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BBC

  1. CCTV footage shows flooding outside Galway aquarium
  2. What are my rights if home and travel are hit by storms?
  3. How the Southport attack unfolded, as told by survivors
  4. Appeal won to name Sara Sharif's family court judges
  5. Hugh Grant urges police to investigate Sun owners
  6. Trump told not to put massive tariffs on UK
  7. IDF said bombed apartments were Hezbollah base - but most killed were civilians
  8. 'Costs just keep rising' - jump in firms in trouble
  9. Hair loss drug finasteride 'biggest mistake of my life'
  10. JFK assassination documents should be declassified, Trump says
  11. MP calls for harsher sentence for Southport killer
  12. Taxi dashcam shows Rudakubana moments before attack
  13. 'Our life went with her. He took us too': What the victims' families told the judge
  14. Harrowing crime has left officers struggling, lead detective says
  15. Does Rudakubana's crime mean we need to redefine terrorism?
  16. Weekly Quiz: Which film came out top in the Oscar nominations?
  17. A decade in the making, rapper Central Cee says you Can't Rush Greatness
  18. How to protect your home before, during and after a storm
  19. The Brutalist honours my family's hardships and loss, says actor Adrien Brody
  20. Russia suffering 'environmental catastrophe' after oil spill in Kerch Strait
  21. Hamas to name next Israeli hostages set to be released
  22. MP abuse worse than Jo Cox era, says sister Leadbeater
  23. Three admits 999 calls didn't get through during outage
  24. Afghan refugees feel 'betrayed' by Trump order blocking move to US
  25. Rolls-Royce strikes £9bn nuclear submarine deal
  26. Campaigners dismiss loan charge review as 'sham'
  27. BBC News app
  28. Prince Harry’s day out of court
  29. Bonus Q&A: Trump returns to the White House
  30. Injured Djokovic booed off after quitting semi-final
  31. England did not lose because of athleticism - Lewis
  32. Away fans in home end cannot be stopped - Man Utd
  33. How could Man City look after January signings?
  34. Sinner beats Shelton to set up Zverev final in Melbourne
  35. How Palmer has inspired kids of St Kitts

Bitcoin

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Engadget

  1. The best wireless headphones for 2025: Bluetooth options for every budget
  2. Tesla's new Model Y arrives in the US
  3. Threads now lets you scribble on top of other users’ posts
  4. Amazon Prime members can get ad-free Max and Starz for $21 per month
  5. OpenAI's Operator can surf the web for you
  6. Epic Games to cover some iOS fees in ongoing war with Apple
  7. Comcast’s sports and news streaming bundle starts at $70 monthly
  8. Another CNN streaming service is coming, because that totally worked last time
  9. Here are all the Android phones that support Qi2
  10. Palworld developer Pocketpair has opened up a publishing division
  11. Android's Identity Check feature is rolling out to Pixel and Samsung Galaxy devices
  12. Roli finally introduces a larger teaching piano keyboard, complete with AI
  13. Everything announced at the Xbox Developer Direct showcase
  14. The striking South of Midnight comes to Xbox and PC on April 8
  15. Doom: The Dark Ages hits PC, PS5 and Xbox on May 15
  16. Ninja Gaiden 4 is coming out this fall
  17. Subaru’s poor security left troves of vehicle data easily accessible
  18. The Samsung Galaxy Ring is on sale for $120 off
  19. Netflix’s Emilia Pérez breaks new ground with its Oscar nominations
  20. Assassin's Creed Shadows preview: a few steps in the right direction
  21. One of our favorite air fryers is 25 percent off right now
  22. How to buy a NVIDIA RTX 50 series GPU
  23. Star Trek: Section 31 review: An embarrassment from start to end
  24. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 review: Pure AI excess for $2,000
  25. UK investigating Google and Apple's mobile ecosystems
  26. Google buys part of HTC's Vive VR team for $250 million
  27. How to watch the latest Xbox Developer Direct showcase
  28. The best iPhones for 2025: Which model should you buy?
  29. Canon has developed a 410-megapixel full-frame sensor
  30. Extremely OK Games has cancelled its follow-up to Celeste
  31. GLAAD Media Awards nominates Paper Mario after Nintendo restored trans representation
  32. Sega unveils a player account system
  33. Dozens of subreddits are banning X links from their communities
  34. Everything Samsung announced at the Galaxy S25 Unpacked event
  35. Amazon includes a $200 gift card when you pre-order the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
  36. Samsung teased a very slim phone called the Galaxy S25 Edge
  37. Samsung's Galaxy Watch for Kids software makes Wear OS a family affair
  38. Amazon to close Quebec facilities, but says it's not because of that new union
  39. How to pre-order the new Samsung Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25+ and Galaxy S25 Ultra smartphones
  40. The Samsung Galaxy S25 lineup leans on AI to keep its cameras fresh
  41. Samsung borrows from the Apple Wallet playbook with layaway and tap-to-send for Wallet
  42. Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra hands-on: Faster, curvier and way more... AI-ier
  43. Samsung Galaxy S25 smartphones are powered by a custom Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC
  44. Here's how Samsung's new Galaxy S25 phones compare to each other
  45. Samsung Galaxy AI becomes more personal and cohesive
  46. Samsung retires S Pen Air Commands because no one was using them
  47. The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra is more AI-focused and tougher than before
  48. Samsung Galaxy S25 and S25+ hands-on: Slimmer, but a little too similar
  49. The Galaxy S25 and S25+ have more RAM and context-sensitive AI
  50. The Samsung Galaxy S25 doesn't fully support Qi2 on its own

