Amazon Ring's lost dog ad sparks backlash amid fears of mass surveillance
https://www.theverge.com/tech/876866/ring-search-party-super-bowl-ad-online-backlash
https://www.theverge.com/tech/876866/ring-search-party-super-bowl-ad-online-backlash
The Verge
Amazon Ring’s lost dog ad sparks backlash amid fears of mass surveillance
Is it just for the dogs?
Paragon accidentally uploaded a photo of its spyware control panel
https://twitter.com/DrWhax/status/2021608609595945442
https://twitter.com/DrWhax/status/2021608609595945442
X (formerly Twitter)
Jurre van Bergen (@DrWhax) on X
The general counsel of Paragon, uploaded a picture on Linkedin today showing the Paragon spyware control panel.
The panel shows a phone number in Czechia, Apps, Accounts, media on the phone, the interception status and numbers extracted from various apps.
The panel shows a phone number in Czechia, Apps, Accounts, media on the phone, the interception status and numbers extracted from various apps.
Microwave Oven Failure: Spontaneously turned on by its LED display (2024)
https://blog.stuffedcow.net/2024/06/microwave-failure-spontaneously-turns-on/
https://blog.stuffedcow.net/2024/06/microwave-failure-spontaneously-turns-on/
Q&A: New UK onshore wind and solar is '50% cheaper' than new gas
https://www.carbonbrief.org/qa-new-uk-onshore-wind-and-solar-is-50-cheaper-than-new-gas/
https://www.carbonbrief.org/qa-new-uk-onshore-wind-and-solar-is-50-cheaper-than-new-gas/
Carbon Brief
Q&A: New UK onshore wind and solar is ‘50% cheaper’ than new gas
The UK government has secured a record 7.4 gigawatts of solar, onshore wind and tidal power in its latest auction for new renewable capacity.
Apple's Siri revamp reportedly delayed again
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/11/apples-siri-revamp-reportedly-delayed-again/
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/11/apples-siri-revamp-reportedly-delayed-again/
TechCrunch
Apple's Siri revamp reportedly delayed... again | TechCrunch
While the new Siri was expected to launch with the upcoming iOS 26.4 update in March, now, the changes are expected to roll out more slowly over time, reportedly postponing some features until the May iOS update, or even until the release of iOS 27 in September.
Rare, dangerous side effects of some Covid-19 vaccines explained
https://www.science.org/content/article/rare-dangerous-side-effects-some-covid-19-vaccines-explained
https://www.science.org/content/article/rare-dangerous-side-effects-some-covid-19-vaccines-explained
www.science.org
Rare, dangerous side effects of some COVID-19 vaccines explained
“Groundbreaking” study uncovers why adenovirus-based shots caused life-threatening blood clots and bleeding in some people
GPT-5 outperforms federal judges 100% to 52% in legal reasoning experiment
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6155012
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6155012
Show HN: Double blind entropy using Drand for verifiably fair randomness
https://blockrand.net/live.html
https://blockrand.net/live.html
From specification to stress test: a weekend with Claude
https://www.juxt.pro/blog/from-specification-to-stress-test/
https://www.juxt.pro/blog/from-specification-to-stress-test/
www.juxt.pro
JUXT Blog: From specification to stress test: a weekend with Claude
A behavioural specification language, AI agent teams, and a Byzantine fault-tolerant distributed system built in 48 hours.
Long March-10 in-flight abort and rocket landing demostration [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1huIM_ip6bQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1huIM_ip6bQ
YouTube
Long March-10 launches Mengzhou for in-flight abort test
The first stage of a Long March-10 launch vehicle launched the Mengzhou crewed spacecraft for an in-flight abort test from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site, Hainan Province, China, on 11 February 2026, at 03:00 UTC (11:00 local time). The Long March-10…
AI agent opens a PR write a blogpost to shames the maintainer who closes it
https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/31132
https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/31132
GitHub
[PERF] Replace np.column_stack with np.vstack().T by crabby-rathbun · Pull Request #31132 · matplotlib/matplotlib
This PR addresses issue #31130 by replacing specific safe occurrences of np.column_stack with np.vstack().T for better performance.
IMPORTANT: This is a more targeted fix than originally proposed. ...
IMPORTANT: This is a more targeted fix than originally proposed. ...
The "Crown of Nobles" Noble Gas Tube Display
https://theshamblog.com/the-crown-of-nobles-noble-gas-tube-display/
https://theshamblog.com/the-crown-of-nobles-noble-gas-tube-display/
The Shamblog
The “Crown of Nobles” Noble Gas Tube Display
In my day job I work with ion thrusters for spacecraft, which are essentially electric-powered rockets that fling Xenon gas out at super high speeds to provide thrust and allow satellites to change…