The first Super Bowl ad from SpaceX apparently didn’t have enough time left in production to mention its newly-joined X / xAI elements, but it is promoting the idea of global satellite internet.
Tech Archive
Archives for February 2026






Cardi had a little fun with a pint-sized humanoid in San Francisco. She ran her hands over its tiny silver body, got a little flirty, and then seemingly was caught off guard by its weight. She put her arms around its neck, it tilted forward, and they both hit the pavement.
Amazon’s drones have had a… let’s say, rocky history. On Wednesday, one hit the side of a building in Richardson, Texas, before falling to the ground in smoke. Thankfully, nobody was hurt, and damage to the building was minimal, according to Amazon.
Threads user innneresting was archiving photos and videos backed up on CDs and DVDs, and encountered an alarming amount of failures. Many of the discs were Verbatim DataLifePlus discs from 2005, advertised to last up to 50 years, and well cared for. You can never have too much redundancy.



I used ESPHome and LVGL to make my living room a little bit more like the USS Enterprise




The issue appears to be mostly affecting users on the West Coast, but certain services that rely on Azure, including the Microsoft Store, are experiencing outages and slowdowns after a data center suffered a partial power loss. Microsoft’s Azure Status Page is updating regularly:
Starting at 08:00 UTC on 07 February 2026, a subset of customers using Azure services in the West US region may experience intermittent service unavailability or delays in monitoring and log data for some resources hosted in the affected datacenter areas. Impacted customers may observe degraded performance or delayed telemetry as services continue to recover.

Most Popular
- Meta’s historic loss in court could cost a lot more than $375 million
- Apple raises the Mac Mini’s starting price
- Spirit Airlines shuts down after Trump’s war on Iran doubled jet fuel prices
- Anker’s discounted 2-in-1 USB-C cable is a great way to spend $15
- How the internet’s favorite squirrel dad made the hottest camera app of 2026



