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Wall Street remains bullish on bitcoin while offshore traders retreat

Wall Street remains bullish on bitcoin while offshore traders retreat The difference in futures basis between CME and Deribit reflects varying risk appetite across regions. What to know: - U.S. institutional investors are maintaining their leveraged positions in bitcoin while offshore traders are reducing exposure, NYDIG found. - The difference in futures basis between CME and Deribit reflects varying risk appetite across regions. - Bitcoin’s price movement aligns with quantum computing stocks, ...

GeekBook X14 Pro Review: Geekom's First Laptop Is Impressively Thin and Light, but Battery Life Disappoints

Pros - Very thin and exceptionally light for its size - Sharp, vibrant 2.8K OLED display - Strong multicore performance - Spacious 2TB SSD - Speakers are surprisingly capable Cons - Meteor Lake CPU is two generations old - Much shorter battery life than competing models with more modern CPUs - Single-core performance lags behind competition - Terrible touch pad Geekom is known for its mini PCs that you can hide behind a monitor, mount under a desk or nestle in your home theater, so it's not surp...

Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Sunday, Feb. 15

Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today's Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Need some help with today's Mini Crossword? Cocktail drinkers and bartenders, you should do well. Read on for all the answers. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips. If you're looking for today's Wordle, Connecti...

This iPhone Feature Helps Me Get More Quality Sleep

As someone who has struggled with sleep throughout my life, I will do anything to catch more Zs. I've read all the expert tips and tried countless products, yet the one technique that has truly helped me get better quality sleep didn't require more time, effort or money because it was right there on my iPhone. For over five years, I've been able to get better sleep thanks to a hidden feature on my iPhone. This is what I discovered. The hidden iPhone feature that lulls me to sleep You can use the...

Worried about your digital privacy? I tested the top 3 VPNs to find the best of the best.

Worried about your digital privacy? I tested the top 3 VPNs to find the best of the best. Don't let it go to your head, but everybody wants you — more specifically, your browsing data. Personal information about the links you click on and the sites you visit is highly valuable to third parties, including your internet service provider (ISP) and Google, who may want to share or monetize it. Certain government and law enforcement agencies may also be eager to peek at your activity online for their...

California’s billionaires pour cash into elections as big tech seeks new allies

Tech billionaires are leveraging tens of millions of dollars to influence California politics in a marked uptick from their previous participation in affairs at the state capitol. Behemoths such as Google and Meta are getting involved in campaigns for November’s elections, as are venture capitalists, cryptocurrency entrepreneurs and Palantir’s co-founders. The industry’s goals run the gamut – from fighting a billionaire tax to supporting a techie gubernatorial candidate to firing up new, influen...

These plain-text websites will simplify your internet experience

Here’s the sad truth about sports score apps: Most of them aren’t all that interested in actually telling you the score. After all, where’s the money in providing straightforward information like that? The modern sports score app has to do more. It must bombard you with banner ads and betting odds, implore you to create an account and opt into notifications, sell you some tickets, and show some videos to keep engagement up. The scores themselves are an afterthought. Fortunately, there’s an alter...

Kindle Scribe Colorsoft: Amazon added color and finally got this e-reader right

Table of Contents I love Kindles. Among e-readers, Kindles are still the best option for most readers. (I do love Kobos, though, don't get me wrong.) But within the Kindle line-up, there's been one dud: the Kindle Scribe. I've tested two previous generations of the Scribe, and it's been a decent enough e-reader, as well as the only Kindle with writing abilities. However, it's always been a little lackluster; it's too big, too slow, and too expensive — until now. Announced in Sept. 2025, the Kind...

Economic strike effort: Quit these tech services

Economic strike effort: Quit these tech services The way marketing professor Scott Galloway puts it, the primary way to get President Donald J. Trump's attention is by influencing the market. Don't like Trump's deployment of immigration authorities to Minneapolis or the killings of Americans observing the agents' actions? Find a way to change the economic calculus for Trump, Galloway says. That's why Galloway, the popular podcast host and author, recently launched a month-long economic strike ca...

