'Ethereum Is Going Hard': Vitalik Buterin Backs Censorship Resistance Upgrade
Jason Nelson / decrypt - Ethereum developers scheduled a controversial upgrade for later this year. Buterin said it reinforces the network’s cypherpunk principles.
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Fury Over Discord's Age Checks Explodes After Shady Persona Test In UK
BeauHD / slashdot - Backlash intensified against Discord's age verification rollout after it briefly disclosed a UK age-verification test involving vendor Persona, contradicting earlier claims about minimal ID storage and transparency. Ars Technica explains: One of the major…
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PayPal Discloses Data Breach That Exposed User Info For 6 Months
msmash / slashdot - PayPal is notifying customers of a data breach after a software error in a loan application exposed their sensitive personal information, including Social Security numbers, for nearly 6 months last year. From a report: The incident affected the PayPal Wor…
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OpenAI’s hardware debut may come in the form of a camera-equipped ChatGPT speaker
digitaltrends - A new report suggest OpenAI's first hardwre product could be a speaker equipped with a camera, rather than the wearable hinted at in an earlier leak.The post OpenAI’s hardware debut may come in the form of a camera-equipped ChatGPT speaker appeared first …
- Jony Ive leads design of OpenAI's first home device (4)
- OpenAI's camera-equipped ChatGPT speaker and hardware roadmap (6)
- Other OpenAI corporate news and unrelated updates (2)
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Jony Ive leads design of OpenAI's first home device
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Google Maps now hides some information until you sign in
Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson / betanews - If you have been using Google Maps without signing into a Google account, your experience could be about to change for the worse. Google has been spotted testing a new “limited view” in Google Maps which restricts access to certain information. When not s…
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After Search Party backlash, Ring is still avoiding the bigger questions
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / theverge - Ring founder Jamie Siminoff has been on an "explanation tour," as The New York Times puts it, following the fallout from its Super Bowl ad and the introduction of its Search Party feature. In an interview with The Times this week, Siminoff explained that …
Back to Top / Thursday, February 19, 2026, 2:21 pm / permalink 19434 / 11 stories in 15 days
LLM-Generated Passwords Look Strong but Crack in Hours, Researchers Find
msmash / slashdot - AI security firm Irregular has found that passwords generated by major large language models -- Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini -- appear complex but follow predictable patterns that make them crackable in hours, even on decades-old hardware. When researchers …
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Microsoft Bug Let Copilot AI Read Confidential Emails for Weeks
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Microsoft has confirmed a bug allowed Copilot AI to access and summarize customers' confidential emails for weeks, bypassing data protection policies.The post Microsoft Bug Let Copilot AI Read Confidential Emails for Weeks appeared first on WinBuzzer.
Back to Top / Thursday, February 19, 2026, 6:20 am / permalink 19406 / 10 stories in 15 days
Ring’s AI-powered Search Party won’t stop at finding lost dogs, leaked email shows
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / theverge - A leaked internal email obtained by 404 Media shows that Ring has bigger plans for its AI-powered neighborhood search capability than just looking for lost dogs. The outlet reports the email, sent last October by founder Jamie Siminoff to all Ring employe…
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Texas sues TP-Link over China links and security vulnerabilities
Dan Robinson / theregister - State disputes the company's claim that its routers are made in Vietnam TP-Link is facing legal action from the state of Texas for allegedly misleading consumers with "Made in Vietnam" claims despite China-dominated manufacturing and supply chains, and fo…
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Microsoft Says Bug Causes Copilot To Summarize Confidential Emails
msmash / slashdot - Microsoft says a Microsoft 365 Copilot bug has been causing the AI assistant to summarize confidential emails since late January, bypassing data loss prevention (DLP) policies that organizations rely on to protect sensitive information. From a report: Acc…
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'I do not trust them' - top streamers left concerned by Discord age checks
bbc - The platform's plan to roll out global age checks has caused concern in streaming communities.
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Ireland's Data Watchdog Joins Global Regulators Probing X Over AI Image Risks
Vismaya V / decrypt - The probe will examine Grok’s AI image processing for lawful use, built-in safeguards, and impact assessments.
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Homeland Security has reportedly sent out hundreds of subpoenas to identify ICE critics online
Mariella Moon / engadget - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has reportedly been asking tech companies for information on accounts posting anti-ICE sentiments. According to The New York Times, DHS has sent hundreds of administrative subpoenas to Google, Reddit, Discord and …
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Why ads are coming to your AI chatbot
ft - OpenAI is rolling out advertising on ChatGPT to select users. Experts say others will almost certainly follow suit
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Ring Cancels Flock Safety Partnership Following Public Boycott
bgr - Ring ended a controversial partnership that would have sent customer data to Flock Safety, a move that coincides with the start of a consumer boycott.
- Analysis: Ring’s split with Flock won’t fix systemic issues (1)
- On the ground: Ring cancels Flock after privacy boycott (4)
- Police: Flock shared access with federal agencies, sparking furor (1)
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Dutch phone giant Odido says millions of customers affected by data breach
Zack Whittaker / techcrunch - The Dutch phone giant Odido is the latest phone and internet company to be hacked in recent months, as governments and financially motivated hackers continue to steal highly confidential information about phone customers.
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Meta Plans To Let Smart Glasses Identify People Through AI-Powered Facial Recognition
msmash / slashdot - Meta plans to add facial recognition technology to its Ray-Ban smart glasses as soon as this year, New York Times reported Friday, five years after the social giant shut down facial recognition on Facebook and promised to find "the right balance" for the …
- History and rivals: why Meta revived facial recognition (1)
- On the ground: 'Name Tag' feature and how it works (7)
- Other: podcast mention and community reposts (1)
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History and rivals: why Meta revived facial recognition
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simmetry.ai expands AI training platform following €330K funding
Tamara Djurickovic / tech - simmetry.ai, asynthetic data company working across agriculture, food and industrial sectors,has secured €330,000 from NBank, the investment and development bank of theGerman state of Lower Saxony. Th...
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Amazon's Ring cancels Flock partnership amid Super Bowl ad backlash
cnbc - Ring's decision to cancel its partnership with Flock comes as tech companies face growing pressure to reexamine their work with federal agencies.
- Partnership cancellation: Ring calls off Flock integration (12)
- Surveillance implications: ICE, law enforcement access, AI concerns (4)
- User backlash: returns, disconnects, and device destruction (3)
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Partnership cancellation: Ring calls off Flock integration
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