Pinboard

  1. 6 CSS Snippets Every Front-End Developer Should Know In 2025 · 19. Januar 2025
  2. AI Mistakes Are Very Different from Human Mistakes - Schneier on Security
  3. What I've learned about writing AI apps so far
  4. How to improve your WFH lighting to reduce eye strain • Russell Baylis - Designer
  5. Stratoshark
  6. [2501.09223] Foundations of Large Language Models
  7. Creating a highly-integrated open-source laptop from scratch
  8. Simple CPU design
  9. MasterCard DNS Error Went Unnoticed for Years – Krebs on Security
  10. GitHub - Tencent/Hunyuan3D-2: High-Resolution 3D Assets Generation with Large Scale Hunyuan3D Diffusion Models.
  11. How to survive being online • Buttondown — Am I telling you to bury your head in the sand? Far from it. I am telling you to moderate your exposure to the bullshit. Your retweet or reskeet or repost is not going to save democracy. Your hot take on some idiot’s confirmation hearing is, at most, freaking out your friends. And i…
  12. Master the Art of the Product Manager 'No'
  13. Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring | Science | AAAS
  14. Unique 0-click deanonymization attack targeting Signal, Discord and hundreds of platform
  15. The Road To Guitaraoke, Part 1: Vamp, Chordino, ImageSharp, and ffmpeg : dylanbeattie.net — RT @dylanbeattie: Proof of concept: using Vamp & Chordino to extract chord data from audio tracks, rendering that onto a video using ImageSharp, piping frames to ffmpeg, and compositing the whole lot back onto the original karaoke vid…
  16. Ask HN: Is anyone doing anything cool with tiny language models? | Hacker News
  17. Escape the walled garden and algorithm black boxes with RSS feeds
  18. Why Is Vancouver So Insanely Expensive? - Macleans.ca
  19. Beware of metacognitive laziness: Effects of generative artificial intelligence on learning motivation, processes, and performance
  20. The 7 Most Influential Papers in Computer Science History – Terrible Software — These seven papers (sorted by date) stand out to me mostly because of their impact in today’s world.
  21. GitHub - deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1
  22. I created over a dozen personal apps using AI in 60 days, here's what I learned — Creating your own apps is now easier than ever
  23. Hacking Subaru: Tracking and Controlling Cars via the STARLINK Admin Panel
  24. Build a Tiny Certificate Authority For Your Homelab — Build your own ACME cert authority in an afternoon for ~$100 using a YubiKey & RPi. Also good for a low cost root of trust in a real prod environment. Pretty fun little holiday project idea by @tashian.
  25. 2024 gems of the year winners - obsidian
  26. FFmpeg By Example - a documentation website to showcase all the unique and different ways to use FFmpeg — https://github.com/eladg/ffmpeg-by-example https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42695547
  27. Building a tiny Linux from scratch
  28. Critical Ignoring as a Core Competence for Digital Citizens - Anastasia Kozyreva, Sam Wineburg, Stephan Lewandowsky, Ralph Hertwig, 2023
  29. Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data | Electronic Frontier Foundation
  30. trains.fyi
  31. The Cyber-Cleanse: Take Back Your Digital Footprint - The Opt Out Project
  32. Hundreds of Subreddits Are Considering Banning All Links to X — Hundreds of subreddits are considering banning all links to X.com in response to Elon Musk’s salute at a Donald Trump inauguration rally that was celebrated by Nazis as being a Nazi salute. The moderators of dozens of those subreddits have said that they have de…
  33. GitHub - ggml-org/llama.vim: Vim plugin for LLM-assisted code/text completion — bjtitus starred ggml-org/llama.vim
  34. ‘It’s a nightmare’: couriers mystified by the algorithms that control their jobs | Gig economy | The Guardian — Most days a thicket of couriers can be seen around the McDonald’s in Northern Ireland’s Ballymena, waiting for orders and discussing the mysteries of the systems that rule their working lives. This week gig work…
  35. The Anatomy of a Good Decision — Make the hardest decisions of your life like a surgeon
  36. Rogan Misses The Mark: How Zuck’s Misdirection On Gov’t Pressure Goes Unchallenged | Techdirt
  37. JReleaser — RT @helpermethod: JReleaser by @aalmiray looks sick!
  38. Trump Announces $100 Billion A.I. Initiative - The New York Times — OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank formed a new joint venture called Stargate to invest in data centers, building on major U.S. investments in the technology.
  39. Mini Golf - MVPJoy.com — https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42746752
  40. Printercow | Turn Any Thermal Printer into an API Endpoint — “I've always been fascinated by thermal printers – there's something magical about seeing text and images materialize on paper in seconds. But I found that working with them programmatically was always a pain. You either had to deal with ancient printer protocols o…
  41. Announcing The Stargate Project | OpenAI
  42. Sleeping pills stop the brain’s system for cleaning out waste - Ars Technica — Our bodies rely on their lymphatic system to drain excessive fluids and remove waste from tissues, feeding those back into the blood stream. It’s a complex yet efficient cleaning mechanism that works in every organ except the brain.
  43. Justice Department issues freeze for civil rights division
The directives halt ongoing civil rights cases and could jeopardize police reform agreements finalized in recent months in Minneapolis and Louisville. — "It’s beyond unusual — it’s unprecedented. We’ve never seen this before at this scale with any transfer of power, …
  44. I Met Paul Graham Once – Phill MV
  45. Project MINI RACK — Miniature rack builds, for portable or compact Homelabs.
  46. How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days - The Atlantic
  47. These Prime Numbers Are So Memorable That People Hunt for Them — https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42748691
  48. Trump signs executive order to pause TikTok ban, provide immunity to tech firms : NPR
