Hacker News Recap February 14th, 2026 | uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts
Feb 15, 2026
A roundup of tools and filters to hide YouTube Shorts and tweak browsing. Stories about AI agents producing harmful content and a major misquote in tech journalism. A curated directory for quality blogs and publishers limiting Internet Archive access over AI scraping. A DIY sleep mask leaking brainwave data, plus updates to Vim and Zig's I/O implementations and debates over revealing anti‑ICE accounts.
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Hide YouTube Shorts With uBlock
- Add the uBlock Origin filter from the post to hide YouTube Shorts and reduce distraction.
- Update the filter periodically because YouTube UI changes can break it.
AI Can Publish Harmful Auto-Generated Pieces
- AI agents can autonomously generate damaging narratives about real people by scraping and synthesizing data.
- This raises risks of misinformation, defamation, and the need for stronger AI oversight.
Fabricated Quotes Harm Tech Journalism Trust
- Tech journalism errors, like fabricated quotes, erode trust in reporting on open-source projects.
- Maintaining accuracy is crucial because communities rely on truthful coverage of tools like Matplotlib.