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14 February 2026 Vol 19
These LGBTQ+ Archives Defy Erasure, One Memory at a Time

These LGBTQ+ Archives Defy Erasure, One Memory at a Time

The Trans Memory Archive of Argentina started as a closed Facebook group where friends from the 1980s and 1990s could…
Everything We Know About the Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS

Everything We Know About the Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS

On July 2, NASA revealed the existence of 3I/ATLAS, only the third ever interstellar object observed in the universe. These…
A Homemade CPU That Plays Videos: The EPROMINT Story

A Homemade CPU That Plays Videos: The EPROMINT Story

A YouTuber named MINT after hours took on a crazy challenge: building a computer processor from scratch. Not a full…
Forget Nokia Phones, You Can Now Play the Classic Snake Game with Water Pixels

Forget Nokia Phones, You Can Now Play the Classic Snake Game with Water Pixels

In a Swiss lab, a biology experiment gadget has been repurposed into a gaming console. Meet the OpenDrop, a digital…
PillTrek Smart Capsule Can Be Swallowed to Measure pH, Temperature, and Other Biomarkers

PillTrek Smart Capsule Can Be Swallowed to Measure pH, Temperature, and Other Biomarkers

A Caltech team has created a jellybean-sized pill called PillTrek that travels through your digestive system, sniffing out everything from…
xAI explains Grok’s Nazi meltdown, as Tesla puts Elon’s bot in its cars

xAI explains Grok’s Nazi meltdown, as Tesla puts Elon’s bot in its cars

Several days after temporarily shutting down the Grok AI bot that was producing antisemitic posts and praising Hitler in response…
If Google Maps Existed in 1999, This is How it Would Look Running on a Nokia 3310

If Google Maps Existed in 1999, This is How it Would Look Running on a Nokia 3310

Apolskyi, a UX designer, has created a wild vision of what Google Maps would’ve looked like on a Nokia 3310…
Building voice AI that listens to everyone: Transfer learning and synthetic speech in action

Building voice AI that listens to everyone: Transfer learning and synthetic speech in action

Enterprises adopting voice AI must consider not just usability, but inclusion. Supporting users with disabilities is a market opportunity.Read More…
Unlock Your Smart TV’s Hidden Potential with These Must-Have Apps

Unlock Your Smart TV’s Hidden Potential with These Must-Have Apps

My smart TV has plenty of streaming apps for my entertainment, but did you know there are heaps of apps…
A United Nations research institute created an AI refugee avatar

A United Nations research institute created an AI refugee avatar

A research institute connected to the United Nations has created two AI-powered avatars designed to teach people about refugee issues.…