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February 23, 2026
Data center builders thought farmers would willingly sell land, learn otherwise
Even in a fragile farm economy, million-dollar offers can't sway dedicated farmers.
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February 20, 2026
Fury over Discord’s age checks explodes after shady Persona test in UK
Persona confirmed all age-check data from Discord's UK test was deleted.
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February 20, 2026
Supreme Court blocks Trump's emergency tariffs, billions in refunds may be owed
Economists estimated more than $175 billion may need to be refunded.
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February 20, 2026
Microsoft removes guide on how to train LLMs on pirated Harry Potter books
The now-deleted Harry Potter data set was "mistakenly" marked public domain.
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February 18, 2026
Lawsuit: EPA revoking greenhouse gas finding risks “thousands of avoidable deaths”
EPA sued for abandoning its mission to protect public health.
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February 16, 2026
Best Buy worker used manager’s code to get 99% off MacBooks, cops say
Employee allegedly exploited Best Buy's discount system for months.
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February 16, 2026
ByteDance backpedals after Seedance 2.0 turned Hollywood icons into AI “clip art”
Hollywood backlash puts spotlight on ByteDance's sketchy launch of Seedance 2.0.
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February 13, 2026
Ring cancels Flock deal after dystopian Super Bowl ad prompts mass outrage
“This is definitely not about dogs,” senator says, urging a pause on Ring face scans.
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February 13, 2026
Platforms bend over backward to help DHS censor ICE critics, advocates say
Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem sued for coercing platforms into censoring ICE posts.
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February 9, 2026
Discord faces backlash over age checks after data breach exposed 70,000 IDs
Discord to block adult content unless users verify ages with selfies or IDs.
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February 6, 2026
Randomly quoting Ray Bradbury did not save lawyer from losing case over AI errors
Behold the most overwrought AI legal filings you will ever gaze upon.
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February 5, 2026
Neocities founder stuck in chatbot hell after Bing blocked 1.5 million sites
Microsoft won’t explain why Bing blocked 1.5 million Neocities websites.
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February 4, 2026
Judge gives Musk bad news, says Trump hasn't intervened to block SEC lawsuit
Musk is stuck fighting SEC suit seeking $150M in disgorgements from his Twitter takeover.
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January 29, 2026
She'll mess with Texas: Nurse keeps mailing abortion pills, despite Paxton lawsuit
Texas sues Delaware nurse practitioner shipping out hundreds of abortion pills each month.
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January 28, 2026
US cyber defense chief accidentally uploaded secret government info to ChatGPT
Congress recently grilled the acting chief on mass layoffs and a failed polygraph.
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January 27, 2026
TikTok users “absolutely justified” for fearing MAGA makeover, experts say
TikTok’s tech issues abound as censorship fears drive users to delete app.
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January 27, 2026
“IG is a drug”: Internal messages may doom Meta at social media addiction trial
A loss could cost social media companies billions and force changes on platforms.
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January 26, 2026
“Wildly irresponsible”: DOT's use of AI to draft safety rules sparks concerns
Staffers warn DOT's use of Gemini to draft rules could cause injuries and deaths.
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January 26, 2026
Data center power outage took out TikTok first weekend under US ownership
US TikTok users experienced a wide range of errors, sparking conspiracies.
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January 23, 2026
DHS keeps trying and failing to unmask anonymous ICE critics online
Community watch groups have a playbook to keep ICE away from subscriber information.
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January 23, 2026
TikTok deal is done; Trump wants praise while users fear MAGA tweaks
“I am so happy”: Trump closes deal that hands TikTok US to his allies.
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January 22, 2026
Asking Grok to delete fake nudes may force victims to sue in Musk's chosen court
Millions likely harmed by Grok-edited sex images as X advertisers shrugged.
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January 20, 2026
Zuck stuck on Trump’s bad side: FTC appeals loss in Meta monopoly case
FTC will appeal ruling that found Meta has no monopoly in social networking.
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January 19, 2026
Elon Musk accused of making up math to squeeze $134B from OpenAI, Microsoft
Musk's math reduced ChatGPT inventors' contributions to "zero," OpenAI argued.
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January 15, 2026
ChatGPT wrote “Goodnight Moon” suicide lullaby for man who later killed himself
ChatGPT used a man's favorite children's book to romanticize his suicide.
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January 14, 2026
Musk claims Grok made “literally zero” naked child sex images as probes begin
California's AG will investigate whether Musk’s nudifying bot broke US laws.
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January 13, 2026
Instagram user fights DHS for the right to post ICE sightings anonymously
DHS is weirdly using import/export rules to expand its authority to identify online critics.
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January 12, 2026
Judge: Trump violated Fifth Amendment by ending energy grants in only blue states
Donald Trump’s social media post triggers rare Fifth Amendment ruling.
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January 12, 2026
UK probes X over Grok CSAM scandal; Elon Musk cries censorship
Grok tests if UK can penalize platforms for sexualized deepfakes generated by AI.
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January 9, 2026
X’s half-assed attempt to paywall Grok doesn’t block free image editing
Faced with a ban in the United Kingdom, X pushes flawed fix to CSAM problem.
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