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Trump Says Roads Prevent Wildfires. The Truth Is More Complicated

gizmodo.com Joseph Winters 2026-02-20 05:10:36

The Trump administration announced its intention earlier this week to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Policy, also known as the “Roadless Rule,” which restricts road-building, logging, and mining across 58 million acres of the country’s national forests. The administration’s rationale was that the “outdated” Roadless Rule has exacerbated wildfire risks. In a statement announcing the policy change, U.S. Agriculture Department Secretary Brooke Rollins said that “properly managing our

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Newark’s air traffic outages were just the tip of the iceberg

theverge.com Darryl Campbell 2026-02-21 00:00:00

On June 2nd, US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy traveled to Newark Liberty International Airport to celebrate the reopening of runway 4L-22R. This was unusual: few runway openings are glamorous enough to warrant a visit from the airport’s CEO, let alone a cabinet secretary. But as we reported last month, few airports have come to symbolize USDOT’s mismanagement of the air traffic control system as much as Newark. The ceremony and press conference was meant to transform Newark into a differe

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Genesis AI launches with $105M seed funding from Eclipse, Khosla to build AI models for robots

techcrunch.com Marina Temkin 2026-02-21 00:56:52

Genesis AI, a startup that aims to build a foundational model for powering all kinds of robots, has emerged from stealth with a giant $105 million seed round co-led by Eclipse Ventures and Khosla Ventures. Founded last December by Zhou Xian (pictured above, left), a Ph.D. in robotics from Carnegie Mellon University, and Théophile Gervet, a former research scientist with the French AI lab Mistral, the startup wants to build a general-purpose model that will enable robots to automate a wide range

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Elon Musk's xAI raises $10 billion in debt and equity as it steps up challenge to OpenAI

cnbc.com Arjun Kharpal 2026-02-21 08:37:27

Elon Musk announced his new company xAI, which he says has the goal to understand the true nature of the universe. XAI, the artificial intelligence startup run by Elon Musk, raised a combined $10 billion in debt and equity, Morgan Stanley said. Half of that sum was clinched through secured notes and term loans, while a separate $5 billion was secured through strategic equity investment, the bank said on Monday. The funding gives xAI more firepower to build out infrastructure and develop its G

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Someone brought Flappy Bird back to Android, but there’s a good reason you shouldn’t download it

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-21 09:00:23

Joe Maring / Android Authority If, like me, you had an Android phone in the 2010s, you almost certainly played Flappy Bird. And all these years later, I still occasionally find myself itching to play a few rounds. Unfortunately, playing the original Flappy Bird in 2025 is all but impossible. But thanks to one developer, Flappy Bird is back. Recently, a new developer got the attention of the r/Android subreddit by announcing they had reverse-engineered the original Flappy Bird to run on a 64-bi

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Google is playing a dangerous game with the Pixel 10 Pro

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-21 10:30:28

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority We’re less than two months out from when we expect Google to launch the Pixel 10 series, and yesterday, we saw one of the most significant leaks yet. Android Headlines published “official” specifications for the Pixel 10 Pro and Pixel 10 Pro XL, and assuming they’re accurate, they paint a worrying picture for this year’s Pro Pixel phones. It’s not that the specs are bad, per se, but they’re virtually identical to the Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro XL. The displa

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Here’s a first look at the Google Personal Safety app’s Expressive redesign (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-21 11:00:53

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR An Android Authority teardown has revealed plenty of visual changes coming to the Personal Safety app. These changes are in line with Google’s Material 3 Expressive design language and cover the emergency contacts menus. This redesign will likely be exclusive to Android 16 QPR1 for now. Google’s Personal Safety app is a one-stop shop for emergencies, allowing you to quickly get help, record video, and much more. Now, it looks like Google is bringing so

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PSA: If you have a Brother printer, change the password now

