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Rob Grant, creator of Red Dwarf, has died
beyondthejoke.co.uk

Tributes have been paid to Rob Grant, the comedy writer best known as the co-creator of long running hit sitcom Red Dwarf. Grant was also one of the main writers on Spitting IMage for many years, writing regularly with Doug Naylor.The news was broken by the Red Dwarf fan site, Ganymede and Titan. (note - at the time of writing the site has gone down due, presumably, to so many fans trying to find out more details).Cr

Leaving Google has actively improved my life
pseudosingleton.com

In May of 2023, Google introduced “AI overviews” into their search engine.^1] This followed years of decisions leading to worse search quality and the consum...

Block spent $68M on a company offsite in September 2025
twitter.com
Dan Simmons, author of Hyperion, has died
dignitymemorial.com
Setting up OpenClaw on a cloud VM
blog.skypilot.co

Alex Kim - OpenClaw gives an AI agent full access to your system. Here's why you should run it on an isolated cloud VM, and how to set that up.

Vibe coded Lovable-hosted app littered with basic flaws exposed 18K users
theregister.com

: Who's to blame – the vibey platforms or the humans who ignore security warnings?

Allocating on the Stack
go.dev

A description of some of the recent changes to do allocations on the stack instead of the heap.

NASA announces overhaul of Artemis program amid safety concerns, delays
cbsnews.com
ChatGPT Health fails to recognise medical emergencies – study
theguardian.com

Study finds ChatGPT Health did not recommend a hospital visit when medically necessary in more than half of cases

We gave terabytes of CI logs to an LLM
mendral.com

Sam Alba & Andrea Luzzardi - We gave our AI agent a SQL interface to billions of CI log lines in ClickHouse. How we ingest, store, and query 1.5 billion log lines a week.

Open source calculator firmware DB48X forbids CA/CO use due to age verification
github.com/c3d

As a consequence of recent legislative activity in [California][cal] and [Colororado][col]: * California residents may no longer use DB48x after Jan 1st, 2027. * Colorado residents may no longer u...

Show HN: Badge that shows how well your codebase fits in an LLM's context window
github.com/qwibitai
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A lightweight alternative to Clawdbot / OpenClaw that runs in containers for security. Connects to WhatsApp, has memory, scheduled jobs, and runs directly on Anthropic's Agents SDK - qwibitai/n...

Court finds Fourth Amendment doesn’t support broad search of protesters’ devices
eff.org

Saira Hussain - In a big win for protesters’ rights, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit overturned a lower court’s dismissal of a challenge to sweeping warrants to search a protester’s devices and digital data and a nonprofit’s social media data.The case, Armendariz v. City of Colorado Springs, arose...

The Pentagon is making a mistake by threatening Anthropic
understandingai.org

Timothy B. Lee - Anthropic faces a Friday deadline to allow domestic surveillance and automated killer robots.

OpenAI raises $110B on $730B pre-money valuation
techcrunch.com

Russell Brandom - The new funding consists of a $50 billion investment from Amazon as well as $30 billion each from Nvidia and SoftBank, against a $730 billion valuation.

A new California law says all operating systems need to have age verification
pcgamer.com

It's basic, and by the looks of it, near unenforceable.

OpenAI's $110B funding round (investments from Amazon, Nvidia, SoftBank)
reuters.com
Sam Altman: We raised a $110B round from Amazon, Nvidia, SoftBank
twitter.com
A better streams API is possible for JavaScript
blog.cloudflare.com

The Web streams API has become ubiquitous in JavaScript runtimes but was designed for a different era. Here's what a modern streaming API could (should?) look like.

Show HN: RetroTick – Run classic Windows EXEs in the browser
retrotick.com
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Run classic Windows and DOS executables directly in your browser. Drag and drop any .exe — no installation required.

Generative AI use and depressive symptoms among US adults
jamanetwork.com
US Customs destroys rare floppy disk
twitter.com
PostmarketOS in 2026-02: generic kernels, bans use of generative AI
postmarketos.org
Lawmakers say US Military used laser to take down Border Protection drone in TX
apnews.com

Members of Congress say the U.S. military used a laser to shoot down a Customs and Border Protection drone.

Tell HN: MitID, Denmarks sole digital ID, was down
digitaliser.dk

Oprettet: 27-02-2026 kl. 10.40 Opdateret: 27-02-2026 kl. 11.40 Opdateret: 27-02-2026 kl. 12:17

F-Droid Board of Directors nominations 2026
f-droid.org

Nominations are now open for this year’s appointments to the F-Droid Board of Directors! We are looking to select up to four volunteer directors to serve for...

Dyson settles forced labour suit in landmark UK case
bbc.com

Migrant workers alleged they were subjected to abusive treatment in a Malaysian factory for Dyson.

