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- Good Design: SEVAS Object Simplifies Capturing, Using Wasted Shower Water
- Core77 Weekly Roundup (2-17-26 to 2-20-26)
- Vipera: Powered Skis
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- A West German Folding Military Case from 1965
- Alternative UI Design: The RollerMouse Red
- A Clever Way to Upcycle Unrecyclable Misprinted Money: Mold it Into Furniture
- From Switzerland, a Glass Fence that Turns Into a Glass Wall
- Core77 Design Awards 2026: Jon Marshall on Design's Material Reality
CNET
- Galaxy Unpacked 2026 Live Updates: Samsung's S26 Reveal Is Here
- Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra vs. Galaxy S26 and S26 Plus: Flagship Specs Comparison
- A Hacker Threat Is Hiding in Your Car's Tire Pressure System
- An Online IRS Account Can Make Tax Time So Much Easier. Here's How to Create One
- On Expands Robot Factories to Manufacture Its Cloud-Like Sneakers
- The Top 25 Best Pokemon Games of All Time, Ranked
- How to Watch the 'Survivor 50' Premiere Without Cable
- Alexa Plus Now Adapts to Your Moods in Real Time: We Try It Out
- Sip or Skip? Everything to Know About the Shelf Life of Opened Wine
- Is the Galaxy S26 Just an AI Phone? (Every AI Mention) video
- Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Feb. 26, #991
- Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Feb. 26, #1713
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- Dear Samsung, I Don't Need AI to Handle Every Task for Me
- Samsung Said 'AI' a Lot at Unpacked. Except When It Talked About the Environment
- Samsung Unpacked 2026: The Future of AI Has Arrived (Highlights) video
- Podcast Listenership Outranks Talk Radio for the First Time in History
- When to Watch 'Bridgerton' Season 4, Part 2 on Netflix
- Galaxy S26 Ultra's Privacy Display Makes Shoulder Surfing a Thing of the Past
- Using AI as a Therapist? Why Professionals Say You Should Think Again
- Waymo's Autonomous Ride Service Expands to New Cities
- Big Shock: Samsung's Galaxy S26 Ultra Camera Updates Have a Ton of AI
- After Backlash, Discord Will Delay Age Verification Changes to Its Platform
- Oura Ring Dropped Its First AI Model for Women: How to Get Access Today
- This One Killer Feature Sets the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra Apart From All Other Phones
The Verge
- New York sues Valve, alleging its loot boxes are ‘quintessential gambling’
- How the new Galaxy S26 phones stack up against each other on paper
- Corsair is halting Drop sales after March 25th
- The Peace Corps is recruiting volunteers to sell AI to developing nations
- Trump claims tech companies will sign deals next week to pay for their own power supply
- Here’s how the new Samsung Galaxy S26 compares with last year’s S25
- Google and Samsung just launched the AI features Apple couldn’t with Siri
- Preorders for Samsung’s S26 phones come with up to $200 in gift cards
- Kalshi says it fined a MrBeast editor and a politician for insider trading
- Google Gemini can book an Uber or order food for you on Pixel 10 and Galaxy S26
Wired
- Everyone Speaks Incel Now
- Riley Walz, the Jester of Silicon Valley, Is Joining OpenAI
- OpenClaw Users Are Allegedly Bypassing Anti-Bot Systems
- The AirPods Pro 3 Are $20 Off
- Gemini Can Now Book You an Uber or Order a DoorDash Meal on Your Phone. Here’s How It Works
- Samsung Galaxy S26, S26+, and S26 Ultra: Specs, Features, Price, Release Date
- A White House Staffer Appears to Run Massive Pro-Trump X Account
- MAGA Is Raging Over the Epstein Files. But They’re Not Mad at Donald Trump
- Kalshi Suspended a California Politician and a YouTuber for Insider Trading
- Talk to Your Own Personal Isaac Newton With Ailias’s Hologram Avatars
- Kubuntu Focus Zr Gen 1 Review: A Powerhouse Linux Laptop
- Best Wireless Headphones (2026): I Compare Bose, Apple, Sony, and More
- This Is the Worst Thing That Could Happen to the International Space Station
- Vantrue E1 4K Pro Review (2026): Tiny and High-Definition
- How Mexico's ‘CJNG’ Drug Cartel Embraced AI, Drones, and Social Media
- On Running Is Finally Ramping Up Production of Its ‘Hyper-Foam’ Spray-On Shoes
- Peacock Promo Codes: 40% Off February 2026
- 50% Off Blue Apron Promo Codes | February 2026
- H&R Block Coupons and Deals: $25 Off Tax Prep in 2026
- Here’s What a Google Subpoena Response Looks Like, Courtesy of the Epstein Files
LifeHacker
- 10 Hacks Every Telegram User Should Know
- 10 Items to Help You Better Organize Your Fridge
- Samsung Is Very Confident in the Galaxy S26 Series' Cameras
- Why the Galaxy S26 Got a Price Hike
- Here's How to Preorder the Galaxy S26 Series
- Samsung's New S26 'Privacy Display' Will Make Third-Party Privacy Screens Obsolete
- This Roborock Vaccum and Mop Combo Is Cheaper Than Ever Right Now
- The New Galaxy S26 Ultra S Pen Still Doesn’t Have Bluetooth
