Chrome Tests Reading Mode for Text-Heavy PDFs

Google is testing Reading Mode for some PDFs in Chrome Canary. The browser shows a Reading Mode button when a document contains enough readable text.
Bleeping Computer

Windows 11 Notepad flaw let files execute silently via Markdown links

If a user opened this Markdown file in Windows 11 Notepad versions 11.2510 and earlier and viewed it in Markdown mode, the above text would appear as a clickable link. If the link is clicked with ...

Fact Check: Email from Epstein files allegedly proves he's still alive. Here's the truth

Online users claimed the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who died in 2019, was referred to in the present tense in a 2023 email.
BBC

How AI can read our scrambled inner thoughts

The crackle of electricity inside your brain has long been too complex to decode. Artificial intelligence is changing that. The woman didn't move, apart from the rise and fall of her breathing – eyes ...
The New York Times

The I.R.S. Shut Its Direct File, but Here Are Other Free Filing Options

The agency still offers a Free File program that works with commercial tax software firms. Some companies also offer free tools for certain filers. By Ann Carrns The federal government tested a free, ...
The Verge

ByteDance’s next-gen AI model can generate clips based on text, images, audio, and video

Seedance 2.0 can take camera movement, visual effects, and motion into account. Seedance 2.0 can take camera movement, visual effects, and motion into account. is a news writer who covers the ...
The Hindu

U.S. Justice Department sends letter regarding Epstein files redactions to lawmakers: report

The U.S. ‌Department of Justice sent a letter to lawmakers ⁠regarding redactions in the files pertaining to convicted sex offender ‌Jeffrey Epstein, Politico reported on Saturday (February 14, 2026).
Nieman Journalism Lab

How The New York Times is digging into millions of pages of Epstein files

“I started thinking about ways to get rougher cuts of information to reporters more quickly, for breaking news,” says Dylan Freedman, an editor on the Times’ AI team. “With the help of AI, I wrote a ...
The Hill

DOJ sends letter to Congress with list of people named in Epstein files, including Trump

The Department of Justice (DOJ) sent a letter to Congress on Saturday outlining its justification for redactions made in the released Jeffrey Epstein files. The six-page letter obtained by The Hill to ...
Reuters

Allegations in Epstein files may amount to 'crimes against humanity,' UN experts say

Feb 17 (Reuters) - Millions of files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein suggest the existence of a "global criminal enterprise" that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of ...
USA Today

Whoopi Goldberg on being mentioned in Epstein files: 'I wasn't his girlfriend'

Whoopi Goldberg has addressed her name appearing in the files released by the Department of Justice on Jeffrey Epstein, saying in part, "I wasn't his girlfriend." During the Feb. 17 episode of "The ...