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// Tech news at terminal velocity
cat 2026-02-09.md
$ cat TLDR.md
▸ OpenAI's 'leaked' Super Bowl hardware ad was just a Reddit prank.
▸ Crypto.com drops a casual $70M to buy AI.com.
▸ HBO Max finally remembers the UK exists (launching March 26).
After years of licensing deals and delays, Warner Bros. is bringing the streamer to the UK and Ireland on March 26th. Better late than never, right?
Because nothing says 'we are definitely a serious AI company now' like a crypto exchange dropping eight figures on a domain name.
Executives are reportedly trying to bypass the DOJ's antitrust chief to negotiate directly with 'more sympathetic' officials. Bold strategy, Cotton.
Ryan Gosling is back in space, but this time with more science and fewer musical numbers. The final trailer looks promising.
The internet spent yesterday hyperventilating over a 'leaked' OpenAI hardware ad featuring earbuds and a shiny orb. Turns out it was a complete fabrication by a frustrated Redditor. We are all clowns in the circus of hype.
While consumer chat apps fight over features, the open-source Matrix protocol (via Element) is quietly becoming the standard for secure government comms. Sovereignty and end-to-end encryption are finally cool again.
Wirewiki is a new tool that attempts to make the internet's hidden infrastructure browsable. Think of it as a UI for `nslookup` but with actual context on how the tubes connect.
Two devs used Rust and SIMD to algorithmically prove the longest line of sight on Earth. Spoiler: It's from Kyrgyzstan to China, and the math is beautiful.
A clean, NIST/OWASP-compliant authentication implementation built from first principles. No bloat, just Hono, Turso, and some very careful crypto work.
An offline-first browser for the Gemini/Gemtext web. It downloads content so you can disconnect and read without the dopamine loops. The anti-browser we need.
Romance novelists are 3D printing whistles to help communities alert each other of ICE raids. Low-tech solutions for high-stakes problems.
Box office numbers dropped 67% in the second weekend. Turns out streaming documentaries in theaters is a hard sell.