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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…

#cybersecurity #dataprivacy #techpolicy #uk #apps #gdpr #hack #technology #contentmoderation #digitalid

They Want To Age Verify Our Computers Now...

12 days / reddit / /u/InsaneSnow45

Age verification checks are now in force in the UK because of the Online Safety Act, but with the Discord fallout, it seems like one bad idea after another

12 days / reddit / /u/Turbostrider27

UK council faces data breach claim after mishandling trans complaints

12 days / theregister / Connor Jones

Age verification online can be done safely and privately. Here's how

13 days / techxplore

Fury Over Discord's Age Checks Explodes After Shady Persona Test In UK

14 days / slashdot / BeauHD

Fury over Discord’s age checks explodes after shady Persona test in UK

14 days / arstechnica / Ashley Belanger

Hackers Expose Discord Age Verification System Issue After Persona Frontend Code Left Wide Open

14 days / reddit / /u/vriska1

San Diego County Demographics, Discord, ChatGPT-4o, More: Monday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, February 16, 2026

18 days / researchbuzz / ResearchBuzz

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Meta's flagship metaverse service leaves VR behind

Samuel Axon / arstechnica - The company asserts it will continue to make VR headsets, though.

#mobiletech #vr #mixedreality #mobile #meta #business #apps #technology #spatialcomputing #gadgets

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14 days / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

Meta's Metaverse Leaves Virtual Reality

14 days / slashdot / BeauHD

Zuckerberg grilled about Meta's strategy to target 'teens' and 'tweens'

14 days / reddit / /u/DouglasDriveN

Meta's flagship metaverse service leaves VR behind

14 days / arstechnica / Samuel Axon

Meta's Pivot From VR Is Happening. Too Bad Glasses Aren't Ready for This Moment

14 days / cnet / Scott Stein

Meta’s metaverse leaves virtual reality

14 days / techcrunch / Aisha Malik

Back to Top / Friday, February 20, 2026, 4:21 pm / permalink 19480 / 6 stories in 14 days


Major Shake-Up at Xbox: Phil Spencer Reitres, Sarah Bond Resigns, and Asha Sharma to Become the new CEO of Microsoft Gaming

David Carcasole / wccftech - A new report from IGN reveals that Microsoft's gaming division and Xbox are going through a major leadership shake-up. Phil Spencer will retire this coming Monday, February 23, 2026, after first joining Microsoft all the way back in 1988 as an intern. He'…


Content shake-up, Matt Booty promoted; consoles prioritized

Xbox head Phil Spencer is leaving Microsoft

14 days / engadget / Ian Carlos Campbell

Microsoft makes dramatic shake-up to its gaming division as gaming CEO Phil Spencer and Xbox President Sarah Bond depart

14 days / sherwood / Max Knoblauch

Microsoft gaming chief Phil Spencer retires, replaced by ex-Instacart exec Asha Sharma

14 days / cnbc

Sarah Bond is leaving Xbox

14 days / theverge / Jay Peters


Longtime Xbox leaders step down; successor announced

End of an Era: Phil Spencer Leaves Microsoft as Xbox Gets New CEO

13 days / iphoneincanada / Austin Blake

Microsoft replaces Xbox heads Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond with AI exec

13 days / techspot

Phil Spencer is leaving Microsoft as Xbox chief as new head draws future strategy

13 days / digitaltrends

Microsoft gaming chief Phil Spencer steps down after 38 years with company

14 days / arstechnica / Kyle Orland

Microsoft’s Head of Gaming to Retire After 38 Years at Company

14 days / wsj / Sebastian Herrera

Phil Spencer Retiring After 38 Years At Microsoft

14 days / slashdot / BeauHD

Xbox Boss Phil Spencer is Leaving Microsoft After Nearly 40 Years

14 days / techpowerup

Major Shake-Up at Xbox: Phil Spencer Reitres, Sarah Bond Resigns, and Asha Sharma to Become the new CEO of Microsoft Gaming

14 days / wccftech / David Carcasole

Huge shakeup at Xbox as CEO and president both leave

14 days / mashable

Xbox shakeup: Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond are leaving Microsoft

14 days / theverge / Stevie Bonifield

Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond Are Leaving Xbox

14 days / thurrott / Paul Thurrott

Read Xbox chief Phil Spencer’s memo about leaving Microsoft

14 days / theverge / Tom Warren

Xbox chief Phil Spencer is leaving Microsoft

14 days / theverge / Tom Warren


New CEO Asha Sharma’s AI stance and vision for Xbox

Microsoft’s new gaming chief makes bold promises about AI in gaming

13 days / digitaltrends

Microsoft’s new gaming CEO vows not to flood the ecosystem with ‘endless AI slop’

