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Fury Over Discord's Age Checks Explodes After Shady Persona Test In UK

BeauHD / slashdot - Backlash intensified against Discord's age verification rollout after it briefly disclosed a UK age-verification test involving vendor Persona, contradicting earlier claims about minimal ID storage and transparency. Ars Technica explains: One of the major…

#cybersecurity #dataprivacy #techpolicy #uk #apps #gdpr #hack #technology #contentmoderation #digitalid

They Want To Age Verify Our Computers Now...

12 days / reddit / /u/InsaneSnow45

Age verification checks are now in force in the UK because of the Online Safety Act, but with the Discord fallout, it seems like one bad idea after another

12 days / reddit / /u/Turbostrider27

UK council faces data breach claim after mishandling trans complaints

12 days / theregister / Connor Jones

Age verification online can be done safely and privately. Here's how

13 days / techxplore

Fury Over Discord's Age Checks Explodes After Shady Persona Test In UK

14 days / slashdot / BeauHD

Fury over Discord’s age checks explodes after shady Persona test in UK

14 days / arstechnica / Ashley Belanger

Hackers Expose Discord Age Verification System Issue After Persona Frontend Code Left Wide Open

14 days / reddit / /u/vriska1

San Diego County Demographics, Discord, ChatGPT-4o, More: Monday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, February 16, 2026

18 days / researchbuzz / ResearchBuzz

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Wikipedia Blacklists Archive.today, Starts Removing 695,000 Archive Links

BeauHD / slashdot - An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The English-language edition of Wikipedia is blacklisting Archive.today after the controversial archive site was used to direct a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against a blog. In the cou…

#cybersecurity #techpolicy #internet #cybercrime #wikipedia #community #media #censorship #contentmoderation #research

Wikipedia blacklists Archive.today after alleged DDoS attack

13 days / techcrunch / Anthony Ha

Wikipedia blacklists website that hijacked users’ computers to run hacking attack - The Times of India

13 days / indiatimes

Wikipedia officially blacklists all links to Archive Today over bizarre DDOS attack and manipulated archives — website operator caught tweaking their own archive

13 days / tomshardware

Wikipedia blacklists Archive.today, starts removing 695,000 archive links | If DDoSing a blog wasn’t bad enough, archive site also tampered with web snapshots.

14 days / reddit / /u/ControlCAD

Wikipedia Blacklists Archive.today, Starts Removing 695,000 Archive Links

14 days / slashdot / BeauHD

Wikipedia bans Archive.today after site executed DDoS and altered web captures

14 days / ycombinator

Wikipedia blacklists Archive.today, starts removing 695,000 archive links

14 days / arstechnica / Jon Brodkin

Back to Top / Friday, February 20, 2026, 5:20 pm / permalink 19486 / 7 stories in 14 days


AI Safety Meets the War Machine

Steven Levy / wired - Anthropic doesn’t want its AI used in autonomous weapons or government surveillance. Those carve-outs could cost it a major military contract.


DC: Congress, PACs battle over AI rules and influence

Anthropic-funded group backs candidate attacked by rival AI super PAC

14 days / techcrunch / Rebecca Bellan

Congress—Not the Pentagon or Anthropic—Should Set Military AI Rules - Lawfare

14 days / lawfaremedia


On the ground: Anthropic resists military use, Pentagon pushback

AI Safety Meets the War Machine

14 days / wired / Steven Levy

Pentagon vs. Anthropic: The AI Ethics Showdown Shaping Future Military Tech - OpenTools

14 days / opentools

Anthropic is fighting with a big client, and it’s actually good for its brand

14 days / fastcompany / Rob Walker

The Pentagon vs. Anthropic + An A.I. Agent Slandered Me + Hot Mess Express

14 days / nytimes / Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Rachel Cohn, Whitney Jones, Vjeran Pavic, Katie McMurran, Dan Powell, Mar

Pentagon AI Integration and Anthropic: Ethics, Strategy, and the Future of Defence Technology Partnerships - Bloomsbury Intelligence and Security Institute (BISI)

14 days / bisi

Maduro raid questions trigger Pentagon review of top AI firm as potential 'supply chain risk' - MSN