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2026-02-21 11:37:57

Almost 700 Brother printer models have been found to contain a number of serious security flaws that could allow an attacker to access other devices on your network, and potentially access your documents. The same is true of some printer models made by Fujifilm, Toshiba, Ricoh, and Konica Minolta … Cybersecurity company Rapid7 discovered eight vulnerabilities affecting 689 Brother printers, and 46 models from other brands. The most egregious of these is that the default password of each printe

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The best robot vacuum for 2025

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-21 09:00:38

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . Keeping your floors clean doesn’t have to mean dragging out a bulky vacuum or spending your weekends chasing dust bunnies. Thanks to automation, the best robot vacuums can handle the daily dirt and debris for you, quietly working in the background while you focus on more important thin

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Google fixes fourth actively exploited Chrome zero-day of 2025

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-02-21 10:59:51

Google has released emergency updates to patch another Chrome zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks, marking the fourth such flaw fixed since the start of the year. "Google is aware that an exploit for CVE-2025-6554 exists in the wild," the browser vendor said in a security advisoryissued on Monday. "This issue was mitigated on 2025-06-26 by a configuration change pushed out to Stable channel across all platforms." The company fixed the zero-day for users in the Stable Desktop channel, w

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Johnson Controls starts notifying people affected by 2023 breach

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-02-21 11:47:26

Building automation giant Johnson Controls is notifying individuals whose data was stolen in a massive ransomware attack that impacted the company's operations worldwide in September 2023. Johnson Controls is a multinational conglomerate that develops and manufactures industrial control systems, security equipment, HVAC systems, and fire safety equipment for buildings. The company employs over 100,000 people through its corporate operations and subsidiaries across 150 countries, reporting sales

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How I upgraded my home Wi-Fi with a VPN-ready router (and why it makes such a big difference)

zdnet.com Charlie Osborne 2026-02-21 08:15:12

ZDNET's key takeaways The Privacy Hero 2, a $189 router available on FlashRouters, supports NordVPN and Surfshark alongside various VPN protocols. It comes with one year of access to Privacy Hero Wireguard VPN and, with a current promotion, one year of NordVPN. The company should improve the build quality and be more generous with the Ethernet cable's length. View now at Flashrouters Right now, you can buy the Privacy Hero 2 VPN router for $189 ($60 off retail price), a fantastic deal on a we

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Meet Airial, the company that uses AI to automate every step of the trip-planning process

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2026-02-21 10:15:11

Jorg Greuel/Getty Spending long hours in front of a computer screen trying to plan vacations could soon become a thing of the past. The travel industry has enthusiastically embraced generative AI in recent years. Expedia, for example, integrated a ChatGPT-powered customer service chatbot into its app in early 2023. Kayak did something similar one year later, launching an AI platform trained on customer data and designed to provide personalized, real-time travel recommendations. Also: Are AI s

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Microsoft AI system diagnoses complex cases better than human doctors - and for less money

zdnet.com Radhika Rajkumar 2026-02-21 10:30:14

krisanapong detraphiphat/Getty Research on AI for medicine looks increasingly promising -- the tech already speeds up drug development, Google is using AI to improve its medical advice, and wearable companies are leveraging the technology for predictive health features. Now, Microsoft is the latest to move the goal post. On Monday, the company announced in a blog post that Microsoft AI Diagnostic Orchestrator (MAI-DxO), its medical AI system, successfully diagnosed 85% of cases in the New Engl

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Microsoft Authenticator won't manage your passwords anymore - here's why and what's next

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2026-02-21 11:40:00

gyro/Getty Images Those of you who use Microsoft Authenticator as a password manager will have to find another option, and soon. That's because an upcoming change will pull the plug on the ability to use the Authenticator app to store and autofill passwords. In a recent support document, Microsoft revealed the timeline for Authenticator's retirement as a password manager. Starting in June, you'll no longer be able to add or import new passwords in the app, though you'll still be able to save p

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Experimental Playgrounds

news.ycombinator.com .Wp-Block-Comment-Author-Name Box-Sizing Border-Box 2026-02-19 00:27:35

