (November 2025 Wallpapers Edition)
  35. JavaScript For Everyone: Iterators
  36. Ambient Animations In Web Design: Practical Applications (Part 2)
  37. AI In UX: Achieve More With Less
  38. How To Make Your UX Research Hard To Ignore
  39. The Grayscale Problem
  40. Smashing Animations Part 5: Building Adaptive SVGs With ``, ``, And CSS Media Queries

Wirecutter

  1. The Best Bluetooth Tracker
  2. We Have Exclusive Discounts on Some of Wirecutter’s Favorite Valentine’s Day Gifts, From Stylish Flowers to Slinky Sleepwear
  3. How Wirecutter’s Commerce Team Chooses Retailers
  4. The Best Headlamp
  5. The 5 Best Lip Glosses and Oils
  6. What We Recommend for Hot, Sweaty Sleepers
  7. What Couples Actually Get Each Other on Valentine’s Day
  8. These Silk Pillowcases Are an Affordable Bedtime Luxury. Just Don’t Expect Miracles.
  9. Need a New TV for Your Super Bowl Party? Several of Our Favorites Are on Sale.
  10. The Best Crib Mattresses

Sweethome

  1. These Silk Pillowcases Are an Affordable Bedtime Luxury. Just Don’t Expect Miracles.
  2. How to Clean Blankets
  3. The Best Compact Washer and Dryer
  4. The Best Washing Machines (and Their Matching Dryers)
  5. The Best Showerhead
  6. Our Favorite Trinket Trays
  7. How to Clean a Showerhead
  8. Can This Dual Showerhead Help Couples Shower Together Comfortably?
  9. The Best Mattresses for 2026
  10. The Best Outdoor Security Camera

Hacker News

  1. The Waymo World Model
  2. Show HN: I spent 4 years building a UI design tool with only the features I use
  3. How to effectively write quality code with AI
  4. Microsoft open-sources LiteBox, a security-focused library OS
  5. Sheldon Brown's Bicycle Technical Info
  6. Learning from context is harder than we thought
  7. Show HN: If you lose your memory, how to regain access to your computer?
  8. I spent 5 years in DevOps – Solutions engineering gave me what I was missing
  9. Understanding Neural Network, Visually
  10. I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams
  11. An Update on Heroku
  12. Show HN: Smooth CLI – Token-efficient browser for AI agents
  13. Show HN: BioTradingArena – Benchmark for LLMs to predict biotech stock movements
  14. Hackers (1995) Animated Experience
  15. Planetary Roller Screws
  16. Masked namespace vulnerability in Temporal
  17. A new bill in New York would require disclaimers on AI-generated news content
  18. The Monad Called Free
  19. Things Unix can do atomically (2010)
  20. Invention of DNA "page numbers" opens up possibilities for the bioeconomy
  21. TikTok's 'addictive design' found to be illegal in Europe
  22. Fraud investigation is believing your lying eyes
  23. DNS Explained – How Domain Names Get Resolved
  24. Systems Thinking
  25. Product and design are the new bottlenecks
  26. NIMBYs aren't just shutting down housing
  27. LLMs could be, but shouldn't be compilers
  28. Claude Opus 4.6
  29. Stay Away from My Trash
  30. Recreating Epstein PDFs from raw encoded attachments

Ars Technica

  1. To reuse or not reuse—the eternal debate of New Glenn's second stage reignites
  2. Driven: The 2026 Lamborghini Temerario raises the bar for supercars
  3. New critique debunks claim that trees can sense a solar eclipse
  4. Stellantis swallows $26 billion costs as it rethinks its EV strategy
  5. Lawmakers ask what it would take to "store" the International Space Station
  6. NASA stage show explores "outer" outer space with Henson's Fraggles
  7. EU says TikTok needs to drop "addictive design"
  8. Rocket Report: SpaceX probes upper stage malfunction; Starship testing resumes
  9. Why Darren Aronofsky thought an AI-generated historical docudrama was a good idea
  10. AI companies want you to stop chatting with bots and start managing them
  11. The Switch 2 is getting a new Virtual Console (kind of)
  12. With GPT-5.3-Codex, OpenAI pitches Codex for more than just writing code
  13. "ICE Out of Our Faces Act" would ban ICE and CBP use of facial recognition
  14. Neocities founder stuck in chatbot hell after Bing blocked 1.5 million sites
  15. Watch Kanzi the bonobo pretend to have a tea party
  16. Bad sleep made woman's eyelids so floppy they flipped inside out, got stuck
  17. Google hints at big AirDrop expansion for Android "very soon"
  18. OpenAI is hoppin' mad about Anthropic's new Super Bowl TV ads
  19. This black hole "burps" with Death Star energy
  20. NASA changes its mind, will allow Artemis astronauts to take iPhones to the Moon

