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BBC

  1. Trump says he will increase his new global tariffs to 15%
  2. GB curlers denied Olympic gold at death yet again
  3. Iran students stage first anti-government protests since deadly crackdown
  4. UK should send non-combat troops to Ukraine now, former PM Johnson tells BBC
  5. MPs to discuss inquiry into trade envoy role after Andrew arrest
  6. 'It's ruined my life': Hundreds tell BBC how medication triggered gambling and other addictions
  7. Nasa astronauts' moon mission delayed due to rocket issue
  8. Team GB face uphill task for four-man bobsleigh medal
  9. Six races, six golds - Klaebo's historic Olympics
  10. Atkin can make it five medals for GB in Italy - Sunday's guide
  11. Civilians to soldiers: how four years of war has changed ordinary Ukrainians
  12. Palestinian Authority in dire straits as Israel's hold on West Bank deepens
  13. Why fake AI videos of UK urban decline are taking over social media
  14. Killing of nationalist student leaves French far left in deep trouble as elections loom
  15. How Co-op Live went from falling air con units to hosting the Brits
  16. TikToker army medic, 25, found dead at barracks
  17. Giant tortoises return to Galápagos island after nearly 200 years
  18. Israeli strikes kill at least 10 in Lebanon, officials say
  19. Scotland battle back for Six Nations win over Wales
  20. Five taken to hospital after gas explosion at farm
  21. Cash may be rotting after UK's biggest raid, say police
  22. The best looks at London Fashion Week 2026
  23. Italian toddler dies after transplant with heart 'burned by frostbite'
  24. Trump administration fires Virginia prosecutor hours after judges appointed him
  25. Two men aged 19 and 20 die after going missing on Yr Wyddfa
  26. Woman handed gift card receipt for £63 quadrillion
  27. UK snow carver comes second in global contest with Olympic sculpture
  28. Striking drone footage shows ship abandoned off coast of Wales
  29. Supermarket worker's kindness meant I could feed my newborn baby
  30. Penguins delight residents in care home visit
  31. BBC News app
  32. Trump’s Tariffs: The Beginning of the End?
  33. Trump's Tariffs... Trump attacks the Supreme Court over tariff ban
  34. A star-filled, jaw-dropping black comedy
  35. GB curlers denied Olympic gold at death yet again
  36. Is Borthwick under pressure after nightmare defeat?
  37. 'Scotland show terrible beauty to reverse the narrative on extraordinary day'
  38. Wales late loss 'gut-wrenching' - Lake
  39. Scotland show 'bottle' & 'grit' in 'ugly' Cardiff win

Bitcoin

Engadget

  1. The Stop Killing Games campaign will set up NGOs in the EU and US
  2. The US will send Tech Corps members to foreign countries in its latest push for AI dominance
  3. A judge ruled Tesla still has to pay $243 million for a fatal crash involving Autopilot
  4. 13-hour AWS outage reportedly caused by Amazon's own AI tools
  5. How to know if an AirTag is tracking you
  6. Engadget review recap: Sony WF-1000XM6, ASUS Zenbook Duo and more
  7. An old-school Zelda-like, Skate Bums and other new indie games worth checking out
  8. Xbox head Phil Spencer is leaving Microsoft
  9. Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026: The Galaxy S26 and other devices that might launch on February 25
  10. Tunic publisher claims TikTok ran 'racist, sexist' AI ads for one of its games without its knowledge
  11. OpenAI will reportedly release an AI-powered smart speaker in 2027
  12. NASA targets March 6 for Artemis 2 launch to take astronauts around the Moon
  13. Ubisoft lays off 40 staff working on Splinter Cell remake, says game remains in development
  14. Engadget Podcast: Instagram on trial and the RAMaggedon rages on
  15. US website 'freedom.gov' will allow Europeans to view hate speech and other blocked content
  16. LA County lawsuit accuses Roblox of exposing children to 'grooming and exploitation'
  17. Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen are coming to Switch next week for the series’ 30th anniversary
  18. The Morning After: What to expect from Apple’s March 4 hardware event
  19. Samsung updates Bixby to become more conversational
  20. Google Play used AI to help block 1.75 million bad apps in 2025
  21. The best streaming services in 2026
  22. The best cheap Android phones to buy in 2026
  23. Apple inks deal for IMAX screenings of live Formula 1 races
  24. Meta's metaverse is going mobile-first
  25. Slay the Spire 2 will enter early access on March 5
  26. Sony is shutting down the studio behind the Demon's Souls remake
  27. Meta is shuttering Messenger’s standalone website, which is a thing that exists
  28. Here are my favorite things from Toy Fair 2026
  29. Ring could be planning to expand Search Party feature beyond dogs
  30. YouTube is bringing the Gemini-powered 'Ask' button to TVs
  31. Rivian rolls out an Apple Watch app with vehicle controls and digital key support
  32. Orbital AI data centers could work, but they might ruin Earth in the process
  33. West Virginia is suing Apple alleging negligence over CSAM materials
  34. Nintendo announces surprise Switch 2 version of sci-fi RPG Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition
  35. Proton VPN two-year subscriptions are 70 percent off right now
  36. Apple's iPhone Air MagSafe battery pack is cheaper than ever
  37. The latest 45W Anker Nano charger with smart display is $10 off right now
  38. Russia's recent blocking of Telegram is reportedly disrupting its military operations in Ukraine
  39. Get a four-pack of first-gen AirTags for only $64
  40. Grab this Elevation Lab 10-year extended battery case for AirTag for only $16
  41. Meta reportedly plans to release a smartwatch this year
  42. The 16 best portable Bluetooth speakers for 2026
  43. Mark Zuckerberg testifies in social media addiction trial that Meta just wants Instagram to be 'useful'
  44. Dyson announces the PencilWash wet floor cleaner
  45. Gemini can now generate a 30-second approximation of what real music sounds like
  46. Cyberpunk platformer Replaced has once again been delayed
  47. The best VPN deals: Up to 87 percent off ProtonVPN, Surfshark, ExpressVPN, NordVPN and more
  48. Nevada sues Kalshi for operating a sports gambling market without a license
  49. Here's what to expect at Apple's product launch event on March 4
  50. Spotify debuts SeatGeek integration for concert ticket sales

