It turns out that Microsoft redraws third-party diagrams with AI and posts them on its official page without permission

AI

A bill has been introduced requiring age verification even for calculator apps, and minors will need parental permission when updating.

Smartphone

Headline news for February 19, 2026

Headline

Thousands of executives admit that AI has had little impact on employment or productivity, suggesting a return of the 'productivity paradox'

AI

Google announces 'America-India Connect' initiative to connect three submarine cables to India

Hardware

'Peyoung Mayonnaise Kimchi Char Siu Yakisoba' was a spicy Peyoung with the taste of pork kimchi.

Tasting

A new paper examines how X (formerly Twitter)'s algorithms affect politics.

Science

Anthropic reports on 'How much authority do humans who use AI agents give to AI?'

AI

Texas sues network equipment maker TP-Link for aiding the Chinese Communist Party in cyberattacks

Hardware

The pirate site 'Anna's Archive' publishes an explanation page for AI instead of humans, calling for human administrators to persuade them to donate

AI

UK regulator bans Call of Duty ad for 'implying painful non-consensual penetration of men'

Video

Custom-cooled gaming PC infused with real human blood

Game

Microsoft's use of 'Harry Potter' as an example of its AI usage guide was a hot topic, and the page was deleted immediately after it was revealed

AI

NVIDIA releases 'Nemotron-Nano-9B-v2-Japanese,' a small AI model specialized for Japanese, achieving the highest performance under 10B and ready for commercial use

AI

Apple finally adds battery charging limits for MacBooks in macOS 26.4

Software

OpenAI launches EVMbench, a benchmark test that measures AI's attack and defense capabilities against cryptocurrencies

AI

Microsoft's 'technology to store data on glass for over 10,000 years' advances, making it possible to record data on household glass

Hardware

Tesla's robotaxis have had 14 crashes in the first nine months of service, four times more frequent than human drivers

Vehicle

Google announces Pixel 10a, with up to 120 hours of battery life and a 7-year update guarantee for $499

Smartphone

Are 'positive affirmations,' which involve telling yourself positive things like 'I will succeed' or 'I am worthy of love,' effective?

Note

The US State Department is developing a portal called 'freedom.gov' to allow governments to view banned content

Web Service

Microsoft admits Copilot has a 'bug' that allows it to summarize confidential emails

AI

Successfully created and read the world's smallest QR code, measuring just 1.98 square microns

Science

US Food and Drug Administration suddenly denies, then retracts, approval of Moderna's mRNA influenza vaccine

Science

Google has released Lyria 3, a music generation AI, so I tried making a song with Japanese vocals.

Review

Perplexity will phase out ads introduced in 2024 from the end of 2025, with no plans to continue doing so in the future due to the risk of undermining trust in AI.

AI

Over 100 scientists propose framework to restrict access to dangerous biological data to prevent AI from developing bioweapons

AI

Australia's 'law banning the use of social media by people under 16' points out that it isolates children with disabilities

Note