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The European Parliament has temporarily disabled AI features on lawmakers' official devices, citing concerns that sensitive information could be sent outside its secure systems.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2026/ai/european-parlia…

European Parliament switches off AI features over data fears
The European Parliament has temporarily disabled AI features on lawmakers' official devices, citing concerns that sensitive information could be sent outside its secure systems.

❤️ https://crowdersoup.com/blog/post/padd-some-new-features-1771364186/

PADD: Some new features!
I've been working on PADD publicly for about a week now. Before that I was hacking on the individual parts (indieauth, micropub, etc.) but I was finally able to put them together in a fun UI and re...

Anthropic releases a survey of 80,508 Claude users' views, hopes, and fears about AI, calling it "the largest and most multilingual qualitative study" (Anthropic)
https://www.anthropic.com/features/81k-interviews

What 81,000 people want from AI
Last December, tens of thousands of Claude users around the world had a conversation with our AI interviewer to share how they use AI, what they dream it could make possible, and what they fear it might do.

EU Parliament blocks AI tools over cyber, privacy fears. Members should avoid exposing work emails, documents or internal information “to AI features that scan or analyze content,” be “cautious” with third-party AI apps and “avoid granting broad access to data”: https://www.politico.eu…

EU Parliament blocks AI tools over cyber, privacy fears
AI features on EU devices sent data to cloud, prompting the Parliament’s IT support to switch them off.

iPhone 17e: Diese Features könnten kommen
Apples erste iPhone-Neuerscheinung des Jahres steht an: Es soll das iPhone 17e sein. Technisch sind einige Neuerungen zu erwarten.
https://www.heise.de/news/…

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/116083589029041168
Update: Microsoft has removed this abomination, yet the site it was on is still full of bullshit, inaccuracies and half-truths.
For example, they claim that commits and branches are GitHub features, not git features.

NOWHERE TO HIDE
Trump's attacks on Pope Leo XIV are making J.D. Vance and others choose between their "religion" and their fealty to the president
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-feature…

The Catholics in Trump’s Inner Circle Have Nowhere to Hide
Donald Trump's attacks on Pope Leo XIV are making J.D. Vance and Catholics choose between their religion and their fealty to the president.

A look at Norway's growing film industry, after it earned its first-ever Oscar, the Academy Award for best international feature, for the film Sentimental Value (Scott Roxborough/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/m

Norway’s Oscar Victory Was Decades in the Making
How Scandinavia’s "cinema underdogs” used innovation — and a lot of oil money — to build a film industry from scratch.

Gaza death toll exceeds 75,000 as independent data verify loss | Israel-Palestine conflict | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/2/18/gaza-death-toll-exceeds-75000-as-independent-data-verify-loss

from my link log —
Designing the Transport typeface: Margaret Calvert on the making of Britain’s road signs.
https://www.thamesandhudson.com/blogs/all-news-features/designing-the-transport-t…

US CHILDREN 🧒
我們這些孩童 🧒
📷 Zeiss IKON Super Ikonta 533/16
🎞️ Lucky SHD 400
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

Incroyable, contrairement aux autres je suis super excité par cette technologie. C'est un bond en avant énorme. C'est pas un beauty filter, toutes les textures, les lumières, l'ambiance est bien plus léchée avec cette techno.
J'ai hate de pouvoir tester !
Il ne faut pas se dire que c'est pas exactement le look d'avant 5.0, il faut regarder l'image telle qu'elle est.

Internal email: the European Parliament has blocked AI features on the work devices of lawmakers and their staff over cybersecurity and data protection concerns (Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-parliament-blocks-ai-features-over-cyber-p…

EU Parliament blocks AI features over cyber, privacy fears
AI tools on EU devices sent data to cloud, prompting the Parliament’s IT support to switch them off.

Play-Systemupdate: Android synchronisiert optional Downloads in Google Drive
Google liefert mit dem Februar-Update neue Android-Funktionen über Play-Store und -Dienste. Unter anderem können Downloads in Google Drive gesichert werden.

8 Quick Actions to Take for Horses #AnimalRights

8 Quick Actions to Take for Horses - PETA UK
Right now, horses are being exploited all over the world for tourism, entertainment, drug manufacturing, and their flesh – here’s how you can help.

