Current Events

Iranian Frigate Seen Ablaze After Being Struck In Port

The imagery represents the first confirmed heavy damage or loss of an Iranian warship as part of Operation Epic Fury and Roaring Lion. The post Iranian Frigate Seen Ablaze After Being Struck In Port a...

Event Tracker • Feb 28, 2026 • Tyler Rogoway
Technology Feb 28, 2026

Block the "Upgrade to Tahoe" Alerts

Article URL: https://robservatory.com/block-the-upgrade-to-tahoe-alerts-and-system-settings-indicator/ Comments URL: ht...

Technology Feb 28, 2026

"Cancel ChatGPT" movement goes mainstream after OpenAI closes deal with U.S. Dow

Article URL: https://www.windowscentral.com/artificial-intelligence/cancel-chatgpt-movement-goes-mainstream-after-opena...

PC Gaming Feb 28, 2026

As Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy gets an early gameplay look-in, Rogue Trader gets an infinitely brief DLC teaser

Last year, Owlcat announced they were working on another CRPG set within the world of Warhammer 40,000 called Dark Her...

PC Gaming Feb 28, 2026

Fortnite's no-aim-required lock-on assault rifle is an all-time stinker, and I hope Epic vaults it into oblivion

The Lock On assault rifle in Fortnite Chapter 7 is too weak to help new players, but it's ...

PC Gaming Feb 28, 2026

Pokémon Store Plunged Into Chaos Over 30th Anniversary Pikachu Plush As Fans Blame Scalpers

Video shows a free-for-all at a Poké Center in Japan

Technology Feb 28, 2026

Techno‑Feudal Elite Are Attempting to Build a Twenty‑First‑Century Fascist State

Article URL: https://collapseofindustrialcivilization.com/2026/02/16/americas-oligarchic-techno-feudal-elite-are-attemp...

Technology Feb 28, 2026

In puzzling outbreak, officials look to cold beer, gross ice, and ChatGPT

An AI chatbot convinced health investigators they had the right answer.

PC Gaming Feb 28, 2026

Former Highguard level designer suggests "sweaty" competitive 3v3 play "was the biggest thing that turned a lot of players off"

A level designer laid off from Highguard developer Wildlight believes the free-to-play shooter's difficulties stem from...

PC Gaming Feb 28, 2026

Legend Of Zelda Actor Has Thoughts On The Live-Action Movie And Whether Link And Zelda Are Dating

Breath of the Wild voice actor Patricia Summersett talks the franchise's 40th anniversary

PC Gaming Feb 28, 2026

You've never heard of it, but a Russian studio made a fantasy take on original Fallout way back in 2001, and it honestly kind of rules

Keep your Baldur's Gate 3s, I'm playing GoldenLand. Or Heath. Whatever it is, I'm playing ...

Technology Feb 28, 2026

CSP for Pentesters: Understanding the Fundamentals

Article URL: https://www.kayssel.com/newsletter/issue-20/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47198099 P...

PC Gaming Feb 28, 2026

Owlcat just teased a new Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader DLC, and it's all about everyone's favorite relic-hoarding necron, Trazyn the Infinite

Trazyn's vault awaits, along with a mysterious new companion. ...

PC Gaming Feb 28, 2026

Games Workshop just announced a book of 'insightful ork quotes' called Words of Waaagh

I should invent some kind of machine that makes reading faster. ...

Technology Feb 28, 2026

Show HN: Tomoshibi – A writing app where your words fade by firelight

I spent ten years trying to write a novel. Every time I sat down, I'd write a sentence, decide it wasn't good enough, a...

PC Gaming Feb 28, 2026

Doom: The Dark Ages' DLC is so big, it's "basically like a sequel"

Doom: The Dark Ages' DLC is so big, it's "basically like a sequel". Read more

PC Gaming Feb 28, 2026

While you wait for a release date announcement, have a gander at Nivalis' opening moments

Nivalis is a game that whenever I see it I just think "oh, that can't be right, games like this don't actually exist d...

PC Gaming Feb 28, 2026

How Sega And Police Raids Interrupted A Video Game Preservation Auction

Gamers Nexus investigates the case of Darius Khan, whose dramatic arrest seems to obfuscate corporate negligence

PC Gaming Feb 28, 2026

Can you identify 15 RPGs in 4 minutes just from seeing one of their party companions?

Your loyal friends through thick and thin. ...

Technology Feb 28, 2026

Verified Spec-Driven Development (VSDD)

Article URL: https://gist.github.com/dollspace-gay/d8d3bc3ecf4188df049d7a4726bb2a00 Comments URL: https://news.ycombina...

Technology Feb 28, 2026

The whole thing was a scam

Article URL: https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/the-whole-thing-was-scam Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item...

Technology Feb 28, 2026

Obsidian Sync now has a headless client

Article URL: https://help.obsidian.md/sync/headless Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47197267 Points:...

PC Gaming Feb 28, 2026

Bluepoint pitched a Bloodborne remake, but FromSoftware turned it down, not Sony

Just days after Sony decided to close remake masters Bluepoint Games, a new report claims that wasn't PlayStation itsel...

PC Gaming Feb 28, 2026

OpenAI Says Hell Yea To To Helping Government With ‘Fully Autonomous Weapons’ As Trump Bombs More Countries

Whatever spooked Claude’s creators out of the Pentagon is a-okay by OpenAI

Technology Feb 28, 2026

OpenAI’s Sam Altman announces Pentagon deal with ‘technical safeguards’

OpenAI's CEO claims its new defense contract includes protections addressing the same issues that became a flashpoint fo...

Technology Feb 28, 2026

Show HN: SQLite for Rivet Actors – one database per agent, tenant, or document

Hey HN! We posted Rivet Actors here previously [1] as an open-source alternative to Cloudflare Durable Objects.Today we...

Technology Feb 28, 2026

You can still grab great deals on Bose headphones and Astro Bot this weekend

Welcome to the weekend, friends! While the rest of our team was checking out Samsung’s forthcoming Galaxy S26 lineup a...

Terrorism & Security Feb 28, 2026

How the world has reacted to US and Israeli strikes on Iran

World leaders have been giving their responses to the attacks on several Iranian cities and Tehran's retaliation.

Current Events Feb 28, 2026

How the world has reacted to US and Israeli strikes on Iran

World leaders have been giving their responses to the attacks on several Iranian cities and Tehran's retaliation.

PC Gaming Feb 28, 2026

As an ergonomic keyboard skeptic, I made the switch this month and it's so much easier than I expected

Turns out a keyboard is a keyboard. Who knew? ...