@Techmeme@techhub.socialSoftware stocks in the State Street ETF lost $1.6T in combined market cap in 2026 due to AI fears; Microsoft, AppLovin, Intuit, and Salesforce each lost $50B (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/th…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comThe State of the Union Is Belligerent (Karl Rove/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-state-of-the-union-is-belligerent-b8d6e7a8
http://www.memeorandum.com/260225/p138#a260225p138
@cdarwin@c.imCafé KITP
The Physics of intelligence
Tuesday
February 17, 2026
SOhO Restaurant & Music Club
6:00-7:00PM
Doors open at 5PM
1221 State Street #205
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
@unixviking@social.linux.pizzaConsidering that under Trump, the US is turning into a fascist terror state where opponents of the orange leader are simply shot dead on the street by his private Gestapo, ICE, or persecuted by his terror justice system, I am considering completely disposing of all US hardware and services that I still use to some extent.
In addition to Linux and Pixel with GrapheneOS, I unfortunately still use a few Apple devices such as MacBook Air, iPhone, Watch, and iPad Mini, and of course I also …
@petaqui@masto.esEs increíble lo de este mundo...
@… https://zeroes.ca/@broadwaybabyto/115942317597573296
@Tupp_ed@mastodon.ieIn Dublin, on Fenian Street, there's a factory that makes child sex abuse material.
You can pay it money, as a subscription, and that's one of the services it offers. This doesn't happen by mistake or because you've tricked or hacked the system.
It’s a feature.
https://www.thegist.ie/the-g…
@scott@carfree.cityoooof. this incumbent running for re-election to the SF Bike Coalition board is literally a landlord lawyer.
if you're a member, the voting details are here and there are 10 candidates for 8 seats. https://sfbike.org/news/meet-the-candidat…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAnthropic partners with CodePath to help redesign computer coding curricula at hundreds of US community and state colleges, integrating Claude AI tools (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-take…
@cdarwin@c.imThe City of #SantaBarbara released the design for an upcoming public street art project, which will transform the corner of State and Carrillo streets into a vibrant display inspired by Mixtec and Zapotec weaving patterns.
The project is part of Bloomberg’s Asphalt Art Initiative, which selected the city as one of 10 cities in North America to receive a $100,000 grant for a public street art pr…
@crell@phpc.socialHow well do your Congressional representatives align with the ACLU? They have a neat little summary:
#uspol
@memeorandum@universeodon.comIsrael Is Blowing Up Iran's Police State to Clear the Way for a Revolt (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/israel-is-blowing-up-irans-police-state-to-clear-the-way-for-a-revolt-1015b37e?st=Tw9JEp&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
http://www.memeorandum.com/260304/p15#a260304p15
@Techmeme@techhub.socialPJM, the nonprofit operator for a 13-state power grid across the US, expects 4.8% average annual power growth over the next decade driven by the AI boom (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/po
@Techmeme@techhub.socialA profile of China's CXMT, whose $4.2B IPO goal would rank among the century's biggest chip debuts, as the state-backed company faces US and South Korean curbs (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/the-chinese-company-t…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: the US believes Chinese state-affiliated hackers breached an FBI computer network that holds information related to some domestic surveillance orders (Dustin Volz/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/…