I ended up getting Vikunja installed locally and it will probably take the place of Planka, which has some weird proxy issue I can’t easily work around. Vikunja also has more features, some of which Planka was specifically lacking.
#SelfHosting #selfhosted

A report from House Oversight Committee Democrats delivers a damning recounting of the varied ways Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) violated cybersecurity protocols across nearly every executive branch agency.
Check out today's Metacurity for more on this crucial development and other infosec news you should know, including
--Palo Alto: attackers have moved from AI experimentation to AI operationalization,
--Dragos discovered three new ICS threat g…

DOGE linked to potential Russian, Chinese access to OPM systems, report
Palo Alto: attackers have moved from AI experimentation to AI operationalization, Dragos discovered three new ICS threat groups, European Parliament disabled AI features over cybersecurity concerns, Kenyan authorities used Cellebrite on human rights activist's phone, much more

I've been waiting for articles that point out the existential threat that AI coding technologies pose to the Indian tech sector. Here's one. I fear that the social and cultural—and hence political—consequences in India could be even worse than in the US.
https://www.…

Introductory overview article (features me).
Decoupling emissions: Can we really have green growth? https://thinklandscape.globallandscapesforum.org/102270/decoupling-emissions-economic-growth/

Decoupling emissions: Can we really have green growth?
A new report claims that countries are already decoupling growth from emissions. But does that mean growth can continue forever?

Been working on adding some Service Registry pattern features to Choria Configuration Manager that allows dynamic infrastructure to be built - think Ingresses, Monitoring etc based on what is currently active and healty on the network.
10 minute video here https://youtu.be/JDRDmpiCG4E

⭐ Starred a repository

Qetesh/logi-options-plus-mini
A minimal Logi Options deployment preset for keyboard and mouse only, with configurable disabling of optional features like Logi Voice, Flow, Analytics, and more
github.com/Qetesh/logi-options-plus-mini

GitHub - Qetesh/logi-options-plus-mini: A minimal Logi Options+ deployment preset for keyboard and mouse only, with configurable disabling of optional features like Logi Voice, Flow, Analytics, and more · GitHub
A minimal Logi Options+ deployment preset for keyboard and mouse only, with configurable disabling of optional features like Logi Voice, Flow, Analytics, and more - Qetesh/logi-options-plus-mini

#Shitpost #Shitposting #ShamelesslyStolenFromSomewhereElseOnTheInternetHonestlyICantKeepTrackOfThisStuffAnymore

“Our transition to EVs is aimed at ensuring our energy sovereignty,” said Bareo Hassen Bareo, Ethiopia’s state minister for transport and logistics. “As a net importer of fuel, we are affected by global supply and price fluctuations. In contrast, EVs use electricity, which we produce locally and can price ourselves.”

Hi @…. Your guide here on redirects with Namecheap just made my life a little bit easier.
Nothing more to add. Just thank you. 🌻
https://gomakethings.com/redirecting-h

Redirecting HTTPS with Namecheap
Namecheap is my favorite domain registrar (if one can have such a thing). One of the features they offer is free domain redirects. But if the site you’re redirecting previously used an SSL certificate, the browser/registrar handshake screws up somewhere and fails to redirect. Today, I wanted to share how I fixed that. Let’s dig in! What’s going on… Over the last week, I’ve been merging a bunch of websites and content into a single digital garden.

A profile of OpenTable CEO Debby Soo, who shifted its focus from diners to restaurants; it now seats ~2B diners a year across 65K restaurants, an all-time high (Brent Crane/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/20

"Whoa. What? Stop. You're into Klingon acid punk?"
I have very strong feelings of affection towards Star Trek: Lower Decks 🥰 You know how kids don't have a concept of being childish and instead everything cool is awesome? Like, Trek awesome? That's how exciting it is for me to watch every episode. For instance, "We'll always have Tom Paris" (2x03) features...Tom Paris! 😁

Series D, Episode 07 - Assassin
AVON: What?
NEBROX: Yes. You see, a party of travelling entertainers was brought in about two months ago. She bought one and they went back to the ship.
AVON: Why would she do that?
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/407/134 B7B5

Trump fundraising pitch features U.S. soldiers killed in Iran war (Emily Hung/MS NOW)
https://www.ms.now/news/trump-fundraising-pitch-features-u-s-soldiers-killed-in-iran-war
http://www.memeorandum.com/260314/p61#a260314p61

"A More Troubling Picture of Sea Level Rise Is Coming into View"
#Oceans #Environment
https://e360.y…

A More Troubling Picture of Sea Level Rise Is Coming into View
Scientists have uncovered a "blind spot" in the research on rising seas, revealing that tens of millions of people thought safe from coastal flooding are at risk of inundation. Across much of the world, sea levels are higher than previously assumed and land is sinking faster.

