Java 26 with JVM optimizations, HTTP/3, and finally no Applet API

The current OpenJDK 26 is strategically important and not only brings exciting innovations but also eliminates legacy issues like the outdated Applet API.
InfoQ

DoorDash Builds DashCLIP to Align Images, Text, and Queries for Semantic Search Using 32M Labels

DoorDash has launched a multimodal machine learning system that aligns product images, text, and user queries in a shared ...

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.

Cracking the code: How a 'prediction machine' is resurrecting the Singapore Stone

Several years ago, my linguistic research team and I began developing a computational tool we call "Read-y Grammarian." Our ...
The Guardian

Epstein files suggest acts that may amount to crimes against humanity, say UN experts

Independent experts appointed by human rights council speak of ‘grave’ nature regarding scale of atrocities against women and girls Millions of files related to the convicted child sex offender ...
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 ...
New Republic

Ro Khanna Reads Out Names of Six “Powerful Men” in Epstein Files

Representative Ro Khanna read the names of six powerful men in the Epstein files, whose names were previously hidden by the Justice Department, aloud on the House floor on Tuesday. “Yesterday, ...
The Hill

GOP senator on Epstein files: ‘Now I see what the big deal is’

Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) said Monday she now understands “what the big deal is” after reviewing unredacted files tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “I’ve not been one of the members ...
The Hindu

U.S. lawmakers reviewing unredacted Epstein files

U.S. lawmakers began reviewing the unredacted files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein Monday (February 9, 2026), and expressed concern that some names have been removed from the records which ...
Al Jazeera English

Struggling to navigate the Epstein files? Here is a visual guide

More details are emerging daily from the January 30 release of more than three million pages of documents by the US Department of Justice (DOJ), exposing the extraordinary breadth of Jeffrey Epstein’s ...
CNN

13 controversial redactions from the Epstein files — and what we’re learning about them

This has been a big week in the long-running — and still very much not-over — saga of the Jeffrey Epstein files. That’s because we’ve begun to learn more about the Justice Department’s controversial ...
USA Today

DOJ to allow Congress to view unredacted Epstein files starting Feb. 9

Members of Congress will be able to review unredacted versions of the more than 3 million pages of Epstein files released by the Justice Department starting Feb. 9, according to a letter obtained by ...