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Cloudflare Is Blocking AI Crawlers by Default

wired.com Kate Knibbs 2026-02-18 22:00:00

Last year, internet infrastructure firm Cloudflare launched tools enabling its customers to block AI scrapers. Today the company has taken its fight against permissionless scraping several steps further. It has switched to blocking AI crawlers by default for its customers and is moving forward with a Pay Per Crawl program that lets customers charge AI companies to scrape their websites. Web crawlers have trawled the internet for information for decades. Without them, people would lose vitally i

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Identities of More Than 80 Americans Stolen for North Korean IT Worker Scams

wired.com Andy Greenberg 2026-02-19 17:00:39

For years, the North Korean government has found a burgeoning source of sanctions-evading revenue by tasking its citizens with secretly applying for remote tech jobs in the West. A newly revealed takedown operation by American law enforcement makes clear just how much of the infrastructure used to pull off those schemes has been based in the United States—and just how many Americans' identities were stolen by the North Korean impersonators to carry them out. On Monday, the Department of Justice

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Why We Should Care About This War over the Future of Money

news.ycombinator.com Luc Olinga 2026-02-20 03:00:40

The crypto world is buzzing. If you ask a true believer, they’ll say this is just the beginning of a financial revolution. Ask a skeptic, and they’ll swear we’re watching a bubble inflate in real time, one that could pop at any second. This entire debate is now playing out in a public showdown between two of the biggest names in finance. Michael Saylor and Jim Chanos are two men with very different visions of the future, and they’re now in open combat on X (formerly Twitter). Saylor, the billi

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Date Everything will make you see your favorite household objects in a sexy new light

theverge.com Ash Parrish 2026-02-20 03:00:07

Date Everything! isn’t the dating sim it appears to be. Though the game’s cutesy art style and lighthearted premise indicate an unserious game that’s making yet another joke at the expense of the genre, Date Everything actually contains novel explorations of human relationships and sharp-as-shit political critique. Date Everything (the title technically includes an exclamation point) is a game where you, with the help of special glasses called “dateviators,” can turn everyday household objects

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Tumblr’s move to WordPress and fediverse integration is ‘on hold’

theverge.com Jay Peters 2026-02-20 17:47:13

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Automattic’s plan to move Tumblr’s backend over to WordPress is now “on hold,” Automattic founder and CEO Matt Mullenweg says in a Decoder episode published today. The company announced the plan to move over the more than half a billion blogs on Tumblr last year, saying that the change would “make it easier to share our work across platforms.” But Mullenweg says on Decoder th

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Why You Should Care About This War Over the Future of Money

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2026-02-21 03:25:28

The crypto world is buzzing. If you ask a true believer, they’ll say this is just the beginning of a financial revolution. Ask a skeptic, and they’ll swear we’re watching a bubble inflate in real time, one that could pop at any second. This entire debate is now playing out in a public showdown between two of the biggest names in finance. Michael Saylor and Jim Chanos are two men with very different visions of the future, and they’re now in open combat on X (formerly Twitter). Saylor, the billi

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Meet Jim O’Neill, the longevity enthusiast who is now RFK Jr.’s right-hand man

technologyreview.com Jessica Hamzelou 2026-02-21 16:00:00

Although much less of a public figure than his new boss, O’Neill is quite well-known in the increasingly well-funded and tight-knit longevity community. His acquaintances include the prominent longevity influencer Bryan Johnson, who describes him as “a soft-spoken, thoughtful, methodical guy,” and the billionaire tech entrepreneur Peter Thiel. In speaking with more than 20 people who work in the longevity field and are familiar with O’Neill, it’s clear that they share a genuine optimism about h

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The Death of the Middle-Class Musician

news.ycombinator.com Luc Rinaldi 2026-02-21 04:06:31

Rollie Pemberton was barely a teenager when he started rapping. His hometown, Edmonton, didn’t have much of a hip-hop scene in the early aughts, so he honed his craft online. He plugged an old-school microphone into his mom’s desktop computer, recorded a few verses, later turned them into tracks, and sent them out into the burgeoning music blogosphere. Within a few years, he’d adopted the emcee name Cadence Weapon and earned a reputation as a shrewd critic and sharp lyricist. This work didn’t p