AdGuard is your one-time fix for pop-ups, autoplay ads, and online tracking — now $16

AdGuard is your one-time fix for pop-ups, autoplay ads, and online tracking — now $16 TL;DR: Through Feb. 22, grab a lifetime AdGuard Family Plan for $15.97 (reg. $169.99) and remove ads and trackers on up to nine devices for good. Picture browsing, streaming, and scrolling without constant interruptions — no pop-ups, no autoplay videos, no tracking scripts following you around. AdGuard delivers a cleaner, safer internet across nine mobile and desktop devices with one lifetime license. Lock in t...

How to watch Canada vs. France in mens ice hockey online for free

How to watch Canada vs. France in men's ice hockey online for free TL;DR: Live stream Canada vs. France in men's ice hockey for free on CBC Gem. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN. The international ice hockey schedule is busy right now, which is great news for fans looking for something to tide them over until the NHL returns. Canada face off against France in one of the best matchups this weekend. Canada will be expected to win this one confidently, ...

Hurdle hints and answers for February 15, 2026

Hurdle hints and answers for February 15, 2026 If you like playing daily word games like Wordle, then Hurdle is a great game to add to your routine. There are five rounds to the game. The first round sees you trying to guess the word, with correct, misplaced, and incorrect letters shown in each guess. If you guess the correct answer, it'll take you to the next hurdle, providing the answer to the last hurdle as your first guess. This can give you several clues or none, depending on the words. For...

How to watch the 2026 winter sports bobsleigh online for free

How to watch the 2026 winter sports bobsleigh online for free TL;DR: Live stream the 2026 winter sports bobsleigh for free on streaming platforms like 9Now, CBC Gem, and BBC iPlayer. Access these free streaming services from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN. Do you have time to watch any other sport right now? We know you're very busy watching all the ice hockey, curling, alpine skiing, and everything else on the schedule, but you need to make some space for bobsleigh. This iconic event pro...

Moon phase today: What the Moon will look like on February 15

Moon phase today: What the Moon will look like on February 15 With almost no sunlight reaching the Moon’s surface tonight, there's only the thinnest crescent remaining. Can you even spot the Moon in the sky tonight? What is today’s Moon phase? As of Sunday, Feb. 15, the Moon phase is Waning Crescent. According to NASA's Daily Moon Guide, 5% of the Moon will be lit up tonight. If you were hoping for some moon gazing tonight, unfortunately you may need to rethink your plans. Too little of the surf...

MakerWorld launches Copyright Protection Program to help 3D designers fight stolen files being resold online — stamping out knockoffs is priority number one

MakerWorld launches Copyright Protection Program to help 3D designers fight stolen files being resold online — stamping out knockoffs is priority number one The free service is for MakerWorld Exclusive Designs and will fight IP infringement on any platform. Get Tom's Hardware's best news and in-depth reviews, straight to your inbox. You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful Bambu Lab’s MakerWorld announced that its new Creator Copyright Protection Program has entered beta tes...

Weathr app turns the Linux terminal into a live weather display — background ASCII animated real-time weather show is powered by Open-Meteo

Weathr app turns the Linux terminal into a live weather display — background ASCII animated real-time weather show is powered by Open-Meteo Find out what it's like outside without looking away from your CLI. Get Tom's Hardware's best news and in-depth reviews, straight to your inbox. You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful Though you might appreciate the clean, unfussy minimalism of the Linux terminal, it can also be extensively customized using a few lines of code, as show...

Notorious 'Archive Today' website allegedly leads bizarre DDoS campaign against security blogger — Wikipedia considers removing all links to the Archive

Notorious 'Archive Today' website allegedly leads bizarre DDoS campaign against security blogger — Wikipedia considers removing all links to the Archive The vendetta is surprisingly personal. Get Tom's Hardware's best news and in-depth reviews, straight to your inbox. You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful The operator of Archive Today has allegedly been running a DDoS (denial of service) campaign against the personal blog of engineer Jani Patokallio for over a month. The ...

Linux kernel 7.0 finally abandons the 28-year-old Intel 440BX chipset — driver removal marks goodbye to the legendary motherboard chipset

Linux kernel 7.0 finally abandons the 28-year-old Intel 440BX chipset — driver removal marks goodbye to the legendary motherboard chipset ... But the legacy still lives on. Get Tom's Hardware's best news and in-depth reviews, straight to your inbox. You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful Intel's 440BX motherboard chipset was arguably the finest of such specimens to have ever existed. Nothing lasts forever, though, and the upcoming Linux kernel 7.0 is now dropping support f...

