av Mikael Winterkvist | feb 17, 2026 | Bluesky, Notiser, Threads
Nintendo’s Virtual Boy app is now available to download on Switch and Switch 2 as part of its Nintendo Classics offering. You’ll need to have a Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership to access the launch titles, and unlike Nintendo’s other retro emulators, this one also requires a dedicated accessory.
As a reminder, the Virtual Boy was a portable tabletop system released in 1995, and the first console capable of rendering stereoscopic 3D graphics. It had a facemask with a monochrome red display built onto a bipod, so rather than wearing it like a modern VR headset, you had to awkwardly push your face towards it to play games.
Källa: Engadget
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.”
Källa: Rollingstone
av Mikael Winterkvist | feb 17, 2026 | Notiser
Apple has taken a small step toward securing cross-platform messaging, with early RCS encryption support now appearing in the iOS 26.4 beta. Just don’t expect to get that much testing done right now.RCS support will be extended to include end-to-end encryptionWay back in March 2025, Apple announced that it would add support for end-to-end encryption to RCS messaging on iPhone. At the time, there were very few details about when the feature would be implemented.We got our first hint that the feature was, at the very least, being worked on in January. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
Källa: AppleInsider
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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