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Reddit turns 20, and it’s going big on AI

theverge.com Jay Peters 2026-02-21 05:00:00

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Reddit has become known as the place to go for unfiltered answers from real, human users. But as the site celebrates its 20th anniversary this week, the company is increasingly thinking about how it can augment that human work with AI. The initial rollout of AI tools, like Reddit Answers, is “going really well,” CTO Chris Slowe tells The Verge. At a time when Google and its A

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Runway is going to let people generate video games with AI

theverge.com Alex Heath 2026-02-22 08:50:34

So far, Runway is known for bringing generative AI to Hollywood. Now, the $3 billion startup is setting its sights on the gaming industry. This week, I was granted access to a new interactive gaming experience that Runway plans to make available to everyone as soon as next week, according to CEO Cristóbal Valenzuela. The consumer-facing product is currently quite barebones, with a chat interface that supports only text and image generation, but Valenzuela says that generated video games are com

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These Are the Chatbots We're Using Most, and How We're Using Them

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-22 21:19:00

If you have a particular AI tool that you tend to try first when you have an artificial intelligence task on deck, you're not alone. According to a new survey, 91% of people who use AI have a favorite tool they try first, whether it's ChatGPT, Gemini, Alex or something else. A Menlo Ventures survey of 5,000 adults found that this so-called "default tool dynamic" means that most people using AI have chosen a general AI tool they'll try first for every job, even if it's not necessarily the best t

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The photographer using AI to reconstruct stories lost to censorship

theverge.com Elise Morton 2026-02-28 08:00:00

Video screens glow softly from the floor, looping footage of salt lakes, steppe villages, and decaying nuclear test sites. Suspended above them is a large handwoven textile map, crafted by artisans in Kazakhstan. The tapestry maps 12 significant sites across Kazakhstan and the surrounding region, each corresponding to one of the flickering videos below. This is Posthuman Matter: The Map of Nomadizing Reimaginings #3, the latest large-scale installation by photographer and multimedia artist Almag

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Google’s new AI will help researchers understand how our genes work

technologyreview.com Antonio Regalado 2026-02-28 22:00:00

“We haven’t designed or validated AlphaGenome for personal genome prediction, a known challenge for AI models,” Google said in a statement. Underlying the AI system is the so-called transformer architecture invented at Google that also powers large language models like GPT-4. This one was trained on troves of experimental data produced by public scientific projects. Lareau says the system will not broadly change how his lab works day to day but could permit new types of research. For instance,

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Job titles of the future: Pandemic oracle

technologyreview.com Britta Shoot 2026-03-01 16:00:00

Browne produces independent research reports and works directly with companies of all sizes. One of his niches is consulting on new diagnostic tools—for example, in his work with RAIsonance, a startup using machine learning to analyze cough sounds correlated with tuberculosis and covid-19. For multinational corporations, he models threats such as the possibility of avian influenza spreading from human to human. He builds most- and least-likely scenarios for how the global business community migh

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This New Watch Is Being Purpose-Built for Space Exploration—and It's Not an Omega

wired.com Chris Hall 2026-03-01 18:00:00

When you think of space exploration and watches, one name immediately comes to mind: Omega. Since its Speedmaster chronograph was selected by NASA half a century ago it has become synonymous with space travel. The timing of a 13-second engine burn to save Apollo 13 cemented its role in space history, and Omega has not missed a single opportunity to deepen the partnership, from officially naming it the Moonwatch to creating endless commemorative limited editions (even if it is by no means the onl

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Few Americans pay for news when they encounter paywalls

news.ycombinator.com Emily Tomasik 2026-03-01 20:46:38

Compilation of major news outlets’ paywalls prompting readers to become paid subscribers to view their content. (Pew Research Center collage) Newspaper revenue has been in decline for decades, and most Americans now prefer to get news from digital devices. In this environment, many news organizations – and not just newspapers – put paywalls on their websites or apps, blocking access to articles or other content unless news consumers pay or subscribe. The vast majority of Americans (83%) say th

