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Lawmakers seek to penalize DoD if it fails to pass a clean audit | Federal News Network “For years, the Pentagon has failed audit after audit while Congress continues to write blank checks. That’s unacceptable,” Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) said.

Lawmakers seek to penalize DoD if it fails to pass a clean audit federalnewsnetwork.com/congress/202...

TVA board, remade by Trump, votes to keep coal plants open There has been a “significant change in the regulatory outlook, particularly for coal, and that creates both the opportunity and the need for us to revisit these decisions,” said TVA CFO Tom Rice.

TVA board, remade by Trump, votes to keep coal plants open www.utilitydive.com/news/tva-boa...

At $103B, Duke claims largest spending plan of any regulated US utility The company is already deploying more than $1 billion in capital every month, CEO Harry Sideris said. Its North Carolina utility has a rate case pending.

At $103B, Duke claims largest spending plan of any regulated US utility www.utilitydive.com/news/103-bil...

DOE ‘does not have a plan’ for oversight of billions in energy funds: GAO Since the IIJA appropriated about $21.5 billion of “no-year appropriations” to DOE for clean energy demonstration projects, it will “have an ongoing need to solicit and review applications for additio...

DOE ‘does not have a plan’ for oversight of billions in energy funds: GAO www.utilitydive.com/news/departm...

US needs to impose ‘real costs’ on bad actors, State Department cyber official says At the Munich Cyber Security Conference, senior U.S. officials signaled that a defensive cyber crouch is giving way to something closer to Cold War–style deterrence — an effort to convince adversaries...

US needs to impose ‘real costs’ on bad actors, State Department cyber official says

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Part of why we were so excited about these is that he designed them to print on their sides, so you can pack 100 onto the A1 mini plate easily! I did my first 100 whistle test run and omg I LOVE THEM NOW THE RAINBOWS GO ACROSS THEM???

(teeth grooves added by suggestion of folks using them!)

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🚀 NOTICE: Federal US website newly registered.
https://saveamerica.gov

Action taken by the nan (Executive Office of the President) at or around 2026-02-13 06:30:32.

“Not Ready for Prime Time.” A Federal Tool to Check Voter Citizenship Keeps Making Mistakes. The Department of Homeland Security pushed out the revamped tool while it was still adding data. That led to widespread misidentification, particularly for citizens born outside the U.S.

NEW: ProPublica and @texastribune.org found that DHS rushed a revamped tool to check voters’ citizenship into use while it was still adding data.

As a result, the tool has made persistent mistakes, particularly for citizens born outside the U.S.

HP’s laptop subscriptions are a great deal — for HP From the company that brought you subscription-locked ink cartridges

HP’s laptop subscriptions are a great deal — for HP

LAB52 has been monitoring a campaign dubbed “Operation MacroMaze”, which, based on its characteristics, can be attributed to APT28, also known as Fancy Bear
lab52.io/blog/operati...

2 Mexican Navy ships laden with humanitarian aid dock in Cuba as US blockade sparks energy crisis thehill.com/policy/inter...

Trump repeals landmark finding that climate change endangers the public thehill.com/policy/energ...

This is me every weekend with the wife. Secretly just hope there are no requirements every weekend as the time off is barely enough to do the things we NEED to do let alone want to do.

Congress gave feds a 3-month break from layoffs. A court decides what happens next | Federal News Network With a continuing resolution set to expire, agencies will likely be free to proceed with mass layoffs. But next steps will be decided by a federal judge.

Congress gave feds a 3-month break from layoffs. A court decides what happens next federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/20...

SP 1800-39, Data Classification PracticesInitial Public Draft csrc.nist.gov/pubs/sp/1800...

Toyota is already offering a $5,000 discount and 0% financing on its new EVs The 2026 C-HR and bZ Woodland electric SUVs are just arriving at dealerships, and Toyota is already discounting them. Toyota...

Toyota is already offering a $5,000 discount and 0% financing on its new EVs electrek.co/2026/02/11/t...

