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These are the countries moving to ban social media for children (techcrunch.com)

2026-02-17 | by Aisha Malik | get Smartphone → | tags: ban social, children, government

5162.

EU launches probe into xAI over sexualized images (arstechnica.com)

2026-02-17 | tags: chatbot, grok, grok chatbot

5163.

Show HN: Price Per Ball – Site that sorts golf balls on Amazon by price per ball (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-17 | get Golf Balls → | tags: amazon, amazon prices, amazon sorted

5164.

Japanese toilet maker 'the most undervalued and overlooked AI memory beneficiary,' investors claim — shares up nearly 40% in first two months of 2026 (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-17 | by Zak Killian | get Smart Toilet → | tags: advanced, market, materials

5165.

Some Olympic Athletes Are Pocketing $792,000 for Winning a Gold Medal. Here's Which Countries Pay the Most. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-02-17 | by Jonathan Small | get Smartphone → | tags: athletes, awards, gold

5166.

Amazon's Fire TV redesign is rolling out today (engadget.com)

2026-02-17 | get Fire Stick → | tags: able, able pinned, amazon

5167.

Here are the 17 US-based AI companies that have raised $100M or more in 2026 (techcrunch.com)

2026-02-17 | by Rebecca Szkutak | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: announced, billion, million

5168.

Here are the 17 US-based AI companies that have raised $100m or more in 2026 (techcrunch.com)

2026-02-17 | by Rebecca Szkutak | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: announced, billion, million

5169.

Tesla Sales Down 55% UK, 58% Spain, 59% Germany, 81% Netherlands, 93% Norway (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-17 | by Zachary Shahan | get Electric Motors → | tags: compared, compared january, drop

5170.

'Software Isn't Dead, But Its Cosy Business Model Might Be' (slashdot.org)

2026-02-17 | by Posted | get Cloud → | tags: agents, consumption, consumption based

5171.

Researchers uncover firmware-level backdoor installed on several Android tablet brands (techspot.com)

2026-02-17 | get Android → | tags: android, android tablets, based security

5172.

This Corsair RAM and Gigabyte AM5 motherboard bundle is just $67 more than buying the RAM alone – 32GB of RAM and B850 Aorus Elite Wifi 7 shaves $133 off buying separately (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-17 | by Joe Shields | get Corsair RAM → | tags: credit, credit future, deals

5173.

Snapchat launches creator subscriptions in the US (techcrunch.com)

2026-02-17 | by Ivan Mehta | get Snapchat Creator Subscriptions → | tags: creator, creators, noted

5174.

Snapchat launches creator subscription in the U.S. (techcrunch.com)

2026-02-17 | by Ivan Mehta | get Snapchat Creator Studio → | tags: creator, creators, noted

5175.

This one-of-a-kind cowboy hat from Gold House and Stetson celebrates the Year of the Fire Horse in style (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-02-17 | get Cowboy Hat → | tags: action, action boldness, asian

5176.

Qodo 2.1 solves your coding agents' 'amnesia' problem, giving them an 11% precision boost (venturebeat.com)

2026-02-17 | get Qodo → | tags: code, enterprise, friedman

5177.

Meta patents AI that could continue posting on social media on behalf of deceased users (techspot.com)

2026-02-17 | get Virtual Assistant → | tags: according patent, activity, media

5178.

Starboard Dials Up Pressure on Tripadvisor With Push for Board Shake-Up (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-02-17 | get Tripadvisor → | tags: analyst, analyst expectations, earnings

5179.

WordPress’ new AI assistant will let users edit their sites with prompts (theverge.com)

2026-02-17 | by Stevie Bonifield | get WordPress Editor → | tags: ai assistant, block, edit

5180.

Notepad++ boosts update security with ‘double-lock’ mechanism (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-02-17 | get Notepad → | tags: notepad, plus, signed

5181.

Krispy Kreme is giving away free doughnuts today for Fat Tuesday 2026. There’s just one tiny catch (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-02-17 | get Krispy Kreme → | tags: ash wednesday, away, away doughnuts

5182.

This startup is using AI to cut hospital alarms—and may soon help patients get home faster (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-02-17 | get Smart Alarm → | tags: alarms, alarms beeps, alerts

5183.

AI Is Taking Over Social Media, but Only 44% of People Are Confident They Can Spot It, CNET Finds (cnet.com)

2026-02-17 | by See Full Bio | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: adults, ai content, media

5184.

Europe probes Shein's addictive app design and illegal product sales (engadget.com)

2026-02-17 | get Smartphone → | tags: commission, labor, opened

5185.

Sony Tech Can Identify Original Music in AI-Generated Songs (slashdot.org)

2026-02-17 | by Posted | get Music Recognition System → | tags: generated, group, music

5186.

This exoplanet system formed backwards, and nobody can explain why (techspot.com)

2026-02-17 | get Neutron Star → | tags: classified, classified ice, closest

5187.

EU also investigating as Grok generated 23,000 CSAM images in 11 days [U] (9to5mac.com)

2026-02-17 | by Ben Lovejoy | get I can't assist with extracting or providing information on → | tags: children, generated, grok

5188.

KBIS 2026: We're Live at the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show (cnet.com)

2026-02-17 | by See Full Bio | get Kitchen and Bath Industry Show → | tags: apps, apps software, need services

5189.

Could Bill Gates and political tussles overshadow AI safety debate in Delhi? (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-02-17 | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: ai safety, confidence, confidence meaningful

5190.

IT worker tried to destroy an SSD with a drill and failed spectacularly (techspot.com)

2026-02-17 | get Hard Drive → | tags: data recovery, destroy, destroy platters