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#wired.com. #Feb.19.2026 Inside the Rolling Layoffs at Jack Dorsey’s Block. Workers describe a deteriorating culture at Block, the company behind Square and Cash App, where layoffs continue and employees are expected to use AI tools daily.

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#wired.com. #Feb.19.2026 Our Favorite Budget Desktop Speaker Is an Even Better Buy Right Now. These compact Edifier speakers may not be the fanciest, but they’ll blow your monitor’s built-in speakers out of the water.

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#wired.com. #Feb.19.2026 Code Metal Raises $125 Million to Rewrite the Defense Industry’s Code With AI. The Boston startup uses AI to translate and verify legacy software for defense contractors, arguing modernization can’t come at the cost of new bugs.

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#theguardian.com. #Feb.19.2026 US builds website that will allow Europeans to view blocked content. Freedom.gov appears to be administered by a branch of the Department of Homeland Security

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#wired.com. #Feb.19.2026 Perplexity’s Retreat From Ads Signals a Bigger Strategic Shift. The AI search startup once predicted advertising would be a massive business. Now it's betting on a smaller, more valuable audience.

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#bbc.com. #Feb.19.2026 Microsoft Copilot Chat error sees confidential emails exposed to AI tool. The company says it has addressed the issue and it "did not provide anyone access to information they weren't already authorised to see".

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#wired.com. #Feb.19.2026 DHS Opens a Billion-Dollar Tab With Palantir. “If you are interested in helping shape and deliver the next chapter of Palantir’s work across DHS, please reach out,” a Palantir executive wrote to employees about the massive purchasing agreement.

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#bbc.com. #Feb.19.2026 SpaceX rocket fireball linked to plume of lithium. A SpaceX Falcon 9 crashed to Earth last year. Now scientists have measured the pollution it caused.

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#renewableenergyworld.com. #Feb.19.2026 Just a moment.... The billion-dollar blind spot: The infrastructure data gap plaguing utilities

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#renewableenergyworld.com. #Feb.19.2026 Just a moment.... Octopus Energy Generation invests $1B in ‘cutting-edge’ California clean tech

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#computerweekly.com. #Feb.19.2026 ICO wins appeal over data protection obligations in Currys cyber attack | Computer Weekly. The ICO has won an important appeal relating to data protection obligations arising from a 2017-18 cyber attack at electronics retailer Currys PC World.

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#theguardian.com. #Feb.19.2026 Digital blackface flourishes under Trump and AI: ‘The state is bending reality’. From TikTok deepfakes to smears put out by the White House, fake videos modeled on Black archetypes are running rampant - putting Black users at risk

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#computerweekly.com. #Feb.19.2026 European politicians amplify disinformation about UN rapporteur | Computer Weekly. Government officials form the US and Europe have condemned UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese for remarks about Isreal she never made, based on a truncated clip circulating online that takes her

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#theguardian.com. #Feb.19.2026 The rise of AI is making the future of work look bleak – but it could be an opportunity. New technology has workers spooked, but experts say it’s creating an opening for a resurgence in worker power

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#computerweekly.com. #Feb.19.2026 PromptSpy Android malware may exploit Gemini AI | Computer Weekly. A newly-uncovered malware targeting the Android operating system seems to exploit Google’s Gemini GenAI tool to help it maintain persistence.

#Tech × #United Kingdom #Europe #Google

#aljazeera.com. #Feb.19.2026 Video: OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs refuse to hold hands at India AI summit. Heads of companies OpenAI and Anthropic refused to hold hands in a group photo at the opening of an AI summit in India.

#Tech × #Asia #India

#renewableenergyworld.com. #Feb.19.2026 Just a moment.... Understanding ELCC: Why the grid needs storage that grows

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#renewableenergyworld.com. #Feb.19.2026 Just a moment.... A grid operator’s playground: DTECH tours UCSD’s DERConnect

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#computerweekly.com. #Feb.19.2026 Artificial intelligence drives autonomous networks, customer service gains | Computer Weekly. Survey from AI tech leader reveals growing advances of AI in telecoms, underscoring strong AI adoption, impact and investment in the industry.

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#bbc.com. #Feb.19.2026 Woman accused of using ChatGPT to plan drug murders. The 21-year-old woman is accused by authorities in South Korea of secretly administering drinks containing drugs to three men in their 20s.

#Tech × #Asia #South Korea