Breaking Free
forbrukerradet.no

In the new report Breaking Free: Pathways to a fair technological future, the Norwegian Consumer Council has delved into enshittification and how to resist it. The report shows how this phenomenon affects both consumers and society at large, but that it is possible to turn the tide. Together with more than 70 consumer groups and other actors in Europe and the US, we are sending letter to policymakers in the EU/EEA, U

Get free Claude max 20x for open-source maintainers
claude.com

Apply to the Claude for Open Source program. Eligible OSS maintainers and contributors get Claude Max for 6 months on us.

Working on Pharo Smalltalk: BPatterns: Rewrite Engine with Smalltalk Style
dionisiydk.blogspot.com

The rewrite engine is an absolutely brilliant invention by John Brant and Don Roberts, introduced with the Refactoring Browser (see  “A Refa...

The complete Manic Miner disassembly
skoolkit.ca
The normalization of corruption in organizations (2003) [pdf]
gwern.net
Dear Time Lords: Freeze Computers in 1993
graydon2.dreamwidth.org

This is a semi-satirical / joking-not-joking post (spun out of a private mastodon post) that I will be taking absolutely no questions or comments about. If it does not amuse you please do not tell me in gruesome well-actually detail why it is a bad idea.My proposal: Computers should have

The Hunt for Dark Breakfast
moultano.wordpress.com

With a theoretical model of breakfast, can we derive the existence of “dark breakfasts,” breakfasts that we know must exist, but have never observed?

Parakeet.cpp – Parakeet ASR inference in pure C++ with Metal GPU acceleration
github.com/Frikallo

Ultra fast and portable Parakeet implementation for on-device inference in C++ using Axiom with MPS+Unified Memory and Cuda support - Frikallo/parakeet.cpp

A Nationwide Book Ban Bill Has Been Introduced in the House of Representatives
bookriot.com

Kelly Jensen - Hours after the State of the Union address, House republicans introduced legislation banning LGBTQ+ books from public schools nationwide.

Compact disc story (1998)
researchgate.net
Google workers seek 'red lines' on military A.I., echoing Anthropic
nytimes.com
Two insider cases we've recently closed
news.kalshi.com

Kalshi outlines two recently closed trading violation cases, explaining how its surveillance systems flagged violations, froze accounts, and imposed penalties to safeguard fairness on a regulated exchange.

56% of CEOs report zero financial return from AI in 2026 (PwC survey, n=4,454)
aishortcutlab.com

56% of CEOs report zero financial return from AI. PwC's 2026 survey reveals what the winning 12% do differently — and why solo founders can replicate it faster.

Palantir's AI Is Playing a Major Role in Tracking Gaza Aid Deliveries
dropsitenews.com

Jonathan Whittall - As Israel bans NGOs, the U.S. is handing aid delivery in Gaza to private companies pursuing their own agendas.

Netflix Backs Out of Warner Bros. Bidding, Paramount Set to Win
hollywoodreporter.com

Alex Weprin - In a stunning twist, the streaming giant's co-CEOs say the major studio "was always a ‘nice to have’ at the right price, not a ‘must have’ at any price."

Anthropic says company 'cannot in good conscience accede' to Pentagon's demands
apnews.com

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says the artificial intelligence company “cannot in good conscience accede” to the Pentagon’s demands to allow wider use of its technology.

Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War
anthropic.com

A statement from our CEO on national security uses of AI

Hydroph0bia – fixed SecureBoot bypass for UEFI firmware from Insyde H2O (2025)
coderush.me
Smartphone market forecast to decline this year due to memory shortage
idc.com

Worldwide smartphone shipments are forecast to decline 12.9% year-on-year in 2026.

Layoffs at Block
twitter.com
Cronboard: A terminal-based dashboard for managing cron jobs
github.com/antoniorodr

A terminal-based dashboard for managing cron jobs locally and on servers. - antoniorodr/cronboard

America, and probably the world, stands on a precipice
garymarcus.substack.com

Gary Marcus - Call you Congresspeople, right now.

What does " 2>&1 " mean?
stackoverflow.com

To combine stderr and stdout into the stdout stream, we append this to a command: 2>&1 For example, the following command shows the first few errors from compiling main.cpp: g++ main.cpp 2&...

Kansas invalidates driver's licenses, birth certificates for ~1k transgender
reuters.com
Show HN: Rev-dep – 20x faster knip.dev alternative build in Go
github.com/jayu
show

Dependency analysis and optimization toolkit for modern JavaScript and TypeScript codebases. Enforce dependency graph hygiene and remove unused code with a very fast CLI. - jayu/rev-dep

Launch HN: Cardboard (YC W26) – Agentic video editor
usecardboard.com
launch

Create, cut, and compose videos with AI right in your browser. Cardboard handles the mundane edits so you can focus on storytelling.

