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#aljazeera.com. #Feb.19.2026 Is social media addictive?. Meta is accused of harming young users with its addictive features.

#theguardian.com. #Feb.18.2026 ‘Opening up worlds’: Linda Burney joins UTS board with a mission to boost Aboriginal participation. Former minister helped develop Australia’s first Aboriginal education policy in the 1980s and brings decades of expertise to embattled university

#Education #Tech × #Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania

#aljazeera.com. #Feb.18.2026 Meta’s Zuckerberg pushes back on social media youth addiction claims. In a Los Angeles court, the Meta CEO was questioned about whether Instagram’s design contributed to addictive behavior.

#Tech × #Instagram

#bbc.com. #Feb.18.2026 Etsy sells second-hand fashion app Depop to eBay for $1.2bn. The "pre-loved" fashion firm has been sold by Etsy just five years after it bought the firm.

#Fashion #Tech ×

#bbc.com. #Feb.18.2026 Tech firms will have 48 hours to remove abusive images under new law. The government is proposing that intimate image abuse should be treated more severely.

#theguardian.com. #Feb.18.2026 Tech firms must remove ‘revenge porn’ in 48 hours or risk being blocked, says Starmer. PM says measure, also applied to deepfake nudes, is needed owing to a ‘national emergency’ of online misogyny

#wired.com. #Feb.18.2026 The Best Bose Noise-Canceling Headphones Are Discounted Right Now. Bose's fabulous QuietComfort Ultra Gen 2 noise-canceling headphones are the best travel headphones and are $50 off.

#theguardian.com. #Feb.18.2026 Illinois governor proposes cancelling tax breaks for datacenters. Pritzker’s move reflects increasing public pushback against resource-hungry facilities used to power the AI boom

#Politics #Tech × #USA #North America

#theguardian.com. #Feb.18.2026 Tesla avoids California sales ban by removing ‘autopilot’ from marketing. State regulators walk back suspension threat and say Tesla has stopped misleading drivers about the safety of its cars

#Automotive #Tech × #USA #North America

#theguardian.com. #Feb.18.2026 Zuckerberg grilled in landmark social media trial over teen mental health. Meta chief says it has improved identifying underage users but adds ‘I always wish we could have gotten there sooner’

#Business #Health #Tech × #director

#wired.com. #Feb.18.2026 This Defense Company Made AI Agents That Blow Things Up. Scout AI is using technology borrowed from the AI industry to power lethal weapons—and recently demonstrated its explosive potential.

#wired.com. #Feb.18.2026 SteelSeries’ Arctis Earbuds Are Great for Gaming on the Go—and On Sale Today. While it may sound unorthodox, these earbuds make a great companion for your Switch 2 or other portable console.

#wired.com. #Feb.18.2026 Nvidia’s Deal With Meta Signals a New Era in Computing Power. The days of tech giants buying up discrete chips are over. AI companies now need GPUs, CPUs, and everything in between.

#Tech × #USA #North America

#wired.com. #Feb.18.2026 A Vast Trove of Exposed Social Security Numbers May Put Millions at Risk of Identity Theft. A database left accessible to anyone online contained billions of records, including sensitive personal data that criminals appear to have not yet exploited.

#bbc.com. #Feb.18.2026 Zuckerberg defends Meta in landmark social media addiction trial. The billionaire chief executive faces is questioned over whether use of Instagram harms children.

#Business #Tech × #director #Instagram

#wired.com. #Feb.18.2026 Shopping for a Smart Smoke Detector? Check Out the New Kidde Model. The Alexa-enabled smoke detector is Kidde’s second model in collaboration with Ring—no wires required

#renewableenergyworld.com. #Feb.18.2026 Just a moment.... New York points the finger at the feds for scuttled offshore wind solicitation

#wired.com. #Feb.18.2026 Burnt Hair and Soft Power: A Night Out With Evie Magazine. Evie is a longtime favorite of far-right. At its very first live event, the strength of the publication's politics was in the pretense that it doesn’t have any.

#Politics #Tech ×

#theguardian.com. #Feb.18.2026 Finger princesses: are these the biggest villains of the chat group?. We all know one – and there’s a good chance you fall into the category yourself. Here’s how to recognise if you’re a ‘walking, talking red flag’ …

#wired.com. #Feb.18.2026 Big Tech Says Generative AI Will Save the Planet. It Doesn't Offer Much Proof. A new report finds that of 154 specific claims about how AI will benefit the climate, just a quarter cited academic research. A third included no evidence at all.

#Science #Tech × #Weather

#wired.com. #Feb.18.2026 Google’s Pixel 10a Looks Pretty Familiar. With specs nearly identical to last year’s Pixel 9a, the new Pixel 10a doesn’t pack as much of a punch as prior A-series smartphones.

#Tech × #USA #North America #Google

#theguardian.com. #Feb.18.2026 The best kettles in the UK to save energy and speed up your cuppa, tested. We boiled litres of water to find the best electric kettles, from hard-water heroes to vintage-style, repairable and wifi-connected models

#Tech × #United Kingdom #Europe

#computerweekly.com. #Feb.18.2026 Flaws in Google, Microsoft products added to Cisa catalogue | Computer Weekly. Cisa has added six CVEs to its Kev catalogue this week, including newly-disclosed issues in Google Chromium and Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines, and some older flaws as well.

#Tech × #United Kingdom #Microsoft #Europe #Google

#theguardian.com. #Feb.18.2026 Is it smarter to have a dumb home? ‘We’ve seen clients unable to flush toilets’. Australia experienced a boom in smart-home technology at the start of the 2020s. Years on, some early adopters are experiencing buyer’s remorse

#Tech × #Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania

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