Tiny Mac look-a-like alarm clock transformed to run real Mac software

Tiny Mac look-a-like alarm clock transformed to run real Mac software The $30 Maclock meets the Raspberry Pi Zero W, a new screen, and some other bits to recreate the magic of 1984 in a miniature form factor. Get Tom's Hardware's best news and in-depth reviews, straight to your inbox. You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful A vintage technology enthusiast has turned a miniature Mac-a-like desk toy alarm clock into a real Mac software-running computer. Colin from This Does N...

Once unthinkable: Canada may choose a non-US fighter

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Mirae Asset agrees to buy 92% stake in Korean exchange Korbit for $93M

Mirae Asset Consulting, an affiliate of South Korean multinational financial services company Mirae Asset Group, has agreed to acquire a controlling stake in local crypto exchange Korbit. The company plans to purchase 26.9 million shares of Korbit for 133.48 billion won (about $93 million), a transaction that would give it a 92.06% ownership interest in the exchange, according to a Friday regulatory filing. The payment will be made entirely in cash Mirae Asset said the purpose of the acquisition...

Senators ask Bessent to probe $500M UAE stake in Trump-linked WLFI

Two US senators are pressing the Treasury Department to investigate a reported foreign investment in a crypto venture tied to the Trump family, raising concerns about national security, foreign influence and access to sensitive financial data. In a Friday letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren and New Jersey Senator Andy Kim asked the government to determine whether the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) should investigate a d...

The great computer science exodus (and where students are going instead)

Something strange happened at University of California campuses this fall. For the first time since the dot-com crash, computer science enrollment dropped. System-wide, it fell 6% this year after declining 3% in 2024, according to reporting this past week by the San Francisco Chronicle. Even as overall college enrollment climbed 2% nationally — according to January data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center — students are bailing on traditional CS degrees. The one exception is ...

Reddit, Meta, and Google Voluntarily Gave DHS Info of Anti-ICE Users, Report Says

Reddit, Meta, and Google voluntarily “complied with some of the requests” for identifying details of users critical of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sent as part of a recent wave of administrative subpoenas the Department of Homeland Security has been distributing to Big Tech the past few months, according to an anonymously sourced New York Times report. Those three companies, plus Discord, have received “hundreds” of such requests that have come from DHS recently. Meta, it should be...

Flashpoint Archive – Over 200k web games and animations preserved

Flashpoint Archive is a community effort to preserve games and animations from the web. Internet history and culture is important, and the web is evolving at such a rapid pace that what might be commonplace today could be obsolete tomorrow. This project is dedicated to preserving as many experiences from these platforms as possible, so that they aren't lost to time. Since December 2017, over 200,000 games and animations have been preserved across more than a hundred browser plugins and web techn...

Git is a file system. We need a database for the code

Software development is changing rapidly and the tool stack has yet to catch up. As we see, the value of IDEs diminishes as developers are less inclined to edit the code now. More and more of the work is browsing and talking to LLMs, less and less is coding and debugging. About 8 years ago I gave a talk at the internal JetBrains conference "Code is hypertext, IDE is a browser". Those points look even more relevant now: effective browsing of code and history is a prerequisite to effective underst...

Two different tricks for fast LLM inference

Two different tricks for fast LLM inference Anthropic and OpenAI both recently announced “fast mode”: a way to interact with their best coding model at significantly higher speeds. These two versions of fast mode are very different. Anthropic’s offers up to 2.5x tokens per second (so around 170, up from Opus 4.6’s 65). OpenAI’s offers more than 1000 tokens per second (up from GPT-5.3-Codex’s 65 tokens per second, so 15x). So OpenAI’s fast mode is six times faster than Anthropic’s1. However, Anth...

A practical guide to observing the night sky for real skies and real equipment

Stargazing Buddy A practical guide to observing the night sky for real skies and real equipment The night sky is vast. For many beginners, and even experienced observers, that abundance becomes a barrier. Thousands of objects. Endless lists. Too many choices, too little clarity on where to begin. Stargazing Buddy removes that friction by offering a curated path into visual observing and astrophotography. What you'll find here - • Curated observing targets for naked eye, binoculars, and telescope...