When you picture a playground, what do you see? Perhaps a space with slides, swings, climbing bars, and merry-go-rounds, with asphalt underneath, or maybe a bouncier, colourful surface that undulates. If it’s a bigger playground, it might have wooden huts on stilts with wood chips underneath – even a zip line, if you’re lucky. Here’s what it won’t have: kids setting fires, sawing wood, cooking food, writing operettas, or constructing 50ft towers. It won’t look like a literal bomb site or junk y

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There are no new ideas in AI, only new datasets

news.ycombinator.com Jack Morris 2026-02-20 10:43:46

Most people know that AI has made unbelievable progress over the last fifteen years– especially in the last five. It might feel like that progress is *inevitable* – although large paradigm-shift-level breakthroughs are uncommon, we march on anyway through a stream of slow & steady progress. In fact, some researchers have recently declared a “Moore’s Law for AI” where the computer’s ability to do certain things (in this case, certain types of coding tasks) increases exponentially with time: the

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Noloco (YC S21) Is Hiring a Founders Associate in Barcelona

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-21 06:01:07

From internal tools to company-wide workflows, Noloco turns your data into a custom, AI-powered app your team will love to use. We empower businesses to create custom apps from their data, such as internal tools, client portals, and CRMs. Changing the way small and medium-sized businesses grow and work together. Backed by Y Combinator, Frontline and other top-class investors, Noloco is a fast-moving, remote-first company with a team spread across Ireland, Spain, and North America. Our Mission

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OpenFLOW – Quickly make beautiful infrastructure diagrams local to your machine

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-21 05:29:57

OpenFLOW - Isometric Diagramming Tool OpenFLOW is a powerful, open-source Progressive Web App (PWA) for creating beautiful isometric diagrams. Built with React and the Isoflow library, it runs entirely in your browser with offline support. Features 🎨 Isometric Diagramming - Create stunning 3D-style technical diagrams - Create stunning 3D-style technical diagrams 💾 Auto-Save - Your work is automatically saved every 5 seconds - Your work is automatically saved every 5 seconds 🔒 Privacy-First

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Best Internet Providers in Little Rock, Arkansas

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-21 09:14:00

What is the best internet provider in Little Rock? CNET recommends AT&T Fiber as it's top-choice for the best internet provider in Little Rock, Arkansas. It offers ultra-fast speeds up to 5,000Mbps with symmetrical uploads and downloads, no data caps, no equipment fees and no contracts. However, those top-tier speeds come with a top-tier $245 monthly price tag. For something easier on the wallet, Xfinity is the better pick. Its $40-per-month plan gets you speeds up to 300Mbps, making it a soli

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Microsoft Offers Free Windows 10 Extended Security Updates, but There's a Catch

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-21 09:30:03

Microsoft is closing the door on Windows 10 in October 2025, and will be ceasing security support for that operating system unless users pay $30 for a one-year extended security update. On June 24, with less than four months on the clock until support expires, Microsoft has added a free option. Users need to turn on cloud backup and connect it to their OneDrive account. The ability to get free updates on Windows 10 is a pretty big deal because it is still the most widely used Windows OS, accoun

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Watch: Humanoid robots stumble through football match in China

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2026-02-20 05:03:01

Humanoid robots kicked, scored and tumbled while competing at a ROBO League football tourmentant in Beijing, China on Saturday. Four teams faced off in a series of 3-on-3 games, with the robots operating autonomously using AI driven strategies. The event served as a preview to the upcoming World Humanoid Robot Games, being held in Beijing in August.