New post: Bytekit: awk, jq and responsive
#miblog #blog…

For my #silentSunday I FINALLY printed of my photos. It's been a while since a printed. Now there's a new gem on my desk 🥰
My wife said that we should have it also as a big print on the wall.
Anyways, enjoy!
I also put it online for sale:
International:

twitter_higgs: Twitter, Higgs boson (2012)
Data on tweets related to the announcement of the discovery of a new fundamental particle with the features of the Higgs boson on 4th July 2012. Data covers 1-7 July 2012, and includes four types of networks: followers, retweets, replies, and mentions.
This network has 256491 nodes and 328132 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Weighted, Multilayer

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/116092491198574746
Here’s so many technologies that are actually helpful and amazing and I’m exited about, here’s some more:
- e-paper
- health tracking that alerts to possible conditions
- safety features in vehicles
- new vaccines
- those soundboards for pets allowing them to form sentences
- 3D printing
- LED lights
- new, less dangerous battery technologies
And so much more

Verbesserte Bordkarten in Apple Wallet: Diese neuen Features gibt es
Immer mehr Airlines unterstützen Apples mit iOS 26 eingeführte neue digitale Bordkarten in der Wallet. Diese Funktionen sollen helfen.

One of those little graphic design mysteries: How did the four-pointed sparkle come to represent AI?
@…

Polls have closed in Illinois, where a series of bitterly contested primaries will decide which members of a new generation of politicians will try to replace several Democratic mainstays
-- including Senator Richard J. Durbin, the party’s No. 2 in the Senate.
The Senate primary and down-ballot races in deep-blue Illinois have seized national attention as longtime lawmakers step aside and Democrats hope to gain momentum heading into midterm elections that have been reshaped by …

Illinois Primary Election Live Updates: Polls Close, Vote Counting Underway
With Senator Richard J. Durbin retiring, the Democratic primary features two House members, Raja Krishnamoorthi and Robin Kelly, and Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton. AIPAC, the pro-Israel group, was a factor in several House races.

5 Actions of the Month to Help End Speciesism #AnimalRights

@… You seem to apply a strict definition of "safe"/"secure" meaning nothing counts below absolute perfection, which is more of an argument about linguistic/semantics of the wording used, rather than the technical benefits of the language.
Rust has features that broadly improve quality and reliability too, eg. sum types help catch mistakes in sta…

«Keycloak 26.6.0 — Fünf Preview-Features werden produktionsreif:
Das Open-Source-IAM-System Keycloak 26.6 befördert fünf Features in den produktiven Status - darunter Federated Client Authentication und Zero-Downtime-Updates.»
Das muss ich mir mal in aller Ruhe ansehen und dann mal sehen was ich daran noch lerne (sicherlich einiges).
🔐

Keycloak 26.6.0: Fünf Preview-Features werden produktionsreif
Das Open-Source-IAM-System Keycloak 26.6 befördert fünf Features in den produktiven Status – darunter Federated Client Authentication und Zero-Downtime-Updates.

A US federal judge orders OpenAI to stop using the word "Cameo" for its Sora products and features, in a trademark lawsuit filed by celebrity video app Cameo (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/17/u-s-court-bars-openai-from-using-cameo/

U.S. court bars OpenAI from using 'Cameo' | TechCrunch
OpenAI has renamed its feature in Sora from "Cameo" to "Characters."

The US succeeds at regime change in Iran as Khamenei replaces Khamenei.
165 dead schoolgirls is sometimes the price you have to pay for such things.
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/3/8/who-is-mojtaba-khamenei-a-conte…

Who is Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s new supreme leader amid war?
Mojtaba Khamenei has succeeded his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was assassinated in joint US-Israel attacks.

Nvidia unveils DLSS 5, which uses a real-time neural rendering model to add photorealistic lighting to game frames, arriving this fall to RTX 50-series GPUs (Richard Leadbetter/Digital Foundry)
https://www.digitalfoundry.net/features/nv

Nvidia's new DLSS 5 Brings Photo-Realistic Lighting To RTX 50-Series
A massive technological leap for graphics - and we've been hands-on with four games.

