Adam Savage Meets a Real-Life Wall-E Robot!

• Adam Savage’s Tested shared this video on Youtube Adam finally meets a real-life Wall-E robot! • Robot and droid builder Matt Hobbs brings his incredible remote controlled Wall-E

Open Hardware · February 16, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 118 words
Six Math Essentials

Six Math Essentials

• Just a brief announcement that I have been working with Quanta Books to publish a short book in popular mathematics entitled ‘Six Math Essentials’, which will cover six of the fu

Mathematics · February 16, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 397 words

Four stable kernels to fix problematic commit

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Linux & Open Source · February 16, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 181 words

I gave Claude access to my pen plotter

• Marc in Space at Harmonique.one gave Claude Code access to a pen plotter. • I was the interface between the two machines. • Claude Code produced SVG files that I plotted with my

Open Hardware · February 16, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 192 words

6.6.126: longterm

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Psychedelic reduces depression symptoms after just one dose

Psychedelic reduces depression symptoms after just one dose

• Single dose of DMT produced rapid, sustained reduction in depressive symptoms among treatment-resistant patients. • Trial included 34 participants with moderate‑to‑severe depress

Science · February 16, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 87 words
Taipingling 1 connected to the grid

Taipingling 1 connected to the grid

• Taipingling 1 connected to the grid Taipingling 1 received an operating licence from the Ministry of Ecology and Environment on 24 December last year. • The loading of the first

Nuclear & Fusion · February 16, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 242 words

A program to monitor serial ports in Windows

• lucadentella states ‘I don’t know if it happens to you: every time I need to connect to a USB device that opens a virtual serial port (e.g., an Arduino board, a USB-to-serial ada

Open Hardware · February 16, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 214 words
Why I Stopped Wearing Earbuds After Hearing Loss

Why I Stopped Wearing Earbuds After Hearing Loss

• Our expert, award-winning staff selects the products we cover and rigorously researches and tests our top picks. • If you buy through our links, we may get a commission.Reviews e

Consumer Tech · February 16, 2026 (updated February 21, 2026) · 2 min · 278 words
Yet another NetEase studio is going independent

Yet another NetEase studio is going independent

• Business Production PC Console News Yet another NetEase studio is going independent Anchor Point Studios was unveiled by the Chinese conglomerate in 2023 but is now facing an unc

Game Development · February 16, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 259 words

Reverse engineering the Dash learning robot

• Jonathan Diamond brushed up on Ghidra to add to the open source interface for a Dash robot found at a thrift shop. • Much to their credit, the MakeWonder company released an offi

Open Hardware · February 16, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 208 words
First unit at San'ao plant starts up

First unit at San'ao plant starts up

• First unit at San’ao plant starts up ‘At 12.21pm [local time] on 13 February, the first criticality control point of unit 1 of the San’ao nuclear power plant was officially relea

Nuclear & Fusion · February 16, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 306 words
Defuelling of German plant completed

Defuelling of German plant completed

• Defuelling of German plant completed The 1410 MWe pressurised water reactor was shut down on 31 December 2021. • PreussenElektra - a subsidiary of EOn Group - applied for approva

Nuclear & Fusion · February 16, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 259 words
Apple's doing something on March 4th

Apple's doing something on March 4th

• Tech News Apple Apple’s doing something on March 4th New MacBooks, iPads, iPhone 17e, displays, and more are possible. New MacBooks, iPads, iPhone 17e, displays, and more are po

Consumer Tech · February 16, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 287 words

New York City in Minecraft

• MineFact presents a 1:1 scale Minecraft recreation of New York City. • Built collaboratively by BTE NYC and MineFact over five years. • Tour available on YouTube, showcasing intr

Open Hardware · February 16, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 112 words
Apple's next event is set for March 4

Apple's next event is set for March 4

• Trending: Best Presidents’ Day tech sales Meta is fighting the concept of social media addiction Ring nixes Flock partnership after Super Bowl backlash Fire TV sticks add NVIDIA'

Consumer Tech · February 16, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 238 words

Romantic Reads for V-Day

• The New York Public Library shares new romance books to get your heart burning this Valentine’s Day.

Open Hardware · February 16, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 39 words

Not such a long shot

• Breadcrumb Home News Not Such a Long Shot Not such a long shot X-68A advances toward revolutionizing air combat What was once only conceptual is now making steady progress toward

[$] Compact formats for debugging-and more

• At the 2025 Linux Plumbers Conference in Tokyo, Stephen Brennan gave a presentation on the debuginfo format , which contains the symbols and other information needed for debuggin

Linux & Open Source · February 16, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 178 words