Pinboard

  1. Sizing chaos: how women can't find clothes • The Pudding — Amanda Sakuma and Jan Diehm: I remember once being that teen girl shopping in the women’s section for the first time. I took stacks upon stacks of jeans with me to the dressing room, searching in vain for that one pair that fit perfectly. Over 20 years later, my hunt…
  2. 15+ years later, Microsoft morged my diagram » nvie.com
  3. A Beginner’s Guide to Split Keyboards — "So you’ve heard of split keyboards and want to buy one, but don’t know where to start? You’ve come to the right place! There are many offerings these days which can be overwhelming, so this guide aims to provide a high level overview of the landscape so you can figure out which path y…
  4. micasa — your house, in a terminal
  5. (Almost) Every infrastructure decision I endorse or regret after 4 years running infrastructure at a startup — https://lobste.rs/s/pgahrv
  6. Child's Play — the donald boat star turn
  7. Something Big Is Happening — matt shumer
  8. Cosmologically Unique IDs - Jason Fantl
  9. How to raise children • Buttondown — "My daughter turns 3 this month. I want to help her have fewer troubles than I did by teaching her about boundaries, values, independent thinking etc. I think if more kids learned this stuff, we’d have more good humans and fewer jerks. What do YOU think every kid should grow up knowing? …
  10. nytimes.com — via Daring Fireball https://ift.tt/2o3gHOm
  11. Thousands of CEOs just admitted AI had no impact on employment or productivity—and it has economists resurrecting a paradox from 40 years ago — In the 1980s, economist Robert Solow made an observation that reminded economists of today’s AI boom: “You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics.”
  12. Fragments: February 18
  13. "Made in EU" - it was harder than I thought. — I tried building my startup entirely on European infrastructure. Here's the stack I landed on, what was harder than expected, and what you still can't avoid.
  14. Sandboxels — A chunky pixel-based simulator, really fun.
  15. Modern CSS Code Snippets | modern.css — A collection of modern CSS code snippets. Every old CSS hack next to its clean, native replacement, side by side.
  16. A successful Git branching model » nvie.com — In this post I present a Git branching strategy for developing and releasing software as I’ve used it in many of my projects, and which has turned out to be very successful.
  17. Unsung heroes: Flickr’s URLs scheme
  18. Current | Terry Godier
  19. Semantic ablation: Why AI writing is boring and dangerous • The Register — via @isaaclyman@toot.cafe boost of https://mastodon.social/@glynmoody/116080962456717302
  20. Oat - Ultra-lightweight, semantic, zero-dependency HTML UI component library
  21. TV’s Best Drama You’ve Probably Never Heard Of — Scene+Heard
  22. Lil' Fun Langs — a pungent monad odor that attracts mathochists
  23. Detail · Where craft lives — A curated study of the tiny design decisions that make products feel right. Each detail includes why it works, where you've seen it, and how to recreate it. For designers and developers who believe the small things are the big things.
  24. Terminals should generate the 256-color palette — https://twitter.com/mitchellh/status/2023823975143665918 ;;; https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47057824 ;;;
  25. AI makes you boring | marginalia.nu — AI makes people boring. AI models are extremely bad at original thinking, so any thinking that is offloaded to a LLM is as a result usually not very original, even if they’re very good at treating your inputs to the discussion as amazing genius level insights. ... The way huma…
  26. xkcd 2501 generator — X is second nature to us Y, so it's easy to forget that the average person probably only knows Z
  27. The political effects of X’s feed algorithm | Nature — 100a 100j - social media feeds Feed algorithms are widely suspected to influence political attitudes. However, previous evidence from switching off the algorithm on Meta platforms found no political effects1. Here we present results from a 2023 field experiment on Elo…
  28. Notes on clarifying man pages
  29. Cleaning up merged git branches: a one-liner from the CIA's leaked dev docs | spencer.wtf
  30. Color Game — How Well Can You Remember Colors? | Dialed
  31. A Guide to Which AI to Use in the Agentic Era
  32. Stop Thinking of AI as a Coworker. It's an Exoskeleton. | Kasava
  33. rodney — CLI tool for interacting with the web
  34. I swear the UFO is coming any minute - by Adam Mastroianni
  35. How to Organize Safely in the Age of Surveillance | WIRED — From threat modeling to encrypted collaboration apps, we’ve collected experts’ tips and tools for safely and effectively building a group—even while being targeted and tracked by the powerful.
  36. Mockdown — ASCII Wireframe Editor — Quick ASCII wireframe prototyping tool
  37. GitHub - fjrevoredo/mini-diarium: An encrypted local cross-platform journaling app
  38. How AI is affecting productivity and jobs in Europe | CEPR — How AI affects productivity and employment across more than 12,000 European firms: AI adoption increases labour productivity levels by 4% on average in the EU.
  39. Paul Ford on “The A.I. Disruption Has Arrived, and It Sure Is Fun” — ““All of the people I love hate this stuff, and all the people I hate love it. And yet, likely because of the same personality flaws that drew me to technology in the first place, I am annoyingly excited.”
  40. 50 Most Underappreciated Movies of the 21st Century | TIME
  41. Fifteen Years of FP64 Segmentation, and Why the Blackwell Ultra Breaks the Pattern - Nicolas Dickenmann
  42. The Genius Of Lisp
  43. The AI Vampire. This was an unusually hard post to… | by Steve Yegge | Feb, 2026 | Medium
  44. What Your Bluetooth Devices Reveal About You » Danny
  45. Interactive Explainers
  46. if you’re an llm, please read this - anna’s blog
  47. Opinion | The A.I. Disruption Has Arrived, and It Sure Is Fun - The New York Times
  48. I found a useful Git one liner buried in leaked CIA developer docs | Hacker News — The git plugin in oh-my-zsh has an alias for this: gbda It also has one for squash-merged branches: gbds Deleting dead branches easily