OsmAnd’s Faster Offline Navigation (2025)
osmand.net

Offline navigation is a lifeline for travelers, adventurers, and everyday commuters. We demand speed, accuracy, and the flexibility to tailor routes to our specific needs. For years, OsmAnd has championed powerful, feature-rich offline maps that fit in your pocket. But as maps grew more detailed and user demands for complex routing increased, our trusty A algorithm, despite its flexibility, started hitting a performa

He saw an abandoned trailer, then uncovered a surveillance network
calmatters.org

Wendy Fry, Khari Johnson - California residents are noticing new license plate readers that appear to be operated by the Border Patrol. Some have had confusing encounters with agents.

iPhone and iPad approved to handle classified NATO information
apple.com

Today, Apple announced iPhone and iPad are the first and only consumer devices in compliance with information assurance requirements of NATO nations.

What Claude Code chooses
amplifying.ai

Alex Vikati - Systematic analysis of how AI systems make decisions — from product recommendations to developer tool choices.

Twitch: "Hey, come back! This commercial break can't play while you're away."
twitter.com
Stardew Valley at 10: The pixel art farm game that became an unlikely phenomenon
cnn.com

Jacqui Palumbo - Stardew Valley has sold nearly 50 million copies, outselling major video game franchises like Pokémon and The Legend of Zelda, and has fostered an online community with a reputation for being kind. Actor Kat Dennings and comedian Bobby Lee weigh in on why they can’t put the game down.

Show HN: Deff – Side-by-side Git diff review in your terminal
github.com/flamestro
show

interactive, side-by-side file review for git diffs with per-file navigation, vertical and horizontal scrolling, syntax highlighting, and added/deleted line tinting - flamestro/deff

Google Street View in 2026
tech.marksblogg.com
SynthID
deepmind.google

SynthID is a tool to watermark and identify AI-generated content, helping to foster transparency and trust in generative AI.

You Just Need Postgres
youjustneedpostgres.com

Lucas Andrade - Stop managing 7 databases. Stop paying for 7 services. Stop waking up at 3 AM for 7 reasons. Just use Postgres.

Palm OS User Interface Guidelines (2003) [pdf]
cs.uml.edu
The Pentagon Feuding with an AI Company Is a Bad Sign
foreignpolicy.com

Steven Feldstein - Anthropic doesn’t trust this administration with its technology—and it has a point.

Open Source Endowment – new funding source for open source maintainers
endowment.dev

The Open Source Endowment provides truly sustainable funding for critical open source software through a community-driven endowment model.

Making WebAssembly a first-class language on the Web
hacks.mozilla.org

This post is an expanded version of a presentation I gave at the recent WebAssembly CG meeting in Munich. WebAssembly has come a long way since its first release in 2017. The 1.0 version of WebAssembly was already a great fit for low-level languages like C and C++, and immediately enabled many new kinds of applications to efficiently target the web.

Will vibe coding end like the maker movement?
read.technically.dev

Sachin - Is your vibe-coded app a Crapject or a Gift?

Nano Banana 2: Google's latest AI image generation model
blog.google

Our latest image generation model offers advanced world knowledge, production-ready specs, subject consistency and more, all at Flash speed.

AirSnitch: Demystifying and breaking client isolation in Wi-Fi networks [pdf]
ndss-symposium.org

That guest network you set up for your neighbors may not be as secure as you think.

Why Developers Keep Choosing Claude over Every Other AI
bhusalmanish.com.np

Manish Bhusal - Benchmarks say one thing. Developers do another. Why Claude keeps winning at real coding work while Gemini loops, Codex catches up, and process beats raw intelligence.

In 2025, Meta paid an effective federal tax rate of 3.5%
bsky.app/profile/rbreich.bsky.social

In 2025, Meta paid an effective federal tax rate of 3.5% — its lowest on record. Meanwhile, Meta is pumping $65 million into elections this year to boost AI friendly candidates. Trickle-down economics isn't just a hoax, it's corrosive to democracy. Big Money is the root of our dysfunction.

Story of XZ Backdoor [video]
youtube.com
Anthropic gives Opus 3 exit interview, "retirement" blog
anthropic.com

Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

BuildKit: Docker's Hidden Gem That Can Build Almost Anything
tuananh.net

Most people know BuildKit as the thing that makes docker build fast. But BuildKit is a general-purpose build framework with a programmable architecture that can produce any artifact, not just container images. Here's how it works and how I used it to build Alpine APK packages.