Digg

New Scientist

  1. The secret signals our organs send to repair tissues and slow ageing
  2. Why exercise isn't much help if you are trying to lose weight
  3. Synchronised volcanic eruptions on Io hint at a spongy interior
  4. New Scientist recommends 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
  5. Statins don't cause most of the side effects listed on their labels
  6. Moving inductions to early morning could shorten labour by 6 hours
  7. Sebastião Salgado's stunning shots of the world's icy regions
  8. A new 'brief history' of the universe paints a wide picture
  9. Five stunning images from the Close-up Photographer of the Year awards
  10. The toxic burden of pesticides is growing all around the world
  11. Methane surge in 2020 was linked to lower pollution during lockdowns
  12. Bonobo's pretend tea party shows capacity for imagination
  13. Fast-charging quantum battery built inside a quantum computer
  14. Nasal spray could prevent infections from any flu strain
  15. Vegan toddlers can grow at the same rate as omnivores
  16. How to live a meaningful life, according to science
  17. Why Elon Musk has misunderstood the point of Star Trek
  18. Unexpectedly moving book makes the case for the Arctic
  19. Holy prosociality! Batman makes people stand for pregnant passengers
  20. Psychedelic causes similar brain state to meditation
  21. A social network for AI looks disturbing, but it's not what you think
  22. Record-breaking quantum simulator could unlock new materials
  23. Forever chemical TFA has tripled due to ozone-preserving refrigerants
  24. Treating cancer before 3pm could help patients live longer
  25. Dutch air force reads pilots' brainwaves to make training harder
  26. The weird rules of temperature get even stranger in the quantum realm
  27. Why did SpaceX just apply to launch 1 million satellites?
  28. Neanderthals and early humans may have interbred over a vast area
  29. Ants attack their nest-mates because pollution changes their smell
  30. Melatonin gummies as sleep aids for children: What are the risks?
  31. A huge cloud of dark matter may be lurking near our solar system
  32. It would be a mistake to rush into an under-16 social media ban
  33. Why people can have Alzheimer's-related brain damage but no symptoms
  34. CRISPR grapefruit without the bitterness are now in development
  35. Nobel prizewinner Omar Yaghi says his invention will change the world
  36. The best new popular science books of February 2026
  37. Bored of snakes and ladders? Some maths can help bring back the fun
  38. Ancient humans were seafaring far earlier than we realised
  39. A remarkable book on quantum mechanics reveals a really big idea
  40. The daring idea that time is an illusion and how we could prove it
  41. Can we genetically improve humans using George Church’s famous list?
  42. Elon Musk is making a big bet on his future vision – will it work?
  43. Yawning has an unexpected influence on the fluid inside your brain
  44. The best new science fiction books of February 2026
  45. How an 1800s vaccine drive beat smallpox in Denmark in just 7 years
  46. Our verdict on Annie Bot: This novel about a sex robot split opinions
  47. Read an extract from Juice by Tim Winton
  48. Tim Winton: 'Sometimes I think we use the word dystopia as an opiate'
  49. New Scientist recommends pioneering artist Ryoji Ikeda's new work
  50. The universe may be hiding a fundamentally unknowable quantum secret
  51. This virus infects most of us – but why do only some get very ill?
  52. This doctor is on the hunt for people with first-rate faeces
  53. Fascinating but flawed book explores how sickness shapes our lives
  54. AI-assisted mammograms cut risk of developing aggressive breast cancer
  55. Our lifespans may be half down to genes and half to the environment
  56. Polar bears are getting fatter in the fastest-warming place on Earth
  57. Faecal transplants could boost the effectiveness of cancer treatments
  58. How your health is being commodified by social media
  59. Think of a card, any card – but make it science
  60. Engaging look at friction shows how it keeps our world rubbing along
  61. Huge fossil bonanza preserves 512-million-year-old ecosystem
  62. We have a new way to explain why we agree on the nature of reality
  63. We're getting closer to growing a brain in a lab dish
  64. Most complex time crystal yet has been made inside a quantum computer
  65. Amazon is getting drier as deforestation shuts down atmospheric rivers
  66. To halt measles' resurgence we must fight the plague of misinformation
  67. Our brains play a surprising role in recovering from a heart attack
  68. Stick shaped by ancient humans is the oldest known wooden tool
  69. Menstrual pad could give women insights into their changing fertility
  70. The best map of dark matter has revealed never-before-seen structures
  71. Termination shock could make the cost of climate damage even higher
  72. The 3 best ways to tackle anxiety, according to a leading expert
  73. Why did magic mushrooms evolve? We may finally have the answer
  74. SpaceX’s Starlink dodged 300,000 satellite collisions in 2025
  75. Embracing sauna culture can lower dementia risk and boost brain health
  76. How – and why – we chose the best 21 ideas of the 21st century
  77. Mars's gravity may help control Earth’s cycle of ice ages
  78. How to spot the lunar X and V
  79. Realising the importance of our microbiome: Best ideas of the century
  80. Embracing quantum spookiness: Best ideas of the century
  81. Let's nitpick about the physics of Stranger Things, not its ending
  82. Crowdsourcing Wikipedia’s encyclopedia: Best ideas of the century
  83. The totemic 1.5°C climate target: Best ideas of the century
  84. We can block the spread of HIV: Best ideas of the century
  85. Peter F. Hamilton's latest is an epic slice of sci-fi – with one flaw
  86. New Scientist’s guide to the 21 best ideas of the 21st century
  87. Bone cancer therapy unexpectedly makes tumours less painful
  88. We can rewrite our genetic code: Best ideas of the century
  89. Sea turtles may be more resilient to global warming than we thought
  90. The one diet that’s good for everything: Best ideas of the century
  91. The electrification of everything: Best ideas of the century
  92. Our solar system is extremely weird: Best ideas of the century
  93. Smartphones (yes, really): Best ideas of the century
  94. Why singing, dancing and engaging with art is good for your health
  95. The hidden power of epigenetics: Best ideas of the century
  96. End-to-end encryption: Best ideas of the century
  97. Revealing the epic story of ancient humans: Best ideas of the century
  98. How fear drastically shapes ecosystems: Best ideas of the century
  99. Hybrid megapests evolving in Brazil are a threat to crops worldwide
  100. The one innovation that supercharged AI: Best ideas of the century