14 days / msn

Pentagon CTO urges Anthropic to ‘cross the Rubicon’ on military AI use cases amid ethics dispute - DefenseScoop

15 days / defensescoop


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Premium Newsletter: The Hater's Guide To Anthropic, an inefficient, bloated AI ab that loses billions of dollars, deceives developers, burns as much as $8-$13 for every dollar of Claude Code revenue, and needs $283 billion to survive the next 4 years. htt

14 days / bsky / @edzitron.com

Joined The Tech Report to talk about Anthropic allowing Claude Code users to burn 8-13.5x their subscription cost in tokens, the crumbling of the data center financing industry, and AI's lack of impact on overall productivity. https://youtu.be/N_3X6qF2tT

14 days / bsky / @edzitron.com


Wall Street reels as Anthropic's Claude Code disrupts cybersecurity stocks

JFrog Lost 25% in One Day. AI-Native Startups Have More to Lose.

14 days / implicator / Harkaram Grewal

Cyber Stocks Slide As Anthropic Unveils 'Claude Code Security'

14 days / slashdot / BeauHD

Cybersecurity stocks drop after Anthropic debuts Claude Code Security

14 days / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Wall Street Reacts as Claude Disrupts Cybersecurity Market

14 days / parameter / Yasmin Werner

Anthropic: No, absolutely not, you may not use third-party harnesses with Claude subs

14 days / theregister / Thomas Claburn

What Builders Are Making With Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini CLI

14 days / implicator / Marcus Schuler


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Dueling pro-AI PACs have centered around backing or targeting one New York congressional bid: Alex Bores, whose RAISE Act requires AI developers to disclose safety protocols and report serious system misuse.

14 days / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Back to Top / Friday, February 20, 2026, 12:21 pm / permalink 19474 / 18 stories in 14 days


Zuckerberg Contacted Tim Cook on Teen Safety Amid Meta Trial

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Mark Zuckerberg has testified he reached out to Tim Cook on teen wellbeing as Meta faces a landmark trial alleging its platforms were designed to addict youth.The post Zuckerberg Contacted Tim Cook on Teen Safety Amid Meta Trial appeared first on WinBuzze…

#techpolicy #meta #judiciary #zuckerberg #law #contentmoderation #litigation #algorithm #safety #timcook

National Parent Teacher Association breaks ties with Meta amid child-safety trials

14 days / cnbc

A new study finds that longer daily social media use was associated with predominantly negative outcomes for 60% of adolescents, but not all platforms are the same. The variances point to the opportunity for more nuanced regulation than blanket bans, writ

14 days / bsky / @techpolicypress.bsky.social / techpolicypress.bsky.social

Apple and Meta Called It Privacy. The Courts Call It Willful Blindness.

14 days / implicator / Maria Garcia

Smart glasses in court are a privacy nightmare

14 days / theverge / Stevie Bonifield

Researchers Embrace Complexity in Social Media and Teen Mental Health

14 days / techpolicy

Privacy is at the center of child safety accusations against Apple and Meta. Here’s why

14 days / cnbc

Engadget Podcast: Instagram on trial and the RAMaggedon rages on

14 days / engadget / Devindra Hardawar

Zuckerberg Contacted Tim Cook on Teen Safety Amid Meta Trial

14 days / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

How Meta’s high-stakes trial could have ripple effects across other industries

14 days / fastcompany / Chris Morris

LA County lawsuit accuses Roblox of exposing children to 'grooming and exploitation'

14 days / engadget / Steve Dent

Back to Top / Friday, February 20, 2026, 8:20 am / permalink 19462 / 10 stories in 14 days


OpenAI Announce Partnerships With TCS, JioHotstar, MakeMyTrip at the India AI Impact Summit 2026

Azdhan / medianama - OpenAI revealed its plans to expand beyond Delhi at the AI IMpact Summit by setting up new offices in Bengaluru & Mumbai, and partnering with companies like TCS, Pine Labs, JioHotStar, MakeMyTripThe post OpenAI Announce Partnerships With TCS, JioHotstar, …


