Hipsters were the shock troops of gentrification, whites returning to ­places they once had fled. firstthings.com/how-hipsters...

How TikTok 2.0 Became a Weapon for ICE newrepublic.com/article/2059...

Basically, just don’t be an a**hole when you use smart glasses, and you’re good. It’s reasonable, for sure, and also completely unenforceable. gizmodo.com/good-luck-ba...

Why it’s impossible for the Olympics to be politically neutral theconversation.com/why-its-impo...

an investigation into headphones has found every single pair tested contained substances hazardous to human health, including chemicals that can cause cancer, neurodevelopmental problems and the feminisation of males. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

How sports betting is changing the way people watch sports theconversation.com/how-sports-b...

“Real Housewives of Mahjong Manor.”: The retirement home Mahjong cheating scandal going massively viral, explained - dailydot.com/retirement-h...

The Joy of Letting Yourself Be open.substack.com/pub/saraecke...

The U.S. State Department is reportedly working on an online portal that would allow people in Europe and other regions to access content banned by their governments. gizmodo.com/the-us-is-wo...

Why is violence pathologized for trans people but individualized for cis men? theconversation.com/why-is-viole...

The Wayback Machine is not intended to be a backdoor for large-scale commercial scraping and, like others on the web today, we expend significant time and effort working to prevent such abuse. www.techdirt.com/2026/02/17/p...

The question, of course, is whether a human can ever take ownership of something produce by an AI chatbot. gizmodo.com/does-sorry-c...

A new paper shows that less than 2 months of exposure to Twitter’s algorithmic feed significantly shifts people’s political views to the right. Moving from chronological feed to the algorithmic feed also increases engagement. This is one of the most concerning papers I’ve read in awhile.

Self-driving cars are often marketed as safer than human drivers, but new data suggests that may not always be the case gizmodo.com/tesla-robota...

AI Delusions Lead to Domestic Abuse, Harassment, and Stalking futurism.com/artificial-i...

Palantir is powering ICE's immigration crackdown. But they've also recently said the immigration crackdown is hurting their hiring. In today's ironic #404DeepDive... @evystadium.bsky.social gets into this mess. Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/palantir-whi...

“Repulsive and immoral”: Backlash grows after Meta obtains patent for AI bots to take over a dead user’s account - dailydot.com/meta-patent-...

Melania, Tech Bros and the Price of Diapers open.substack.com/pub/charliea...

Preparing for the Worst open.substack.com/pub/charliea...

#Breaking: U.S. Supreme Court strikes down Trump tariffs

Community! www.straight.com/music/gigpit...

Here, at the precipice of human knowledge, something happens that you might not expect. Intuition injects itself into the practice of science. www.noemamag.com/why-human-in...

Neurourbanism www.evergreen.ca/stories/how-...

"It's not artificial intelligence. It's African intelligence." Michael Geoffrey Asia, the secretary general of the Data Labelers Association in Kenya tells @jasonkoebler.bsky.social about the notoriously brutal and underpaid work of training AI. Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH65...

Alpha School, an “AI-powered private school” that heavily relies on AI to teach students and can cost up to $65,000 a year, is AI-generating faulty lesson plans that internal documentation finds. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Scoop by @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social: www.404media.co/students-are...

283: OpenClaw and Authority in the Age of Agents open.substack.com/pub/metaview...

Colour Me Beautiful thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...

The D.C. District Court strikes back open.substack.com/pub/chrisgei...

“Recession indicator”: The 2026 economy is so bad, candy hearts are giving financial advice - dailydot.com/candy-heart-...

As if the typical dating app experience couldn’t get worse, a controversial app is coming back and bringing finances into the mix. Score, a dating app that previously required users to have a credit score of 675 or higher, is coming back with a few changes. gizmodo.com/a-dating-app...

“Large retailers are investing in AI, algorithms, and data systems that can change prices instantly, individually, and secretly, We need to stop the rip-off at the register before these practices become the norm." gizmodo.com/dems-want-to...

What It Means to Be a White ‘Race Traitor’ -- from Schwerner and Goodman to Good and Pretti, white people putting themselves in harm’s way has helped galvanize Americans for justice. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/m...

The Id of Conservatism open.substack.com/pub/katemann...

A story about an AI-generated article contained fabricated, AI-generated quotes.

The site, camgirlfinder, is explicitly built as a tool to let people find a model's presence on other streaming platforms. The creator says “If that is a problem for you then the sad reality is this job is not for you.”

Meta is considering adding face recognition technology to its smart glasses -- if adopted and released to the public, this would violate the privacy rights of millions of people and cost the company billions of dollars in legal battles. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

Reddit, Meta, and Google voluntarily complied with administrative subpoenas from the Department of Homeland Security for identifying details of users critical of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...

two areas of concern cited by the Anthropic representative it quotes are “hard limits around fully autonomous weapons” and “mass domestic surveillance,” gizmodo.com/pentagon-rep...

Activists have called for the upcoming FIFA World Cup and 2028 Olympics to pull out of the United States in response to President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and other policies, including restrictions on trans rights. thewalrus.ca/the-sports-o...

OpenAI has deleted the word ‘safely’ from its mission – and its new structure is a test for whether AI serves society or shareholders theconversation.com/openai-has-d...

DoorDash drivers say they’re being paid to shut Waymo car doors around town - dailydot.com/waymo-paying...

Who Speaks for Canada in Alberta? open.substack.com/pub/davidmcl...

How Canada and Denmark "Fought" the Whisky War open.substack.com/pub/charliea...

The ‘Spidercam’ is reinventing the way fans watch hockey at the Winter Olympics www.nytimes.com/athletic/704...

How Indigenous athletes challenge simple ideas of national unity at the Olympics - The effort to balance the complexities of national pride and sovereignty under a colonial shadow takes on even more complexity through the participation of Indigenous athletes. theconversation.com/how-indigeno...

Dating apps don’t sell love. They sell the feeling that it is one premium upgrade away. The platforms aren’t primarily designed for users to find love and promptly delete the apps from their phones. They’re designed to keep users swiping. theconversation.com/what-dating-...

Oops. futurism.com/science-ener...

Opal Lee and Juneteenth: A Defining History of the Struggle to Recognize America’s Newest National Holiday www.onipress.com/news/fq94k9v...

What they don't tell you. open.substack.com/pub/kengrace...

Brian Eno's Theory of Democracy open.substack.com/pub/programm...