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This compact Windows PC outperforms the M4 Mac Mini in key areas - and it's on sale

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2026-02-21 12:30:16

ZDNET's key takeaways Minisforum's AI X1 Pro retails for $1,129. It's a powerful mini armed with top-tier hardware for creators, programmers, and coders looking to interface with AI at lightning-fast speeds. Don't count on relying on the device's built-in speakers or mic, and it's one of the chunkier minis. View now at Minisforum View now at Amazon more buying choices All three configurations of the Minisforum A1 XI Pro are on sale, with the 2TB SSD model receiving a $280 discount. When Appl

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Why I recommend this $280 Android phone over cheap models from Samsung and Google

zdnet.com Jason Howell 2026-02-21 12:30:19

ZDNET's key takeaways The CMF Phone 2 Pro is one of the best-value handsets on the market, with a price of $279 It has a striking design, a practical feature set, and fantastic battery life. US buyers should note the phone's cellular network support, and the lack of compatible back accessories. View now at Nothing View now at Walmart View now at Amazon more buying choices I've tested a wide range of distinctive budget smartphones this year, from the Moto G Stylus 2025, which features a built-

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Abstraction boundaries are optimization boundaries

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-18 06:12:10

Abstraction boundaries are optimization boundaries The N+1 query problem occurs when your application code sends one SQL query per element in a collection. The N queries are redundant; since all of the data is in the database already, a single query should be enough. This problem is usually caused by a leaky abstraction; the ORM, or whatever database abstraction you are using, can’t anticipate that it would need to send N queries, so it can’t automatically optimize this down to a single query.

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Senator Blackburn Pulls Support for AI Moratorium in Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Amid Backlash

wired.com Kate Knibbs 2026-02-21 05:18:19

As Congress races to pass President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” it’s also sprinting to placate the many haters of the bill’s “AI moratorium” provision which originally required a 10-year pause on state AI regulations. The provision, which was championed by White House AI czar and venture capitalist David Sacks, has proved remarkably unpopular with a diverse contingent of government officials, ranging from 40 state attorneys general to the ultra-MAGA representative Marjorie Taylor Green

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20% VistaPrint Coupon & Promo Codes | July 2025

wired.com Molly Higgins 2026-02-21 10:00:00

VistaPrint specializes in custom physical and digital marketing products for small businesses, like brochures and promotional products, along with personal products like invitations, t-shirts, business cards, or even posters to meet any print and online personalization needs you may have. Fortunately, you don’t have to pay an arm and a leg to shop for these trending products, thanks to our selection of deals for both new and returning customers. Use Top VistaPrint Promo Codes for 15% Off We ha

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Anthropic Let an AI Agent Run a Small Shop and the Result Was Unintentionally Hilarious

futurism.com Unknown 2026-02-21 10:41:08

Anthropic ran an experiment where its Claude chatbot was put in charge of a tiny, automated "shop" inside its San Francisco headquarters — and the results were nothing short of hilarious. Despite claims in an Anthropic post that "Claudius," the name given to the AI agent in charge of stocking the shop's shelves, was "close to success," everything about the gambit seems to demonstrate just how bad AI is at managing things in the real world. Dubbed "Project Vend," the month-long experiment was u

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Proton joins suit against Apple for practices that harm developers and consumers

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-21 02:58:38

Published on June 30, 2025 Earlier today, Proton filed court papers in the US District Court for the Northern District of California to join an existing class-action lawsuit against Apple. Proton is a plaintiff in the case, but we are representing and suing on behalf of a class of similarly situated developers. Challenging one of the most powerful corporations in the history of capitalism is not a decision we make lightly, but Proton has long championed online freedom, privacy, and security, an

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Microsoft's 'Blue Screen of Death' Dies After 40 Years of Memes, Jokes, T-Shirts

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-21 10:26:06

Like Pudding Pops and Benetton sweaters, another 1980s icon is gone. After 40 years of delivering the tragic news of a PC crash to Windows users, Microsoft's infamous "blue screen of death" is going away. A black screen of death will be replacing it, albeit without the sad face. The blue screen of death has been around since Windows 1.0 came out in 1985. Named for its bright blue color, it's a critical error screen that pops up on computers using the Microsoft Windows operating system when the

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Latest Tech News

Trump Says Roads Prevent Wildfires. The Truth Is More Complicated

Newark’s air traffic outages were just the tip of the iceberg

Genesis AI launches with $105M seed funding from Eclipse, Khosla to build AI models for robots

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Experimental Playgrounds

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