DHS Orders Tech Giants to Unmask Anti-ICE Accounts
Free speech advocates warn the subpoenas threaten long-standing protections for anonymous speech.
Discord’s UK age verification reportedly shifts flows to Persona for some users
Discord appears to be routing UK users through Persona for age verification, despite positioning k-ID as its official partner. Here's what we know so far.
At least 1,200 Ubisoft workers strike in response to recent restructuring
International strike is taking place between February 10 and February 12
Highguard | Official Launch Showcase
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Big Tech cut 80,000 jobs and blamed AI — Experts say a real problem is that companies are 25% to 75% overstaffed
Why are CEOs blaming AI for layoffs? Perhaps they don’t want to admit to their own mistakes.
Confessions of a Millennial in Tech - by Elena Verna
A lot of mixed feelings and unanswered questions.
Asset reuse in videogames is essential, and we need to embrace it, says Assassin's Creed and Far Cry director: 'We redo too much stuff'
Is that developer actually lazy for leaning on an old reload animation, or are they simply smart?
iPhone New iOS Age Verification Sparks Outrage as Users Say 'I Will Switch to Android'
Apple's new iOS age verification in the UK sparks outrage as users warn they may switch to Android over privacy and ID concerns.
Apple History Timeline Infographic
Apple History Timeline Infographic design that takes a look at the fascinating history of the technology company, Apple Inc.
US demands access to tourists' social media histories
The Trump administration wants to force foreign visitors to give border agents access to their social media accounts before they are allowed into the country. The proposal applies to all visa-free travelers.
UpScrolled crosses 2.5 M users after TikTok's U.S. shakeup
As TikTokâs U.S. shift sparks user migration, UpScrolled surges.
Meta patented an AI that lets you keep posting after you die
Meta was recently granted a patent for tech to keep your social media accounts running using AI if you take a break or die.
Netflix Becomes Max-Level Patron Of Blender's Development Fund
The streamer pledged at least €240,000/year, reinforcing Blender’s position as a professional, open-source tool for high-end animation pipelines.
Heaper, new tools to organize docs, photos [YouTube]
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Ars Technica makes up quotes from Matplotlib maintainer("An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me"); pulls story
Attached: 1 image What's going on here? The matplotlib maintainer this story is about correctly notes that all the quotes from his post in the article are made up. **UPDATE: Link was pulled; see below.** https://arstech…
Amazon's Ring cancels Flock partnership amid Super Bowl ad backlash
Ring's decision to cancel its partnership with Flock comes as tech companies face growing pressure to reexamine their work with federal agencies.
"Life of Black Tiger", a hilariously bad looking game that somehow managed to get a gameplay preview shared by the official PlayStation You…
Life of Black Tiger is an interactive adventure story game is set in jungle, field, and forest surroundings. You can have a vivid and realistic experience th...
How GOG fixed Cold Fear | GOG Tech Talk
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OpenAI has deleted the word ‘safely’ from its mission – and its new structure is a test for whether AI serves society or shareholders
OpenAI’s restructuring may serve as a test case for how society oversees the work of organizations with the potential to both provide benefits and harm humanity.
Pentagon Slashed Civilian Harm Reduction Staff and Is Instead Using AI
CENTCOM, which oversees the war in Iran, has had its civilian harm reduction team slashed from 10 to just one.
Project Genie: Experimenting with infinite, interactive worlds | Google DeepMind
Google AI Ultra subscribers in the U.S. can now try out Project Genie.
"It is out of the question to let a boss run rampant" - Ubisoft workers strike against "disastrous" cutbacks
The fallout from Ubisoft's bloodbath of game cancellations and cost-cutting continues, as unionised workers call a strike against the publisher's restructuring.
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression(FIRE) sues Bondi, Noem for censoring Facebook group and app reporting ICE activity
Two Midwesterners are fighting back after the platforms they created to report on public Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity were censored by government officials.
US tech firm Palantir extends deal with French intelligence agency
Palantir will continue to provide France's domestic intelligence agency with its 'proprietary software platform, as well as the integration, support and assistance services that are necessary for... deployment and opera…
Why AI companies want you to be afraid of them
They built it. They're scared of it. They're selling it anyway.