AI slop proudly pretends:
"Symmetric Mmplsstpecying (SMP)"
(almost looks like a RISC-V extension)
https://www.serverion.com/uncategorized/preempt-rt-explained-real-time-kernel-features/
... like wtf, noone even both…

Here are the Web Platform features sorted by upcoming Widely Available status: https://webstatus.dev/?q=baseline_status:newly&columns=name,baseline_status&column_op…

RE: #OpenStreetMap

Well - I guess that's one thing we can hope for to fix this shitty timeline.
#USpol #USPolitics #Shitpost

John @… how does Dot compare with Itsycal?
What features attracted you to it over Ityscal?
thank you

Хочеться простого поньського, а не оце ось все
by fuyugi (#art #MLP

Removing features from websites since the (probably AI related) bot use is too high.

Mox might be a nice new email server: https://www.xmox.nl/features/ Modern DANE support built in?

Was haben Influenza, Influenzer und Künstliche Inteligenzia gemeinsam? (2004)
#sociolgy

Universal behavior in a generalized model of contagion
Models of contagion arise broadly both in the biological and social sciences, with applications ranging from the transmission of infectious diseases to the diffusion of innovations and the spread of cultural fads. In this Letter, we introduce a general model of contagion which, by explicitly incorporating memory of past exposures to, for example, an infectious agent, rumor, or new product, includes the main features of existing contagion models and interpolates between them. We obtain exact sol…

heise | iWork ganz neu: Pages, Numbers & Keynote 15 für Mac, iPhone und iPad im Test
Apples Office-Apps erhalten das Liquid-Glas-Design und sind nun Teil von Apple Creator Studio. Das Abo ist kein Zwang, doch einige Features gibt es nur damit.

ego_social: Ego networks in social media (2012)
Ego networks associated with a set of accounts of three social media platforms (Facebook, Google , and Twitter). Datasets include node features (profile metadata), circles, and ego networks, and were crawled from public sources in 2012.
This network has 3455 nodes and 393591 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Unweighted, Metadata

Earthy Retouches 💄
地标的装潢 💄
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️ Ilford FP4 Plus 125, expired 1993
If you like my work, buy me a coffee from PayPal #filmphotography

#Shitpost #Shitposting #ShamelesslyStolenFromSomewhereElseOnTheInternetHonestlyICantKeepTrackOfThisStuffAnymore

This is going in Metacurity's long reads issue on Saturday, but I urge folks to read it now. Really good description of how Anthropic figured out the power of Mythos.
How Anthropic Learned Mythos Was Too Dangerous for the Wild
https://www.

Mastodon announced it will add five much-needed features and improvements
thanks to funding from the German government’s Sovereign Tech Agency.
The five deliverables include:
🔸Blocklist synchronisation
To improve moderation and safety, Mastodon servers will be able to subscribe to shared blocklists to block offending servers or suggest servers to block automatically.
🔸Remote media storage
Mastodon will add support for the Fediverse Auxiliary Service Provide…

Mastodon will get end-to-end encryption for private messages thanks to Sovereign Tech Agency
The Sovereign Tech Agency, commissioned by Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, has awarded hundreds of thousands of Euros to Mastodon to address key infrastructure challenges faced within the fediverse ecosystem.

A US federal judge orders OpenAI to stop using the word "Cameo" for its Sora products and features, in a trademark lawsuit filed by celebrity video app Cameo (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/17/u-s-court-bars-openai-from-using-cameo/

U.S. court bars OpenAI from using 'Cameo' | TechCrunch
OpenAI has renamed its feature in Sora from "Cameo" to "Characters."

'Blick von oben' #fotovorschlag 'view from above'
When I saw the topic, I wasn't sure wether I should post a mountin photo or not. But as I have seen so many others doing so, I decided to also post this "view from above" from ~3 months ago when I went to this mountain and enjoyed not only the silence but also the view.
Enjoy!

