Valve’s latest Steam beta lets you add your PC’s specs to game reviews

Valve’s latest Steam beta lets you add your PC’s specs to game reviews

An upcoming update to Steam includes a helpful improvement to game reviews. As part of the Steam Client Beta update Valve released on February 12, users will now be able to attach information about their hardware specifications when they post a new game review or update an old one. It’s not uncommon to find negative reviews that complain about a …

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Washington nonprofit supporting global development tech and philanthropy to shutter after 16 years

Washington nonprofit supporting global development tech and philanthropy to shutter after 16 years

The opening keynote presentation at the 2017 Global Washington conference. (Megan Swann / Global Washington Photos) The nonprofit Global Washington announced on Friday it’s closing after 16 years of supporting philanthropy, technology, businesses and academics working in global development. The Seattle-based group includes more than 160 member organizations and individuals. GlobalWA has organized numerous events each year, including conferences and …

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Ring cancels Flock partnership amid broader surveillance concerns

Ring cancels Flock partnership amid broader surveillance concerns

Ring is cancelling a partnership with Flock Safety that would have allowed law enforcement using Flock’s system to request footage from Ring camera owners for voluntary sharing through the Ring Neighbors app. (Ring Photo) Amazon-owned Ring has canceled its planned partnership with Flock Safety, the license-plate-recognition company, amid broader scrutiny of the potential for home security cameras to be used …

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PM Shehbaz congratulates BNP Chief on election victory

PM Shehbaz congratulates BNP Chief on election victory

Prime Minister Shehbaz extended his felicitations to the people of Bangladesh on the successful conduct of the polls. Web Desk February 13, 2026 ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held a telephone conversation with Tarique Rahman, chief of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), and congratulated him on his party’s landmark victory in Bangladesh’s general elections. According to an official statement issued …

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RFK Jr. calls Carbon Robotics’ laser weed zapper the ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ in herbicide fight

RFK Jr. calls Carbon Robotics’ laser weed zapper the ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ in herbicide fight

A Carbon Robotics LaserWeeder working in a field of onions. (Carbon Robotics Photo) The weed-zapping lasers from Seattle agriculture-tech startup Carbon Robotics are on the radar of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. In an appearance on the Theo Von podcast “This Past Weekend,” which aired on Thursday, Kennedy and Von got into a discussion about herbicides. In 2018, Kennedy …

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OpenAI removes access to sycophancy-prone GPT-4o model | TechCrunch

OpenAI removes access to sycophancy-prone GPT-4o model | TechCrunch

Starting Friday, OpenAI will cease providing access to five legacy ChatGPT models, including the popular but controversial GPT-4o model. The 4o model has been at the center of a number of lawsuits concerning user self-harm, delusional behavior, and AI psychosis. It remains OpenAI’s highest scoring model for sycophancy. In addition to GPT-4o, the GPT-5, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and OpenAI o4-mini …

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OpenAI removes access to sycophancy-prone ChatGPT-4o model | TechCrunch

OpenAI removes access to sycophancy-prone GPT-4o model | TechCrunch

Starting Friday, OpenAI will cease providing access to five legacy ChatGPT models, including the popular but controversial GPT-4o model. The 4o model has been at the center of a number of lawsuits concerning user self-harm, delusional behavior, and AI psychosis. It remains OpenAI’s highest scoring model for sycophancy. In addition to GPT-4o, the GPT-5, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and OpenAI o4-mini …

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Apple’s Magic Mouse is down to $68 right now

Apple’s Magic Mouse is down to  right now

Apple’s USB-C Magic Mouse is back on sale for about $11 off its usual retail price of $79. At $68, that’s a savings of 14 percent for one of Apple’s best accessories from a company that does not often run sales. The multi-touch mouse was first released in 2009 with a modest refresh released in 2015 and the addition of …

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Exclusive: The SEC closed its investigation into Fisker | TechCrunch

Exclusive: The SEC closed its investigation into Fisker | TechCrunch

The Securities and Exchange Commission closed its investigation into bankrupt electric vehicle startup Fisker last September, roughly one year after the probe was opened. TechCrunch learned the investigation was closed when the financial regulator responded to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request in January. The SEC’s FOIA department said it had identified “approximately 21.7 gigabytes of electronically maintained records” …

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India partners with Alibaba.com for export push despite past China tech bans | TechCrunch

India partners with Alibaba.com for export push despite past China tech bans | TechCrunch

India’s government has partnered with China’s Alibaba.com on an export-focused program aimed at helping startups and small businesses reach overseas buyers. The move highlights New Delhi’s selective engagement with Chinese-linked tech platforms years after it imposed sweeping bans on consumer apps and games. This week, the Indian government’s Startup India initiative announced the collaboration with Alibaba.com to identify and support …

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Nintendo’s Virtual Boy accessory lets you play VR Mario and Zelda on Switch 2

Nintendo’s Virtual Boy accessory lets you play VR Mario and Zelda on Switch 2

The forthcoming Nintendo Virtual Boy accessory for Switch and Switch 2 can play VR-supported games, as reported by Video Games Chronicle. There are four available games to play, including Super Mario Odyssey, Super Smash Bros Ultimate, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker. These aren’t new VR builds of the games, rather they are …

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