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Anthropic promises to pay for electricity price increases due to it's AI data centers — firm to pay 100% of its grid infrastructure costs, produce new power sources as sector predicted to hit 50 GW in coming years (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-12 | by Jowi Morales | get Data Centers → | tags: data centers, electricity, grid

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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die is a rollicking parable about this moment in tech (theverge.com)

2026-02-12 | by Charles Pulliam-Moore | get Smartphone → | tags: film, good, good luck

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WhatsApp and Telegram blocked in Russia as Meta designated an ‘extremist organization’ (9to5mac.com)

2026-02-12 | get Telegram → | tags: access, access facebook, blocked

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Anthropic gives $20 million to group pushing for AI regulations ahead of 2026 elections (cnbc.com)

2026-02-12 | by Emily Wilkins | get Neuralink → | tags: anthropic, carson, million

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Linux Mint team considers longer gaps between releases in attempt to accelerate development efforts — current six-month cycle means ‘we spend more time testing, fixing, and releasing than developing’ (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-12 | by Mark Tyson | get Linux → | tags: blog, cycle, development

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Hidden license plate readers in California are feeding a federal surveillance system (techspot.com)

2026-02-12 | get License Plate Readers → | tags: advocacy, advocacy organizations, california

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Top DOJ antitrust enforcer is out weeks before Live Nation trial (theverge.com)

2026-02-12 | by Lauren Feiner | get Ticketmaster → | tags: antitrust, justice, live nation

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Montage's strong IPO highlights Chinese investment rush into AI and data center ecosystems — push for self-sufficiency demands immense amounts of capital (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-12 | by Anton Shilov | get Data Center → | tags: china, chinese, million

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How to watch local news on Roku for free - no subscription or TV antenna required (zdnet.com)

2026-02-12 | by Artie Beaty | get Streaming device → | tags: channels, free, local

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Verizon will give you a free iPhone, Samsung, or Pixel with its latest business deal - how to qualify (zdnet.com)

2026-02-12 | by Taylor Clemons | get iPhone → | tags: affect, does, does affect

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One of the best budget Android tablets I've tested replaced both my iPad and Kindle (zdnet.com)

2026-02-12 | by Maria Diaz | get Tablet → | tags: android, ipad, oneplus

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13 Best MagSafe Power Banks for iPhones (2026), Tested and Reviewed (wired.com)

2026-02-12 | by Simon Hill | get Power Bank → | tags: bank, iphone, magsafe

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Slow Wi-Fi? I found 10 proven ways to fix your internet this weekend (most are free) (zdnet.com)

2026-02-12 | by Steven Vaughan-Nichols | get Router → | tags: devices, mesh, network

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America's Cyber Defense Agency Is Burning Down and Nobody's Coming to Put It Out (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-12 | get Firewall → | tags: comments

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Stoat wins traction as users look beyond Discord (techspot.com)

2026-02-12 | get Virtual Assistant → | tags: age verification, alternative, alternative chat

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I wrote Linux bash scripts on Android without breaking anything - here's how you can, too (zdnet.com)

2026-02-12 | by Jack Wallen | get Linux kernel → | tags: android, bash, create

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7 ChatGPT settings tweaks that I can no longer work without - and I'm a power user (zdnet.com)

2026-02-12 | by David Gewirtz | get Language Model → | tags: chatgpt, model, screenshot

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The "Crown of Nobles" Noble Gas Tube Display (2024) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-12 | get Noble Gas Tube Display → | tags: high, high voltage, plasma

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The "Crown of Nobles" Noble Gas Tube Display (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-12 | get Noble Gas Tube Display → | tags: high, high voltage, plasma

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Not all cables are born equal, so test your USB cables with these cheap USB testers — these budget-priced tools help you protect your expensive gear from faulty or bad-quality leads (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-12 | by Ben Stockton | get USB tester → | tags: cable, power, read

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AI safety leader says 'world is in peril' and quits to study poetry (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-02-12 | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: actions, actions including, anthropic

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AI researcher says 'world is in peril' and quits to study poetry (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-02-12 | get Language Model → | tags: actions, actions including, anthropic

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Apple Creator Studio AI usage limits seem dramatically lower than promised (9to5mac.com)

2026-02-12 | by Ben Lovejoy | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: apple, apple creator, codex

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SoftBank books $4.2 billion gain on OpenAI bet, boosting its Vision Fund (cnbc.com)

2026-02-12 | by Arjun Kharpal | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: billion, investment, losses

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WordPress plugin with 900k installs vulnerable to critical RCE flaw (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-02-12 | get WordPress Plugin → | tags: backup, defiant, execution

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This discounted gaming desktop comes with an RTX 5070 Ti, 32GB of DDR5, and 2TB of storage for just $2,199 — AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Gigabyte Aorus build now $300 off (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-12 | by Stephen Warwick | get Gaming Desktop → | tags: best, deals, gaming

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Prince Harry thanks bereaved families taking on social media firms (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-02-12 | get Facebook → | tags: believe, believe people, brings

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Get 32GB of Kingston Fury Beast DDR5-6000 RAM for $170 when you also purchase the Ryzen 7 9850X3D processor in this Newegg combo deal (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-12 | by Stewart Bendle | get Kingston Fury Beast → | tags: credit, credit tom, deals

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Using AI actually increases burnout despite productivity improvements, study shows — data illustrates how AI made workers take on tasks they would have otherwise avoided or outsourced (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-12 | by Jon Martindale | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: employees, meant, study

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OpenAI Fires Top Safety Exec Who Opposed ChatGPT’s “Adult Mode” (futurism.com)

2026-02-12 | by Frank Landymore | tags: beiermeister, fired, openai