Epstein Files: Sham Marriages, Student Visas Used to Keep Women in US - Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-02-14/epstein-files-sham-marriages-student-visas-used-to-keep-women-in-us?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc3MTA4NzcyMSwiZXhwIjoxNzcxNjkyNTIxLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUQUdJMVBLR0lGUEMwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJGQ0QyMDM4ODQwREM0QUFEQkU5NDRGN0I2QjBEMENFMiJ9.dtuJs6Gv08uCEyZZG-aEOeh2fi9zpSrL9CrKxh1H1IY&leadSource=reddit_wall

Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 4.6 with improvements in coding, consistency, and more, for Free and Pro users; it features a 1M token context window in beta (Anthropic)
https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-sonnet-4-6

Introducing Sonnet 4.6
Claude Sonnet 4.6 is a full upgrade of the model’s skills across coding, computer use, long-reasoning, agent planning, knowledge work, and design.

Has anyone made a Web Platform Baseline calendar but showing when features swap from Newly available to Widely available ( 30 months)?

„Diablo 2 Resurrected“: DLC mit erster neuer Klasse seit 25 Jahren
Blizzard hat einen neuen DLC für sein Action-RPG „Diablo 2 Resurrected“ angekündigt. Für 25 Euro bekommt man die neue Hexenmeister-Klasse und Komfort-Features.

This is what they took from us
#Shitpost #Shitposting #ShamelesslyStolenFromSomewhereElseOnTheInternetHonestlyICantKeepTrackOfThisStuffAnymore

Quick Ways to Help Animals Used in Experiments #AnimalRights

Quick Ways to Help Animals Used in Experiments - PETA UK
In just a handful of clicks, you can help stop the suffering of animals in laboratories.

Sources: Meta has revived a previously shelved smartwatch project, now code-named Malibu 2, and plans to release it in 2026 with health features and Meta AI (Jyoti Mann/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/meta-revives-plan-smart-…

Meta Revives Plan for Smart Watch, Targets 2026 Launch
Meta Platforms plans to release its first smartwatch in 2026, according to two people familiar with the matter. Meta’s plans come as other big tech companies, including Apple, OpenAI and Google, are stepping up their plans for new consumer devices. The company has revived a previously shelved ...

& Up & Down 😵
又上又下 😵
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️ Ilford FP4 Plus 125, expired 1993
If you like my work, buy me a coffee from PayPal #filmphotography

Gotta evaluate the new #CSS #column features.
https://css-tricks.com/css-multi-colum…

New CSS Multi-Column Layout Features in Chrome | CSS-Tricks
Chrome 145 introduces the column-height and column-wrap CSS multi-column layout properties, enabling us to wrap the additional content into a new row.

From a recent hike that I haven't yet blogged about - but I thought I'd just like to share it already with you.
The start of the hike wasn't in the snow but on top, there was still a good winter feeling.
Well, I hope you like it. Maybe it was the last winter shooting this season for me ...
#hiking

Apple says it will bring "advanced video capabilities" to Apple Podcasts this spring, including allowing users to switch between watching and listening to shows (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/apple-podcasts-vi…

Apple Podcasts Launching New Video Features
Apple Podcasts will add integrated video capabilities this spring including the ability to dynamically insert ads into video shows.

Canva unveils Canva AI 2.0, which can generate editable layered designs from conversational prompts using Canva's foundation model built specifically for design (Olivia Poh/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/20

Apple's iOS 27 update will prioritize cleaning up the operating system's internals, with engineers making changes that could result in better battery life, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.
iOS 27 Mock Quick
The effort is said to be similar to what Apple did with its Snow Leopard Mac update years ago, and will involve removing old code, rewriting existing features, and subtly upgrading apps to improve their performance.
The result should hopefully be a "…

iOS 27 'Rave' Update to Clean Up Code, Could Boost Battery Life
Apple's iOS 27 update will prioritize cleaning up the operating system's internals, with engineers making changes that could result in better...

Microsoft says it is "exploring the potential of technologies like OpenClaw in an enterprise context", including a team of always-on agents within Microsoft 365 (Aaron Holmes/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/mic…

Microsoft Plots New Copilot Features Inspired by OpenClaw
As Microsoft faces growing competition for business customers from Anthropic, it is developing new features that would make its AI assistant Copilot function more like OpenClaw, the open-source AI agent that has taken the AI industry by storm in recent months. A newly created team under ...