  49. Cutting-edge Chinese “reasoning” model rivals OpenAI o1—and it’s free to download - Ars Technica — The R1 model works differently from typical large language models (LLMs) by incorporating what people in the industry call an inference-time reasoning approach. They attempt to simulate a human-like chain of thought as the mode…
  50. ICE Watch Programs Can Protect Immigrants in Your Neighborhood — Here’s What to Know | Teen Vogue
  51. Taking a Look at Compression Algorithms — https://old.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1i56j96/understanding_how_compression_works/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42765683
  52. Trae - Ship Faster with Trae
  53. My Favorite Self-Hosted Apps Launched In 2024
  54. Iconic by Make Lemonade — RT @theiconicapp: Do you really need another set of free, beautifully designed, pixel perfect icons? Yes, you do.
  55. The Most Mario Colors — Most Mario games with polygonal logos have a different color per letter, but the sequence of colors in Mario’s name is rarely the same sequence across games. This captivated me—for some reason—and I set out to analyze every Mario video game logo to see if I could find a pattern for specific arrange…
  56. Archaeologists Are Finding Dugout Canoes in the American Midwest as Old as the Great Pyramids of Egypt | Smithsonian
  57. How to Become an AI Developer in 2025 (Full Guide + Resources) — Greetings Dev.to community! Artificial Intelligence is everywhere these days. From chatbots to...
  58. Here Are Trump’s Expected Executive Orders - The New York Times — Declare a national energy emergency, which could allow him to unlock powers to speed permitting for pipelines and power plants. Order the federal government to roll back regulations that impede domestic energy production. Signal an intention to loosen …
  59. Oh shit, git (2016)
  60. CBS 58 weather reporter Sam Kuffel is out after criticizing Elon Musk arm gesture
  61. Trump Pardons Ross Ulbricht, Creator of Silk Road Drug Marketplace - The New York Times
  62. slu4coder/Minimal-64x4-Home-Computer: My DIY home computer with VGA and PS/2 and 4x(!) the processing power of a Commodore C64 or Apple II.
  63. The ultra-fast cancer treatments which could replace conventional radiotherapy
  64. Files detail bid to contain fallout from Tulsi Gabbard meetings with Assad — Four former staffers who were involved in the discussions told The Post they were alarmed to learn only after the fact that Gabbard had met with Assad — twice in three days. The aides, one of whom had advised against such a meeting, said they strugg…
  65. Elon Musk's salute falls flat: Why far-right trolling isn't working this time around | Salon.com
  66. The Visible Zorker — via @geos@toot.community boost of https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@zarfeblong/113827656457155748
  67. Explore Curated Bluesky Feeds by Category | BskyInfo
  68. You're Being Alienated From Your Own Attention - The Atlantic
  69. F.B.I. Pick Pushed False and Misleading Claims About Trump Investigations - The New York Times
  70. GitHub - crazywolf132/evo: Version control that works the way you think
  71. Building effective agents Anthropic
  72. Opinion | David Lynch was America’s greatest conservative filmmaker - The Washington Post
  73. Guided by the beauty of our test suite
  74. Beyond “Prompt and Pray” – O’Reilly
  75. index
  76. Are better models better? — Benedict Evans — Every week there’s a better AI model that gives better answers. But a lot of questions don’t have better answers, only ‘right’ answers, and these models can’t do that. So what does ‘better’ mean, how do we manage these things, and should we change what we expect from computers?
  77. textmode.art — textmode.art - textmode editor https://textmode.art/ art, text, tools, design, web, pixel.art
  78. Glicol
  79. Untitled (https://www.wired.com/2015/04/silk-road-1/) — The Untold Story of Silk Road | WIRED
  80. Home · Sigstore
  81. Teacher-Friendly Guide | Earth@Home: Climate Change
  82. DeepSeek-R1 | Hacker News
  83. How to improve your WFH lighting to reduce eye strain | Hacker News
  84. My struggle with doom scrolling
  85. Cursor - The AI-first Code Editor — v.s. GitHub Copilot https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35285047 ; https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37189904 ; https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37888477 ;;; https://www.cursor.com/blog/instant-apply Editing Files at 1000 Tokens per Second ;;; https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
  86. GitHub - sauravpanda/BrowserAI: Run local LLMs inside your browser — ff6347 starred sauravpanda/BrowserAI
  87. Trump Seeks to Paralyze Independent Privacy and Civil Liberties Watchdog - The New York Times — The Trump White House is moving to paralyze a bipartisan and independent watchdog agency that investigates national security activities that can intrude upon individual rights. via Pocket
  88. Made in CA | Canadians, spend your money wisely.
  89. Protecting your mental health during a clown president's second term
  90. Uncanny Objects by Joyce Lin Blur Distinctions Between Reality and the Fantastical — Colossal — via jennifer ouelette
  91. Origins of Common Unix Programs
  92. Amazon to close Quebec facilities, insists it's not because of new union | CBC News
  93. DIY Web Archiving | Zine Bakery — A 22-page standard-size, full-color zine co-created by Quinn Dombrowski, Tessa Walsh, Anna Kijas, Ilya Kremer, and Amanda Wyatt Visconti. CC BY-NC. Current version: v2, 1/22/2025. v1, 01/03/2025. via Pocket
  94. Tailwind CSS v4.0
  96. TabBoo
  97. The Tyranny of Stuctureless
  98. How 9 popular YouTubers helped Trump win a second term | Bloomberg — Podcasters including Joe Rogan, Theo Von and Logan Paul are mobilizing America’s men to lean right. An analysis of over 2,000 videos shows how. Danielle Lee Tomson, research manager at the UW Center for an Informed Public, is mentioned.
  99. Pluralistic: Keir Starmer appoints Jeff Bezos as his "first buddy" (22 Jan 2025)
  100. "geolocation in seconds, at scale" — https://geospy.ai/ "GeoSpy: a pretty powerful AI tool that can geolocate photos in seconds by picking up on clues in the photographed soil, architecture, and more. Of course humans can do this too, but GeoSpy does it at scale. Now, GeoSpy is marketing to law enforcement... “Geolocating ph…