13 days / techcrunch / Anthony Ha

Microsoft Gaming's New CEO Wants To Embrace AI Without "Soulless AI Slop"

14 days / techpowerup

Phil Spencer steps down from Xbox after 12 years, AI exec Asha Sharma takes over

14 days / tbreak / Mufaddal Fakhruddin

Asha Sharma named EVP and CEO, Microsoft Gaming

14 days / reddit / /u/AgnosticScholar

Xbox's New Boss Promises Not To Flood It With 'Soulless AI Slop'

14 days / reddit / /u/tylerthe-theatre

Xbox chief Phil Spencer is leaving Microsoft / Xbox president Sarah Bond is also leaving Microsoft.

14 days / reddit / /u/fatso486

Read Microsoft gaming CEO Asha Sharma’s first memo on the future of Xbox

14 days / theverge / Sean Hollister

Phil Spencer Retiring, Sarah Bond Out, Matt Booty Promoted as Microsoft AI Exec Asha Sharma Named New Xbox Boss – EXCLUSIVE

14 days / reddit / /u/MarvelsGrantMan136


OTHER: layoffs, memos, and community reaction

Microsoft says today’s Xbox shakeup doesn’t mean game studio layoffs

14 days / theverge / Sean Hollister


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14 days / bsky / @techpowerup.com / techpowerup.com

Microsoft Gaming isn’t growing, even after the $69 billion Activision deal Huge leadership shakeup in the House of Xbox to turn things around www.cnbc.com/2026/02/20/m...

14 days / bsky / @stevekovach.bsky.social / stevekovach.bsky.social

Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond stepping away from #Xbox marks a very meaningful inflection point in the history of #Microsoft and the gaming industry overall. Seismic leadership transitions like this signal paradigm shifts in strategic direction. www.theve

14 days / bsky / @fredwhite.bsky.social / fredwhite.bsky.social

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Google Pixel 10a Preview

Paul Thurrott / thurrott - Google graciously offered to try and ship me a Pixel 10a here in Mexico, so I'm hoping to review this new handset soon.The post Google Pixel 10a Preview appeared first on Thurrott.com.

#software #hardware #google #android #camera #photography #technology #gadgets #smartphone

3 default Pixel apps I always disable right on the spot

14 days / pocket-lint / John Kanellakos

Google Pixel 10a Preview

14 days / thurrott / Paul Thurrott

3 reasons a Pixel 10a upgrade just makes sense

14 days / pocket-lint / John Kanellakos

How the Pixel 10a specs stack up to the Pixel 9a in Canada

14 days / mobilesyrup / Dean Daley

Back to Top / Friday, February 20, 2026, 2:21 pm / permalink 19478 / 4 stories in 14 days


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…

#dataprivacy #google #internet #comments #apps #photography #ux #community #technology #digitalprivacy

Google Maps now hides some information until you sign in

14 days / betanews / Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson

Google Maps is hiding reviews, photos, and more unless you sign in

14 days / reddit / /u/AdSpecialist6598

Google Maps is hiding reviews, photos, and more unless you sign in

14 days / techspot

Back to Top / Friday, February 20, 2026, 10:21 am / permalink 19466 / 3 stories in 14 days


What Will Apple Announce on March 4? | One More Thing video

Iyaz Akhtar / cnet - Apple's next event could introduce new wallet-friendly devices, such as colorful MacBooks and the iPhone 17E. We've scoured reams of reports to get you the inside scoop on what the company's cooking up.


On the ground: Apple's colorful, affordable MacBook for students.

Apple's Low-Cost Colorful MacBook: All the Rumors

14 days / macrumors / Juli Clover

Low-Cost MacBook’s Vibrant Colors Were Supposed To Debut With The M2 MacBook Air, But Apple Decided Against It

14 days / wccftech / Omar Sohail

The MacRumors Show: What's Coming at the 'Apple Experience'?