Slashdot

  1. Salesforce Shelves Heroku
  2. Hidden Cameras in Chinese Hotels Are Livestreaming Guests To Thousands of Telegram Subscribers
  3. AI.com Sells for $70 Million, the Highest Price Ever Disclosed for a Domain Name
  4. Big Tech's $1.1 Trillion Cloud Computing Backlog
  5. KPMG Pressed Its Auditor To Pass on AI Cost Savings
  6. The Bizarre Enhancement Claims Rocking Ski Jumping
  7. Europe Accuses TikTok of 'Addictive Design' and Pushes for Change
  8. Canada Unveils Auto Industry Plan in Latest Pivot Away From US
  9. Why This Is the Worst Crypto Winter Ever
  10. CIA Has Killed Off The World Factbook After Six Decades
  11. Google Confirms AirDrop Sharing is Coming To Android Phones Beyond Pixels
  12. The European Commission Is Testing an Open Source Alternative To Microsoft Teams
  13. Court Rules That Ripping YouTube Clips Can Violate the DMCA
  14. NASA Will Finally Let Its Astronauts Bring iPhones To the Moon
  15. Musk Predicts SpaceX Will Launch More AI Compute Per Year Than the Cumulative Total on Earth

BoingBoing

Core77

  1. Core77 Weekly Roundup (2-2-26 to 2-6-26)
  2. Industrial Design Case Study: Nihaarika Arora's Jewelry Stand for the MoMA Design Store
  3.  Multi-Level Granny Cart Provides Way Better UX
  4. Industrial Design Student Work: Making Existing Bistro Chairs More Comfortable
  5. Jacob Turetsky: Artiform Design Founder Joins Core77 Design Awards Jury
  6. Smart Design for Tight Spaces: The U.S. Navy's Sit-Up Berths
  7. A Battery-Powered Tool That Makes Perfect Curbs in Concrete
  8. When Bad UI Design Kills: China Bans Flush Door Handles
  9. An Unusual Stool Design
  10. Taf Studio's Coat Hanger Made of Veneer
  11. Japan's Gran-Prix-Style Office Chair Racing Event
  12. A Futuristic, Physically Flexible Turnstile for Skiers, Snowboarders and Mountain Bikers
  13. From South Korea, an E-Bike with a Throwback 1950s Fairing
  14. From Belgium, Designey Concrete Pavers that Solve for Drainage
  15. Core77 Design Awards 2026: Aria Xiying Bao on Technology That Practices the Art of Noticing

CNET

  1. My 7 Favorite Hacks to Prep Home Tech for Super Bowl and Olympics Parties
  2. 'Wicked: For Good' Is Coming to Streaming. Here's What You Can Watch
  3. How to Watch Curling Events for the 2026 Winter Olympics
  4. Here's Why Taylor Swift's Opalite Music Video Isn't on YouTube Yet
  5. Apple's AI Health Coach Project May Need a Wellness Check
  6. These Impulse Buys Under $25 Actually Make Surprisingly Great Gifts
  7. Ready for Super Bowl 2026? Here's How to Watch the Patriots vs. Seahawks on Streaming
  8. I Tested Dozens of Devices to Find the Biggest 'Energy Vampire.' The Winner Surprised Me
  9. My iPhone 17 Pro Went Head-to-Head Against a Pro Cinema Camera
  10. Valve's Steam Machine: How Much It Will Cost, When It Comes Out and More
  11. Valve Delays Steam Frame and Steam Machine Pricing as Memory Costs Rise
  12. Anker's Versatile Home Battery System Can Power Your Entire Home and It's Ready to Buy
  13. Best Projector of 2026: Tested by Experts
  14. Obsbot Tiny 3 4K Webcams Review: Simply the Best
  15. Google Pixel 10A Rumors: Colors, Announce Date, Preorders
  16. Time's Running Out to Grab the Switch 2 Mario Kart World Bundle Before It's Gone
  17. Aurzen's Zip Foldable Pocket Projector Gets a Cyberpunk-Themed Makeover
  18. Stream the 2026 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony Live: What Time, Where and Who
  19. I Let ChatGPT Rip Apart My 2026 Goals, in a Helpful Way
  20. A Dirty Keurig Can Make You Sick. Here's How to Clean It in Minutes
  21. Apple's iPhone 17E Is Near and It Needs More Than MagSafe
  22. Spain Bans Social Media for Kids, Super Bowl's Big Tech Ads, Best TVs to Buy Now | Tech Today video
  23. I Need Samsung to Add These Things to the Galaxy S26 Ultra
  24. These Are My Pro Tips for Amazing iPhone Photos
  25. Here’s How to Watch All the Naked Gun Movies in Order in One Place

Reddit

The Verge

  1. There isn’t even a cynical explanation for Jeff Bezos destroying The Washington Post
  2. The Jeffrey Epstein Fortnite account is fake
  3. Here are the best AirPods deals you can get right now
  4. Spotify’s About the Song offers context and trivia about your favorite tracks
  5. Aura’s Aspen digital frame is a great gift, especially now that it’s $30 off
  6. The Alexa app is so bad I’m using Siri again
  7. Analogue’s 4K N64 is getting five new transparent color options
  8. What happens when Waymo runs into a tornado? Or an elephant?
  9. AG1 is a lot less science-y than it sounds
  10. How Epstein became a tech influencer

