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The world’s oldest known vertebrates had two pairs of eyes:
The earliest ancestors of all backboned animals, including humans, may have viewed the world with four eyes, not just two.
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17 February 2026.
Exploding rounds turn Apache attack copter into a drone hunter:
The US Army is turning its AH-64 Apache attack helicopter into a drone hunter thanks to a new 30-mm round for its M230 chain-gun that can take out Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) using a proximity fuse that unleashes a blast of high-velocity shrapnel.
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22 February 2026.
Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt:
This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is MrWilson (who racked up a lot of wins this week) with a comment about the Twitter Files crew staying quiet when there are real attacks on free speech: “Free speech absolutists”: “You’re absolutely free to shut up and listen to my speech.
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22 February 2026.
How I Get Free Traffic from ChatGPT in 2025 (AIO vs SEO):
Three weeks ago, I tested something that completely changed how I think about organic traffic.
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04 December 2025.
Joe Halpern, ‘towering’ computer scientist and mentor, dies at 72:
Halpern was a trailblazing researcher in reasoning about knowledge and uncertainty, causality and multi-agent and distributed systems.
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17 February 2026.
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01 January 1970.
OpenAI considered alerting Canadian police about school shooting suspect months ago:
Company behind ChatGPT last year flagged Jesse Van Rootselaar’s account for ‘furtherance of violent activities’ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has said it considered alerting Canadian police last year about the activities of a person who months later committed one of the worst school shootings in the country’s history.
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23 February 2026.
Saint Francis of Assisi’s skeleton goes on public display for first time:
Hundreds of thousands of visitors expected for month-long display of 13th-century saint’s remainsSaint Francis of Assisi’s skeleton is going on full public display from Sunday for the first time, in a move that is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of visitors.
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23 February 2026.
Your iPhone's USB-C port is surprisingly versatile - 14 features beyond charging:
USB-C turns your iPhone into a hub for work, media, and storage.
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23 February 2026.
Nasa astronauts' moon mission delayed due to rocket issue:
The mission to the far side of the Moon and back will be postponed after problems with were spotted with its rocket, a Nasa official said.
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21 February 2026.
There's a shortage of RAM (computer memory). How is this affecting the industry?:
Memory chips (aka RAM) are in short supply, globally.
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21 February 2026.
People Loved the Dot-Com Boom. The A.I. Boom, Not So Much.:
Tech leaders are beginning to worry about the public’s underwhelming enthusiasm for their plans to remake the world with artificial intelligence.
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23 February 2026.
How was 'El Mencho' killed? #world:
What happened in the operation Mexican federal forces carried out a high‑risk military operation that resulted in the death of Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes — widely known as “El Mencho” — the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).
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23 February 2026.
Problem With Artemis Rocket Will Delay NASA’s Moon Mission:
The rocket will be removed from the launchpad in order for technicians to investigate and fix a malfunctioning helium system.
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22 February 2026.
Baby chicks link certain sounds with shapes, just like humans do:
A surprising new study shows that baby chickens react the same way that humans do when tested for something called the "bouba-kiki effect," which has been linked to the emergence of language.
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19 February 2026.
How was 'El Mencho' killed? #world:
What happened in the operation Mexican federal forces carried out a high‑risk military operation that resulted in the death of Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes — widely known as “El Mencho” — the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).
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23 February 2026.
Should Job-Seekers Stop Using AI to Write Their Resumes?:
When one company asked job applicants to submit a video where they answer a question, most of the 300 responses were "eerily similar," reports the Washington Post (with a company executive saying it was "abundantly clear" they'd used AI.
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23 February 2026.
China’s humanoid robots are gaining ground – but they’re not there yet:
The U.S. and China are racing to build humanoid robots capable of performing many daily tasks – but the complexity of home and business environments makes that challenging.
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29 August 2025.
How menopause affects the brain — and what we still don't know:
A new study shows that that menopause was associated with worse sleep, increased mental health problems and even changes within the brain itself.
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22 February 2026.
Some of the tech in my workday
Best programming language?
The PYPL PopularitY of Programming Language Index is created by analyzing how often language tutorials are searched on Google.
The TIOBE Programming Community index measures popularity based on the number of skilled engineers world-wide, courses, third party vendors and search engine activity.
w3techs analyses page content to determine the technology used, and also uses publicly available information from sources such as Alexa, Google, Microsoft and ipinfo.io.
While Java and Python top the popularity charts, more than 80% of all websites run on PHP.
Longer term weather forecast