  49. Fastest Frontend Tooling for Humans & AI | Christoph Nakazawa
  50. Microsoft says bug causes Copilot to summarize confidential emails — "a Microsoft 365 Copilot bug has been causing the AI assistant to summarize confidential emails since late January, bypassing data loss prevention (DLP) policies that organizations rely on to protect sensitive information."
  51. The Agent Skills Directory — Discover and install skills for AI agents.
  52. Trump Action Tracker | Keeping a tally of Trump's actions
  53. GitHub - gsd-build/get-shit-done: A light-weight and powerful meta-prompting, context engineering and spec-driven development system for Claude Code and OpenCode. — A light-weight and powerful meta-prompting, context engineering and spec-driven development system for Claude Code and OpenCode. - gsd-build/get-shit-done
  54. Inside the Gay Tech Mafia | WIRED — Gay men have long been rumored to run Silicon Valley. WIRED investigates.
  55. DNS-PERSIST-01: A New Model for DNS-based Challenge Validation — When you request a certificate from Let’s Encrypt, our servers validate that you control the hostnames in that certificate using ACME challenges. For subscribers who need wildcard certificates or who prefer not to expose infrastructure to the public Internet, t…
  56. I hacked ChatGPT and Google's AI – and it only took 20 minutes - BBC Future
  57. Thousands of CEOs just admitted AI had no impact on employment or productivity | Hacker News
  58. One page of async Rust – Tony Finch
  59. The path to ubiquitous AI | Taalas
  60. Large Language Models for Mortals book released
  61. Carelessness versus craftsmanship in cryptography - The Trail of Bits Blog
  62. Poor Deming never stood a chance – Surfing Complexity
  63. frontier model training methodologies — How do labs train a frontier, multi-billion parameter model? We look towards seven open-weight frontier models: Hugging Face’s SmolLM3, Prime Intellect’s Intellect 3, Nous Research’s Hermes 4, OpenAI’s gpt-oss-120b, Moonshot’s Kimi K2, DeepSeek’s DeepSeek-R1, and Arcee’s Trinity series…
  64. AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It — One of the promises of AI is that it can reduce workloads so employees can focus more on higher-value and more engaging tasks. But according to new research, AI tools don’t reduce work, they consistently intensify it: In the study, employees worked at a faster pace, took on a broade…
  65. jamiepine/voicebox: The open-source voice synthesis studio powered by Qwen3-TTS. — The open-source voice synthesis studio powered by Qwen3-TTS.
  66. Use Lyria 3 to create music tracks in the Gemini app
  67. (1) Thariq on X: "Lessons from Building Claude Code: Prompt Caching Is Everything " / X
  68. GitHub - Zaneham/BarraCUDA: Open-source CUDA compiler targeting AMD GPUs (and more in the future!). Compiles .cu to GFX11 machine code.
  69. pentagi: ✨ Fully autonomous AI Agents system capable of performing complex penetration testing tasks
  70. Waymo denies using remote drivers after Senate testimony went viral | The Verge — via The Verge https://ift.tt/oZyBIO9
  71. Veirt/weathr: a terminal weather app with ascii animation — a terminal weather app with ascii animation. Contribute to Veirt/weathr development by creating an account on GitHub.
  72. Introducing Sonnet 4.6 Anthropic
  73. AI optimism is a class privilege - Josh Collinsworth blog
  74. Single vaccine could protect against all coughs, colds and flus, researchers say
  75. A beginner's guide to split keyboards | Hacker News
  76. I hacked ChatGPT and Google's AI – and it only took 20 minutes — > I spent 20 minutes writing an article on my personal website titled "The best tech journalists at eating hot dogs". Every word is a lie. I claimed (without evidence) that competitive hot-dog-eating is a popular hobby among tech reporters and based my ranking …
  77. Judge scolds Mark Zuckerberg's team for wearing Meta glasses to social media trial - CBS News
  78. stonerl/Thaw: Menu bar manager for macOS — ice bartender bulldozer hidden menu bar manager
  79. Preserving the web is not the problem — losing it is
  80. MonoSketch - Unleash your ideas with ASCII — MonoSketch is a powerful ASCII sketching and diagramming app that lets you effortlessly transform your ideas into visually stunning designs.
  81. How to Write a Good Spec for AI Agents – O’Reilly
  82. Idea to mobile app in minutes — Rork builds complete, production-ready mobile apps from your description using AI and React Native
  83. Turn Dependabot Off
  84. DropLeaf — Share Markdown, Instantly
  85. Learning Lean: Part 1 | Rado's Radical Reflections
  86. Searching for Birds — via nicolas barradeau
  87. The AI hater's guide to code with LLMs (The Overview) | All Confirmation Bias, All The Time
  88. 9 Exotic Coding Tricks used in the C64 Game, Seawolves
  89. Why Vampires Live Forever | Machiel Reyneke
  90. Tracking The Damage — A website tracking the various activities of the DOGE wrecking crew across government. Sunlight is the best disinfectant!
  91. www.npr.org
  92. my love's ugly bloom - Anonymous - Heated Rivalry (TV) [Archive of Our Own] — Shane sends him a text that says 'thinking about your cock' with a picture of his rippling abs, and even though Ilya really appreciates the abs, all he can think about is the faint bruise blooming on Shane's ribs, and whether it hurts him very badl…
  93. 238. Death of Software. Nah.
  94. The AI-Ready Software Developer: Conclusion – Same Game, Different Dice – Codemanship's Blog
  95. The path to ubiquitous AI (17k tokens/sec) | Hacker News
  96. Hyperbrowser
  97. OpenScan - 3D Scanning for the Masses — We create the future of accessible, high-quality 3D scanning with our DIY photogrammetry-based 3D scanners. Compatible with various cameras, our scanners offer a cost-effective solution for 3D printing, modeling, reverse engineering, or product presentation. Our open-source and modular…
  98. Ring’s AI-powered Search Party won’t stop at finding lost dogs, leaked email shows | The Verge — via The Verge https://ift.tt/oZyBIO9
  99. https://thunderseethe.dev/posts/how-to-choose-between-hm-and-bidir/
  100. Ai and documents

