$30B for laptops yielded a generation less cognitively capable than parents
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/u-spent-30-billion-ditch-110200869.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/u-spent-30-billion-ditch-110200869.html
Yahoo News
The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable…
Neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath said older generations “screwed up” giving students access to so much technology: “I genuinely hope Gen Z quickly figures that out and gets mad.”
LGP to take Mister Car Wash private in $3.1B deal
https://www.alternativeswatch.com/2026/02/22/lgp-take-mister-car-wash-private-3-1-billion-deal/
https://www.alternativeswatch.com/2026/02/22/lgp-take-mister-car-wash-private-3-1-billion-deal/
Alternativeswatch
LGP to take Mister Car Wash private in $3.1bn deal - Alternatives Watch
Leonard Green & Partners is acquiring the remaining public shares of Mister Car Wash, the operator of roughly 550 car washes in the U.S, for about $3.1 billion.
How close are we to a vision for 2010?
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/02/how-close-are-we-to-a-vision-for-2010/
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/02/how-close-are-we-to-a-vision-for-2010/
Bitmovin (YC S15) Is Hiring Interns in AI for Summer 2026 in Austria
https://bitmovin.com/careers/8023403002/
https://bitmovin.com/careers/8023403002/
Bitmovin
AI & Beyond Internship Incubator (Summer 2026) - Bitmovin
Bitmovin is a leading global provider of innovative video streaming solutions, and we're excited to announce the next intake AI & Beyond Internship
Pope tells priests to use their brains, not AI, to write homilies
https://www.ewtnnews.com/vatican/pope-leo-xiv-tells-priests-to-use-their-brains-not-ai-to-write-homilies
https://www.ewtnnews.com/vatican/pope-leo-xiv-tells-priests-to-use-their-brains-not-ai-to-write-homilies
Elsevier Shuts Down Its Finance Journal Citation Cartel
https://www.chrisbrunet.com/p/elsevier-shuts-down-its-finance-journal
https://www.chrisbrunet.com/p/elsevier-shuts-down-its-finance-journal
Chrisbrunet
Elsevier Shuts Down Its Finance Journal Citation Cartel
12 papers retracted, 7 editor positions removed, and the "open secret" of Elsevier’s elite paper mill exposed.
Hetzner Prices increase 30-40%
https://docs.hetzner.com/de/general/infrastructure-and-availability/price-adjustment/
https://docs.hetzner.com/de/general/infrastructure-and-availability/price-adjustment/
QRTape – Audio Playback from Paper Tape with Computer Vision (2021)
http://www.theresistornetwork.com/2021/03/qrtape-audio-playback-from-paper-tape.html
http://www.theresistornetwork.com/2021/03/qrtape-audio-playback-from-paper-tape.html
Theresistornetwork
QRTape | Audio Playback from Paper Tape with Computer Vision
Here is a project that I have been tossing around in my head for at least a year or two now. Given advances in audio compression algorithms ...
SETI@home: Data Acquisition and Front-End Processing (2025)
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ade5a7
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ade5a7
iopscience.iop.org
SETI@home: Data Acquisition and Front-end Processing
SETI@home: Data Acquisition and Front-end Processing* , Korpela, E. J., Anderson, D. P., Cobb, J., Lebofsky, M., Liu, W., Werthimer, D.
Hetzner (European hosting provider) to increase prices by up to 38%
https://old.reddit.com/r/BuyFromEU/comments/1rce0lf/hetzner_european_hosting_provider_to_increase/
https://old.reddit.com/r/BuyFromEU/comments/1rce0lf/hetzner_european_hosting_provider_to_increase/
Reddit
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VTT Test Donut Lab Battery Reaches 80% Charge in Under 10 Minutes [pdf]
https://pub-fee113bb711e441db5c353d2d31abbb3.r2.dev/VTT_CR_00092_26.pdf
https://pub-fee113bb711e441db5c353d2d31abbb3.r2.dev/VTT_CR_00092_26.pdf
Silicon Valley can't import talent like before. So it's exporting jobs
https://restofworld.org/2026/h1b-visa-impact-india-tech-hiring-faamng/
https://restofworld.org/2026/h1b-visa-impact-india-tech-hiring-faamng/
Rest of World
Silicon Valley can’t import talent like before. So it’s exporting jobs
Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and other U.S. tech giants are ramping up India hiring.