Stranded In -35°F: Here’s How Long A Tesla Model 3 Can Keep You Warm A 2024 Tesla Model 3 was left outside in one of the world’s coldest places. It still kept the interior temperature comfortable.

Stranded In -35°F: Here’s How Long A Tesla Model 3 Can Keep You Warm insideevs.com/news/787132/...

GM’s Next-Generation EVs Are A Big Reset. Here’s What We Know GM will release a new EV architecture that debuts with the 2028 Escalade Iq and it brings new batteries and new features such as eyes-off automated driving.

GM’s Next-Generation EVs Are A Big Reset. Here’s What We Know insideevs.com/features/787...

US wants cyber partnerships to send ‘coordinated, strategic message’ to adversaries National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross told attendees of the Munich Cyber Security Conference that Washington is looking to deepen cooperation with partners rather than act alone.

US wants cyber partnerships to send ‘coordinated, strategic message’ to adversaries therecord.media/us-wants-cyb...

US issues travel advisory for these islands amid virus outbreak thehill.com/policy/inter...

We hid backdoors in binaries — Opus 4.6 found 49% of them - Quesma Blog BinaryAudit benchmarks AI agents using Ghidra to find backdoors in compiled binaries of real open-source servers, proxies, and network infrastructure.

AI startup Quesma has open-sourced BinaryAudit, an open-source benchmark for evaluating AI agents' ability to find backdoors hidden in compiled binaries

quesma.com/blog/introdu...

github.com/quesmaOrg/Bi...

Something I learned writing this: More than a quarter of US homes have doorbell cameras now. If the backlash is real this time, it comes as the devices are firmly entrenched across the country.

This weekend there will be heavy rainfall threat in the South-Central to East/Southeast U.S. with some northern periphery wintry component to monitor. Early next week there is a risk for moderate-heavy precipitation and gusty winds into the West.

Interim CISA chief: ‘When the government shuts down, cyber threats do not’ A shutdown would “degrade our capacity to provide timely and actionable guidance to help partners defend their networks,” acting CISA Director Madhu Gottumukkala told the House Appropriations Homeland...

Interim CISA chief: ‘When the government shuts down, cyber threats do not’ therecord.media/interim-cisa...

Ubiquiti Releases UniFi Drive 4 | Dong Knows Tech Ubiquiti releases UniFi Drive 4, the app that powers all of its UNAS servers, with major improvements and bug fixes. Update your server today!

Ubiquiti Rolls Out UniFi Drive 4 with Microsoft 365 OneDrive Support and More dongknows.com/ubiquiti-uni...

Trump directs Pentagon to boost coal use as Energy Department announces $175M infusion for plants thehill.com/policy/energ...

CBP to strengthen ‘tactical targeting,’ ‘counter-network analysis’ with Clearview AI The one-year base contract will provide access to a database of billions of publicly available images, according to documents posted this week.

CBP to strengthen ‘tactical targeting,’ ‘counter-network analysis’ with Clearview AI fedscoop.com/dhs-cbp-cont...

Southwest Airlines to add Starlink Wi-Fi to its planes - The Points Guy Southwest Airlines will begin adding Starlink Wi-Fi to its aircraft in the coming months, which will remain free to its loyalty members.

Southwest is adding Starlink Wi-Fi to its planes: 300 jets to get fast tech in 2026 thepointsguy.com/news/southwe...

The existential AI threat is here — and some AI leaders are fleeing The AI warnings are coming from inside the labs.

It's kind of funny to imagine all these powerful rich and smart (at least in some ways) tech people freaking out this way. Like if you really think this can you not unplug it?

Thomas Edison Tried to Build an EV Battery in 1901. Scientists Just Made It Work The battery won't power cars as the famous inventor intended, but it's still got a lot of potential.

Thomas Edison Tried to Build an EV Battery in 1901. Scientists Just Made It Work gizmodo.com/edison-tried...