Wired

  1. RFK Jr. Has Packed an Autism Panel With Cranks and Conspiracy Theorists
  2. My Favorite TV to Watch the Winter Olympics Is on Sale
  3. I Tried What US Athletes Will Be Sleeping on at Milano Cortina
  4. New York Is the Latest State to Consider a Data Center Pause
  5. 19 Best Food Gifts to Buy Online, as Tested by Our Tastebuds (2026)
  6. The Only Thing Standing Between Humanity and AI Apocalypse Is … Claude?
  7. More Than 800 Google Workers Urge Company to Cancel Any Contracts With ICE and CBP
  8. The Best 3-in-1 Apple Charging Stations (2026), Tested and Reviewed
  9. The Best OLED TVs We’ve Ever Seen: LG, Samsung, and More
  10. NordProtect (2026) Review: A Bundle of ID-Protecting Services
  11. Waymo Hits a Rough Patch In Washington, DC
  12. Why the Artemis II Crew Stays in Quarantine Before Their Journey to Moon
  13. Why a Dehumidifier Is One of My Favorite Gadgets
  14. Figure Skaters at the 2026 Winter Olympics Are Pushing the Limits of What’s Possible
  15. Public Health Workers Are Quitting Over Assignments to Guantánamo
  16. Sports Betting Is Skyrocketing. Will It Take Over the Olympics?
  17. What Paralympic Athlete Monster Mike Schultz Packs for His Races
  18. A Landmark Social Media Addiction Case Puts Big Tech on Trial
  19. Best Slippers for Working From Home or Relaxing (2026)
  20. Tax Services of 2026: TurboTax and H&R Block Tested