The Next Web

  1. Trump AI plan exposes threat of Europe ‘surrendering’ to big tech
  2. These are the skills you should consider learning in 2025
  3. ZuriQ is rewriting the rules of quantum computing by letting qubits fly 
  4. TECH5 is bringing the ‘Champions League of Technology’ back to Europe
  5. Genomics pioneer steps closer to dementia treatment breakthrough
  6. Mosa Meat seeks EU green light to sell ‘world’s kindest burger’
  7. Europe accelerates AI drug discovery as DeepMind spinoff targets trials this year
  8. AI startup Sereact lands €25M to give dumb robots better brains
  9. Digital twins of cities to expand under plans from new Dutch startup Scenexus
  10. This robot worm digs for geothermal energy in your backyard

Smashing Magazine

  1. Navigating The Challenges Of Modern Open-Source Authoring: Lessons Learned
  2. An Ode To Side Project Time
  3. On-Device AI: Building Smarter, Faster, And Private Applications
  4. The Role Of Illustration Style In Visual Storytelling
  5. Solo Development: Learning To Let Go Of Perfection
  6. Tight Mode: Why Browsers Produce Different Performance Results
  7. Lesser Known Uses Of Better Known Attributes
  8. How To Design For High-Traffic Events And Prevent Your Website From Crashing
  9. What Does AI Really Mean?
  10. New Front-End Features For Designers In 2025
  11. New Year, New Hopes, New Dreams (January 2025 Wallpapers Edition)
  12. The Design Leader Dilemma
  13. Three Approaches To Amplify Your Design Projects
  14. An Introduction To CSS Scroll-Driven Animations: Scroll And View Progress Timelines
  15. Mastering SVG Arcs
  16. The Importance Of Graceful Degradation In Accessible Interface Design
  17. Creating An Effective Multistep Form For Better User Experience
  18. Dreaming Of Miracles (December 2024 Wallpapers Edition)
  19. The Hype Around Signals
  20. Why You Should Speak At Events As An Early-Career Professional
  21. AI’s Transformative Impact On Web Design: Supercharging Productivity Across The Industry
  22. Open-Source Meets Design Tooling With Penpot
  23. Bundle Up And Save On Smashing Books And Workshops
  24. Alternatives To Typical Technical Illustrations And Data Visualisations
  25. Why Optimizing Your Lighthouse Score Is Not Enough For A Fast Website
  26. Ingredients For A Cozy November (2024 Wallpapers Edition)
  27. Designing For Gen Z: Expectations And UX Guidelines
  28. CSS min() All The Things
  29. It’s Here! How To Measure UX & Design Impact, With Vitaly Friedman
  30. Using Multimodal AI Models For Your Applications (Part 3)
  31. Build A Static RSS Reader To Fight Your Inner FOMO
  32. How A Bottom-Up Design Approach Enhances Site Accessibility
  33. Interview With Björn Ottosson, Creator Of The Oklab Color Space
  34. Crows, Ghosts, And Autumn Bliss (October 2024 Wallpapers Edition)
  35. How To Manage Dangerous Actions In User Interfaces
  36. The Timeless Power Of Spreadsheets
  37. Embracing Introversion In UX
  38. SVG Coding Examples: Useful Recipes For Writing Vectors By Hand
  39. Creating Custom Lottie Animations With SVGator
  40. How To Build Custom Data Visualizations Using Luzmo Flex

Wirecutter

  1. 9 Colorful Gifts to Stave Off the Winter Blues
  2. The Best Bath Towel
  3. The Best Instant Camera
  4. The Best Space Heaters
  5. The Best Wine Coolers and Fridges
  6. The Best Water Filter Pitcher and Dispenser
  7. Home Energy Rebates Are on the Way. Here’s What to Know.
  8. When Is the Best Time to Buy a TV?
  9. This New Sleek Suitcase Intrigued Our Luggage Expert. So We Tried It.
  10. Turn Your Latest Adventure Into an Insta-Worthy Reel With These Video-Editing Apps

Sweethome

  1. The Best Kitchen Trash Can
  2. 17 Things That Help Us Relax
  3. The Best Smart Locks
  4. The Best Memory Foam Pillows
  5. How to Clean Birkenstocks
  6. The Best Humidifier
  7. The Best Hex Wrenches
  8. The Best Toilet
  9. The Best Gear for Your Go Bag
  10. The Best Toilet Brush

Hacker News

  1. Coping with dumb LLMs using classic ML
  2. A QR code that sends you to a different destination – lenticular and adversarial
  3. Trae: AI Code Editor from ByteDance
  4. Tilde, My LLVM Alternative
  5. The State of Vim
  6. Thank HN: My bootstrapped startup got acquired today
  7. The Nix NGI Team: Advancing Open Source with Nix
  8. Show HN: I made an open-source laptop from scratch
  9. We Need to Talk About Docker Hub
  10. Weierstrass's Monster
  11. The Most Mario Colors
  12. Llama.vim – Local LLM-assisted text completion
  13. UI is hell: four-function calculators
  14. Building a full-text search engine in 150 lines of Python code (2021)
  15. South Korea's Democracy Saved Itself (2024)
  16. Impact of Low Temperatures on the 5nm SRAM Array Size and Performance
  17. A Cold War Satellite Program Called Parcae Revolutionized Signals Intelligence
  18. Operator research preview
  19. I wrote my own "proper" programming language (2020)
  20. Building a Medieval Castle from Scratch
  21. Modular PC Design: Sustainable Approach Enhanced Repairability Reduced E-Waste
  22. Psychedelic Graphics 0: Introduction
  23. Disabling Zen 5's Op Cache and Exploring Its Clustered Decoder
  24. Susctl CVE-2024-54507: A particularly 'sus' sysctl in the XNU kernel
  25. Hacking Subaru: Tracking and controlling cars via the admin panel
  26. Surface-Stable Fractal Dithering
  27. Show HN: Open-source AI video editor
  28. Sei (YC W22) Is Hiring
  29. Supercharge vector search with ColBERT rerank in PostgreSQL
  30. LoongArch64 Subjective Higlights

Ars Technica

  1. Backdoor infecting VPNs used “magic packets” for stealth and security
  2. Way more game makers are working on PC titles than ever, survey says
  3. OpenAI launches Operator, an AI agent that can operate your computer
  4. All federal agencies ordered to terminate remote work—ideally within 30 days
  5. Trump can save TikTok without forcing a sale, ByteDance board member claims
  6. Doom: The Dark Ages wants to be more like the original Doom
  7. Court rules FBI’s warrantless searches violated Fourth Amendment
  8. Trump’s FCC chair gets to work on punishing TV news stations accused of bias
  9. George R.R. Martin has co-authored a physics paper
  10. As OpenAI launches $500B “Stargate” project, critics express skepticism
  11. UK opens probe into Google’s and Apple’s mobile platforms
  12. 600 kW fast-charging pitstops are coming to Formula E
  13. Cadillac gives the Lyriq a race car-inspired glow-up
  14. Data breach hitting PowerSchool looks very, very bad
  15. Researchers say new attack could take down the European power grid
  16. NASA moves swiftly to end DEI programs, asks employees to “report” violations
  17. Florida man eats diet of butter, cheese, beef; cholesterol oozes from his body
  18. Apple must face suit over alleged policy of underpaying female workers
  19. Reddit won’t interfere with users revolting against X with subreddit bans
  20. Anthropic chief says AI could surpass “almost all humans at almost everything” shortly after 2027

