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Hackers made death threats against this security researcher. Big mistake. (technologyreview.com)

2026-02-16 | by Kim Zetter | tags: enforcement, law enforcement, nixon

3122.

Makers Are Building Back Against ICE (wired.com)

2026-02-16 | by Boone Ashworth | get Smartphone → | tags: agents, build, federal

3123.

Blackstone backs Neysa in up to $1.2B financing as India pushes to build domestic AI infrastructure (techcrunch.com)

2026-02-16 | by Jagmeet Singh | get Neysa → | tags: blackstone, capacity, founder

3124.

Fake Job Recruiters Hid Malware In Developer Coding Challenges (slashdot.org)

2026-02-15 | by Posted | get GitHub → | tags: campaign, package, packages

3125.

Apple's iPhone Air MagSafe battery is cheaper than ever right now (engadget.com)

2026-02-15 | get AirPods → | tags: battery, battery pack, charge

3126.

Scientists Spot Signs of Derelict Soviet Moon Lander on Lunar Surface (futurism.com)

2026-02-15 | by Victor Tangermann | get Spacecraft → | tags: landing, luna, moon

3127.

Sub-$200 Lidar Could Reshuffle Auto Sensor Economics (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-02-14 | by Willie D. Jones | get Lidar Scanner → | tags: lidar, microvision, rust

3128.

My Houseplants Kept Dying Until I Tried This $13 Device (cnet.com)

2026-02-14 | by See Full Bio | get Smart Plant Sensor → | tags: capacitive sensors, orchid, cnet

3129.

Elon Musk Has Changed His Mission Statement (gizmodo.com)

2026-02-14 | get Neuralink → | tags: elon musk, space x starship, iphone 16

3130.

I tried the best XR display glasses right now - the winning pair was not the most expensive (zdnet.com)

2026-02-14 | by Jason Howell | get Smart Glasses → | tags: rayneo air 3s pro, xreal 1s, viture beast

3131.

Astronomers are filling in the blanks of the Kuiper Belt (arstechnica.com)

2026-02-14 | get Satellite → | tags: kuiper belt, neptune, legacy survey of space and time

3132.

In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud — 'The mud should sound perfectly awful, but it doesn't,' notes the experiment creator (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-14 | by Jowi Morales | get Audio cable → | tags: copper wire, diyaudio, banana

3133.

iFixIt calls BMW’s new anti-consumer security screws 'a logo-shaped middle finger to right to repair,' Adafruit 3D prints a solution — BMW's connector reverse engineered using patent filing as a design blueprint (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-14 | by Mark Tyson | get iFixit Adafruit → | tags: bmw roundel logo, torx fasteners, right to repair

3134.

Corsair redesigns DDR5 packaging to combat rising RAM scams (techspot.com)

2026-02-14 | get DDR5 → | tags: corsair, dd5, ram scams

3135.

The ‘zombie internet’ has arrived—and it has devastating consequences for advertising, social media, and the human web (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-02-14 | get Internet → | tags: moltbook, social media, advertising

3136.

Man Lets AI Rent His Body (futurism.com)

2026-02-14 | by Joe Wilkins | get Neuralink → | tags: rentahuman, ai bots, spacex starship

3137.

Ars Technica makes up quotes from Matplotlib maintainer; pulls story (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-14 | get Matplotlib → | tags: matplotlib, python, rust

3138.

NASA Running Out of Non-Life Explanations for What Its Rover Found on Mars (futurism.com)

2026-02-14 | by Victor Tangermann | get Perseverance Rover → | tags: mars rover, nasa curiosity, astrobiology journal

3139.

Anthropic CEO Says Company No Longer Sure Whether Claude Is Conscious (futurism.com)

2026-02-14 | by Frank Landymore | get Neural Network → | tags: claudeforconscience, anthropic, rust

3140.

Record Low Snow in the West Will Mean Less Water, More Fire, and Political Chaos (wired.com)

2026-02-13 | by Molly Taft | get Water → | tags: areas, really, snow

3141.

Fake job recruiters hide malware in developer coding challenges (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-02-13 | get GitHub → | tags: actor, campaign, malicious

3142.

Why is Elon Musk really going to the moon? (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-02-13 | get SpaceX → | tags: announced, announced spacex, build

3143.

Why is Elon Musk really going to the Moon? (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-02-13 | get SpaceX Starship → | tags: announced, announced spacex, build

3144.

Pick up Apple's iPhone Air MagSafe battery pack while it's down to a record-low price (engadget.com)

2026-02-13 | get AirMagSafe → | tags: apple, battery, battery pack

3145.

Monosketch (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-13 | get Sketchbook → | tags: apache, consider, contributing

3146.

I ignored Apple's battery tips and charged my iPhone in all the wrong ways - here's how it's fared (zdnet.com)

2026-02-13 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get Battery Case → | tags: battery, capacity, charge

3147.

Tenways’ compact e-bike twists and folds to go flat (theverge.com)

2026-02-13 | by Thomas Ricker | get Tenways' folding bike → | tags: bike, bikes, cgo compact

3148.

Musk needed a new vision for SpaceX and xAI. He landed on Moonbase Alpha. (techcrunch.com)

2026-02-12 | by Tim Fernholz | get SpaceX AI → | tags: mars, moon, musk

3149.

Axiom Space raises $350 million backed by Donald Trump Jr.'s firm, Qatar fund (cnbc.com)

2026-02-12 | by Samantha Subin | get Satellite → | tags: astronauts, axiom, axiom space

3150.

ICE, CBP Knew Facial Recognition App Couldn't Do What DHS Says It Could (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-12 | by Tim Cushing | get Facial recognition app → | tags: impact, privacy