The Palestinians forced to demolish their own homes by Israel | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/3/13/the-palestinians-forced-to-demolish-their-own-homes-by-israel?traffic_source=rss

twitter_higgs: Twitter, Higgs boson (2012)
Data on tweets related to the announcement of the discovery of a new fundamental particle with the features of the Higgs boson on 4th July 2012. Data covers 1-7 July 2012, and includes four types of networks: followers, retweets, replies, and mentions.
This network has 456626 nodes and 14855842 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Weighted, Multilayer

A look at Saudi Arabia's ambitious push into Hollywood, sources say including contributing ~$12B for Paramount's WBD acquisition, as part of a soft power game (Scott Roxborough/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/m

Inside Saudi Arabia’s Billion-Dollar Bet on Hollywood
The Saudis are pouring billions into the Ellisons' Warner Bros. megamerger — and that's just the latest move in a Hollywood takeover that's really about courting Trump, buying Washington influence and giving a restless young population bread and circuses instead of human rights.

Sources: Microsoft sidelined some Copilot-branded AI features on Windows 11 after the Recall delay, and shipped some promised features without the Copilot name (Zac Bowden/Windows Central)
https://www.

Microsoft pulls back on bringing Copilot to Windows 11 notifications
Microsoft's plan to integrate Copilot across the Windows 11 shell has been shelved as the company reevaluates its AI approach across the OS.

My last two #photos from my snowshoeing adventure!
These are from the way back. And as you can see the sun was nice and bright! On the way up it was more cloudy and not so bright. - And in the end I was happy that I had experienced both!
A video and the other photos are on my blog:

Israel deprives Palestinians of proper education by withholding revenues | Israel-Palestine conflict | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/2/13/israel-deprives-palestinians-proper-education-witholding-revenues?traffic_source=rss

X overhauls its Creator Subscriptions with new features including exclusive threads, a refreshed subscriptions paywall, and a shareable subscriptions card (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/05/x-re

X revamps Creator Subscriptions with new features, like exclusive threads and shareable cards | TechCrunch
X is rolling out a series of new features for creators, like the ability to offer paid threads and other marketing tools.

OpenAI updates its Codex desktop app with features like computer control, an in-app browser, image generation, automation memory, plugin support, and more (David Gewirtz/ZDNET)
https://www.zdnet.com/article/openai-codex-desktop-update/

OpenAI's Codex Desktop can run your computer now - and has its own browser
From coding tool to productivity powerhouse, Codex Desktop adds computer control, automation memory, and plugin support. But can it replace traditional software?

The Sun EIC Victoria Newton told staff that the paper plans to merge its features desk with the Fabulous celebrity and lifestyle team, placing some jobs at risk (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/

Jobs at risk as Sun set to merge features desk and Fabulous team
The Sun has proposed merging its features team with the Fabulous celebrity and lifestyle desk.

Apple says it will bring "advanced video capabilities" to Apple Podcasts this spring, including allowing users to switch between watching and listening to shows (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/apple-podcasts-vi…

Apple Podcasts Launching New Video Features
Apple Podcasts will add integrated video capabilities this spring including the ability to dynamically insert ads into video shows.

Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra review: Privacy Display works well, meaningful camera upgrades, and sleeker than S25 Ultra, but still huge, expensive, and lacks Qi2 (Allison Johnson/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/893936/samsung-galaxy-s26-ultra-review-show-of…

Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra review: show off
The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra features a unique Privacy Display to keep wandering eyes off your screen. It’s a useful update to a feature-packed phone.

Apple debuts iOS 26.4 beta 1 for developers, adding limited support for encrypted RCS messages, enhancements to Apple Music, a Smart List for Reminders, more (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2026/02/16/ios-26-4-beta-1-heres-everything-new/

iOS 26.4 beta 1: Here's everything new - 9to5Mac
iOS 26.4 beta 1 is now available in beta for developers. The update includes a ton of new features and...

Apple unveils $549 AirPods Max 2, offering an H2 chip, up to 1.5x more effective ANC, studio-quality audio recording, and camera remote, shipping in early April (Apple)
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/03/apple-introduces-airpods-max-2-powered-by-h2/…

Apple introduces AirPods Max 2
Apple announced AirPods Max 2, bringing even better ANC, elevated sound quality, and intelligent features to the iconic over-ear design.