LifeHacker

  1. These Bone Conduction Headphones Are Great for Outdoor Runs, and They're Just $90 Right Now
  2. It’s Fine, You Can Lift in Running Shoes
  3. This Substack Data Breach May Have Compromised Nearly 700,000 User Records
  4. That Political 'Call to Action' Might Actually Be a Scam
  5. I Love My TCL QLED TV, and You Can Get This Massive 98-Inch One for $800 Off Right Now
  6. Spotify Will Now Use AI to Tell You the Meaning Behind Your Favorite Songs
  7. AirDrop Is Coming to Even More Android Phones This Year
  8. I Tried Malwarebytes' ChatGPT App, and It's Actually Good at Detecting Scams
  9. The Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Is $200 Off Right Now
  10. Blink's Highly Rated Wired Floodlight Camera Is Just $45 Right Now
  11. How to Stream Super Bowl LX Without Cable
  12. This QLED TV Was Already Affordable, and Now It's an Extra $450 Off
  13. This One-Day Pass Is the Best Way to Catch a Major Sporting Event Without Cable
  14. Car Icons Are Disappearing From Google Maps in Android Auto (but You Might Be Able to Fix It)
  15. Apple's 'Lockdown Mode' Could Stop the Government From Breaking Into Your iPhone
  16. These Sony Over-Ear Headphones Come in Three Colors and Are Under $100 Right Now
  17. The Top 10 TV Series This Month, According to Streaming Data
  18. Redditors Have Figured Out a Way to Save Hundreds on a Whoop Subscription
  19. This LG Ultragear OLED Monitor Is 41% Off Right Now
  20. Spotify Wants to Be Your Bookstore
  21. This Owala Water Bottle Is My Health Upgrade of the Week
  22. The Best Budget ANC Earbuds Just Got Even Cheaper
  23. These New iPhone Features Are Coming in iOS 26.3
  24. This JBL Party Speaker Is on Sale for $600 Right Now
  25. This Highly Rated JBL Soundbar Is $280 Off Right Now
  26. How 'Exercise Snacking' Can Get You Into Working Out
  27. Everyone Can Now Use Alexa+, but the Full Experience Might Cost You
  28. That Text About a Suspicious Apple Pay Transaction Is Probably a Scam
  29. How to Avoid Paying Crunchyroll's Recent Price Increase
  30. The Newest Amazon Echo Show Has Dropped to Its Lowest Price Yet
  31. This Nothing Smartwatch With Built-In ChatGPT Is on Sale for $45 Right Now
  32. You Can Get a Fully Loaded Google Pixel 9 Pro for $600 Off Right Now
  33. Samsung Has Killed Software Support for Most of the Galaxy S21 Series
  34. Spotify Just Added Three New Lyrics Features, Including One I've Been Dying For
  35. ChatGPT Is Down (Again)
  36. The Best Amazon Echo Speaker Is $80 Right Now
  37. Messenger Apps Are Compressing Your Files, but There's a Workaround
  38. You Can 'Remap' Your PC's Copilot Key to Do Something Actually Useful
  39. The Top 10 Movies This Month, According to Streaming Data
  40. This High-End Roborock Robot Vacuum Is $300 Off Right Now
  41. These Bowers & Wilkins Bluetooth Headphones Are on Sale for $99
  42. These Switch 2 'Joy-Cons' Turn Your Handheld Into a Portable GameCube
  43. This Feature Lets You Autofill Your Credit Card on Any Site or App on iPhone
  44. Lifehacker Deals Live Blog: The Best Tech Sales, All in One Place
  45. How to Keep Your Gym Gear From Stinking
  46. What's the Difference Between the 'Surface Web' and the 'Deep Web'?
  47. YouTube Just Blocked This Popular Hack for Free Background Play
  48. This Is What You’ll Find the Best Deals on During This Year’s Presidents Day Sales
  49. That AT&T 'Rewards' Text Is a Scam
  50. 10 Hacks Every AirPods User Should Know