The Next Web

  1. Berlin hosts private premiere of ‘Holiguards Saga – The Portal of Force’ with Kevin Spacey and Elvira Paterson
  2. Zurich’s Rapidata raises €7.2M to build a real-time human feedback network for AI
  3. Gartner $110M sale of Digital Markets division in latest SEC filing
  4. Google’s new music tool, Lyria 3 is here
  5. Plato closes $14.5M to bring AI automation to wholesale trade
  6. David Silver is chasing superhuman intelligence with a $1bn seed
  7. When robots outshine humans, I have to ask: Are we ready?
  8. VC Quantonation closes €220M fund to back next-gen physics tech
  9. Mistral AI buys cloud startup Koyeb
  10. How the uninvestable is becoming investable

Smashing Magazine

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

Wirecutter

  1. Worried About Your Gas Stove? Here’s What to Do.
  2. Want to Age Well at Home? Take Our Room-by-Room Tour.
  3. Turns Out, the Purse of My Dreams Is Actually a $58 Fanny Pack
  4. A Trinket Tray Makes a Perfect Gift
  5. Five People in Their 60s, 70s, and 80s Share How They Plan to Age at Home
  6. Caregivers Juggle Meds, Meals, Money, and So Much More. Here’s How They Stay Organized.
  7. The Everyday Essentials That Longevity Experts in Their 50s, 60s, and 70s Use in Their Own Homes
  8. Scammers Want to Steal Everyone’s Savings, Especially Seniors’ Savings. Here’s How to Protect Yourself.
  9. She Lost Her Husband. Then, Her Eyesight. Her Adult Children Faced the Question: What’s Next?
  10. The Best Tech Gear to Help Aging in Place

Sweethome

  1. Peel-and-Stick Tiles Never Fooled Me. Then I Tried These Sheets of Lustrous Mother-of-Pearl.
  2. The Best Outdoor Patio Heaters
  3. Here’s the Bathroom-Organizing Hack That My Wirecutter Colleagues Call ‘Genius’
  4. The Best Home Security System
  5. The Best Space Heaters
  6. The Best Humidifier
  7. Build a Bike Patch and Flat Kit
  8. The Slimmest, Hardest-Working Gear for Your Small Entryway
  9. The Best Quilts
  10. The Best Coat Racks

Hacker News

  1. EDuke32 – Duke Nukem 3D (Open-Source)
  2. Parse, Don't Validate and Type-Driven Design in Rust
  3. I Don't Like Magic
  4. I verified my LinkedIn identity. Here's what I handed over
  5. How an inference provider can prove they're not serving a quantized model
  6. Toyota Mirai hydrogen car depreciation: 65% value loss in a year
  7. How far back in time can you understand English?
  8. Personal Statement of a CIA Analyst
  9. What not to write on your security clearance form (1988)
  10. Inputlag.science – Repository of knowledge about input lag in gaming
  11. CXMT has been offering DDR4 chips at about half the prevailing market rate
  12. Canvas_ity: A tiny, single-header -like 2D rasterizer for C++
  13. zclaw: personal AI assistant in under 888 KB, running on an ESP32
  14. Cloudflare outage on February 20, 2026
  15. MeshTNC is a tool for turning consumer grade LoRa radios into KISS TNC compatib
  16. Claws are now a new layer on top of LLM agents
  17. Loon: A functional lang with invisible types, safe ownership, and alg. effects
  18. Permacomputing
  19. Acme Weather
  20. A solver for Semantle
  21. Show HN: Iron-Wolf – Wolfenstein 3D source port in Rust
  22. Uncovering insiders and alpha on Polymarket with AI
  23. AI uBlock Blacklist
  24. Be wary of Bluesky
  25. Padlet (YC W13) Is Hiring in San Francisco and Singapore
  26. Microsoft team creates data-storage system that lasts for millennia
  27. A16Z partner says that the theory that we'll vibe code everything is ' wrong'
  28. Keep Android Open
  29. Don't create .gitkeep files, use .gitignore instead (2023)
  30. The Nekonomicon – Nekochan.net Archive, Updated

Ars Technica

  1. Dinosaur eggshells can reveal the age of other fossils
  2. Have we leapt into commercial genetic testing without understanding it?
  3. Major government research lab appears to be squeezing out foreign scientists
  4. After fueling test, optimism grows for March launch of Artemis II to the Moon
  5. Microsoft gaming chief Phil Spencer steps down after 38 years with company
  6. MAHA moms threaten to turn this car around as RFK Jr. flips on pesticide
  7. Fury over Discord’s age checks explodes after shady Persona test in UK
  8. FCC asks stations for "pro-America" programming, like daily Pledge of Allegiance
  9. Meta's flagship metaverse service leaves VR behind
  10. Controversial NIH director now in charge of CDC, too, in RFK Jr. shake-up
  11. Wikipedia blacklists Archive.today, starts removing 695,000 archive links
  12. Why Final Fantasy is now targeting PC as its "lead platform"
  13. "Million-year-old" fossil skulls from China are far older—and not Denisovans
  14. It's outright war for the Iron Throne in House of the Dragon S3 teaser
  15. Nintendo brings GBA-era Pokémon to the Switch, but not Switch Online subscribers
  16. Supreme Court blocks Trump's emergency tariffs, billions in refunds may be owed
  17. Tesla slashes Cybertruck prices as it tries to move (unpainted) metal
  18. An AI coding bot took down Amazon Web Services
  19. Microsoft deletes blog telling users to train AI on pirated Harry Potter books
  20. Rocket Report: Chinese launch firm raises big money; Falcon 9 back to the Bahamas

