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Jason Momoa will be serving out cups of Liber-Tea as he joins the Helldivers movie 'Together for liberty!' Director Justin Lin will helm this iron-fisted adaptation of 'Helldivers 2' 🔗 Read more: https://www.space.com/entertainment/space-movies-shows/jason-momoa-will-be-serving-out-cups-of-liber-tea-as-he-joins-the-helldivers-movie

Diablo II’s new Warlock is a great excuse to revisit a classic game Diablo II is one of those storied classic PC games that's pretty much always fun to come back to—so much so that some players have put thousands of hours into the game over more than two decades. Across all those years, though, the game itself has barely changed, becoming something of a familiar,... 🔗 Read more: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/02/diablo-iis-new-warlock-is-a-great-excuse-to-revisit-a-classic-game/

Toxic metals found in bananas after Brazil mining disaster Researchers investigating crops grown in soil contaminated by the 2015 mining disaster in Brazil discovered that toxic metals are moving from the earth into edible plants. Bananas, cassava, and cocoa were found to absorb elements like lead and cadmium, with bananas showing a potential health risk... 🔗 Read more: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/02/260217005756.htm

Hubble telescope discovers rare galaxy that is 99% dark matter Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered what seems to be a galaxy that is the most heavily dominated by dark matter ever seen. 🔗 Read more: https://www.space.com/astronomy/dark-universe/hubble-telescope-discovers-rare-galaxy-that-is-99-percent-dark-matter

At a critical moment, Snap loses a top Specs exec As Snap readies the public release of its long-awaited VR glasses, one of the key executives on the project has left the company. 🔗 Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/19/at-a-critical-moment-snap-loses-a-top-specs-exec/

Cellebrite cut off Serbia citing abuse of its phone unlocking tools. Why not others? Cellebrite, which makes phone unlocking and hacking tools, stopped sales to countries that allegedly abused its tools. But after new allegations in Jordan and Kenya, the company has changed its approach. 🔗 Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/19/cellebrite-cut-off-serbia-citing-abuse-of-its-phone-unlocking-tools-why-not-others/

The 10 Best Shows to Stream Right Now (February 2026) Fallout, Neighbors, and Monarch: Legacy of Monsters are just a few of the TV shows we’re swooning over for February. 🔗 Read more: https://www.wired.com/story/the-best-shows-to-stream-right-now/

‘Pew Pew’: The Chinese Companies Marketing Anti-Drone Weapons on TikTok On TikTok, Chinese manufacturers are advertising signal-blocking weapons with the breezy cadence of consumer lifestyle advertising. 🔗 Read more: https://www.wired.com/story/pew-pew-the-chinese-sellers-marketing-military-drones-on-tiktok/

Meta’s VR metaverse is ditching VR Horizon Central, the town square of Meta's metaverse, already runs on the new Meta Horizon game engine. | Image: Horizon Central Meta, after laying off about 10 percent of its Reality Labs division, closing three VR studios, stopping new content for VR fitness app Supernatural, and discontinuing... 🔗 Read more: https://www.theverge.com/tech/881647/meta-vr-mobile-metaverse-horizon-worlds

FBI says ATM ‘jackpotting’ attacks are on the rise, and netting hackers millions in stolen cash The FBI says hacks that trick ATMs into spitting out cash on demand are rising, with hundreds of attacks in the past year alone netting hackers millions in stolen bills. 🔗 Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/19/fbi-says-atm-jackpotting-attacks-are-on-the-rise-and-netting-hackers-millions-in-stolen-cash/

EI_BPM6FA_Q - "Dataset: updated structure and data" Financial account - quarterly data 🔗 Read more: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/product/page/EI_BPM6FA_Q

Science on the double: How an AI-powered 'digital twin' accelerates chemistry and materials discoveries Understanding what complex chemical measurements reveal about materials and reactions can take weeks or months of analysis. But now, an AI-powered platform developed by researchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) could reduce this interpretation... 🔗 Read more: https://phys.org/news/2026-02-science-ai-powered-digital-twin.html

Why do people living at high altitudes have better glucose control? The answer was in plain sight In a 2023 paper on hypoxia and glucose metabolism, our lab showed how organisms rewire their metabolism to adapt to low oxygen levels—such as those found at high altitudes. One of the most striking observations from that work was a dramatic drop in circulating blood sugar. 🔗 Read more: https://phys.org/news/2026-02-people-high-altitudes-glucose-plain.html

I used to save nice things for special occasions. Now I wear them to the grocery store. The author decided to start wearing her favorite clothes everywhere.Courtesy of the authorI used to save my favorite things for a "special occasion."Waiting for the perfect moment kept me from enjoying my actual life.Wearing what I love changed how ordinary days feel.I used to save my favorite... 🔗 Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/stop-saving-clothes-for-special-occasions-2026-2

Lissajous Varieties arXiv:2509.06844v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: This paper studies affine algebraic varieties parametrized by sine and cosine functions, generalizing algebraic Lissajous figures in the plane. We show that, up to a combinatorial factor, the degree of these varieties equals the volume of a... 🔗 Read more: https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.06844

The Perplexity Paradox: Why Code Compresses Better Than Math in LLM Prompts arXiv:2602.15843v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In "Compress or Route?" (Johnson, 2026), we found that code generation tolerates aggressive prompt compression (r >= 0.6) while chain-of-thought reasoning degrades gradually. That study was limited to HumanEval (164 problems), left the "perplexity... 🔗 Read more: https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.15843

GoFundMe campaign seeks to buy Bitcoin to help spur Nancy Guthrie’s release Bitcoin payments continue to play a role in the quest for clues about the whereabouts of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old whose mysterious abduction earlier this month has captivated the nation. In the latest development, a Tuscon native has created a GoFundMe account with the goal of buying Bitcoin... 🔗 Read more: https://fortune.com/2026/02/17/gofund-me-campaign-seeks-to-buy-bitcoin-to-help-spur-nancy-guthries-release Show more

EmoTrack: An application to Facilitate User Reflection on Their Online Behaviours arXiv:2602.15839v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: With the rapid growth of the internet, all online activities can have both positive and negative effects on human mental health. Online engagement is complex and efforts to regulate online use face challenges in distinguishing between beneficial and... 🔗 Read more: https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.15839

US evacuates staff from Lebanon embassy amid tensions with Iran US state department official says it’s ‘prudent’ to reduce their footprint to essential personnelWashington has evacuated dozens of non-essential personnel from its embassy in Lebanon as US ships and warplanes have been positioned in the region for a potential strike against Iran in the... 🔗 Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/23/us-evacuates-staff-lebanon-embassy

From Milano Cortina to Dakar 2026: Olympic mascots Tina and Ayo share the stage Italy saw mascot mania in Milan as Tina, face of Milano Cortina 2026, welcomed Ayo from Dakar 2026. 🔗 Read more: http://www.euronews.com/video/2026/02/20/from-milano-cortina-to-dakar-2026-olympic-mascots-tina-and-ayo-share-the-stage