  51. The Newest Apple Watch Is $100 Off Right Now
  52. The Fast-Charging Pixel Watch 4 Is on Sale for $300
  53. The Perfect Time to Buy Valentine's Day Flowers Is Earlier Than You Think
  54. 15 Shows Like 'The Night Manager' You Should Watch Next
  55. The Best Last-Minute Valentine's Day Gift Ideas Under $30
  56. What People Are Getting Wrong This Week: Will the Midterm Elections Be Canceled?
  57. What Happened When a 'Ghost Student' Scammer Took Out Student Loans in My Name
  58. Google Shut Down Its Dark Web Monitoring Tool, so Here's What to Use Instead
  59. This QLED TV Packs Serious Brightness and Gaming Specs for Under $800
  60. This Roku Streaming Stick Is a Simple Upgrade, and It’s on Sale for $16 Right Now
  61. The Nintendo Switch 2 Can Handle AAA Games Better Than People Think
  62. I Tried Nintendo's New Virtual Boy Accessory for the Switch, and It Turned Me Into a Believer
  63. The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: Humans Are in a Dance Battle With AI Babies
  64. My Favorite Beats Headphones Are More Than Half Off
  65. Firefox Will Soon Let You Disable All Current (and Future) AI Features
  66. Amazon Prime Members Can Get Two Free E-Books in February
  67. Wordle Has a New Rule That Might Change Your Best Starting Word
  68. Everything We Know About Apple's Rumored Folding iPhone (and iPad)
  69. Google Pushed Back the Deadline on Migrating Your Fitbit Account (Again)
  70. Eight Useful Tool Accessories Every DIYer Should Own
  71. Apple Has a New Setting to Protect Your Location Data, but Not Everyone Can Use It
  72. My Favorite Thoughtful Valentine’s Day Gifts (That Aren’t Flowers)
  73. Is Moltbook, the Social Network for AI Agents, Actually Fake?
  74. Why You Shouldn't Buy a MacBook Pro Right Now
  75. Everything We Think We Know About the Samsung Galaxy S26 Series
  76. Sony’s Massive 85-Inch Bravia 5 Mini LED 4K TV Is $700 Off Right Now
  77. This Eufy Outdoor Camera Bundle Is $250 Off Right Now
  78. 10 Hacks Every Nintendo Switch (or Switch 2) Owner Should Know
  79. I’m a Deals Writer, and These Are My Top 10 Tech Deals This Week
  80. This Entry-Level Roborock Robot Vacuum Is 44% Off Right Now
  81. What to Expect the First Time You Go to the Gym
  82. You May Be Eligible for Part of This $10.5 Million Spam Text Settlement
  83. Nine Phone Settings to Change Before Attending a Protest
  84. This Space-Saving Sonos Soundbar Is $130 Off Right Now
  85. 'Moltbook' Is a Social Media Platform for AI Bots to Chat With Each Other
  86. How to Choose the Right Backup Generator for Your Home
  87. OpenAI Is Killing ChatGPT-4o (Again)
  88. 10 Hacks Every Safari User Should Know
  89. These Sweat-Proof JBL Earbuds Are 25% Off Right Now
  90. This Well-Reviewed Outdoor Camera Is Nearly 30% Off Right Now
  91. 10 Hacks Every Steam Deck Owner Should Know
  92. How YouTube Is Fighting Back Against AI Slop
  93. This QLED TV Is an Incredible Value, and It's 40% Off Right Now
  94. You Can Now Start a Group Chat in Spotify's DMs (for Some Reason)
  95. This Garmin's Battery Can Last 10 Days, and It's $100 Off
  96. Seven Products to Protect Your House From Snow and Ice Damage
  97. 15 Shows Like 'Euphoria' You Should Watch Next
  98. Some of Sony’s Best Budget Earbuds Are Half Off Right Now
  99. Who Can Get a Piece of Google's $135 Million Android Settlement
  100. Google Just Updated These Android Theft Protection Features