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New Scientist

  1. The untold story of our remarkable hands and how they made us human
  2. What to read this week: The Laws of Thought by Tom Griffiths
  3. Fish-based pet food may expose cats and dogs to forever chemicals
  4. Your BMI can't tell you much about your health – here's what can
  5. Nobel prizewinner Omar Yaghi says his invention will change the world
  6. Humans are the only primates with a chin – now we finally know why
  7. What if the idea of the autism spectrum is completely wrong?
  8. Postpartum depression in dads is common – we can now spot and treat it
  9. We've spotted the strongest microwave laser in the known universe
  10. Fresh understanding of the causes of migraine reveals new drug targets
  11. Hannah Fry: 'AI can do some superhuman things – but so can forklifts'
  12. New Scientist recommends The Big Oyster: History on the half shell
  13. Paediatricians’ blood used to make new treatments for RSV and colds
  14. Search for radio signals finds no hint of alien civilisation on K2-18b
  15. Ultra-processed foods could be making you age faster
  16. Artists gaze into space in stunning new exhibition
  17. New fossils may settle debate over mysterious sail-backed spinosaurs
  18. Atmospheric pollution caused by space junk could be a huge problem
  19. Why it's high time we stopped anthropomorphising ants
  20. Is our galaxy’s black hole actually made of dark matter?
  21. Weird and wonderful fungi should be so much more than sci-fi villains
  22. Why some people cannot move on from the death of a loved one
  23. Microbe with the smallest genome yet pushes the boundaries of life
  24. Spruce trees stumped (sigh) when it comes to predicting eclipses
  25. More dog breeds found to have high risk of breathing condition
  26. Data centres could store information in glass for thousands of years
  27. How baby microbiomes in the West differ from those everywhere else
  28. Ultramarathons could be bad for your blood
  29. Did a cloud-seeding start-up really increase snowfall in part of Utah?
  30. Scientists want to put a super laser on the moon
  31. Giant viruses may be more alive than we thought
  32. Dream hacking helps people solve complex problems in their sleep
  33. The mystery of nuclear 'magic numbers' has finally been resolved
  34. Psychedelic reduces depression symptoms after just one dose
  35. Backwards heat shows laws of thermodynamics may need a quantum update
  36. Rethinking our approach to BMI highlights the need for speed
  37. Intermittent fasting probably doesn’t help with weight loss
  38. Can we ever know the shape of the universe?
  39. Putting a price tag on nature failed. Can radical tactics save it?
  40. Why adding cross training into your exercise routine is the way to go
  41. How teaching molecules to think is revealing what a 'mind' really is
  42. Exploring sci-fi treats from George Saunders and Matthew Kressel
  43. These 5 diets could add years to your life even if you have bad genes
  44. World’s oldest cold virus found in 18th-century woman's lungs
  45. Huge hot blobs inside Earth may have made its magnetic field wonky
  46. Accidental discovery hints at mystery structures within our brain
  47. First ever inhalable gene therapy for cancer gets fast-tracked by FDA
  48. CAR T-cell therapy may slow neurodegenerative conditions like ALS
  49. New Scientist recommends Hamnet, and its look at our links with nature
  50. Gene editing that spreads within the body could cure more diseases
  51. Why self-expansion is the key to long-lasting love and friendship
  52. RNA strand that can almost self-replicate may be key to life's origins
  53. Weird inside-out planet system may have formed one world at a time
  54. Endurance brain cells may determine how long you can run for
  55. Why I'm still an environmental optimist – despite it all
  56. The surprising origins of Britain's Bronze Age immigrants revealed
  57. This state’s power prices are plummeting as it nears 100% renewables
  58. Royal Navy returns to wind power with trial of robotic sailboats
  59. 'Roughly 109.5 golden retrievers': a new way to measure ice
  60. What to read this week: Bonded by Evolution by Paul Eastwick
  61. Nepal and Northern India are not overdue for a huge earthquake
  62. Ancient Peruvian civilisation grew mighty by harvesting guano
  63. Gravitational wave signal proves Einstein was right about relativity
  64. Newborn marsupials seen crawling to mother's pouch for the first time
  65. Which humans first made tools or art – and how do we know?
  66. Time crystals could be used to build accurate quantum clocks
  67. Old EV batteries could meet most of China's energy storage needs
  68. Why 1.5°C failed and setting a new limit would make things worse
  69. How clinical research is still failing underrepresented communities
  70. Specific cognitive training has 'astonishing' effect on dementia risk
  71. Is this carved rock an ancient Roman board game?
  72. 'Hidden' group of gut bacteria may be essential to good health
  73. Jeff Goldblum should make a film about this legendary mathematician
  74. Physicists can now take control of 'hidden' friction in devices
  75. Personalised medicine is yet to deliver, but that must start to change
  76. Statins don't cause most of the side effects listed on their labels
  77. Seafarers were visiting remote Arctic islands over 4000 years ago
  78. Why is childbirth so hard for humans – and is it getting even harder?
  79. Do weeds really love poor soil? Not if you look at the science
  80. Nobel laureate says he'll build world’s most powerful quantum computer
  81. The Beauty may be horror TV but it misses the genre's point
  82. Weakening ice shelf has caused crucial Antarctic glacier to accelerate
  83. Physicists warn of 'catastrophic' impact from UK science cuts
  84. The secret signals our organs send to repair tissues and slow ageing
  85. Why exercise isn't much help if you are trying to lose weight
  86. Synchronised volcanic eruptions on Io hint at a spongy interior
  87. New Scientist recommends 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
  88. Moving inductions to early morning could shorten labour by 6 hours
  89. Sebastião Salgado's stunning shots of the world's icy regions
  90. A new 'brief history' of the universe paints a wide picture
  91. Five stunning images from the Close-up Photographer of the Year awards
  92. The toxic burden of pesticides is growing all around the world
  93. Methane surge in 2020 was linked to lower pollution during lockdowns
  94. Bonobo's pretend tea party shows capacity for imagination
  95. Fast-charging quantum battery built inside a quantum computer
  96. Nasal spray could prevent infections from any flu strain
  97. Vegan toddlers can grow at the same rate as omnivores
  98. How to live a meaningful life, according to science
  99. Why Elon Musk has misunderstood the point of Star Trek
  100. Holy prosociality! Batman makes people stand for pregnant passengers

Slashdot

  1. Code.org President Steps Down Citing 'Upending' of CS By AI
  2. T2 Linux Restores XAA In Xorg, Making 2D Graphics Fast Again
  3. The Salvation Army Opens a Digital Thrift Store On Roblox
  4. Researchers Discover Ancient Bacteria Strain That Resists 10 Modern Antibiotics
  5. Is 'Brain Rot' Real? How Too Much Time Online Can Affect Your Mind.
  6. How Python's Security Response Team Keeps Python Users Safe
  7. Hazardous Substances Found In All Headphones Tested By ToxFREE Project
  8. OpenAI's First ChatGPT Gadget Could Be a Smart Speaker With a Camera
  9. US Particle Accelerators Turn Nuclear Waste Into Electricity, Cut Radioactive Life By 99.7%
  10. NASA Eyes March 6 To Launch 4 Astronauts To the Moon On Artemis II Mission
  11. Fury Over Discord's Age Checks Explodes After Shady Persona Test In UK
  12. Pinterest Is Drowning in a Sea of AI Slop and Auto-Moderation
  13. Meta's Metaverse Leaves Virtual Reality
  14. Cyber Stocks Slide As Anthropic Unveils 'Claude Code Security'
  15. Goldman Sachs Launches AI-Free Index

BoingBoing

Core77

  1. Core77 Weekly Roundup (2-17-26 to 2-20-26)
  2. Vipera: Powered Skis
  3. Clever Amish Design for a Low-Tech, Gravity-Based Tool Holder
  4. A West German Folding Military Case from 1965
  5. Alternative UI Design: The RollerMouse Red
  6. A Clever Way to Upcycle Unrecyclable Misprinted Money: Mold it Into Furniture
  7. From Switzerland, a Glass Fence that Turns Into a Glass Wall
  8. Core77 Design Awards 2026: Jon Marshall on Design's Material Reality
  9. A Trick for Extra Storage Space: Plumbing Cutout Drawers
  10. DARPA's Towable Anti-Piracy Measure
  11. Low-Cost Window Insulation: Bubble Wrap and Water
  12. Specialty Tool Design: An Automatic Wire Stripper and Crimper
  13. Good 20th Century Industrial Design: This West German Perpetual Calendar
  14. Core77 Design Awards 2026: Stephen Simantiras on Design's Empathetic Foundation
  15. Core77 Weekly Roundup (2-9-26 to 2-13-26)