- Google Just Announced Three New Gemini Upgrades for Galaxy S26 and Pixel 10
- Samsung Just Announced the Galaxy S26 Series
- What's New on Netflix in March 2026
- Samsung Unpacked 2026 Live Blog: New Galaxy Announcements for S26, S26 Ultra, Buds 4 Pro and More
- 10 Shows Like 'Shōgun' You Should Watch Next
- Watch Out for This Phone Delivery Scam
- This Blink Outdoor Security Camera Two-Pack Is 60% Off Right Now
- This Foldable 3-in-1 Anker Charging Pad Is $50 Off Right Now
- Now Discord Is Saying It's Delaying Global Age Verification
- Two New Features in YouTube Premium Lite Just Made the Pricier Tier Unnecessary
- Samsung's February Security Patch Is Now Available on These Devices
- When You Buy a Pair of These Bose Earbuds, You Can Get a Second Pair Free
- These Award-Winning AR Smart Glasses Are at a Great Price Right Now
- This 55-Inch Samsung OLED TV Was Already a Great Value, and Now It's $500 Off
- This App Will Detect People Wearing Smart Glasses Near You
- Apple Is Finally Making Texting Between iPhone and Android Secure
- What People Are Getting Wrong This Week: Is Selena Gomez a Clone?
- What Is a Strength Training 'Deload,' and When Do You Need One?
- Why Gamers Are Still Mad About Discord's Age Verification
- This Solar-Powered Security Camera Is 30% Off Right Now
- These Workout-Ready Beats Earbuds Are $90 Off Right Now
- Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026: How to Watch and What to Expect
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- AI-Generated Playlists, a New Look, and Other Changes Coming to Apple Music
- I Love This Portable Projector, and This Bundle Makes It an Even Better Deal
- 10 Hacks Every PS5 Gamer Should Know
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- 25 of the Best New Movies Streaming on HBO Max
- All the Ways You Can Customize Notifications on Android Auto
- 10 Hacks Every YouTube User Should Know
- The 25 Best Movies Streaming on Tubi Right Now
- These 'Job Applications' Are Actually Scams
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- The Newest Amazon Fire TV Soundbar Is $150 Off Right Now
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- I’m a Deals Writer, and These Are My Top 10 Tech Deals This Week
- Here's Why You Should Never Use AI to Generate Your Passwords
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- Google Chrome Now Has Split View (and Two More New Productivity Features)
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- Now That Trump's Tariffs Have Been Ruled Illegal, Will Tech Prices Lower?
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- Google Made an iPhone Camera App That Might Be Even Better Than Apple’s
- Meta Is Taking VR Out of 'Horizon Worlds'
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- Why Cardio and Strength Training Are Both Important
- Rumors Suggest Apple and Meta Are Betting Big on AI Wearables
- Microsoft Is Now Testing a 'Built-In' Network Speed Test Tool in Windows 11
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- Google Maps Now Makes You Log In to See These Key Features
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- Samsung’s Brightest OLED TV Is Now Over $1,000 Off
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- Apple Is Adding ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini to CarPlay in iOS 26.4
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- Google I/O 2026: How to Watch and What We Know so Far
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The Onion
The Register
- Claude collaboration tools left the door wide open to remote code execution
- LLMs killed the privacy star, we can't rewind, we've gone too far
- AIs are happy to launch nukes in simulated combat scenarios
- Google catches Beijing spies using Sheets to spread espionage across 4 continents
- Hide from Meta's spyglasses with this new Android app
- AMD challenges Intel with an 84-core Epyc processor aimed at telcos, edge
- OpenAI asks its friends to tell their friends about Frontier
- All your bots are belong to US if you don't play ball, DoD tells Anthropic
- Hardly anybody bought Samsung's last smartphones for AI. It hopes this year's models change that
- Fake 'interview' repos lure Next.js devs into running secret-stealing malware
- Microsoft boss on AI content: 'Nobody wants anything that is sloppy'
- Cloudflare experiment ports most of Next.js API 'in one week' with AI
- Firefox 148 adds master switch for browser bot bother
- Execs love AI, just not enough to pay for user training
- Ex-L3Harris exec jailed 7 years for selling exploits to Russia
- Hubble in a death spiral that could end as early as 2028 without a reboost
- Worried Europeans can now cut Azure's phone cord completely
- Wynn Resorts takes attacker's word for it that stolen staff data was deleted
- Bcachefs creator insists his custom LLM is female and 'fully conscious'
- Brit dual nationals grounded by border digitization drive
