av Mikael Winterkvist | feb 17, 2026 | Bluesky, Notiser, Threads
Cursing and controversy rarely mix with curling or Canada. But a tense game between the Canadian and Swedish men’s teams at the Milano Cortina Olympics delivered both. The incident shocked fans of the typically sportsmanlike game.
The Swedes told officials that Canadian Marc Kennedy had touched the stone’s granite portion during delivery, somewhat sarcastically asking for rule clarification. Kennedy responded angrily: ”I haven’t done it once. You can fuck off.” He then complained about the Swedish team’s behavior, reiterating ”C’mon Oskar, just fuck off.”
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av Mikael Winterkvist | feb 17, 2026 | Bluesky, Notiser, Threads
According to a new Private Cloud Compute software release this week, Apple is starting to use M5 chips in Apple Private Cloud Compute servers. This is the infrastructure that powers Apple Intelligence’s cloud-based features.
There are references to something called “Private Cloud Compute Agent Worker,” which run a version of iOS with a new agentic architecture for serving AI requests. iOS 26.4 includes the code for interfacing with this new Private Cloud Compute architecture, as well.
The architecture runs on new hardware with the J226C model number powered by the M5 chip.
Källa: 9to5mac
av Mikael Winterkvist | feb 17, 2026 | Bluesky, Notiser, Threads
Donald Trump has once again made the death of an American public figure about himself. In response to the news that Reverend Jesse Jackson died on Tuesday, the president hopped onto Truth Social to remind everyone that he can’t be racist, because he was very nice to the famed Black activist.
“I knew him well, long before becoming President. He was a good man, with lots of personality, grit, and ‘street smarts,’” Trump wrote. “Despite the fact that I am falsely and consistently called a Racist by the Scoundrels and Lunatics on the Radical Left, Democrats ALL, it was always my pleasure to help Jesse along the way.”
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av Mikael Winterkvist | feb 17, 2026 | Bluesky, Notiser, Threads
Apple’s next-generation Siri still hasn’t surfaced in shipping software, but the delay aligns more with staged rollout planning and strict reliability standards than with a stalled AI strategy.Apple is still teaching Siri to be a better assistantApple’s long-promised Apple Intelligence overhaul of Siri still hasn’t appeared in public builds, but the delay reflects deliberate pacing rather than a product in trouble.The company reset expectations in 2025, announcing that a more personalized Siri with deeper app integration would come in 2026. Since then, reports have suggested that the original spring target faced some testing challenges. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
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av Mikael Winterkvist | feb 17, 2026 | Bluesky, Notiser, Threads
After a relatively quiet start to the year, things are about to pick up in the world of Apple. According to the latest reporting from Bloomberg, Apple has a range of new products set to debut in the coming weeks. Here’s what to expect.
After a relatively quiet start to the year, things are about to pick up in the world of Apple. According to the latest reporting from Bloomberg, Apple has a range of new products set to debut in the coming weeks. Here’s what to expect.
New Apple products coming soon
Apple will unveil multiple new Macs and Mac-related hardware “over the course of the next several weeks,” according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman:
New low-cost MacBook powered by the A18 Pro chip
New M5 MacBook Air
New M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pro models
New Mac Displays
Källa: 9to5mac
av Mikael Winterkvist | feb 17, 2026 | Bluesky, Notiser, Threads
”I think it’s beyond borderline — 25 amendment.” That was Steve Bannon texting Jeffrey Epstein on December 31, 2018, about President Trump. Epstein had texted Bannon, ”He is really borderline,” and Bannon went further, telling the convicted sex trafficker that Trump should be removed from office, Raw
”I think it’s beyond borderline — 25 amendment.” That was Steve Bannon texting Jeffrey Epstein on December 31, 2018, about President Trump. Epstein had texted Bannon, ”He is really borderline,” and Bannon went further, telling the convicted sex trafficker that Trump should be removed from office, Raw Story reports.
The texts were released as part of the DOJ’s publication of approximately 3.5 million Epstein files. Bannon appears in over 1,700 Epstein emails. The documents show he worked to rehabilitate Epstein’s public image after Epstein’s 2008 child prostitution conviction, and that Epstein coached Bannon on how to smear Christine Blasey Ford during the Kavanaugh hearings.
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