This time is different
shkspr.mobi

Terence Eden - 3D TV, AMP, Augmented Reality, Beanie Babies, Blockchain, Cartoon Avatars, Curved TVs, Frogans, Hoverboards, iBeacons, Jetpacks, Metaverse, NFTs, Physical Web, Quantum Computing, Quibi, Small and Safe Nuclear Reactors, Smart Glasses, Stadia, WiMAX. The problem is, the same dudes (and it was nearly always dudes) who were pumped for all of that bollocks now won't stop wanging on about Artificial…

Just-bash: Bash for Agents
github.com/vercel-labs

Bash for Agents. Contribute to vercel-labs/just-bash development by creating an account on GitHub.

Burger King will use AI to check if employees say 'please' and 'thank you'
theverge.com

Emma Roth - Have it your way?

Show HN: Mission Control – Open-source task management for AI agents
github.com/MeisnerDan
show

Open-source task management for the agentic era. The command center for solo entrepreneurs who delegate work to AI agents. - MeisnerDan/mission-control

Anthropic ditches its core safety promise
cnn.com

Clare Duffy, Lisa Eadicicco - Anthropic, a company founded by OpenAI exiles worried about the dangers of AI, is loosening its core safety principle in response to competition.

Fentanyl makeover: Core structural redesign could lead to safer pain medications
scripps.edu
Number of UK workers on zero-hours contracts hits record high ahead of crackdown
bbc.co.uk

There has been a 181,000 increase in the number of zero-hours contracts since Labour was elected.

Show HN: Agent Swarm – Multi-agent self-learning teams (OSS)
github.com/desplega-ai
show

Agent Swarm framework for AI coding agents and more! - desplega-ai/agent-swarm

Men in their 50s may be aging faster due to toxic 'forever chemicals'
cnn.com

Sandee LaMotte - Some types of “forever chemicals” are aging men in their 50s and early 60s faster than at other times of life, a new study found.

You Want to Visit the UK? You Better Have a Google Play or App Store Account
heltweg.org

Philip Heltweg - New immigration rules for the UK are being enforced starting February 2026. This means citizens of 85 additional countries (including the USA and European countries) will need an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) to visit, even for tourism. Luckily, you can apply (and pay) digitally. Unfortunately, the government very much would prefer you to do so using the official app.

Show HN: Terminal Phone – E2EE Walkie Talkie from the Command Line
gitlab.com/here_forawhile
show

GitLab.com

Show HN: Better Hub – A better GitHub experience
better-hub.com
show

Re-imagining code collaboration for humans and agents.

Technical Excellence Is Not Enough
raccoon.land

A field guide to being right when it doesn't matter.

Tell HN: YC companies scrape GitHub activity, send spam emails to users
news.ycombinator.com
ask
I don't know how you get here from “predict the next word”
grumpy-economist.com

John H. Cochrane - I recently tried refine, an AI tool for refining academic articles, developed by Yann Calvó López and Ben Golub.

US farmers are rejecting multimillion-dollar datacenter bids for their land
theguardian.com

Families are navigating the tough choice between unimaginable riches and the identity that comes with land

Move tests to closed source repo
github.com/tldraw

Move the test suite out of the open source tldraw/tldraw repo and into the closed source repo. Context The tldraw monorepo currently contains ~327 test files across unit, integration, and e2e tests...

Canada and South Korea sign a defence agreement
cbc.ca
Self-improving software won't produce Skynet
contalign.jefflunt.com
Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers
wsj.com
RAM now represents 35 percent of bill of materials for HP PCs
arstechnica.com

RAM represented about 15 to 18 percent of PC costs last quarter, HP said.

The Hater's Guide to Anthropic
wheresyoured.at

In May 2021, Dario Amodei and a crew of other former OpenAI researchers formed Anthropic and dedicated themselves to building the single-most-annoying Large Language Model company of all time.  Pardon me, sorry, I mean safest, because that’s the reason that Amodei and his crew claimed was why they left

Jane Street Hit with Terra $40B Insider Trading Suit
disruptionbanking.com

Richardson Chinonyerem - Crypto’s most infamous collapse is back in the spotlight, and this time the blast radius reaches deep into Wall Street. A new lawsuit doesn’t just revisit Jane Street sued for alleged insider trading in Terra's $40B collapse. Lawsuit claims the firm front-ran UST trades using non-public info, accelerating the 2022 meltdown.

Show HN: ZSE – Open-source LLM inference engine with 3.9s cold starts
github.com/Zyora-Dev
show

Zyora Server Inference Engine for LLM . . Contribute to Zyora-Dev/zse development by creating an account on GitHub.

Tech companies shouldn't be bullied into doing surveillance
eff.org

Matthew Guariglia - The Secretary of Defense has given an ultimatum to the artificial intelligence company Anthropic in an attempt to bully them into making their technology available to the U.S. military without any restrictions for their use. Anthropic should stick by their principles and refuse to allow their...

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