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11971.

Store worker allegedly gave himself a 99% discount on $118k’s worth of MacBooks and more (9to5mac.com)

2026-02-17 | by Ben Lovejoy | get MacBooks → | tags: best, best buy, employee

11972.

Valve confirms Steam Deck is out of stock due to memory and storage shortages — supply of popular gaming handheld in trouble because of massive AI demand (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-17 | by Jowi Morales | get Steam Deck → | tags: deck, handheld, memory

11973.

A chatbot's worst enemy is page refresh (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-17 | get Page Refresh → | tags: client, message, page

11974.

EU launches second investigation into Grok's nonconsensual image generation (engadget.com)

2026-02-17 | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: children, grok, images

11975.

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

11976.

IT worker's drill fails to destroy SSD in viral mishap (techspot.com)

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

11977.

India discussing age-based restrictions with social media firms, top minister says (cnbc.com)

2026-02-17 | by Arjun Kharpal | get Social Media → | tags: age based, based restrictions, india

11978.

Engineer finds his smart sleep mask can read other people's brainwaves due to poor software security — superpower granted via poor-quality software with hardcoded high-level credentials (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-17 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Smart Brain Mask → | tags: access, claude, hatzistamou

11979.

Turtle Beach's rotating button Stealth Pivot wireless controller falls to just $99.99 — this hall effect gamepad hits its lowest ever price (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-17 | by Stewart Bendle | get Gamepad → | tags: beach, controller, deals

11980.

How Much Can a New Fridge Actually Save You? The Surprising Truth About Energy (cnet.com)

2026-02-17 | by See Full Bio | get Energy Monitor → | tags: average, efficiency, energy

11981.

My theory about the Galaxy S26 design was right, but I’m worried it’s not enough (androidauthority.com)

2026-02-17 | get Galaxy S26 → | tags: bump, camera, galaxy

11982.

Ford is fighting against physics to build affordable EVs (theverge.com)

2026-02-17 | by Andrew J. Hawkins | get Electric Vehicle → | tags: clarke, cost, ford

11983.

Your next laptop could be a foldable phone (theverge.com)

2026-02-17 | by David Pierce | get Foldable Phone → | tags: access, phones, screen

11984.

Is Show HN dead? No, but it's drowning (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-17 | get Reddit → | tags: comments, dead, hn hn

11985.

Is Show HN Dead? No, but It's Drowning (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-17 | get Reddit → | tags: built, coolest, dead

11986.

Valve admits Steam Deck availability is affected by memory and storage shortages (engadget.com)

2026-02-17 | get Steam Deck → | tags: deck, memory, shortages

11987.

Shein’s ‘addictive design’ and illegal sex dolls under investigation (theverge.com)

2026-02-17 | by Jess Weatherbed | tags: assess, billion, commission

11988.

The best noise-canceling headphones for 2026 (engadget.com)

2026-02-17 | get Noise-cancelling headphones → | tags: battery, best, headphones

11989.

Toyota fills out its skimpy EV lineup with the bZ Woodland SUV (theverge.com)

2026-02-17 | by Andrew J. Hawkins | get BZ Woodland → | tags: bz woodland, standard, toyota

11990.

What 5 Million Apps Revealed About Secrets in JavaScript (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-02-17 | get WebSockets → | tags: access, application, code

11991.

Top Machine Learning Developer Speechless at Simple Question: Should AI Simulate Emotional Intimacy? (futurism.com)

2026-02-17 | by Frank Landymore | get Emotion AI → | tags: developers, emotional, human

11992.

Peak Design has wearable gadget straps for people who hate bags (theverge.com)

2026-02-17 | by Jess Weatherbed | get Smartwatch straps → | tags: crossbody, design, multi

11993.

Warner Bros. Discovery gives Paramount one week to present its ‘best and final’ offer (theverge.com)

2026-02-17 | by Emma Roth | get Streaming service → | tags: best, netflix, paramount

11994.

Grab Nova Launcher Prime now if you don’t want to end up overpaying later (androidauthority.com)

2026-02-17 | get Nova Launcher → | tags: android, best, launcher

11995.

SlimeVR's new trackers ditch cameras for affordable and lightweight full-body motion capture (techspot.com)

2026-02-17 | get Slime VR trackers → | tags: acceleration, acceleration precise, allowing

11996.

SlimeVR launches Butterfly trackers for full-body VR tracking without cameras or base stations (techspot.com)

2026-02-17 | get Butterfly trackers → | tags: acceleration, acceleration precise, allowing

11997.

Laurie Spiegel on the difference between algorithmic music and ‘AI’ (theverge.com)

2026-02-17 | by Terrence O'Brien | get Algorithmic Music → | tags: computer, instrument, just

11998.

Valve confirms Steam Deck OLED is out of stock due to memory shortages (techspot.com)

2026-02-17 | get Steam Deck OLED → | tags: steam deck, valve, steam

11999.

Valve finally confirms Steam Deck OLED stock issues in the US caused by memory crisis (techspot.com)

2026-02-17 | get Steam Deck → | tags: available read, buy steam, deck

12000.

How to Review an AUR Package (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-17 | by Bert Peters | get OpenVINO → | tags: arch, build, install