Firefox Getting New Controls to Turn Off AI Features
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/02/02/firefox-ai-toggle/
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/02/02/firefox-ai-toggle/
MacRumors
Firefox Getting New Controls to Turn Off AI Features
The Firefox browser is gaining options to turn off AI enhancements, Mozilla said today. Firefox users who prefer to browse without artificial intelligence will be able to turn off several AI features that Mozilla has added over the last several months. Here's…
GitHub discusses giving maintainers control to disable PRs
https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/185387
https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/185387
GitHub
Exploring Solutions to Tackle Low-Quality Contributions on GitHub · community · Discussion #185387
Hey everyone, I wanted to provide an update on a critical issue affecting the open source community: the increasing volume of low-quality contributions that is creating significant operational chal...
Banning lead in gas worked. The proof is in our hair
https://attheu.utah.edu/health-medicine/banning-lead-in-gas-worked-the-proof-is-in-our-hair/
https://attheu.utah.edu/health-medicine/banning-lead-in-gas-worked-the-proof-is-in-our-hair/
attheu.utah.edu
Banning lead in gas worked. The proof is in our hair - @theU
Researchers analyzed samples of Utahns' hair going back a century to document a 100-fold decrease in lead concentrations.
Floppinux – An Embedded Linux on a Single Floppy, 2025 Edition
https://krzysztofjankowski.com/floppinux/floppinux-2025.html
https://krzysztofjankowski.com/floppinux/floppinux-2025.html
LNAI – Define AI coding tool configs once, sync to Claude, Cursor, Codex, etc.
https://github.com/KrystianJonca/lnai
https://github.com/KrystianJonca/lnai
GitHub
GitHub - KrystianJonca/lnai: Unified AI configuration management CLI
Unified AI configuration management CLI. Contribute to KrystianJonca/lnai development by creating an account on GitHub.
What's up with all those equals signs anyway?
https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2026/02/02/whats-up-with-all-those-equals-signs-anyway/
https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2026/02/02/whats-up-with-all-those-equals-signs-anyway/
Random Thoughts
What’s up with all those equals signs anyway?
For some reason or other, people have been posting a lot of excerpts from old emails on Twitter over the last few days. The most vital question everybody’s asking themselves is: What’s …
Spain to ban social media access for under-16s, PM Sanchez says
https://www.reuters.com/world/spain-hold-social-media-executives-accountable-illegal-hateful-content-2026-02-03/
https://www.reuters.com/world/spain-hold-social-media-executives-accountable-illegal-hateful-content-2026-02-03/
Reuters
Spain, Greece weigh teen social media bans, drawing fury from Elon Musk
Spain and Greece on Tuesday proposed bans on social media use by teenagers as attitudes hardened in Europe against technology some say is designed to be addictive and the measures announced by Spain's Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, drew fury from Elon Musk.
Emerge Career (YC S22) Is Hiring a Founding Product Designer
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/emerge-career/jobs/omqT34S-founding-product-designer
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/emerge-career/jobs/omqT34S-founding-product-designer
Y Combinator
Founding Product Designer at Emerge Career | Y Combinator
Who We Are:
Emerge Career’s mission is to break the cycle of poverty and incarceration. We’re not just building software; we’re creating pathways to real second chances. Through an all-in-one platform deeply embedded within the criminal justice system, we…
Emerge Career’s mission is to break the cycle of poverty and incarceration. We’re not just building software; we’re creating pathways to real second chances. Through an all-in-one platform deeply embedded within the criminal justice system, we…
KDE's new Plasma Login Manager is tightly bound to systemd
https://forums.FreeBSD.org/threads/kde-plasma-login-manager-wont-support-systemd-free-linux-or-bsd-systems.101393/
https://forums.FreeBSD.org/threads/kde-plasma-login-manager-wont-support-systemd-free-linux-or-bsd-systems.101393/
The FreeBSD Forums
KDE Plasma Login Manager Won’t Support Systemd-Free Linux or BSD...
KDE's new Plasma Login Manager is tightly bound to systemd, making it unusable on systemd-free Linux distributions and BSD systems.
KDE’s upcoming Plasma Login Manager will make its first...
KDE’s upcoming Plasma Login Manager will make its first...
Show HN: Inverting Agent Model (App as Clients, Chat as Server and Reflection)
https://github.com/RAIL-Suite/RAIL
https://github.com/RAIL-Suite/RAIL
GitHub
GitHub - RAIL-Suite/RAIL: Remote Agent Invocation Layer
Remote Agent Invocation Layer. Contribute to RAIL-Suite/RAIL development by creating an account on GitHub.
GitHub Browser Plugin for AI Contribution Blame in Pull Requests
https://blog.rbby.dev/posts/github-ai-contribution-blame-for-pull-requests/
https://blog.rbby.dev/posts/github-ai-contribution-blame-for-pull-requests/
rbby.dev
Github Browser Plugin for Ai Contribution Blame in Pull Requests
An extension of Refined GitHub browser plugin for AI contribution tracking capabilities in GitHub pull requests.
A WhatsApp bug lets malicious media files spread through group chats
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/01/a-whatsapp-bug-lets-malicious-media-files-spread-through-group-chats
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/01/a-whatsapp-bug-lets-malicious-media-files-spread-through-group-chats
Malwarebytes
A WhatsApp bug lets malicious media files spread through group chats
Google’s Project Zero team found that WhatsApp can download a malicious media file without you doing anything at all.
Data Brokers Can Fuel Violence Against Public Servants
https://www.wired.com/story/how-data-brokers-can-fuel-violence-against-public-servants/
https://www.wired.com/story/how-data-brokers-can-fuel-violence-against-public-servants/
WIRED
How Data Brokers Can Fuel Violence Against Public Servants
A new report from the Public Service Alliance finds state privacy laws offer public servants few ways to protect their private data, even as threats against them are on the rise.
Launch HN: Modelence (YC S25) – App Builder with TypeScript / MongoDB Framework
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46872733
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46872733
Prek: A better, faster, drop-in pre-commit replacement, engineered in Rust
https://github.com/j178/prek
https://github.com/j178/prek
GitHub
GitHub - j178/prek: ⚡ Better `pre-commit`, re-engineered in Rust
⚡ Better `pre-commit`, re-engineered in Rust. Contribute to j178/prek development by creating an account on GitHub.
Xcode 26.3 unlocks the power of agentic coding
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/02/xcode-26-point-3-unlocks-the-power-of-agentic-coding/
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/02/xcode-26-point-3-unlocks-the-power-of-agentic-coding/
Apple Newsroom
Xcode 26.3 unlocks the power of agentic coding
Xcode 26.3 introduces support for agentic coding, a new way in Xcode for developers to build apps, powered by coding agents from Anthropic and OpenAI.