Big Tech companies say a $90B data center buildout in Spain's Aragón, one of Europe's fastest-growing hubs, should be an EU model, as local residents push back (Clara Hernanz Lizarraga/Bloomberg)

Roblox agrees to pay $12.5M and implement age verification for all users as part of a settlement with Nevada over claims it failed to protect young users (Jessica Hill/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/roblox-nevada-settlement-28b3d7d7a483dc284…

Roblox reaches $12 million settlement with Nevada over youth protections
The interactive gaming platform Roblox, popular among children and teens, has reached an over $12 million agreement with the state of Nevada over its protections for young users. Attorney General Aaron Ford said Wednesday the company will enhance safety features for young users and provide funds for nondigital youth programs. He calls it a first-of-its-kind settlement with a state. Roblox faces litigation in other states as prosecutors file lawsuits against social media companies over the role …

Anthropic makes Claude Cowork, previously available as a "research preview", generally available to all paid plans, and adds six features for enterprise use (Zac Hall/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2026/04/09/anthropic…

Anthropic scales up with enterprise features for Claude Cowork and Managed Agents - 9to5Mac
Claude Cowork, available on macOS, is losing the “research preview” label today as Anthropic introduces enterprise capabilities. Separately, Anthropic is...

Apple sends invites for a "special Apple Experience" event on March 4 in New York City; rumors suggest an M5 MacBook Pro, entry-level iPad Air, and iPhone 17e (Hartley Charlton/MacRumors)
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/02/16/apple-announces-special-e…

Apple Announces Special Event in New York, London, and Shanghai on March 4
Apple today announced a "special Apple Experience" in New York, London, and Shanghai, taking place on March 4, 2026 at 9:00am ET. Apple invited select members of the media to the event in three major cities around the world. It is simply described as a "special Apple Experience," and there is no further information about what it may entail. The invitation features a 3D Apple logo design composed of yellow, green, and blue discs.

X overhauls its Creator Subscriptions with new features including exclusive threads, a refreshed subscriptions paywall, and a shareable subscriptions card (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/05/x-re

X revamps Creator Subscriptions with new features, like exclusive threads and shareable cards | TechCrunch
X is rolling out a series of new features for creators, like the ability to offer paid threads and other marketing tools.

How AI training company Mercor, valued at $10B in 2025, uses AI interviewer Melvin and invasive monitoring software Insightful to manage its 30K workforce (Josh Dzieza/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/cs/features/877388/white-collar-workers-training-ai…

You Could Be Next
Over the last few years, a new type of AI company has emerged, like Mercor and Surge AI, staffed by and large by former white-collar workers, including former lawyers, scientists, copywriters, and screenwriters.

A look at a new generation of Chinese billionaire AI entrepreneurs who keep a low profile, with fortunes entwined with China's push for tech independence (Bloomberg)

India produces over 1.5M CS graduates annually, but scale is no longer an advantage with the rise of AI coding tools; Infosys revamps hiring to focus on AI (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)

Sony launches the $330 WF-1000XM6 earbuds, with AI-powered beamforming mics for enhanced voice call clarity, improved ANC, and hands-free Gemini on Android (Chris Welch/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/20

Apple's MacBook Neo has two USB-C ports with different specs: one is USB-C 3 with up to 10 Gb/s transfer speeds, and the other is USB-C 2, limited to 480 Mb/s (Hartley Charlton/MacRumors)
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/04/macbook-neo-features-two-dif…

MacBook Neo Features Two Different USB-C Ports
The MacBook Neo's two USB-C ports have two different specifications, with one being limited to USB 2 speeds. One port is a USB-C 3 port with...

WhatsApp adds parent-managed accounts for users under the age of 13 and says the accounts will not get access to features like Meta AI, Channels, or Status (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/11/whatsapp-is-launching-parent-lin…

WhatsApp is launching parent-linked accounts for pre-teens | TechCrunch
WhatsApp is rolling out parent-managed accounts for under-13 users, limiting features to messaging and calls while giving parents PIN-protected controls, alerts, and approval over contacts and groups.

An interview with Epic Games Store VP Steven Allison, who says "we have a lot of things" to fix and "the launcher sucks", on 2026 updates like social features (Chris Tapsell/Eurogamer.net)
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"The launcher sucks, let's call it what it is," Epic Game Store boss says, promising a year of big improvements to speed, new "forum-type" social features, more
Steven Allison acknowledges some people will always say "F— Epic", as Epic Games Store's focus finally shifts to player experience.