Digg

  1. Eight Futuristic And Ridiculous Gadgets From CES 2025
  2. America's Millennials Are Moving To These Cities
  3. Here's How Canada Would Rank As America's 51st State
  4. Living Is Cheapest In These US Cities
  5. Five New Blockbuster Films We Aren't Rooting For In 2025
  6. Emergency Room Visit Times Are Longest In These US States
  7. Modern VR Is Dead On Arrival For Now, And Will Be For Some Time
  8. These Are The World's Five Smallest Economies
  9. Elon Musk Is Now Being Accused Of Something Very Embarrassing
  10. Chipotle Workers Reportedly Swear By This Guacamole Hack
  11. Hear The First-Ever Recorded Meteorite Impact Sound
  12. These Cities Have The Worst Cell Signal In The US
  13. Leaked Photos Of Heaven, And This Week's Other Best Memes, Ranked
  14. Property Crime Rates Are Highest In These US Cities
  15. Americans In This County Have The Most Disposable Income
  16. Comedian Nails What Touring An Apartment Feels Like Today
  17. America's Three Fastest-Growing Wealthy Suburbs Belong To This State
  18. These Are Americans' Predictions For 2025
  19. You Might Lose Faith In The Next Generation After Watching This Video
  20. What Struggling Job Seekers Are Doing To Earn Thousands In Extra Income While Looking For Work
  21. How Can I Get My Husband To Understand Why I Don’t Want His Mom, Dad, Sister And Grandmother To Watch Me Give Birth, And Other Advice Column Questions
  22. Jon Stewart Reacts To Elon Musk's Controversial Gesture At Trump's Inauguration
  23. The Best Time To Eat Dinner, According To Longevity Experts
  24. These Airlines Have The Most Flight Cancellations
  25. A Problematic Reality TV Show From The 2000s That Nobody Remembers
  26. These Are The Best Places For Big Tech Employees To Work
  27. The Powerful AI Tool That Cops (Or Stalkers) Can Use To Geolocate Photos In Seconds
  28. Does Looking At Beefy 'Fitspo' Instagram Influencers Hurt Your Chances Of A Healthy Body?
  29. Donald Trump Is President. Here's What He's Already Changing
  30. This Person's Alternative To Sleeping In A Bed Is Truly Wild

New Scientist

  1. Giant sloths lived alongside humans in South America for millennia
  2. Electric cars now last as long as petrol and diesel counterparts
  3. Trump-backed Stargate Project could strain the US energy grid
  4. Dinosaurs may have first evolved in the Sahara and Amazon rainforest
  5. An orchid uses a finger-like appendage to pollinate itself
  6. Dark oxygen: New deep sea expedition to explore mysterious discovery
  7. Extremely cold atoms can selectively defy entropy
  8. Towering structures in Earth’s depths may be billions of years old
  9. Twisted crystals show hints of a new kind of superconductivity
  10. Thinking a drug is a knockoff generic can cause worse side effects
  11. The US is leaving the Paris Agreement – what happens next?
  12. Trump's exit from World Health Organization could backfire on the US
  13. Sicily's hills were 40 metres below water during Earth's megaflood
  14. How to see all the solar system’s planets in the night sky at once
  15. An alien planet has winds that blow at 33,000 kilometres per hour
  16. Farms can install vertical solar panels without reducing crop yields
  17. A cosmic shape could explain the fundamental nature of the universe
  18. Weird icy balls in space could be a totally new kind of star
  19. Brain implant lets man with paralysis fly a virtual drone by thought
  20. GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy lower the risk of 42 conditions
  21. Fertiliser can be made from human urine in just a few simple steps
  22. Reliance on wind and solar does expose nations to energy price spikes
  23. Ultra-thin material creates a magnetic mystery
  24. Do we actually know what a healthy gut microbiome looks like?
  25. Fire at world’s largest battery facility is a clean energy setback
  26. Tiny insect-like robot can flip, loop and hover for up to 15 minutes
  27. 2024 may have been the rainiest – as well as hottest – year on record
  28. US Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban – but the fight isn't over yet
  29. World's first AI chatbot has finally been resurrected after decades
  30. Rabbits may eat their own teeth to boost their calcium intake
  31. Blue Origin vs SpaceX: Who is winning the battle of the rockets?
  32. Robotic exoskeleton can train expert pianists to play faster
  33. Elusive phase change finally spotted in a quantum simulator
  34. Air monitoring station records biggest ever jump in atmospheric CO2
  35. NATO tests satellite internet as backup to sabotaged undersea cables
  36. Mind-controlled robotic arm lets people with paralysis touch and feel
  37. Severe droughts are getting bigger, hotter, drier and longer
  38. Celtic tribe's DNA points to female empowerment in pre-Roman Britain
  39. Fossil claimed to be new species of mosasaur is suspected forgery
  40. Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket reaches orbit on first launch
  41. Humanoid robot learns to waltz by mirroring people's movements
  42. Ancient society may have carved 'sun stones' to end volcanic winter
  43. Zero-carbon shipping fuel could be a new source of pollution
  44. Red Note and Lemon8 are not the TikTok refuges you are looking for
  45. Golden oyster mushrooms may stave off signs of ageing
  46. Astronomers baffled by bizarre 'zombie star' that shouldn't exist
  47. A new definition of obesity could help treat millions of people
  48. AI could assemble a record-breaking quantum computer out of cold atoms
  49. Has a volcanic eruption ever wiped out a species of hominins?
  50. US has imported billions of wild animals in the past 20 years
  51. SpaceX is launching Blue Ghost and Resilience landers to the moon
  52. Giant isopod named after Darth Vader is a delicacy in Vietnam
  53. Meta allowed pornographic ads that break its content moderation rules
  54. Intricate ancient tattoos revealed by shining lasers on mummies
  55. Mars may have a solid inner core like Earth does
  56. Melting ice reveals millennia-old forest buried in the Rocky mountains
  57. A supermassive black hole is sending out a mysterious pulsing beat
  58. Comet that could shine as bright as Venus set to be visible from Earth
  59. Laser technique measures vast distances with nanometre precision
  60. Ultracold indium atoms could make unexpected new types of matter
  61. Tomato plants are covered in tiny anti-pest booby traps
  62. Gene-edited cells that evade rejection show promise in type 1 diabetes
  63. Glyphosate-resistant weeds have evolved in the UK for the first time
  64. World’s first fully 3D-printed microscope made in under 3 hours
  65. Physicists discover the secret to perfect cacio e pepe pasta
  66. 2024 confirmed as first year to breach 1.5°C warming limit
  67. Oil extraction may have triggered over 100 earthquakes in the UK
  68. How worried should we be about a bird flu pandemic?
  69. La Niña is finally here but it won't stay for long
  70. Your ears and nose are made from tissue that looks like bubble wrap
  71. Quantum computers get automatic error correction for the first time
  72. Why sabre-toothed animals evolved again and again
  73. Keeping space tidy should become a global UN goal, say researchers
  74. Maths quirk explains why crosswords are so hard – until they aren't
  75. Parents stop finding diapers disgusting once babies are eating solids
  76. BepiColombo snaps Mercury's dark craters and volcanic plains
  77. California wildfires fuelled by months of unusual extreme weather
  78. SpaceX: Starship to launch fake satellites on seventh test flight
  79. Physicists discover that 'impossible' particles could actually be real
  80. Will genome editing transform our children's health? Some have doubts
  81. Punk and Emo fossils rock our ideas of how ancient molluscs looked
  82. Sleeping pills disrupt how the brain clears waste
  83. New Glenn launch: Blue Origin's reusable rocket set for maiden flight
  84. Vaccine misinformation can easily poison AI – but there's a fix
  85. How a typo spoiled my proof of Fermat’s last theorem
  86. What is hMPV, the virus spreading through China?
  87. Are tech firms giving up on policing their platforms?
  88. Batteries made from industrial waste could store renewable energy
  89. Genetically modified toxic semen could suppress troublesome insects
  90. AI helps radiologists spot breast cancer in real-world tests
  91. US reports first human death related to bird flu
  92. Covid-19 led to a new era of vaccines that could transform medicine
  93. Wastewater treatment plants funnel PFAS into drinking water
  94. Lead pollution across the Roman Empire would have caused IQ deficits
  95. AI uses throat vibrations to work out what someone is trying to say
  96. The problems with Dry January – and what you could try doing instead
  97. Pluto may have captured its moon Charon with a brief kiss
  98. Secrets of velvet ant's venom explain what makes its sting so painful
  99. The big unanswered questions about the covid-19 coronavirus
  100. 5 graphs that show how the world suddenly changed when covid-19 hit

