British drivers over 70 to face eye tests every three years
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c205nxy0p31o
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c205nxy0p31o
Bbc
Drivers over 70 to face eye tests every three years
The move is part of the government's new road safety strategy, which plans to reform driving laws in Britain.
Brookhaven Lab's RHIC Concludes 25-Year Run with Final Collisions
https://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/brookhaven-labs-rhic-concludes-25-year-run-with-final-collisions/
https://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/brookhaven-labs-rhic-concludes-25-year-run-with-final-collisions/
HPCwire
Brookhaven Lab’s RHIC Concludes 25-Year Run with Final Collisions - HPCwire
Milestone caps a quarter century of groundbreaking discoveries — with more to come from final run’s largest-ever dataset — plus technological advances in accelerators, detectors, and computing UPTON, N.Y., Feb. 6, 2026 — Just after 9 a.m. on Friday, Feb.…
Microsoft Account bugs locked me out of Notepad – are Thin Clients ruining PCs?
https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/windows-locked-me-out-of-notepad-is-the-thin-client-era-ruining-pcs
https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/windows-locked-me-out-of-notepad-is-the-thin-client-era-ruining-pcs
Windows Central
Windows 11 locked me out of Notepad via Microsoft Account bugs — is the 'Thin Client' era ruining my 27 blissful years of PCs?
I don't want people to switch away from Windows; I want Microsoft to treat its premier operating system like it used to.
FDA Intends to Take Action Against Non-FDA-Approved GLP-1 Drugs
https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-intends-take-action-against-non-fda-approved-glp-1-drugs
https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-intends-take-action-against-non-fda-approved-glp-1-drugs
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
FDA Intends to Take Action Against Non-FDA-Approved GLP-1 Drugs
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is announcing its intent to take decisive steps to restrict GLP-1 active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) intended for use in non-FDA-approved compounded drugs that are being mass-marketed by companies
Washington Post CEO Will Lewis Steps Down After Stormy Tenure
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/technology/washington-post-will-lewis.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/technology/washington-post-will-lewis.html
NY Times
Washington Post C.E.O. Will Lewis Steps Down After Stormy Tenure
His departure came days after the company cut 30 percent of the staff. He will be replaced in the interim by Jeff D’Onofrio, the chief financial officer, the company said.
Show HN: LocalGPT – A local-first AI assistant in Rust with persistent memory
https://github.com/localgpt-app/localgpt
https://github.com/localgpt-app/localgpt
GitHub
GitHub - localgpt-app/localgpt
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Bye Bye Humanity: The Potential AMOC Collapse
https://thatjoescott.com/2026/02/03/bye-bye-humanity-the-potential-amoc-collapse/
https://thatjoescott.com/2026/02/03/bye-bye-humanity-the-potential-amoc-collapse/
That Joe Scott
Bye Bye Humanity: The Potential AMOC Collapse
It’s been talked about for a while (in fact I covered this 6 years ago), but a lot of things have been said about the potential collapse of the Atlantic Gulf Stream, also known as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation or AMOC. This global current…
Why there is no official statement from Substack about the data leak
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/05/substack-confirms-data-breach-affecting-email-addresses-and-phone-numbers/
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/05/substack-confirms-data-breach-affecting-email-addresses-and-phone-numbers/
TechCrunch
Substack confirms data breach affects users' email addresses and phone numbers | TechCrunch
Substack said that customer data was accessed in October 2025 but wasn't discovered until early February.