AI controls is coming to Firefox
Starting with Firefox 148, which rolls out on Feb. 24, you’ll find a new AI controls section within the desktop browser settings. It provides a single place to block current and future generative AI features in Firefox.
They actually listened to the community, thats very nice.
Claude Code is suddenly everywhere inside Microsoft
Software engineers at Microsoft are now expected to use both Claude Code and GitHub Copilot and give feedback comparing the two, I’m told. Microsoft sells GitHub Copilot as its AI coding tool of choice to its customers, but if these broad internal pilot programs are successful, then it’s possible the company could even eventually sell Claude Code directly to its cloud customers.
Guys? Are we going to have to rename Microsoft products from Copilot to Claude soon?
Microsoft Claude 365?
Claude Code is suddenly everywhere inside Microsoft
Microsoft is increasingly adopting Claude Code, despite selling its own GitHub Copilot AI tool. Microsoft’s developers are now testing out both to compare them.Tom Warren (The Verge)
'No conocemos la palabra rendición': los cubanos responden a las nuevas amenazas de Estados Unidos
'No conocemos la palabra rendición': los cubanos responden a las nuevas amenazas de Estados Unidos - Panorama-Mundial
El 29 de enero de 2026, el presidente estadounidense Donald Trump emitió una nueva orden ejecutiva declarando un "estado de emergencia nacional" debido a la "inusual y extraordinaria amenaza" que la nación isleña supuestamente representa para Estados…world-outlook.com (Panorama-Mundial)
Wiarton Willie predicts early spring, but Punxsutawney Phil disagrees
Wiarton Willie, along with most of his Canadian counterparts, has predicted an early spring after he did not see his shadow on Monday morning on Groundhog Day.
Groundhog Day is a long-held tradition of watching animals coming out of hibernation to predict whether there'll be an early spring or six more weeks of winter.
Every Feb. 2, groundhogs and even a crustacean emerge from their shelters to see if they see their shadows.
Danish Students Face Legal Action and Fines Over Textbook Piracy
After "awareness" campaigns that failed to move the needle for years, Denmark’s leading anti-piracy group is shifting to a more aggressive litigation strategy. The Rights Alliance confirmed it will begin filing civil lawsuits against individual students who are caught sharing even a single digital textbook. The anti-piracy group prefers not to mention the targeted platforms but says it uses undercover monitoring of private groups to gather evidence.
Danish Students Face Legal Action and Fines Over Textbook Piracy * TorrentFreak
After "awareness" campaigns failed, Denmark’s leading anti-piracy group is shifting to a more aggressive litigation strategy.Ernesto Van der Sar (TF Publishing)
The world is trying to log off U.S. tech
U.S tech backlash grows as countries and startups seek alternatives - Rest of World
Proton Mail and UpScrolled attract users looking to quit Big Tech services like TikTok, Meta and Google.Rina Chandran (Rest of World)
Spotify and Major Music Labels Sue Anna’s Archive for $13 Trillion
Spotify and Major Music Labels Sue Anna’s Archive for $13 Trillion
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like this
we have stood with the artist community against piracy
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Anna's archive is not giving you song downloads, but rather metadata
over a massive music data scrape
So when are you going to sue AI companies?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Anna's archive is not giving you song downloads, but rather metadata
200gb meta, 300tb music. Just 300tb not released yet. Might be, might not.
So when are you going to sue AI companies?
I think some sue suno and settle for money. And GEMA (germany) sue openai for songtext.
Apparently it's legal and acceptable to demand, through a court, enough money to destroy the world economy.
Seriously, if I were the judge I'd throw out the lawsuit until they come up with a remotely realistic number. As it is, it makes the whole lawsuit look like a joke.
blog.zaramis.se/2026/02/02/att…
gup.exe making network requests for other than: notepad-plus-plus.org, github.com and release-assets.githubusercontent.com
doublepulsar.com/small-numbers…
The write up is from December when it was first disclosed afaik
Kinda sad the flagship instance is the biggest turnoff to wider adoption. Also, I gotta try / switch to Piefed.
Doing an "Orphan Black" re-watch and this scene gets me every time.
Oh, there's an "-ism"
Felix goes to a club and is disappointed to learn there's an "-ism" required to be there.
‘We Don’t Know the Word Surrender’: Cubans Respond to New U.S. Threats
Limia Díaz is a historian, writer, member of the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba and director of the Cuban TV program MARCAS.
Feb. 2, 2026
The U.S. military leaders know that Cuba is not Venezuela, that they wouldn’t have the easy victory of January 3rd. We do not know the word surrender, and that is why Trump has set out to recreate the shameful chapter of Weyler’s Reconcentration, ordered by that Spanish general to starve our people into submission, given his inability to defeat the Mambí Army on the battlefield. They cannot forgive us for being considered a moral compass despite all the difficulties, and the spirit of revenge leads them to act with genocidal cruelty. What will humanity do: succumb to fascism or respond with courage and integrity? “Whoever stands with Cuba today, stands for all time.”
‘We Don’t Know the Word Surrender’: Cubans Respond to New U.S. Threats - World-Outlook
On January 29, 2026, U.S. president Donald Trump issued a new executive order declaring a “national emergency” because of the “unusual and extraordinary threat” the island nation allegedly poses to the United States.world-outlook.com (World-Outlook)
Waaiiiittttaminute
how do you not know the word if you are able to use it correctly in a sentence?
Hmmmmmm
Understanding LLM Inference Engines: Inside Nano-vLLM (Part 1)
Understanding LLM Inference Engines: Inside Nano-vLLM (Part 1) - Neutree Blog
When deploying large language models in production, the inference engine becomes a critical piece of infrastructure.Neutree
Best gas masks
Best gas masks
Trump’s DHS is waging war on American cities, tear gassing civilians. This is how and why they are buying their gas masks.Sarah Jeong (The Verge)
32-year-old programmer in China allegedly dies from overwork, added to work group chat even while in hospital
32-year-old programmer in China allegedly dies from overwork, added to work group chat even while in hospital
A Chinese programmer died in hospital after fainting while working at home late last year.Gao Guanghui (transliterated), 32, allegedly died of cardiac arrest, leading his family to believe that he died from overwork.AsiaOne
The upgrade argument for desktops doesn't stand up anymore
I haven’t thought about it in a while but the premise of the article rings true. Desktops are overall disposable. Gpu generations are only really significant with new cpu generations. CPUs are the same with real performance needed a new chipset and motherboard. At that point you are replacing the whole system.
Is there a platform that challenges that trend?
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in reply to foofiepie • • •I found at least three different post. So they’re still out there. The last was the large one where I first heard about it.
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