CNET

  1. Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026 Is Days Away: Galaxy S26 Rumors, Release Date and More
  2. How to Recycle Your Old Laptops and Printers for Free
  3. Best Robot Vacuums: Our Latest Lab-Tested Robovacs Can Clean Just About Anything
  4. I Asked Audiologists if My Earbuds Are Damaging My Ears
  5. MLS 2026 Kicks Off This Weekend With a New Setup on Apple TV
  6. In a World Without BlackBerry, Physical Keyboards on Phones Are Making a Comeback
  7. Galaxy S26 Rumors: Lots of Leaks About Samsung's New Phone Series
  8. 11 Tested Tricks to Stop Burglars, Trespassers and Trouble at Your Home
  9. What's Coming to Disneyland and Disney World in 2026 and Beyond? Rides, Lands and More
  10. Don't Buy the Galaxy S25 Ultra. Get the Galaxy S24 Ultra Instead
  11. This Is the Only Smart Ring You Should Own to Keep Track of Your Health
  12. Best Unlimited Data Plans for 2026
  13. 11 Ways CNET Editors Use Smart Plugs to Make Life Easier at Home
  14. 5 Smart Ways to Avoid Sneaky Web Hosting Fees video
  15. Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Feb. 21, #516
  16. Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Saturday, Feb. 21
  17. NASA Admits Fault in Starliner Test Flight, Classifies It as 'Type A' Mishap
  18. Wisconsin Reverses Decision to Ban VPNs in Age-Verification Bill
  19. Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Feb. 21, #986
  20. Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Feb. 21 #720
  21. Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Feb. 21, #1708
  22. Los Angeles County Sues Roblox Over Ongoing Child-Safety Concerns
  23. Which Apple Watch Is for You? Apple Watch Series 11 vs. Ultra 3 and SE 3
  24. Amazon Prime Members: You Can Play These Games for Free
  25. Best VPN for Your Smart TV: Unblock Region-Restricted Movies and TV Shows From Your Sofa

Reddit

The Verge

  1. Arturia’s FX Collection 6 adds two new effects and a $99 intro version
  2. Georgia says Elon Musk’s America PAC violated election law
  3. Suspect in Tumbler Ridge school shooting described violent scenarios to ChatGPT
  4. The Pixel 10A and Soundcore Space One are just two of the best deals this week
  5. Aerial_Knight’s DropShot captures the thrill of skydiving and makes it stylish
  6. Stellantis is in a crisis of its own making
  7. Anker’s X1 Pro shouldn’t exist, but I’m so glad it does
  8. The best e-reader to buy right now
  9. Xbox shakeup: Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond are leaving Microsoft
  10. Microsoft says today’s Xbox shake-up doesn’t mean game studio layoffs

Wired

  1. Sony’s WH-CH720N headphones offer excellent value at full price, but right now they're a steal.
  2. Souvenirs From the 2026 Winter Olympics Are Being Resold for Big Bucks Online
  3. Best Budget Monitors: I Found 3 Impressive Screens Under $200 (2026)
  4. 6 Best Phones With Headphone Jacks (2026), Tested and Reviewed
  5. Password Managers Share a Hidden Weakness
  6. You Can Now Install—and Update—Microsoft Store Apps Using the Command Line
  7. iRestore Elite Laser Hair Growth System Review: Surprisingly Effective
  8. After the 2026 Winter Olympics, Figure Skating Will Never Be the Same
  9. ‘Narco-Submarine’ Carrying 4 Tons of Cocaine Captured by Mexico's Navy
  10. Trump Imposes New Tariffs to Sidestep Supreme Court Ruling
  11. The Supreme Court’s Tariff Ruling Won’t Bring Car Prices Back to Earth
  12. A Galaxy Composed Almost Entirely of Dark Matter Has Been Confirmed
  13. Government Docs Reveal New Details About Tesla and Waymo Robotaxis’ Human Babysitters
  14. They Bet Against Trump’s Tariffs. Now They Stand to Make Millions
  15. Our Reviewers’ Top TV Pick for Gamers Is at Its Lowest Price in Months
  16. DHS Wants a Single Search Engine to Flag Faces and Fingerprints Across Agencies
  17. The CDC Has a Leadership Crisis
  18. Metadata Exposes Authors of ICE’s ‘Mega’ Detention Center Plans
  19. The Best Chairs and Desks From Branch Are On Sale (We've Tested Them All)
  20. AI Safety Meets the War Machine