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A nasal spray company wants to make it harder for the FTC to police health claims

theverge.com Lauren Feiner 2026-03-02 02:43:54

In the midst of the covid-19 pandemic, a health products company called Xlear began advertising its saline nasal spray to people desperately searching for ways to protect themselves from a new virus. In its marketing, Xlear pointed to studies that it said supported the idea that ingredients in the spray could block viruses from sticking to the nasal cavity. Based on its interpretation of the science, Xlear promoted the product as one part of a “layered defense” against contracting covid. In 202

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The United States has lower life expectancy than most similarly wealthy nations

news.ycombinator.com Pearson 2026-03-03 11:30:50

Since taking over as the top US health official in February, Robert F. Kennedy Jr has overseen radical changes that have alarmed many public-health experts. The agency he leads announced that it would cut its workforce by 20,000, and cancelled billions of dollars in federal funding for research and public health. Earlier this month, Kennedy replaced all the members of an influential vaccine advisory committee with hand-picked ones, including some who have expressed scepticism about vaccines. His

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This Billionaire Turned a Software Firm Into a $42 Billion Bitcoin Whale

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2026-03-03 17:58:55

Michael Saylor doesn’t just believe in Bitcoin. He’s betting his entire company on it. On Saturday, the billionaire founder of MicroStrategy, once a sleepy business software firm, announced he had bought another 245 bitcoins for around $26 million, paying an average of $105,856 per coin. That brings MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin holdings to a jaw-dropping 592,345 BTC, acquired for $41.87 billion at an average cost of $70,681 per coin. Saylor posted the update to his 4.4 million followers on X, bragg

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10 Best Electrolyte Powders (2025): Tasty and Effective

wired.com Louryn Strampe 2026-03-04 03:01:00

TL;DR Don't choose something with ultra-high amounts of sodium, carbohydrates, or sugar unless you need to based on your exercise levels or a sweat test. Amy Brownstein, a registered dietitian nutritionist at MyNetDiary, says electrolytes are minerals that exist naturally in your body. These include magnesium, calcium, chloride, sodium, potassium, and phosphorous. Electrolyte powders usually contain these, as well as sugars and carbohydrates which can help a little bit with the absorption of th

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The Methaphone Is a Phone (That’s Not a Phone) to Help You Stop Using Your Phone

wired.com Arielle Pardes 2026-03-04 12:00:00

Earlier this year, Eric Antonow was in a coffee shop with his family when he felt the familiar, twitchy urge to reach for his phone. He patted his pockets for relief—the cool, thin slab was still there. He joked to his family that, like an addict jonesing for a hit, he would one day need a medical-grade solution to detox from his phone. Opioid addicts had methadone. iPhone addicts would need … methaphones. “It was a joke, but I got two laughs from my two teenagers, which is gold,” Antonow says.

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Supercell boss: 'We need to take bigger risks'

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2026-03-04 17:08:19

Supercell boss: 'We need to take bigger risks' 52 minutes ago Share Save Ben Morris Technology of Business Editor Share Save Supercell Ilkka Paananen wants new kinds of "game experiences" For someone pushing his company to break new ground, Ilkka Paananen appears relaxed. Not wearing shoes, like everyone else in the office - it's a Finnish thing I'm told - he tells me the mobile gaming industry needs shaking up. "We need to take bigger risks," says Mr Paananen the chief executive of Finland's

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How many PhDs does world need? Doctoral graduates outnumber academia jobs

news.ycombinator.com Kwon 2026-03-04 17:08:11

More than 600,000 students were enrolled in PhD programmes in China in 2023.Credit: ChinaImages/Sipa USA via Alamy The number of doctoral graduates globally has been growing steadily over the past few decades. And in countries such as China and India, those numbers are exploding. Conventionally, the doctorate was a stepping stone to a lifelong career in academia. But today, the number of PhD graduates vastly exceeds the number of job openings at universities and research institutions. Research