The Onion

The Register

  1. Let there be light! DARPA seeking physics-defying photonic computers to supercharge AI
  2. Four horsemen of the AI-pocalypse line up capex bigger than Israel's GDP
  3. Flickr emails users about data breach, pins it on 3rd party
  4. DDoS deluge: Brit biz battered as botnet blitzes break records
  5. Summoning the spirit of the BBC Micro with a Pi 500+ and a can of spray paint
  6. Supermarket sorry after facial recognition alert flags right criminal, wrong customer
  7. Microsoft starts the countdown for the end of Exchange Web Services
  8. CISA orders federal agencies to rip out EOL edge kit before cybercrooks move in
  9. Romanian rail workers accused of bribery turned to ChatGPT for legal tips
  10. Smartphones cleared for launch as NASA loosens the rulebook
  11. DWP considers chatbot work coaches as AI-fueled job losses loom
  12. UK council digs deeper into capital assets to keep Oracle project afloat
  13. Summer in Australia means beers, beaches, and bork
  14. New hire fixed a problem so fast, their boss left to become a yoga instructor
  15. Pakistan to test students for real-world skills before they graduate from IT degrees
  16. Atlassian swears it can handle AI without blowing out costs, or being swamped
  17. Amazon can't build AI capacity fast enough, throws another $200B at the problem
  18. Ad blocking is alive and well, despite Chrome's attempts to make it harder
  19. OpenClaw reveals meaty personal information after simple cracks
  20. OpenAI chases business bucks with confusingly named Frontier platform
  21. Substack says intruder lifted emails, phone numbers in months-old breach
  22. Asia-based government spies quietly broke into critical networks across 37 countries
  23. Stash or splash? Lawmakers ask NASA to find alternatives for International Space Station
  24. Anthropic apes OpenAI with cheeky chatbot commercials
  25. SpaceX wants to fill Earth orbit with a million datacenter satellites
  26. Most SAP migrations bust budgets and project timelines, research finds
  27. Betterment breach may expose 1.4M users after social engineering attack
  28. Microsoft declares 'reliability' a priority for Visual Studio AI
  29. UK's 'world-first' deepfake detection framework unlikely to stop the fakes, says expert
  30. Microsoft sets Copilot agents loose on your OneDrive files
  31. Curse of AI to push up PC prices as memory and CPU shortages bite
  32. Italy claims cyberattacks 'of Russian origin' are pelting Winter Olympics
  33. n8n security woes roll on as new critical flaws bypass December fix
  34. CentOS is coming to RISC-V soon if you have the kit
  35. Cloud sovereignty is no longer just a public sector concern
  36. UK justice system unplugs from ancient datacenters after five-year slog
  37. Britain courts private cash to fund 'golden age' of nuclear-powered AI
  38. Three clues that your LLM may be poisoned with a sleeper-agent back door
  39. Satya Nadella decides Microsoft needs an engineering quality czar
  40. AI’s lust for memory drags down the smartphone industry, and Qualcomm with it
  41. It's bubble or nothing for Google as search giant looks to plow ~$180B into datacenters this year
  42. Ghost gun legislation casts shadow over 3D printing
  43. Workday reveals around 400 staff soon won't have to work another day
  44. Bots are taking over the internet and AI users are to blame
  45. Positron: we don’t need no fancy HBM to compete with Nvidia’s Rubin
  46. AWS intruder achieved admin access in under 10 minutes thanks to AI assist, researchers say
  47. Anthropic cements its position as the not-OpenAI with no-ads pledge
  48. Critical SolarWinds Web Help Desk bug under attack
  49. Rise of AI means companies could pass on SaaS
  50. US Army looks for robots that can clean up chemical and bioweapons messes

