Tech Companies Shouldn't Be Bullied into Doing Surveillance
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/tech-companies-shouldnt-be-bullied-doing-surveillance
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/tech-companies-shouldnt-be-bullied-doing-surveillance
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Tech Companies Shouldn’t Be Bullied Into Doing Surveillance
The Secretary of Defense has given an ultimatum to the artificial intelligence company Anthropic in an attempt to bully them into making their technology available to the U.S. military without any
Jane Street Hit with Terra $40B Insider Trading Suit
https://www.disruptionbanking.com/2026/02/24/jane-street-hit-with-terra-40b-insider-trading-suit/
https://www.disruptionbanking.com/2026/02/24/jane-street-hit-with-terra-40b-insider-trading-suit/
Disruption Banking
Jane Street Hit with Terra $40B Insider Trading Suit
Crypto’s most infamous collapse is back in the spotlight, and this time the blast radius reaches deep into Wall Street. A new lawsuit doesn’t just revisit Jane Street sued for alleged insider trading in Terra's $40B collapse. Lawsuit claims the firm front…
Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/americans-leaving-the-us-migration-a5795bfa
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/americans-leaving-the-us-migration-a5795bfa
The Wall Street Journal
Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers
More citizens are replanting overseas, drawn by a quality of life made easily affordable by the U.S.’s enviable salaries.
Apple Needs to Copy Samsung's New Security Smartphone Screen ASAP
https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/samsung-galaxy-s26-privacy-display-d5bce9ab
https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/samsung-galaxy-s26-privacy-display-d5bce9ab
The Wall Street Journal
Apple Needs to Copy Samsung’s New Security Smartphone Screen ASAP
Our whole lives flash across our mobile display—bank balances, passwords and much, much more. This new tech could keep us safer.
I don't know how you get here from "predict the next word."
https://www.grumpy-economist.com/p/refine
https://www.grumpy-economist.com/p/refine
Grumpy-Economist
Refine
I recently tried refine, an AI tool for refining academic articles, developed by Yann Calvó López and Ben Golub.
Tell HN: YC companies scrape GitHub activity, send spam emails to users
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47163885
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47163885
Show HN: Terminal Phone – E2EE Walkie Talkie from the Command Line
https://gitlab.com/here_forawhile/terminalphone
https://gitlab.com/here_forawhile/terminalphone
GitLab
Here ForAwhile / terminalphone · GitLab
Number of UK workers on zero-hours contracts hits record high ahead of crackdown
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czj1m7d4gxpo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czj1m7d4gxpo
BBC News
Number of workers on zero-hours contracts hits record high
There has been a 181,000 increase in the number of zero-hours contracts since Labour was elected.
Anthropic ditches its core safety promise
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/25/tech/anthropic-safety-policy-change
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/25/tech/anthropic-safety-policy-change
CNN
Anthropic ditches its core safety promise in the middle of an AI red line fight with the Pentagon
Anthropic, a company founded by OpenAI exiles worried about the dangers of AI, is loosening its core safety principle in response to competition.
CPJ: Record 129 journalists and media workers killed in 2025, mostly by Israel
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/record-129-journalists-media-workers-killed-2025-mostly-by-israel-says-cpj-2026-02-25/
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/record-129-journalists-media-workers-killed-2025-mostly-by-israel-says-cpj-2026-02-25/
In 2025, Meta paid an effective federal tax rate of 3.5%
https://bsky.app/profile/rbreich.bsky.social/post/3mfptlfeucn2i
https://bsky.app/profile/rbreich.bsky.social/post/3mfptlfeucn2i
Bluesky Social
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social)
In 2025, Meta paid an effective federal tax rate of 3.5% — its lowest on record.
Meanwhile, Meta is pumping $65 million into elections this year to boost AI friendly candidates.
Trickle-down economics isn't just a hoax, it's corrosive to democracy.
Big…
Meanwhile, Meta is pumping $65 million into elections this year to boost AI friendly candidates.
Trickle-down economics isn't just a hoax, it's corrosive to democracy.
Big…
Why Developers Keep Choosing Claude over Every Other AI
https://www.bhusalmanish.com.np/blog/posts/why-claude-wins-coding.html
https://www.bhusalmanish.com.np/blog/posts/why-claude-wins-coding.html
www.bhusalmanish.com.np
Why Developers Keep Choosing Claude Over Every Other AI
Benchmarks say one thing. Developers do another. Why Claude keeps winning at real coding work while process beats raw intelligence.
Nano Banana 2: Google's latest AI image generation model
https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/ai/nano-banana-2/
https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/ai/nano-banana-2/
Google
Nano Banana 2: Combining Pro capabilities with lightning-fast speed
Our latest image generation model offers advanced world knowledge, production-ready specs, subject consistency and more, all at Flash speed.