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China’s Electric-Vehicle Factories Have Become Tourist Hot Spots

wired.com Zeyi Yang 2026-03-05 08:30:00

Tours of electric vehicle factories have quickly become the hottest ticket in Beijing, with tens of thousands of people signing up each month for the chance to win a free visit. Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi, which has reinvented itself as an EV maker in recent years, started offering the one-hour tours in January to visitors interested in seeing its factory up close and getting a race car experience in a Xiaomi EV. As Chinese EV brands expand from competing on low prices to promoting premium

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The Largest Camera Ever Built Releases Its First Images of the Cosmos

wired.com Jay Bennett 2026-03-07 06:27:31

Perched atop the Cerro Pachón mountain in Chile, 8,684 feet high in the Atacama Desert, where the dry air creates some of the best conditions in the world to view the night sky, a new telescope unlike anything built before has begun its survey of the cosmos. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, named for the astronomer who discovered evidence of dark matter in 1978, is expected to reveal some 20 billion galaxies, 17 billion stars in the Milky Way, 10 million supernovas, and millions of smaller objects

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China's Electric Vehicle Factories Have Become Tourist Hotspots

wired.com Zeyi Yang 2026-03-07 08:30:00

Tours of electric vehicle factories have quickly become the hottest ticket in Beijing, with tens of thousands of people signing up each month for the chance to win a free visit. Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi, which has reinvented itself as an EV maker in recent years, started offering the one-hour tours in January to visitors interested in seeing its factory up close and getting a race car experience in a Xiaomi EV. As Chinese EV brands expand from competing on low prices to promoting premium

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Digital Grave-Robbing: How AI Is Plundering Online Obituaries

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-06 23:00:00

My sister had only been gone for a few hours and the AI afterlife had already devoured her. Jamie went into the hospital with stomach pain on a Friday last January. By Tuesday morning, she had passed away from an aggressive lymphoma at 36. Later that afternoon, my mom got a text about a suspicious obituary my aunt saw online. The errors jumped out immediately. Her cause of death was listed as autism. The obituary chronicled a funeral that hadn't happened yet. The loss was described as saddenin

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Denmark's Archaeology Experiment Is Paying Off in Gold and Knowledge

news.ycombinator.com Elizabeth Anne Brown 2026-03-02 22:13:15

Ole Ginnerup Schytz, an engineer in Denmark’s sleepy Vindelev agricultural area, had used a metal detector only a handful of times when he found a bent clump of metal in a friend’s barley field. He figured it was the lid from a container of tinned fish and tossed it in his junk bag with the other bits of farm trash that had set his metal detector beeping: rusty nails, screws, scrap iron. A few paces away he dug up another shiny circle. Someone had clearly enjoyed a lot of tinned fish here—into t

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The music industry is building the tech to hunt down AI songs

theverge.com Jack Buehrer 2026-03-06 18:00:00

The music industry’s nightmare came true in 2023, and it sounded a lot like Drake. “Heart on My Sleeve,” a convincingly fake duet between Drake and The Weeknd, racked up millions of streams before anyone could explain who made it or where it came from. The track didn’t just go viral — it broke the illusion that anyone was in control. In the scramble to respond, a new category of infrastructure is quietly taking shape that’s built not to stop generative music outright, but to make it traceable.

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Mathematicians Hunting Prime Numbers Discover Infinite New Pattern

news.ycombinator.com Rachel Crowell 2026-03-04 10:28:29

For centuries, prime numbers have captured the imaginations of mathematicians, who continue to search for new patterns that help identify them and the way they’re distributed among other numbers. Primes are whole numbers that are greater than 1 and are divisible by only 1 and themselves. The three smallest prime numbers are 2, 3 and 5. It's easy to find out if small numbers are prime—one simply needs to check what numbers can factor them. When mathematicians consider large numbers, however, the

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