Slashdot

  1. Scale AI CEO Says China Has Quickly Caught the US With DeepSeek
  2. Chinese Fusion Reactor Maintains Steady State For Almost 18 Minutes
  3. Trump Signs Executive Order on Developing AI 'Free From Ideological Bias'
  4. Dumb New Electrical Code Could Doom Most Common EV Charging
  5. Bill Gates' TerraPower Signs Agreement For Nuclear To Power Data Centers
  6. Misinformation and Cyberespionage Top WEF's Global Risks Report 2025
  7. Epic Games To Cover Developer iOS Fees
  8. Linux 6.14 Adds Support For The Microsoft Copilot Key Found On New Laptops
  9. Scammers Use Venmo To 'Deceive and Defraud Customers' On Flights
  10. Intel Pitches Modular PC Designs To Make Repairs Less Painful
  11. Trump Issues Executive Order To Create Cryptocurrency Working Group, Establish Digital Asset Stockpile
  12. Developer Creates Infinite Maze That Traps AI Training Bots
  13. Game of Thrones Author Co-Writes Physics Paper on Superhero Virus
  14. Trump Blasts EU Regulators for Targeting Apple, Google, Meta
  15. OpenAI Unveils AI Agent To Automate Web Browsing Tasks

BoingBoing

Core77

  1. A Unique Spill-Proof Bowl Design
  2. Beretta's Elaborate Luxury Shotgun, Dedicated to Marco Polo
  3. Stay Tuned to Your Ancestral Heritage
  4. The Beautiful Dune Suspension Lamp, by Mayice
  5. A Luxury…Pencil Sharpener
  6. Clever Design: This Hammer Add-On Speeds Nailing for Homebuilders
  7. Telo Trucks' Micro EV Pickup Truck to Offer Solar Charging Options
  8. IDEO's Online "AI x Design Thinking Workshop Series"
  9. A Wildly Different Take on Cabinetry
  10. Aquor Water Systems' Good-Looking Hose Reel
  11. Why a Tacoma and Certain Houses Survived the L.A. Fires
  12. At H-E-B the Focus is on People
  13. L.A. Fires Claim Early Modernist Neighborhood
  14. Core77 Weekly Roundup (1-13-25 to 1-17-25)
  15. Industrial Design Case Study: A DC Fast Charger for EVs

CNET

  1. Best Internet Providers in Nampa, Idaho
  2. AFC Championship: How to Watch Bills vs. Chiefs
  3. Best Internet Providers in Jacksonville, Oregon
  4. Galaxy S25 Ultra vs. S25 and S25 Plus: I Compared All the Major Specs and Features
  5. Take Advantage of High APYs While You Can
  6. Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Jan. 24, #327
  7. Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Jan. 24, #593
  8. Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Jan. 24, #1315
  9. NFC Championship: How to Watch Commanders vs. Eagles
  10. Denied Homeowners Insurance? Here's How to Get the Coverage You Need
  11. Pad Your Savings Cushion With APYs Over 4%. Today's Best Savings Rates for Jan. 24, 2025
  12. Best Vitamins for Hair Growth in 2025
  13. I Found the Best Way to Cook Perfect Bacon Every Time
  14. How Long Will A Home Battery Last? Should You Even Buy One?
  15. Best Internet Providers in Springfield, Missouri
  16. Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Friday, Jan. 24
  17. Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Jan. 24, #123
  18. Best Kettlebells for 2025
  19. Best Internet Providers in Juneau, Alaska
  20. Best Internet Providers in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
  21. AI Means Always Impending: Future AI Features Teased at Galaxy Unpacked
  22. Best Running Shoes for Women in 2025
  23. Unlock Netflix's Secret Valentine's Day Stash With These Hidden Codes
  24. Best Internet Providers in Wichita, Kansas
  25. Best Headsets for Working From Home in 2025

