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17821.

The Curling Controversy at the Winter Olympics Isn’t What You Think (wired.com)

2026-02-17 | by Martin Cizmar | get Hair Dryer → | tags: curling, kennedy, match

17822.

Conspiracy Theorists Think Obama Is Sending Secret Messages With Talk About Aliens (gizmodo.com)

2026-02-17 | get Smartphone → | tags: knows, knows understand, obama

17823.

Tesla 'Robotaxi' adds 5 more crashes in Austin in a month – 4x worse than humans (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-17 | by Fred Lambert | get Autonomous driving system → | tags: crash, crashes, damage

17824.

Stephen Colbert says CBS forbid interview of Democrat because of FCC threat (arstechnica.com)

2026-02-17 | get NBC → | tags: candidate, colbert, colbert said

17825.

The Mindset Every Founder Needs to Make Smarter Business Purchases (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-02-17 | by Arpit Jain | get Smartphone → | tags: does, evaluating, investment

17826.

Climactic launches hybrid fund to get startups through the ‘valley of death’ (techcrunch.com)

2026-02-17 | by Tim De Chant | tags: felser, material, material scale

17827.

High-end Android phones are now powerful enough to emulate the PC version of Cyberpunk 2077 — YouTuber gets 2020's hottest PC game running at playable frame rates on Red Magic 11 Pro (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-17 | by Aaron Klotz | get Red Magic 11 Pro → | tags: android, cyberpunk, emulation

17828.

Apple’s new Home products could include two unexpected additions: report (9to5mac.com)

2026-02-17 | by Ryan Christoffel | get HomePod → | tags: apple, home, homepod

17829.

Why the EU just opened a formal probe into Shein (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-02-17 | get Smartwatch → | tags: best, best known, business practices

17830.

A YouTuber's $3M Movie Nearly Beat Disney's $40M Thriller at the Box Office (slashdot.org)

2026-02-17 | by Posted | get Movie → | tags: debut, fischbach, iron

17831.

It’s Time to Admit Working in VR Has Been One Big Failure (gizmodo.com)

2026-02-17 | get Virtual Reality → | tags: admit, admit working, big failure

17832.

Google Sued by Former NPR Host Over NotebookLM AI Voice (cnet.com)

2026-02-17 | by See Full Bio | get NotebookLM → | tags: google, greene, lawsuit

17833.

Anthropic releases Claude Sonnet 4.6, continuing breakneck pace of AI model releases (cnbc.com)

2026-02-17 | by Ashley Capoot | get AI Model → | tags: anthropic, artificial intelligence, claude

17834.

Pinterest Lets Your Control How Much AI Slop You See. Here's How to Tone It Down (cnet.com)

2026-02-17 | by See Full Bio | get AI Filter → | tags: ai generated, feed, generated

17835.

Most VMware users still "actively reducing their VMware footprint," survey finds (arstechnica.com)

2026-02-17 | get VMware Horizon → | tags: broadcom, cloudbolt, increases

17836.

Why should you care about quantum computing? (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-02-17 | get Quantum Computing → | tags: actors, actors bother, agreements

17837.

Claude Sonnet 4.6 model brings ‘much-improved coding skills’ and upgraded free tier (9to5mac.com)

2026-02-17 | by Zac Hall | get Sonnet 4.6 → | tags: anthropic, claude, coding

17838.

Hyatt Executive Chairman Thomas Pritzker steps down over Epstein ties (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-02-17 | get Private Jet → | tags: affiliation, affiliation jeffrey, attempts

17839.

Google shares how Android 17 is making everything run smoother (androidauthority.com)

2026-02-17 | get Smartphone → | tags: android, apps, frames

17840.

Apple releases first iOS 26.4 public beta with these changes (9to5mac.com)

2026-02-17 | by Zac Hall | get iPhone → | tags: apple, beta, beta program

17841.

iPadOS 26.4 public beta now available, here’s every new feature (9to5mac.com)

2026-02-17 | by Ryan Christoffel | get iPadOS → | tags: beta, features, ipados

17842.

Multiple brands of Android tablets shipped with built-in malware (androidauthority.com)

2026-02-17 | get Smartwatch → | tags: android, backdoor, firmware

17843.

3 ways to switch Linux distros without losing all your data (zdnet.com)

2026-02-17 | by Jack Wallen | get Linux distro → | tags: directory, documents, drive

17844.

‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ Cast and Creator on Episode 5’s Shocking Demise (gizmodo.com)

2026-02-17 | get Game of Thrones → | tags: hbo westeros, history, just

17845.

Spain orders NordVPN, ProtonVPN to block LaLiga piracy sites (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-02-17 | get NordVPN → | tags: laliga, nordvpn, opportunity

17846.

Show HN: Pg-typesafe – Strongly typed queries for PostgreSQL and TypeScript (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-17 | get Pg-typesafe → | tags: bigint, field, pg typesafe

17847.

What happens to a car when the company behind its software goes under? (arstechnica.com)

2026-02-17 | get Smartphone → | tags: battery, cars, software

17848.

Apple accelerating work on three new AI wearables, per report (9to5mac.com)

2026-02-17 | by Chance Miller | get Smartwatch → | tags: ai pin, apple, camera

17849.

Netflix is adapting the board game Ticket to Ride (engadget.com)

2026-02-17 | get Ticket to Train → | tags: adaptation, advertisement, film

17850.

Blind Listening Test Finds Audiophiles Unable To Distinguish Copper Cable From a Banana or Wet Mud (slashdot.org)

2026-02-17 | by Posted | get Audiophile → | tags: audio, audio copper, copper