TechMeme

  1. Sources: London-based 9fin, a data provider for debt markets, is in talks to raise as much as $150M at a pre-money valuation of $1B, about 20x its ARR of ~$50M (Bloomberg)
  2. Galaxy Digital stock jumps 17%+ after the company approved a share buyback program of up to $200M over the next 12 months (CoinDesk)
  3. Croatian-founded Daytona, which aims to build infrastructure for large-scale agent workloads, raised a $24M Series A led by FirstMark (Tamara Djurickovic/Tech.eu)
  4. A civil subpoena shows the US DOJ is investigating Netflix for potential anticompetitive tactics as DOJ probes the company's proposed acquisition of WBD (Wall Street Journal)
  5. Sources: Apple plans to allow third-party voice-controlled AI chatbots in CarPlay within the coming months; it won't let users replace CarPlay's Siri button (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
  6. Heroku says it is transitioning to a "sustaining engineering model", as it focuses on "helping organizations build and deploy enterprise-grade AI" (Nitin T Bhat/Heroku)
  7. Amazon's annual tax bill fell 87% YoY to $1.2B in 2025, as profits grew 45% to ~$90B, mostly due to GOP's depreciation breaks in the One Big Beautiful Bill (Brian Faler/Politico)
  8. London-based Bound, an automated FX risk management platform, raised a $24.5M Series A led by AlbionVC as it seeks to expand across Europe (Tamara Djurickovic/Tech.eu)
  9. Crypto.com co-founder Kris Marszalek buys the domain AI.com for $70M, the highest disclosed price for a domain name, as he plans a site offering an AI agent (Tim Bradshaw/Financial Times)
  10. Sources: OpenAI is working with G42 to build a ChatGPT version tuned for the UAE that accommodates local language, political outlook, and speech restrictions (Reed Albergotti/Semafor)
  11. Waymo says it is using DeepMind's Genie 3 to create realistic digital worlds for its autonomous driving technology to train on edge-case scenarios (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)
  12. Amazon, Google, and Microsoft reported a collective $1.1T backlog of cloud computing revenue in their latest quarterly earnings, including Microsoft's $625B (Jon Keegan/Sherwood News)
  13. Analysis: Claude Code currently authors 4% of all public GitHub commits and is on track to cross 20% of all daily commits by the end of 2026 (Doug O'Laughlin/SemiAnalysis)
  14. Spotify changes Developer Mode to require a Premium subscription and reduces the cap on test users per app from 25 to five, to curb AI-aided or automated usage (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
  15. SIA: chip sales hit $791.7B in 2025, up 25.6% YoY, with advanced Nvidia, AMD, and Intel chips accounting for $301.9B, up 40%; SIA expects $1T in 2026 chip sales (Stephen Nellis/Reuters)