Governments and panels debate AI control, safety and policy

India Signs Pax Silica Pact To Secure Global AI Supply Chain

14 days / inc42 / Shrishti Bisht

Urgent research needed to tackle AI threats, says Google AI boss

14 days / bbc

UN touts panel for 'human control' of AI as leaders weigh message

14 days / techxplore

Science minister co-chairs global AI partnership meeting in India

15 days / co / Kang Yoon-seung


India's homegrown AI: startups chase global breakthrough

Indian AI Startup Tracker: 170+ Startups Putting India On The Global AI Map

14 days / inc42 / Team Inc42

PM Modi Meets Deeptech, AI Startup CEOs; Calls For AI Push In Agriculture

14 days / inc42 / Anjali Jain

India chases 'DeepSeek moment' with homegrown AI models

14 days / techxplore


OpenAI and Big Tech announce major India deals and remarks

Big Tech announces multibillion-dollar deals at India’s AI summit

14 days / siliconrepublic / Suhasini Srinivasaragavan

OpenAI's Sam Altman warns that firms are using 'AI washing' to mask layoffs across the globe — AI boss calls out corporate excuses while warning of 'palpable' job disruption ahead

14 days / tomshardware

OpenAI says 18 to 24-year-olds account for nearly 50% of ChatGPT usage in India

14 days / techcrunch / Ivan Mehta

Sam Altman: AI will be “quite bad” for some software companies

14 days / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

OpenAI Announce Partnerships With TCS, JioHotstar, MakeMyTrip at the India AI Impact Summit 2026

14 days / medianama / Azdhan


Other: color, infrastructure, payments and law enforcement

NVIDIA fuels IndiaAI with 20K GPUs, sovereign clouds, and startup boost

14 days / techfundingnews / Vignesh R

“We Are Moving From AI Systems That Recommend to That Act”: Mastercard on Agentic AI

14 days / medianama / Aakriti Bansal

Meta partners with UK law enforcement to target major scam operation

14 days / uktech / Oscar Hornstein

UAE’s G42 teams up with Cerebras to deploy 8 exaflops of compute in India

14 days / techcrunch / Ivan Mehta

Oddest moments from India’s AI summit: Missing stars, traffic chaos and robo-dog controversy

14 days / politico / Milena Wälde, Pieter Haeck


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Abu Dhabi-based tech company G42 has partnered with U.S.-based chipmaker Cerebras to deploy eight exaflops of compute through a new system in India

14 days / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

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Pentagon labels Anthropic a supply‑chain risk; company vows legal fight

The Pentagon has designated Anthropic and its products as a “supply‑chain risk,” prompting the company to announce a court challenge. Experts warn the move could chill collaboration and talent flows into AI, while Anthropic insists it will contest the determination to protect its operations and customers. More...


SoftBank seeks massive $40B loan to back OpenAI investment, courting big risk

SoftBank is reportedly seeking up to a $40 billion loan to finance its planned stake in OpenAI, an audacious use of leverage to double down on the AI boom. The move would be one of the largest single‑company financing gambits in recent memory, raising questions about balance‑sheet strain versus potential upside. More...


Oracle and OpenAI scrap Texas data-center expansion; Meta eyes the spare capacity

Oracle and OpenAI have abandoned plans to expand a flagship Texas data center, leaving substantial compute capacity up for grabs. Nvidia reportedly brokered interest from Meta to take the unused slots as OpenAI downscales that particular buildout, a move that rattled markets and highlights shifting demand for large-scale on-prem AI infrastructure. More...


OpenAI launches Codex Security agent to automatically detect software vulnerabilities

OpenAI rolled out Codex Security, an AI agent that scans codebases to find complex vulnerabilities, suggests actionable fixes, and uses sandbox testing to limit false positives. The tool has already flagged issues in major projects and aims to compete with traditional application security tooling by automating deep, contextual code review. More...


Google releases Workspace CLI enabling AI agents to access Gmail, Drive, Calendar

Google has shipped an open-source Workspace CLI that gives AI agents like OpenClaw programmatic access to Gmail, Drive, Calendar and other Workspace services via a built-in MCP server. The tool standardizes agent integration, making it easier — and slightly creepier — for automated assistants to act on users’ behalf across core productivity apps. More...


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