14 days / macrumors / Hartley Charlton

Apple's new MacBook colors nearly debuted in 2022 MacBook Air

14 days / appleinsider

Rumored Colors for Low-Cost MacBook Were Originally Tested for 2022 MacBook Air Redesign

14 days / macrumors / Tim Hardwick

What Will Apple Announce on March 4? | One More Thing video

14 days / cnet / Iyaz Akhtar

The Morning After: What to expect from Apple’s March 4 hardware event

14 days / engadget / Mat Smith

March 4's Apple Experience, color MacBooks, and iOS 26.4 on the AppleInsider Podcast

14 days / appleinsider


Sources: Two new Studio Displays leak in macOS code.

Apple apparently has two new Studio Display models lined up for launch

14 days / digitaltrends

Three Upcoming Apple Products Seemingly Spotted in macOS 26.3 Code

14 days / macrumors / Joe Rossignol

Apple’s Product Launch Tally For The Coming Weeks Keeps Growing

14 days / wccftech / Rohail Saleem

macOS 26.3 Reveals Low-Cost MacBook and Two New Studio Displays Ahead of March 4

14 days / iclarified

Two new Apple Studio Displays could gatecrash March MacBook announcements

14 days / appleinsider


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Three Upcoming Apple Products Seemingly Spotted in macOS 26.3 Code

14 days / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

Rumored Colors for Low-Cost MacBook Were Originally Tested for 2022 MacBook Air Redesign

14 days / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

References to two new Apple Studio Display models have been found in macOS 26.3 code, stacking up more potential product announcements before the May 4 Apple "Experience."

14 days / bsky / @appleinsider.com / appleinsider.com

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AMD Olympic Ridge “Zen 6” Ryzen Desktop CPUs Reportedly Launching In 2027

Hassan Mujtaba / wccftech - AMD is reportedly going to launch its next-gen Ryzen Desktop CPUs based on the Zen 6 architecture, codenamed Olympic Ridge, in 2027. AMD Eyeing 2027 For Its Next-Gen Ryzen Launch? Olympic Ridge With Zen 6 For Desktop Ready But Might Come After Intel's Nov…

#hardware #gaming #semiconductors #chips #cpus #amd #performance #technology

Thermal Grizzly pops the top on Ryzen 7 9850X3Ds for you, charges eyewatering premium for delidded chips — almost double the cost of a regular model, comes with its own warranty

14 days / tomshardware

AMD Next-Gen Ryzen "Olympic Ridge" Zen 6 Delayed to 2027

14 days / techpowerup

AMD Olympic Ridge “Zen 6” Ryzen Desktop CPUs Reportedly Launching In 2027

14 days / wccftech / Hassan Mujtaba

AMD Zen 6 desktop CPUs may deliver 24 cores, 7 GHz targets, and AM5 support

14 days / techspot

AMD’s next Ryzen chips could hit 24 cores for the first time

14 days / digitaltrends

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Google launches Gemini 3.1 Pro, an LLM for complex reasoning

Erik van Klinken / techzine - This month, Anthropic already unveiled the Opus and Sonnet versions of Claude 4.6. It beat Google’s Gemini 3 Pro on several fronts. A response was not long in coming, with the new, more powerful Gemini 3.1 Pro. Google is rolling out 3.1 Pro starting today…

#ai #ml #google #anthropic #genai #alphabet #deeptech #performance #technology #gemini

Apple CarPlay to Add ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini in iOS 26.4

14 days / eweek / Joseph Chisom Ofonagoro

Google Tests New Two-Row Design for Gemini Attachment Sheet

14 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Gemini Doubles. The Price Doesn't.

14 days / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Gemini 3.1 Pro released by google

14 days / reddit / /u/Infamous_Box1422

Gemini 3.1 Pro debuts with 1M context window and agentic reliability

14 days / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

Samsung upgrades Bixby beta to challenge ChatGPT and Gemini, starting in One UI 8.5

14 days / digitaltrends

Google launches Gemini 3.1 Pro, an LLM for complex reasoning - Techzine Global

14 days / techzine

Google launches Gemini 3.1 Pro, an LLM for complex reasoning

14 days / techzine / Erik van Klinken

Google (GOOGL) Stock: Gains on Launch of Powerful Gemini 3.1 Pro AI

14 days / parameter / Newton Kitonga

[AINews] Gemini 3.1 Pro: 2x 3.0 on ARC-AGI 2

14 days / latent / Latent.Space

Google Launches Gemini Pro 3.1 with Advanced AI Capabilities - mezha.net

15 days / mezha

Back to Top / Friday, February 20, 2026, 3:20 am / permalink 19452 / 11 stories in 14 days


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