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• China cut PM2.5 levels by roughly 30% over the past decade, improving overall air quality. • Strict vehicle emissions standards and a rapid shift to electric cars curb urban smog

• 14th‑century merchant ship sank off Singapore, now called the Temasek Wreck. • Archaeologists unearthed a 3.5‑tonne cargo of Chinese ceramics from 2016‑2019. • Finds confirm Sing

• Confession time: I’ve read about the performance benefits of scroll-timeline() , but when I see an impressive JavaScript scrollytelling site like this one, it makes me question i

• ‘ZDNET Recommends’: What exactly does it mean? • ZDNET’s recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. • We gather data from the best ava

• In a recent study, University of Alaska Fairbanks paleontologist Matthew Wooller and his colleagues radiocarbon-dated what they thought were pieces of two mammoth vertebrae, only

• 5 custom ChatGPT instructions I use to get better AI results - faster Follow ZDNET:Add us as a preferred sourceon Google. • ZDNET’s key takeaways Turn ChatGPT into a consistent t

• Regulatory frameworks are no longer simply gatekeepers of safety; they increasingly help ensure that new technologies are easier to understand, simpler to use, and more compatibl

• 02/17/2026 Share on twitter Share on facebook Share on linkedin Copy link Announcing our Investment in Temporal: Agents Make Mistakes. • Your Workflows Can’t. • One of our core b

• Toyota Toyota’s best-selling car in Europe is going EV The Yaris,Toyota’sbest-selling vehicle in Europe, will finally be available as an EV. • Following the Corolla, the Yaris is

• Atomic distributions ensure upgrades either fully succeed or are discarded, eliminating rollback headaches. • Many atomic distros are immutable, adding extra security by preventi

• Policy Business News EU investigates Shein’s ‘addictive design’ and illegal sex dolls The DSA investigation comes after French regulators found listings for ‘child-like sex doll

• 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'

• Triceratops and similar horned dinosaurs had unusually large nasal cavities compared to most animals. • Researchers, including those from the University of Tokyo, used CT scans o

• Gentoo Takes the First Step to Ditch Microsoft Copilot-Infested GitHub Contributors to Gentoo Linux can now submit pull requests throughCodeberginstead ofGitHub. • The repository

• CommentComments Save ArticleRead LaterRead Later A New Complexity Theory for the Quantum Age February 17, 2026 Traditional complexity theory can’t accommodate problems with quant

• KDE Plasma 6.6 is now available to download, adding text extraction to screenshots, per-app volume control in the taskbar and the ability to create your own themes. • The update

• KDE Plasma 6.6 is now available to download, adding text extraction to screenshots, per-app volume control in the taskbar and the ability to save custom themes. • The update also

• Imagine a line of affordable toys controlled by the player’s brainwaves. • By interpreting biosignals picked up by the dry electroencephalogram (EEG) electrodes in an included he

• In 2024, Google claimed that their data centers are 1.5x more energy efficient than industry average. • In 2025, Microsoft committed billions to nuclear power for AI workloads. •

• In 2024, Google claimed that their data centers are 1.5x more energy efficient than industry average. • In 2025, Microsoft committed billions to nuclear power for AI workloads. •

• 3D Printing Nerd Challenges Lawmakers to Visit a Working Print Farm Before Banning Tech Share this Article JoelTelling asked politicians attempting to ban 3D printing in his home

• Researchers have shed new light on the features that enable tree-dwelling mammals to move effectively through their environments, providing insights into the evolution of the dis

• 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'

• The 3D printing group appoints former Cognex chief Rob Willett as it quietly reshapes its governance. • And starts to look a lot like a company getting ready for something. • Whe

• Intel Xeon 6 Granite Rapids Memory Scaling Performance From 6 To 12 MRDIMMs With memory pricing being as wild as it is these days and with MRDIMMs on Xeon 6 Granite Rapids offeri

• When you think about what makes a perfect single-car garage-occupied solely by a vehicle that can do it all-you probably think of some crossover or SUV like the Toyota RAV4 or BM

• Mallory LindahlTuesday, February 17, 2026Print this page. • Three faculty members in Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science are among five CMU researchers select

• Starknet adds EY Nightfall to enable private payments on Ethereum rails StarkWare is integrating EY’s Nightfall privacy protocol into Starknet to give institutions private paymen

• Starknet taps EY Nightfall to bring institutional privacy to Ethereum rails StarkWare is integrating EY’s Nightfall privacy protocol into Starknet to give institutions private pa

• The integration allows institutions to conduct confidential payments, treasury management, and DeFi transactions on public blockchains.

