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Samsung ad confirms rumors of a useful S26 ‘privacy display’

  • Technology
  • Dominic Preston
  • Feb 16, 2026

Samsung has released a new advertisement for its upcoming Galaxy S26 launch that all-but confirms rumors of a new display with a built-in privacy mode. Leaked videos show that the feature could be cap...

After spooking Hollywood, ByteDance will tweak safeguards on new AI model

  • Technology
  • Jess Weatherbed
  • Feb 16, 2026

TikTok creator ByteDance says that it is working to improve safeguards on its new AI video generator after Disney, Paramount, and Hollywood trade groups accused the tool of violating copyright protect...

A Star is born

  • Technology
  • David Pierce
  • Feb 16, 2026

Two hours before one of the most important live events in Netflix's history, LA's sprawling CBS Radford Studio Center is abuzz with the strangest combination of things. As I walk through one cavernous...

How Trump's tariffs push some importers into risky, high-cost loans

  • Business
  • Scott Horsley
  • Feb 16, 2026
  • US

President Trump's tariffs can create a cash crunch for importers. They have to pay the tariff bill before they can sell their products. Some have turned to a costly form of credit. But what looks like...

OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger is joining OpenAI

  • Technology
  • Terrence O’Brien
  • Feb 15, 2026

Sam Altman announced on X that Peter Steinberger, the man behind the trendy AI agent OpenClaw, was joining OpenAI. He said that Steinberger has "a lot of amazing ideas" about getting AI agents to inte...

You need to watch the intensely surreal cult classic Possession

  • Technology
  • Terrence O’Brien
  • Feb 15, 2026

Let me just say that I highly recommend you go into Possession blind. Don't watch a trailer. Don't even finish reading this. Go watch it now over on Shudder, Criterion, or Metrograph. It's also availa...

Apple’s first-gen AirTags are still worth buying now that they’re $16 apiece

  • Technology
  • Sheena Vasani
  • Feb 15, 2026

With Apple’s second-gen AirTags now widely available, we’re already seeing inventory of the first-gen model begin to dwindle. Case in point? Amazon is no longer selling a single AirTag, and it’s uncle...

Logitech’s new Superstrike is a faster, more customizable gaming mouse

  • Technology
  • Cameron Faulkner
  • Feb 15, 2026

Enthusiast gaming keyboard tech has made the jump to gaming mice - well, to one gaming mouse so far. The $179.99 Logitech G Pro X2 Superstrike is the first to feature analog sensors that use induction...

I hate my AI pet with every fiber of my being

  • Technology
  • Robert Hart
  • Feb 15, 2026

After a few weeks living with Casio's AI-powered pet, Moflin, I finally understand why my mother hated my Furby so much. The fuzzy, guinea-pig-adjacent puffball fits snugly in the palm of my hand. It'...

AI can’t make good video game worlds yet, and it might never be able to

  • Technology
  • Jay Peters
  • Feb 15, 2026

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more news about video game industry's pushback against generative AI, follow Jay Peters. The Stepba...

Why are Epstein’s emails full of equals signs?

  • Technology
  • Joshua Dzieza
  • Feb 15, 2026

Many of the emails released by the Department of Justice from its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein are full of garbled symbols like: Or: The scrambled text is so ubiquitous that it's spurred conspir...

Jikipedia turns Epstein’s emails into an encyclopedia of the his powerful friends

  • Technology
  • Terrence O’Brien
  • Feb 14, 2026

The folks behind Jmail are at it again with a clone of Wikipedia that turns the treasure trove of data in Epstein's emails into detailed dossiers on his associates. Entries include known visits to Eps...