Google and OpenAI Workers Invited to Sign Joint AI Military-Use Letter
An independently organized letter asks current and former employees to oppose domestic mass surveillance and autonomous killing without human oversight.
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Hegseth says Anthropic will face a supply-chain-risk designation
A post from the U.S. secretary of war says the Pentagon must have unrestricted access after what he called a betrayal by Anthropic.
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Anthropic Rejects Demand to Remove Two Safeguards From Military AI Use
Chief executive Dario Amodei said the company wanted to keep serving US defense agencies but would not accept unrestricted terms for Claude.
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Google API keys were treated as non-secrets. Gemini changed that assumption.
Truffle Security says Google has spent years telling developers API keys are not secrets, but newer Gemini-related behavior means that guidance no longer holds.
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Forensic Review Alleges Point-Blank Fire in 2025 Gaza Aid-Worker Killings
Earshot and Forensic Architecture reconstructed the Tel al-Sultan attack from recordings, imagery and survivor accounts; Israel rejected execution allegations.
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UK Regulator Fines Reddit £14.5 Million Over Children’s Data
The Information Commissioner’s Office found the platform unlawfully processed information belonging to users under 13; Reddit said it would appeal.
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Ladybird begins gradual Rust adoption with AI-assisted JavaScript engine port
The browser project says a human-directed translation produced about 25,000 lines of Rust in two weeks while matching its existing C++ pipeline.
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Timeframe project traces a decade-long path to an ambient e-paper home dashboard
Joel Hawksley’s family display evolved from an LCD mirror and jailbroken Kindles into a real-time Home Assistant system built around e-paper panels.
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LinkedIn identity verification can expose far more than a blue badge
A privacy-focused review says LinkedIn’s identity check routes users through Persona, where passport scans, selfies, and biometric data can be used in ways many users may not expect.
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US Supreme Court rejects Trump emergency tariffs
A 6-3 ruling found the president lacked authority to impose broad import taxes under emergency powers, prompting a temporary replacement tariff under a different law.
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Sahara fossils reveal new Spinosaurus species
Researchers named Spinosaurus mirabilis after an expedition in Niger recovered a distinctive crested skull among 55 tons of specimens.
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Git branching diagram creator accuses Microsoft of publishing an AI-degraded copy
Developer Vincent Driessen said an image on Microsoft Learn closely resembled the diagram he created in 2010, but contained garbled text, broken arrows and no attribution.
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A privacy-focused Android experiment leads one Apple user to GrapheneOS
A technology blogger’s move from Apple devices through a rented foldable phone ended with a Pixel 9a running GrapheneOS, highlighting both the appeal and compromises of alternative mobile software.
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Annular solar eclipse traces a narrow path over Antarctica
The February 17, 2026 eclipse produced a ring-shaped view in the far south, while observers in parts of South America and southern Africa could see a partial eclipse if skies were clear.
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EU adopts rules to curb destruction of unsold clothing and footwear
Large companies will face a ban from 19 July 2026, while disclosure measures are intended to expose how much unsold consumer stock businesses discard.
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Community filter list offers uBlock Origin users a way to hide YouTube Shorts
An independently maintained GitHub project provides importable filter lists designed to remove Shorts-related material, comments and playable elements from YouTube views.
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OpenAI Retires GPT-4o Amid User Outcry
OpenAI has officially deprecated the GPT-4o model, triggering significant backlash from users who formed deep emotional attachments to the AI assistant.
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Peon Ping adds game-inspired alerts to AI coding agents
The open-source notification tool pairs character voice lines with desktop overlays, terminal titles and configurable controls for coding-agent events across macOS, Linux and WSL2.
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Claude Code display change draws criticism over reduced file and search visibility
A developer argues that condensed activity summaries introduced in version 2.1.20 make it harder to follow which files an AI coding agent reads and which patterns it searches.
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Russia begins restricting Telegram access as it pushes domestic alternatives
CNN says the state is curbing access to one of Russia's most popular messaging apps while steering people toward tightly controlled local services.
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European payment groups agree cross-border wallet network spanning 13 countries
EPI and the EuroPA Alliance plan to connect Wero with established national payment systems, creating a European account-to-account network for about 130 million users.
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Discord sets teen defaults globally as it expands age checks
From March 2026, Discord plans to restrict adult areas and sensitive features unless its systems determine that an account belongs to an adult.
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Vouch proposes explicit trust lists for managing open-source participation
Mitchell Hashimoto's experimental project lets maintainers approve or denounce contributors and apply configurable rules through a flat-file system and GitHub Actions.
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