Netizen
Derek Sivers official site. Thoughts on philosophy, culture, self-improvement. Author of Useful Not True, How to Live, Hell Yeah or No, Anything You Want.
Cloudflare now serves sites in Markdown to AI agents
Cloudflare has announced a new feature that automatically serves websites in Markdown to AI agents. With Markdown for Agents, the company is responding to
OpenAI swaps Nvidia for Cerebras with GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark
OpenAI releases GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark, a smaller AI encoding model that generates over 1,000 tokens per second on Cerebras hardware. It is OpenAI's first
Slay the Spire 2 Launches, Immediately Shatters a Concurrent Player Record on Steam
Slay the Spire 2 has topped 177k concurrent players on Steam, and is steadily rising, setting a new record for a roguelike on the platform just weeks after Mewgenics smashed the previous record.
Google will pay $135 million to settle illegal data collection lawsuit
Android users involved in the class action could lawsuit could receive up to $100 each.
'I applied to be pope': Losing grip on reality while using ChatGPT
Tom Millar thought he had unlocked the secrets of the universe.He said it replied, "Nobody's ever thought of things this way."
Report: Nagoshi Studio May Shut Down As NetEase Reportedly Pulls Funding
A report claims NetEase may stop funding Nagoshi Studio’s debut game Gang of Dragon, potentially forcing the studio to seek new investors.
Gaming Jesus Investigates Chinese Black Market Silicon*
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Self-Host Weekly (20 February 2026)
Peek-aboo, the (un)usefulness of AGENTS.md, and Windows Phone (finally) gets some love
Tesla's 'unsupervised' Robotaxis vanish a week after pre-earnings announcement
A week ago, Elon Musk announced that Tesla had started Robotaxi rides in Austin “with no safety monitor in the...
Los Angeles aims to ban single-use printer cartridges — new ordinance will target ink and toner that can't be properly recycled
Part of LA's goal to become a zero-waste city.
The lord almighty has spoken
Meta, led by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, says it will not conduct new performance-based layoffs, shifting from last year's 5% workforce reduction.
From Microsoft to Microslop to Linux: "Why I Made the Switch"
Broken updates, Copilot shoved everywhere, and my system bricking itself. Here's why I finally escaped to Linux.
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
In an internal memo last year, Meta said the political tumult in the United States would distract critics from the feature’s release.
The web’s clipboard, and how it stores data of different types
Exploring the web’s clipboard APIs, their limitations, and their history.
Called it months ago.
Apple's iconic tower is gone, succeeded by the Mac Studio.
As UK game development suffers its ‘sharpest recorded decline’, trade association calls on UK Government to act | VGC
TIGA says employment fell for the first time in 15 years and the number of studios is dropping…
Made a free habitat builder guide for Pokopia (NS2) — covers all 200+ builds
Complete Pokemon Pokopia habitat guide with all 200+ habitats, requirements, and Pokémon spawn locations. Build every habitat in Pokémon Pokopia for Nintendo Switch 2.
Link Preview Manifest: A Proposal for the Fediverse
TL;DR: Starting in Firefox version 142, Mozilla released a “Link Previews” feature whose main purpose is to push AI onto its users.
Russia is using DNS and DPI to block YouTube, Telegram and WhatsApp while pushing state-controlled MAX as alternative
VPNs are the only way Russians can access the platforms — for now
ASCII characters are not pixels: a deep dive into ASCII rendering
A look at how I used shape vectors to achieve sharp, high-quality ASCII rendering.
Claude Desktop Extensions 0-Click RCE Vulnerability Exposes 10,000+ Users to Remote Attacks
A new critical vulnerability discovered by security research firm LayerX has exposed a fundamental architectural flaw in how Large Language Models (LLMs) handle trust boundaries.
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
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Self-Host Weekly (13 February 2026)
Discord creates discord, MinIO's repository goes dark, and I'm still not deploying OpenClaw
SpaceX Stock Plummets to Record Low Near $120 After Seven-Day Slump
SpaceX stock drops 47% from its post-IPO high after a series of launch aborts, sending a chill through the broader tech and AI market ahead of August earnings.