Reddit

The Verge

  1. Apple finally admits next-gen CarPlay isn’t coming in 2024
  2. Sony’s next flagship noise-canceling headphones might be close to launch
  3. Tesla brings its redesigned Model Y to the US, but keeps selling the old one too
  4. Netflix’s cloud plans include co-op and party games
  5. Threads now lets you schedule posts
  6. Heat pumps in EVs are making a big difference in cold-weather driving
  7. Google’s Gemini AI smart home controls are rolling out to everyone
  8. Gamers are already using Nvidia’s DLSS 4 tech in Cyberpunk 2077
  9. Here are the best AirPods deals you can get right now
  10. Bill Gates’ nuclear energy startup inks new data center deal

Wired

  1. Starkey Edge AI RIC RT Review: Best Prescription Hearing Aids
  2. Dating Apps Promise to Remain a Rare Haven Following Trump’s Executive Order
  3. Trump Wants a War With Cartels—and May Just Get One
  4. The Trump Cryptonaissance Is Here
  5. The Creators of ‘Palworld’ Are Back—This Time With a Horror Game
  6. The 46 Best Shows on Max (aka HBO Max) Right Now (January 2025)
  7. OpenAI’s Operator Lets ChatGPT Use the Web for You
  8. The Proud Boys Are Plotting a Comeback. And They Want Revenge
  9. The Global Far Right Is Celebrating Trump’s New World Order
  10. Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 5090 Review: A Video Card With AI
  11. Why Mark Zuckerberg Is Ditching Human Fact-Checkers
  12. Subaru Security Flaws Exposed Its System for Tracking Millions of Cars
  13. The Who's Who of MAGA Influencers You Should Know About by Now
  14. ‘Neo-Nazi Madness’: Meta’s Top AI Lawyer on Why He Fired the Company
  15. Under Trump, US Cyberdefense Loses Its Head
  16. Psychology Can Be Harnessed to Combat Violent Extremism
  17. Therabody Promo Codes and Deals: 10% Off
  18. Design Within Reach Promo Codes: 50% Off
  19. Elon Musk Plays DOGE Ball—and Hits America’s Geek Squad
  20. eBay Sellers Are Hawking Used Phones With TikTok Preinstalled for Thousands of Dollars