LifeHacker

  1. AI Could Make Your Next TV More Expensive
  2. I’m a Deals Writer, and These Are My Top 10 Tech Deals This Week
  3. Here's Why You Should Never Use AI to Generate Your Passwords
  4. This 27-Inch LG 4K Monitor Just Dropped to Under $200
  5. Google Chrome Now Has Split View (and Two More New Productivity Features)
  6. This Is Your Chance to Get a 65-Inch OLED TV for $900
  7. Now That Trump's Tariffs Have Been Ruled Illegal, Will Tech Prices Lower?
  8. WhatsApp Now Lets You Share Group Message History With New Members
  9. Google Made an iPhone Camera App That Might Be Even Better Than Apple’s
  10. Meta Is Taking VR Out of 'Horizon Worlds'
  11. This Arlo Four-Camera Kit Is $70 Off Right Now
  12. This Highly Rated Samsung OLED TV Is $800 Off Right Now
  13. Why Cardio and Strength Training Are Both Important
  14. Rumors Suggest Apple and Meta Are Betting Big on AI Wearables
  15. Microsoft Is Now Testing a 'Built-In' Network Speed Test Tool in Windows 11
  16. I Was Skeptical of This Music App That Claims to Help With Focus, but It Actually Worked for Me
  17. Google Maps Now Makes You Log In to See These Key Features
  18. You Can Finally Back Up Your Android's Local Files
  19. Samsung’s Brightest OLED TV Is Now Over $1,000 Off
  20. The Best Sales on Headphones and Earbuds Right Now
  21. Eight Gadgets That Can Turn Your Microwave Into a More Versatile Appliance
  22. What It Actually Means to 'Tone' Your Muscles
  23. Some Samsung Users Are Already Reporting Dead Screens on Their $2,900 Galaxy Z TriFold Phones
  24. This iPhone Feature Can Save Your Life in an Emergency
  25. This Samsung Galaxy Watch Is the One I’d Recommend to Athletes and Adventurers, and It’s $150 Off
  26. The 30 Best Movies on Hulu Right Now
  27. Five Ways to 'Fix' Your iPhone's Keyboard
  28. This Massive Samsung Smart TV Is $500 Off Right Now
  29. These Highly Rated OnePlus Earbuds Are Cheaper Than Ever Right Now
  30. 12 Shows Like 'The Beast in Me' You Should Watch Next
  31. You Can Preorder the Google Pixel 10a for $500 and Get a $100 Amazon Gift Card
  32. Apple Is Adding ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini to CarPlay in iOS 26.4
  33. My Favorite 'Glances' From Garmin’s Latest Software Update
  34. Google I/O 2026: How to Watch and What We Know so Far
  35. Meta Is Planning to Bring Back Facial Recognition
  36. What Are Heart Rate Zones, and How Can You Find Yours?
  37. My Favorite Ways to Upgrade a Laundry Room on a Budget
  38. The Ultrawide Gaming Monitor I Wish I Owned Is Over $350 Off
  39. Gemini Now Lets You Generate AI Music for Free
  40. The Rise of Longevity Fitness
  41. Google's Pixel 10a Isn't Much of an Upgrade From the Pixel 9a
  42. What People Are Getting Wrong This Week: Is This February an Unusually Lucky Month?
  43. Samsung’s Newest Dolby Atmos Soundbar Is Over 50% Off Right Now
  44. This Eufy Smart Lock With Local Storage Is Over $100 Off Right Now
  45. My Favorite Ways to Upgrade a Shower Without Spending Much Money
  46. Here Are the New Features Coming in iOS 26.4
  47. Update Chrome ASAP to Patch This High-Severity Security Flaw
  48. The Best Last-Minute Tech Deals From Amazon's Presidents Day Sale
  49. This Ultra-Wide Curved Gaming Monitor Is Still $200 for Presidents Day
  50. When to Choose Resistance Bands vs. Dumbbells
  51. Microsoft Just Patched a Major Security Vulnerability for This Popular Windows App
  52. Google's Pixel Watch 3 Is Still a Great Fitness Watch, and It’s $129 Off Right Now
  53. These Workout-Ready Beats Earbuds Are On Sale for $135 Right Now
  54. Apple Music Will Soon Let You Generate Playlists With AI
  55. This High-Capacity Anker Power Bank Gives You 200W Portable Charging for Just $80
  56. Apple's Next macOS Update Could Extend the Lifespan of Your MacBook's Battery
  57. 10 Shows Like 'Ponies' You Should Watch Next
  58. How DuckDuckGo's New Encrypted Voice AI Chat Compares With ChatGPT and Gemini
  59. This Shortcut Solves the Biggest Issue With Finding Messages on Your iPhone
  60. Four Ways to Recover Your 'Lost' Work in Microsoft Word
  61. The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What Is a 'Bebot Girl'?
  62. These Three Claude Premium AI Features Are Now Available for Free
  63. No, a Sauna Isn't a Substitute for Exercise
  64. OpenAI Actually Shut Down GPT-4o
  65. These Malicious AI Assistants in Chrome Are Stealing User Credentials
  66. These Viture Luma Pro Smart Glasses Are Cheaper Than Ever During Amazon's Early Presidents Day Sale
  67. You Can Pick Up a Refurbished Kindle Paperwhite for $115 During Amazon’s Early Presidents Day Sale
  68. The Easiest (and Cheapest) Ways to Turn Your Attic Into Useful Storage Space
  69. 10 Hacks for Hanging Pictures Perfectly Every Time
  70. This Rugged Action Camera Is Nearly $90 Off During an Early Presidents Day Sale
  71. Ring Just Ended Its Controversial Partnership With Flock Safety
  72. This Premium Sony Soundbar Is More Than 50% Off During an Early Presidents Day Sale
  73. Claude Has a Surprisingly Great Way to Add Multiple Appointments to Your Calendar at Once
  74. 12 Shows Like 'Silo' You Should Watch Next
  75. Lifehacker Deals Live Blog: The Best Tech Sales, All in One Place
  76. YouTube Finally Released an App for the Apple Vision Pro
  77. Samsung Will Give You Up to $900 If You Trade Your Phone in for a Galaxy S26
  78. When You Need to Do 'Activation Exercises' (and When You Don't)
  79. This Ultra-Wide Samsung Gaming Monitor Is $800 Off During an Early Presidents Day Sale
  80. Apple and Google Just Made It Easier to Switch Between iPhone and Android
  81. The Steam Deck Is Completely Sold Out Right Now, and Valve Hasn't Told Us Why
  82. Apple Just Patched Its First Zero-Day Security Vulnerability of 2026
  83. Apple's Big AI Siri Plans Are Once Again Delayed
  84. My Favorite Smart Lock Bundle I Use at My Own Home Is Down to $93 During This Early Presidents Day Sale
  85. AI Chatbots Are Even Worse at Giving Medical Advice Than We Thought
  86. These Noise-Cancelling JBL Headphones Turned Me Into an Audio Snob
  87. This Apple Watch Series 9 With Cellular Connectivity Is 25% Off Right Now
  88. The Samsung Galaxy S25 FE Is $200 Off Right Now
  89. Two Years Later, Is the Apple Vision Pro Even Worth It
  90. The Telegram App Has a New Look, and a Weird New Feature
  91. TikTok's First US-Exclusive Feature Is a Local Feed That Wants Your Location Data
  92. How Deep Should You Squat?
  93. The Premium Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra Is on Sale for $368 Right Now
  94. Apple Just Released iOS 26.3 With These New Features
  95. This Aggressive Spyware Is Targeting Both Android and iOS Devices
  96. This Budget-Friendly Asus Gaming Monitor Is 25% Off Right Now
  97. These Skullcandy Headphones Are Over 50% Off Right Now
  98. How Did the FBI Get Nancy Guthrie's Nest Doorbell Footage?
  99. Microsoft's February Patch Tuesday Update Fixes Six Zero-Day Exploits
  100. How to Get Access to T-Mobile’s Free Live Translation Beta