Oat – Ultra-lightweight, semantic, zero-dependency HTML UI component library

Light like an oat flake 6KB CSS, 2.2KB JS, minified + gzipped. That's it. Oat is an ultra-lightweight HTML + CSS, semantic UI component library with zero dependencies. No framework, build, or dev complexity. Just include the tiny CSS and JS files and you are good to go building decent looking web applications with most commonly needed components and elements. Semantic tags and attributes are styled contextually out of the box without classes, forcing best practices, and reducing markup class pol...

Interference Pattern Formed in a Finger Gap Is Not Single Slit Diffraction

Interference Pattern Formed in a Finger Gap is NOT Single Slit Diffraction Simple way of making an interference pattern with fingers The phenomenon of forming an interference pattern by using light that passed through a double slit is a basic item learnt in a high school physics course. It is a good example that light possesses a property of waves. The double slit experiment can be easily conducted by using coherent light such as lasers. But, if you are to use a readily available light source su...

How often do full-body MRIs find cancer?

How often do full-body MRIs actually find cancer? Picture this: At your annual physical with your primary care provider, you also receive a full-body scan and a more extensive panel of bloodwork. Just to make sure that you are 100% fine, nothing is wrong with you, you can go on your way and not worry a second longer about your health. Or if there is something, even tiny, now you can fix it before it gets worse. Sounds perfect, right? That's a future many envision thanks to a health and wellness ...

MDST Engine: run GGUF models in the browser with WebGPU/WASM

TLDR: MDST brings GGUF to WebGPU, the most popular format for LLMs, so anyone can create, edit, and review any files and collaborate from their browser without being dependent on cloud LLM providers or complicated setups. In 2026, more people want local models that they can actually run and trust, and the hardware and software are finally catching up. Better consumer GPUs, new models and better quantizations are making “local” feel normal and accessible as never before. So we built a WASM/JS eng...

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OpenAI should build Slack

[AINews] Why OpenAI Should Build Slack a quiet day lets us answer a Sam Altman question: what should he build next? We’re still not over the Sam Altman town hall; at the town hall he said “tell us what we should build, we’ll probably build it!” and today at Stanford Treehacks he said another thing about how he chooses projects: he thinks of himself as having made a career out of doing things people think are hard, but would be a big deal if it came true. well okay, Sam: You Should Build Slack. I...

Inspecting the Source of Go Modules

Inspecting the Source of Go Modules Go has indisputably the best package integrity story of any programming language ecosystem. The Go Checksum Database guarantees that every Go client in the world is using the same source for a given Go module and version, forever. It works despite the decentralized nature of Go modules, which can be fetched directly from their origin based on the import path. (For example, you can fetch v1.2.3 of github.com/example/mod by cloning the git repository and exporti...

No Coding Before 10am

No Coding Before 10am Engineering is no longer about writing code. Here is one startup's playbook for building in the AI agent era. A startup I work with just scrapped their entire playbook. They’ve been making fast progress, but over the last month their way of working broke because of Claude Code and Codex. So they called a war room and rebuilt how they operate from scratch. Their first new rule: no coding before 10am. For twenty years, engineering culture has been about maximizing time spent ...

Breaking the spell of vibe coding

Vibe coding is the creation of large quantities of highly complex AI-generated code, often with the intention that the code will not be read by humans. It has cast quite a spell on the tech industry. Executives push lay-offs claiming AI can handle the work. Managers pressure employees to meet quotas of how much of their code must be AI-generated or risk poor performance reviews. Software developers worry that everyone around them is a “10x developer” and that they’ve fallen behind. College stude...

A Visual Source for Shakespeare's 'Tempest'

A Visual Source for Shakespeare’s ‘Tempest’ Shakespearo Furioso The scholarly consensus is that The Tempest, like A Midsummer Night’s Dream, is a play where Shakespeare is not simply reworking and dramatising an established story, legend, or history. Most of his plays have straightforward provenances. Not so The Tempest: here he seems to have invented his own story, a new one. Critics have proposed a number of possible sources for that creation, all of which are literary. One is William Strachey...