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• Transportation News Cars Toyota fills out its skimpy EV lineup with the bZ Woodland SUV The automaker’s off-road crossover SUV joins the recently revamped Highlander EV. • The au

• Gemini stock falls 10% after it parts ways with COO, CFO and Chief Legal Officer months after IPO Crypto exchange says Marshall Beard, Dan Chen and Tyler Meade are departing effe

• Gemini stock plunges after it parts ways with COO, CFO and Chief Legal Officer months after IPO Crypto exchange says Marshall Beard, Dan Chen and Tyler Meade are departing effect

• Dragonfly closed a $650 million fourth fund, topping its target as the firm deploys capital during a downturn.

• Electric Motorcycles LiveWire Why LiveWire’s next smaller, cheaper electric motorcycle is so critical The LiveWire S4 Honcho hasn’t officially launched yet, but it may already be

• Gemini will not replace its COO, with co-founder Cameron Winklevoss absorbing key operational and revenue responsibilities.

• New research from the University of Copenhagen suggests that volcanic eruptions during the Ice Age may have triggered sudden climate change by disrupting the Atlantic Meridional

• The USArmyis about to lose millions of dollars in training value for reasons that have nothing to do with funding shortfalls or maintenance discipline. • As armored brigades prep

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• What 5 Million Apps Revealed About Secrets in JavaScript February 17, 2026 09:40 AM 0 Leaked API keys are nothing new, but the scale of the problem in front-end code has been lar

• LiFI Composer allows users to combine different actions like swaps, bridging, deposits, and staking into a single transaction.

• B2B Summit North America has earned its reputation asthepremier event for B2B marketers - not because it’s flashy but because it’s relentlessly useful. • And this year, that usef

• B2B Summit North America has earned its reputation asthepremier event for B2B marketers - not because it’s flashy but because it’s relentlessly useful. • And this year, that usef

• In-Situ Automated Toolpath Generation and Auto-Alignment for Performance-Driven Directed Energy Deposition (DED) Share this Article The evolution of Directed Energy Deposition (D

• CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Bitcoin Cash (BCH) Drops 2.2%, Leading Index Lower Ripple (XRP), down 1.5% from Monday, was also an underperformer. • CoinDesk Indicespresents its

• The hardware hurdle: Cysic and Cardano clash over the future of decentralized compute At Consensus Hong Kong 2026, Leo Fan questioned Midnight’s use of Google Cloud and Azure, as

• When psychologist Darby Saxbe began studying how parenthood shapes the brain, she made a seismic discovery that upended a long-held assumption: that only mothers undergo major bi

• Based on an Espressif Systems ESP32-P4NRW32 SoC with a 400 MHz dual-core RISC-V CPU, 768 KB RAM, and 32MB PSRAM,Olimex ESP32-P4-PCis one of the most feature-rich ESP32-P4 boards

• Up to a third of people worldwide have shoulder pain; it’s one of the most common musculoskeletal complaints. • But medical imaging might not reveal the problem-in fact, it could

• Interop 2026 is formally a thing. • So, you know all of those wild, new CSS features we’re always poking at but always putting under a ’lack of browser support’ caveat? • The Big

• An international team featuring faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York has drilled the longest ever sediment core from under an ice sheet, providing a rec

• AI is rapidly becoming embedded in day-to-day enterprise workflows, inside browsers, collaboration suites, and developer tooling. • As a result, AI service domains increasingly b

• By embracing innovation, optimizing operations and advocating for change, pharmacy leaders can ensure their organizations are not only prepared for the future but are actively sh

• BitMine adds $90 million in ETH - Tom Lee says crypto sentiment reminiscent of 2018 and 2022 bottoms The Ethereum treasury firm continues its buying spree with its largest weekly

• USA touts SMR designs to the Philippines The US Trade and Development Agency’s (USTDA’s) assistance will provide Meralco PowerGen (MGEN) - a subsidiary of the Philippines’ larges

• Warnings in GPU to NVVM pipeline Hi, I’m currently in the process of trying to understand the conversion from the GPU dialect to LLVM via the NVVM dialect and GPU code-generation

• Keenadu: sophisticated Android malware embedded in firmware across multiple device brands. • Distributes via OTA firmware, system apps, unofficial sources, and Google Play apps.

• Rolls-Royce’s new hybrid aircraft engine aims to reduce aviation emissions by 30% Engineers are working on high-voltage stator insulation to make hybrid aircraft safe and reliabl