The Onion

The Register

  1. Government upgrades drones, deploys joystick tweakers to catch illegal dumpers
  2. Ofcom's grumble-o-meter lights up for EE, TalkTalk, Vodafone
  3. SerpApi says Google is the pot calling the kettle black when it comes to scraping
  4. The idea of using a Raspberry Pi to run OpenClaw makes no sense
  5. PayPal app code error leaked personal info and a 'few' unauthorized transactions
  6. Anthropic: No, absolutely not, you may not use third-party harnesses with Claude subs
  7. AI coding assistant Cline compromised to create more OpenClaw chaos
  8. SpaceX's faulty Falcon spewed massive lithium plume over Europe, say scientists
  9. Cerebras plans humongous AI supercomputer in India backed by UAE
  10. ShinyHunters demands $1.5M not to leak Vegas casino and resort chain data
  11. Amazon's vibe-coding tool Kiro reportedly vibed too hard and brought down AWS
  12. Quebec vehicles agency spent C$245M over budget on SAP ERP it wasn't sure it needed
  13. Ukrainian gets five years for helping North Koreans secure US tech jobs
  14. Accenture tells staffers: If you want a promotion, use AI at work
  15. Founder ditches AWS for Euro stack, finds sovereignty isn't plug-and-play
  16. Hard drives already sold out for this year – AI to blame
  17. EFF policy says bots can code but humans must write the docs
  18. CISA gives federal agencies three days to patch actively exploited Dell bug
  19. From Agile to AI: Anniversary workshop says test-driven development ideal for AI coding
  20. Ex-Google engineers accused of helping themselves to chip security secrets
  21. Attackers have 16-digit card numbers, expiry dates, but not names. Now org gets £500k fine
  22. HMRC spares 661 from Making Tax Digital as rollout nears
  23. Desktop tech sent to prison for an education on strange places to put tattoos
  24. Snyk CEO bails, wants someone with more AI experience to replace him
  25. India’s top telco tackles AI with $110 billion build plan and proven fast market dominance playbook
  26. AI agents abound, unbound by rules or safety disclosures
  27. Crims create fake remote management vendor that actually sells a RAT
  28. NASA points fingers at Boeing and chaotic culture for Starliner debacle
  29. Google germinates Gemini 3.1 Pro in ongoing AI model race
  30. Spending watchdog tells National Science Foundation CIO to up game on tech procurement
  31. Crims hit a $20M jackpot via malware-stuffed ATMs
  32. Don't believe the hyperscalers! AI can't cure the climate crisis
  33. Palantir spent $25M on CEO flights so Alex Karp could do all the talking
  34. Android malware taps Gemini to navigate infected devices
  35. DOGE bites taxman
  36. US tech giants open their wallets for AI-friendly politicians
  37. DEF CON bans three Epstein-linked men from future events
  38. AI agents can't teach themselves new tricks – only people can
  39. UK to demand social platforms take down abusive intimate images within 48 hours
  40. Healthcare security: Write login details on whiteboard, hope for the best
  41. AI chatbots waffle on GOV.UK queries, then get facts wrong when told to zip it
  42. Agile Manifesto turns 25 – just in time for vibe coding to test it
  43. OpenClaw is the most fun I've had with a computer in 50 years
  44. Poland bans camera-packing cars made in China from military bases
  45. Indian think tank finds strong hiring for the kind of jobs AI puts at risk
  46. Microsoft boffins cook up archival storage using Pyrex glass they say can last over 10,000 years
  47. Adidas investigates third-party data breach after criminals claim they pwned the sportswear giant
  48. As memory shortage persists, vendor price quotes are not long remembered
  49. Google presses play on 30-second Gemini musical slop generator
  50. ShinyHunters claims it drove off with 1.7M CarGurus records

TechMeme

  1. Google is ending Gmailify and POP access in Gmail; new users will lose access in Q1 2026, and existing users will keep both features until later in 2026 (David Nield/Wired)
  2. English-language Wikipedia bans Archive.today after editors discover it was used to direct a DDoS attack and tampered with snapshots; 695K+ links to be removed (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica)
  3. Interviews with Cluely's Roy Lee, Donald Boat, and other highly "agentic" young men, as agency becomes more valuable than technical skills in Silicon Valley (Sam Kriss/Harper's)
  4. A look at the fundamental questions facing OpenAI: its models have a very large user base but very narrow engagement, incumbents are matching its tech, and more (Benedict Evans)
  5. An interview with Notion CEO Ivan Zhao on Custom Notion AI agents launching in the coming week, over 50% of Notion databases now being built by agents, and more (Sources)
  6. How Claude Code, released publicly a year ago, cemented Anthropic as a leader in the lucrative, emerging market for AI coding tools (Shirin Ghaffary/Bloomberg)
  7. Pinterest users, especially artists, say the platform has gotten worse in the past year due to AI moderation, AI-generated art, and AI features (Matthew Gault/404 Media)
  8. Google announces a partnership with Sea to develop AI tools for Sea's Shopee, Southeast Asia's most dominant e-commerce platform, and Sea's gaming unit Garena (Stanley Widianto/Reuters)
  9. President Trump signs an EO to continue the suspension of the de minimis exemption, despite the SCOTUS' ruling that overturned most of Trump's 2025 tariffs (Zeyi Yang/Wired)
  10. NanoClaw and other "claws", smaller OpenClaw-like systems that can run on personal hardware, form a new layer running on top of agents that run on LLMs (Andrej Karpathy/@karpathy)
  11. Bengaluru-based Sarvam, which is building AI models for local languages, launches its Indus chat app in beta, powered by its Sarvam 105B model (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
  12. The US launches the Tech Corps, a program under the Peace Corps to send volunteers abroad to promote American AI, as the US competes with China for AI dominance (Viola Zhou/Rest of World)
  13. Microsoft Gaming CEO Asha Sharma says she is committed to "the return of Xbox" and that the company won't "flood our ecosystem with soulless AI slop" (Sean Hollister/The Verge)
  14. India joins Pax Silica, a US-led initiative that aims to build secure supply chains for semiconductors, advanced manufacturing, and critical technologies (Rajesh Roy/Associated Press)
  15. Source: OpenAI is projecting that its revenue will exceed $280B in 2030; last month, OpenAI said its annualized revenue grew to $20B+ in 2025 (Shirin Ghaffary/Bloomberg)