New book explores links between disasters and development

• Disasters arise from the convergence of natural and social forces. • Earthquakes, cyclones, floods, droughts, and other catastrophic events disproportionately affect the most vul

Science · February 20, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 146 words

What to Make with Adafruit Trinkey QT2040

• It’s half USB Key, half Adafruit QT Py, and a lotta RP2040…it’s Trinkey QT2040 , the circuit board with an RP2040 heart and Stemma QT legs. • We thought, hey what if we made so

Open Hardware · February 20, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 190 words
Ask Hackaday: Do You Have a Dead Man's Switch?

Ask Hackaday: Do You Have a Dead Man's Switch?

• During the Cold War, the specter of a nuclear ‘dead man’s switch’ was central to the concept of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD). • In the event that one side was annihilated b

I review laptops for The Verge, ask me anything

I review laptops for The Verge, ask me anything

• Column Gadgets Tech I review laptops for The Verge, ask me anything I’ll be answering subscriber questions today at 11AM PT / 2PM ET. • Come geek out with me about laptops, phot

Consumer Tech · February 20, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 184 words
Artemis II Crew Trains on T-38

Artemis II Crew Trains on T-38

• 1 min read Artemis II Crew Trains on T-38 Monika Luabeya NASA astronaut Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen take off on a T-38 training flight from E

Space & Aerospace · February 20, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 330 words

[$] Open-source Discord alternatives

• The closed-source chat platform Discord announced on February 9 that it would soon require some users to verify their ages in order to access some content - although the company

OS & Internals · February 20, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 352 words

next-20260220: linux-next

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The Barnes Global Advisors is at AMS

The Barnes Global Advisors is at AMS

• The Barnes Global Advisors is at AMS Share this Article The Barnes Global Advisors(TBGA), the additive manufacturing (AM) consultancy based in Pittsburgh, is a pillar of the AM i

Our First Proof submissions

• We share our AI model’s proof attempts for the First Proof math challenge, testing research-grade reasoning on expert-level problems.

The Book of Remind

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OS & Internals · February 20, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 415 words

Cleaner fish show intelligence typical of mammals

• Researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University in Japan have discovered a previously undiscovered behavior in cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus). • When presented with a mirror,

Science · February 20, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 172 words
An AI coding bot took down Amazon Web Services

An AI coding bot took down Amazon Web Services

• Amazon’s cloud unit has suffered at least two outages due to errors involving its own AI tools, leading some employees to raise doubts about the US tech giant’s push to roll out

Consumer Tech · February 20, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 288 words
Week in images: 16-20 February 2026

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• Agency Week in images: 16-20 February 2026 20/02/2026 1507 views 31 likes ESA / About Us / Week in images ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot during one of her first workouts at the star

Space & Aerospace · February 20, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 252 words

Security updates for Friday

• Security updates for Friday Dist. • | ID | Release | Package | Date | —|—|—|—|—| AlmaLinux | ALSA-2026:2914 | 10 | grafana | 2026-02-20 | Debian | DSA-6142-1 | stable |

OS & Internals · February 20, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 3 min · 536 words

Discipline Will Keep Memory Market Tight

• Post‑AI market shift may constrain DRAM supply. • Manufacturers anticipate tighter inventory and pricing pressures. • Demand for high‑performance memory remains strong. • Supply

Latin America's Cyber Maturity Lags Threat Landscape

Latin America's Cyber Maturity Lags Threat Landscape

• Threat Intelligence Cyber Risk Cybersecurity Operations Cyberattacks & Data Breaches News Breaking cybersecurity news, news analysis, commentary, and other content from around th

Cybersecurity · February 20, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 316 words
Linux Begins Seeing Early Preparations For PCIe 7.0

Linux Begins Seeing Early Preparations For PCIe 7.0

• Linux Begins Seeing Early Preparations For PCIe 7.0 While we are on the horizon of seeing PCI Express 6.0 devices, there are already early Linux kernel patches beginning to surfa

OS & Internals · February 20, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 243 words