- Recycling biz reckons AI features are destroying smartphone resale values
- DVSA drives up online theory test contract value to £700M with no explanation
- OpenAI says Chinese cops used ChatGPT to plan and track smear ops against opponents
- Gatwick shuttle screen suffers pre-flight nerves
- Threat intelligence supply chain is full of weak links, researchers find
- HP says memory’s contribution to PC costs just doubled to 35 percent
- Orbital datacenters are a pie-in-the-sky idea: Gartner
- Workday CEO's AI talk can't shake off weaker sales forecast
- Meta frees React to live in its own foundation
- It's only Tuesday and AI chip startups have already soaked up $1.1B in funding
- Amazon would rather blame its own engineers than its AI
- AI has gotten good at finding bugs, not so good at swatting them
- Discord drama delays age verification debut until the second half of 2026
- Patch these 4 critical, make-me-root SolarWinds bugs ASAP
- 'Merica-made Mac Minis marked for manufacturing
- Rogue devs of sideloaded Android apps beg for freedom from Google’s verification regime
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- GhostBSD to ditch Xorg for XLibre as Red Hat's Wayland crusade leaves X11 fans out in the cold
- Go library maintainer brands GitHub's Dependabot a 'noise machine'
- AMD copy-pastes 6 GW chips-for-stock deal in new Meta agreement
- Microsoft gives Windows laggards the 'gift of time' wrapped in licensing fees
- Euro hosting giant hiking prices by up to 50% from April Fool's Day
- UK data watchdog fines Reddit £14.47M for letting kids slip past the gate
- KDE Plasma 6.6 isn't forcing systemd but the arguments rage on
- Korean cops charge teens over bike hire breach that exposed data on 4.62M riders
- West Midlands Police earn red card over Copilot's imaginary football match
- Intel backs SambaNova's $350M bid to challenge GPUs in AI inference
- UK tech hit by double trouble: Fewer foreign techies amid skills squeeze
- Euro allies aiming to rapidly build low-cost air defense weapons
TechMeme
- The UK's Virgin Media O2 launches Europe's first satellite-to-mobile service, powered by Starlink and initially available for £3/month on select Samsung devices (Paul Sandle/Reuters)
- Filing: C3.ai plans to cut ~26% of its workforce; the company had ~1,200 employees as of April 2025; C3.ai shares drop 20%+ after hours on weaker FY guidance (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)
- Sources: Saronic, which is building autonomous warships, is raising up to $1.5B at a ~$7.5B pre-money valuation; Saronic was last valued at $3.4B a year ago (The Information)
- New York's AG sues Valve over its use of loot boxes, accusing the game developer of violating state gambling laws and threatening to addict children to gambling (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters)
- Alphabet's Intrinsic, which builds AI models and software for industrial robots, joins Google; it will remain a distinct entity and work with Google DeepMind (Rebecca Szkutak/TechCrunch)
- Snowflake reports Q4 product revenue up 30% YoY to $1.23B, vs. $1.18B est., and forecasts Q1 and FY 2027 product revenue above estimates (Jaspreet Singh/Reuters)
- Zoom reports Q4 revenue up 5.3% YoY to $1.25B, vs. $1.23B est., online revenue up 2.6% to $489.7M, and forecasts Q1 adjusted profit per share below estimates (Anhata Rooprai/Reuters)
- Sources: DOD asked Boeing and Lockheed Martin to assess their reliance on Claude, a first step toward blacklisting Anthropic; Lockheed confirms it was contacted (Axios)
- AMD will buy $150M in Nutanix stock and provide up to $100M to fund joint initiatives to develop an infrastructure platform for powering AI applications (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)
- Sources: DeepSeek did not share its upcoming V4 model with US chipmakers, including AMD and Nvidia, but granted early access to Chinese companies like Huawei (Reuters)
- Nvidia reports Q4 revenue up 73% YoY to $68.13B, vs. $66.21B est., Data Center revenue up 75% to $62.3B, and forecasts Q1 revenue above estimates (Ian King/Bloomberg)
- Salesforce reports Q4 revenue up 12% YoY to $11.2B, vs. $11.18B est., forecasts Q1 revenue above estimates, and announces a $50B share repurchase program (Zaheer Kachwala/Reuters)
- Leaked Thrive deck: $26.8B in AUM as of June 30, 2025, deal value peaked in Q4 2021, positive DPI for four early funds, including 2.4x for 2016's Thrive V, more (Eric Newcomer/Newcomer)
- Source: Google plans to test search changes in Europe, displaying results from competing vertical search services next to its own, seeking to avoid EU fines (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)
- Anthropic acquires Vercept, whose Vy desktop agent lets users control a Mac or PC with natural language, to "advance Claude's computer use capabilities" (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)