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The BBC removes BAFTAs, telecast on a two-hour delay, from iPlayer after failing to cut the N-word involuntarily shouted by an audience member with Tourette's (Jake Kanter/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/02/bbc-apologizes-bafta-film-award…

BBC Removes BAFTA Film Awards From iPlayer After Initially Failing To Cut N-Word From Ceremony
The BBC has apologized after its coverage of the BAFTA Film Awards failed to cut a racial slur shouted by an audience member with Tourette syndrome.

Hš vinte anos atršs, eu achava que 480p era uma resolução ótima para vídeos e que somente filmes muito específicos (com fotografia excepcional) justificavam o uso de resolução de 720p, que ocupava muito espaço no HD/CD. Mas agora hš pouco estava assistindo um videoclip da Loreena McKennitt em resolução 480p na minha TV de 42 polegadas e mal conseguia distinguir as imagens.
Em parte isso é porque nossos cérebros ficaram muito acostumado a imagens em alta resolução. Mas, principalmente, c…

"I have always believed in deeds, not words."
As the ongoing Russian attacks keep crippling our infrastructure (as seen from a cold unpowered home with a failing cell connection), I am left with few options. One of them, ruminating before sleep on a strange recurring phenomenon. If not careful, we become what we fight.
We're not infallible. It's the values we keep, the tradeoffs we make to succeed that shape us.
Be vigilant. Watch yourself.
And stay sa…

The IRS erroneously shared the taxpayer information of thousands of people with the Department of Homeland Security, as part of the agencies’ controversial agreement to share information on immigrants for the purpose of identifying and deporting people illegally in the US.
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Taxpayer data wrongly shared with DHS, court filing says
The IRS has erroneously shared the taxpayer information of thousands of people with the Department of Homeland Security, according to a new court filing. It was part of the agencies’ controversial agreement to share information on immigrants for the purpose of identifying and deporting people illegally in the U.S. A declaration filed Wednesday by IRS Chief Risk and Control Officer Dottie Romo stated that the IRS was only able to verify roughly 47,000 of the 1.28 million names requested by U.S…

I'm saddened but not surprised. Why are our politicians - from #Newsom to mayors to supervisors - so vocal about mandatory treatment and the need for conservancy or jail, and so unwilling to ensure the necessary services are available?
California’s new ‘war on drugs’: thousands arrested, few get treatment, data shows

I'm saddened but not surprised. Why are our politicians - from #Newsom to mayors to supervisors - so vocal about mandatory treatment and the need for conservancy or jail, and so unwilling to ensure the necessary services are available?
California’s new ‘war on drugs’: thousands arrested, few get treatment, data shows

A classified Israeli military database ... indicated that of more than 53,000 deaths recorded in Gaza, named Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters accounted for roughly 17%. That suggests the rest, 83%, were civilians. These are not the statistics of a war fought with precision, this is a war where imprecision is the aim.
When reported verification times for AI-assisted targets are measured in seconds, ... the consequences are written in rows of small coffins.

Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4.6, which it says can scrutinize company data, regulatory filings, and market info; Anthropic now has 300K business users (Rachel Metz/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…

Filing: PayPay is seeking to raise up to $1.1B at a valuation of up to $13.4B in its US IPO, selling nearly 55M shares priced between $17 and $20 apiece (Arasu Kannagi Basil/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/p…