LifeHacker

  1. What's New on Paramount+ With Showtime in February 2025
  2. How to Keep Using TikTok If It Goes Offline Again
  3. 35 of the Most Depressing Movies Ever Made
  4. APKMirror Is Blocking Android Users From Sideloading TikTok
  5. How to Delete Your X Account
  6. Do You Really Need to Add Rest Days Into Your Exercise Routine?
  7. These Are the Best Preorder Deals on the Samsung Galaxy S25 Series
  8. The Six Best Cleaning Tips I Learned From TikTok
  9. My Favorite Amazon Deal of the Day: The Samsung Galaxy Buds2 Pro
  10. 'Watch Something Wonderful' Brings Back the Charm of the Algorithm-Free Internet
  11. This Samsung S85D OLED TV Is at Its Lowest Price Right Now
  12. Where to Stream Every Nominated Movie Before the 2025 Oscars
  13. The PowerSchool Breach May Have Compromised Over 70 Million Users' Data
  14. Three of My Favorite Low-Alcohol Cocktails to Close Out a Dry(ish) January
  15. These Alarm Clock Apps Will Actually Get You Up in the Morning
  16. This Galaxy Watch 7 Is at Its Lowest Price Ever
  17. How to Decorate a House When You’ve Only Ever Lived in Apartments
  18. How to Work Up to Doing Full Push-Ups
  19. ChatGPT Is Down (and Up and Down) This Morning
  20. This Free Web App Turns Any List of Songs Into a Spotify Playlist
  21. What to Consider Buying Before Trump’s Tariffs Go Into Effect
  22. The Most Practical Ways to Prepare Now for Whatever Doomsday Is Coming Our Way
  23. Samsung Just Gave Us Our First Look at a Mysterious Thinner Galaxy Smartphone
  24. You Might Be Following Trump on Social Media Without Meaning To
  25. These Three Apps Have Helped Me Stop Doomscrolling
  26. Nine Cleaning Products TikTok Absolutely Loves
  27. This Sonos Arc Soundbar Is $250 Off
  28. Now You Can Control a Chromebook With Just Your Face
  29. Netflix Just Raised Its Prices Again
  30. How to Find a Watch Band That Doesn’t Contain ‘Forever’ Chemicals
  31. My Favorite Amazon Deal of the Day: The Google Pixel 8a
  32. What's New on Netflix in February 2025
  33. Finally, You Can Automatically Block Spam Calls on Your iPhone
  34. How the Galaxy S25 Compares to the iPhone 16 (on Paper, Anyway)
  35. The Galaxy S25 Is a Modest Upgrade to the S24
  36. Samsung Just Announced the Galaxy S25 Series
  37. This Apple Mac Mini (With M2 Pro) Is $900 Right Now
  38. Apple Intelligence Is Now on by Default, but You Can Turn It Off
  39. You Can (and Should) Plant Bulbs Right Now
  40. Five Great Alternatives to CapCut Now That It’s Been Banned
  41. What People Are Getting Wrong This Week: Supernatural Prizes
  42. What's New on Max in February 2025
  43. The Google Pixel Buds Pro Are On Sale for $110 Right Now
  44. My Favorite Salads Are Modeled After Hearty Sandwiches
  45. The Best 'CleanTok' Accounts to Follow on TikTok
  46. Six Things to Do for Your Garden on a Sunny Winter Day
  47. The Best Strength Training Routine for Kids (and Maybe for You, Too)
  48. What to Expect From Samsung's Galaxy S25 Unpacked Stream
  49. Instagram Reels Is Now Broadcasting Your Likes to Your Friends
  50. These Massive Sony Bravia X93L TVs Are Nearly Half Off
  51. Is It Ever a Good Idea to Opt for an Adjustable Rate Mortgage?
  52. Bluesky and X Just Launched TikTok-Style Video Feeds
  53. My Favorite Amazon Deal of the Day: This TCL 65-Inch QLED TV
  54. Eight Mental Health Podcasts to Help You Survive 2025
  55. These Jabra Elite 10 Earbuds Are at Their Lowest Price Ever Right Now
  56. 14 Changes That Will Make Your Mac’s Finder App Way More Useful
  57. The Out-of-Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture: What RedNote Is Like
  58. 38 of the Best Queer Movies of the Past 100 Years
  59. The Current Status of the TikTok ‘Ban'
  60. The Roborock Saros 10 Is Great (but It's Not My Favorite Roborock)
  61. Spatchcocking Your Chicken Is Worth the Effort
  62. These Eight Countries Will Grant You a Passport Based on Ancestry
  63. Finally, an Easier Way to Change Your Default Browser on Mac
  64. This Game Helped Me Learn Skills I Couldn’t Get From Therapy
  65. Five Concrete Ways to Lower the Cost of a Home Renovation
  66. How to Fully Customize Your iPhone Notifications
  67. The Shokz OpenRun Pro 2 Are the Best Bone Conduction Headphones I've Tried
  68. Champurrado Is My New Favorite Hot Cocoa, and It Takes Just Four Ingredients to Make
  69. How to Tell If the Police Are Investigating You
  70. Apple's Latest iOS Beta Quietly Kills AI News Notifications
  71. Four Ways to Turn a Hallway Into a Useful Room
  72. The New Apple AirPods Max Just Dropped to a Record Low Price
  73. What's Next Now That the Supreme Court Has Upheld the TikTok Ban
  74. How to Do an Audit on Your Own Spending
  75. My Favorite Amazon Deal of the Day: The Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition
  76. Here's What's New in iOS 18.3
  77. 20 Movies to Remind You the Government Can’t Be Trusted
  78. How to Create Your Own Custom AI Bots in Google Gemini
  79. How to Make Your Own Weird Emojis on an iPhone
  80. These Jabra Earbuds Are $50 Off Right Now
  81. What's New on Hulu in February 2025
  82. What's New on Disney+ in February 2025
  83. These Are My Favorite Air Fryer Recipes
  84. The Best TV Series to Stream This Week
  85. The Best New Movies to Stream This Week
  86. How ‘Scary Hour’ Helps Me Stay on Top of My Finances
  87. How to Clean Up After You Spot Mice, Roaches, and Other Pests
  88. How to Follow a Training Program for a Marathon or Half Marathon, Even When Nothing Is Going Right
  89. All the Apps ByteDance Operates in the US
  90. How Often You Really Need to Wash Your Winter Coat
  91. This 65-Inch Sony OLED TV Is $500 Off
  92. This Free App Combines Bluesky, Threads, and Mastodon Into One Feed
  93. How to Know If You Need a Weightlifting Belt (and How to Use It)
  94. I Tried This 'Foolproof' Cacio E Pepe Trick and It's Completely Legit
  95. Five Ways to Tell If a Couch or Sofa Will Be Comfortable Over the Long Haul
  96. The Pros and Cons of the Best TikTok Alternatives
  97. Here's How to Get Back the Off Button for AirPods Noise Cancelling
  98. My Favorite Amazon Deal of the Day: The Garmin Venu 3S
  99. How to Remove Salty Streaks From Your Floor Without Damaging Them
  100. Here's When You Can Try the Switch 2 for Yourself

The Onion

The Register

  1. WINE 10 is still not an emulator, but Windows apps won't know the difference
  2. First all-Indian chips to debut this year, 25 more local designs in the works
  3. User said he did nothing that explained his dead PC – does a new motherboard count?
  4. China and friends claim success in push to stamp out tech support cyber-scam slave camps
  5. Court rules FISA Section 702 surveillance of US resident was unconstitutional
  6. Mental toll: Scale AI, Outlier sued by humans paid to steer AI away from our darkest depths
  7. One of Salt Typhoon's favorite flaws still wide open on 91% of at-risk Exchange Servers
  8. OpenAI's Operator agent wants to tackle your online chores – just don’t expect it to nail every task
  9. Patch now: Cisco fixes critical 9.9-rated, make-me-admin bug in Meeting Management
  10. Intel pitches modular PC designs to make repairs less painful
  11. Musk torches $500B Stargate AI plan, Altman strikes back
  12. SonicWall flags critical bug likely exploited as zero-day, rolls out hotfix
  13. Meta's pay-or-consent model under fire from EU consumer group
  14. ChatGPT has a Thursday lie down
  15. FortiGate config leaks: Victims' email addresses published online
  16. VMware users gripe over 3-year commitment to renew licenses
  17. SK hynix wobbles on market uncertainty, despite record 2024 earnings
  18. Why is Big Tech hellbent on making AI opt-out?
  19. Brit competition watchdog takes aim at Google, Apple's mobile ecosystems
  20. OpenZFS 2.3 is here, with RAID expansion and faster dedup
  21. Who is DDoSing you? Rivals, probably, or cheesed-off users
  22. Biz tax rises, inflation and high interest. Why fewer UK tech firms started in 2024
  23. Tool touted as 'first AI software engineer' is bad at its job, testers claim
  24. Asus lets processor security fix slip out early, AMD confirms patch in progress
  25. Beijing picking up some of the bill for iPhones sold in China
  26. Oracle emits 603 patches, names one it wants you to worry about soon
  27. LinkedIn accused of training AI on private messages
  28. Apple sued for using dangerous 'forever chemicals' in Watch bands
  29. Trump 'waved a white flag to Chinese hackers' as Homeland Security axed cyber advisory boards
  30. Trump nukes 60 years of anti-discrimination rules for federal contractors
  31. Supply chain attack hits Chrome extensions, could expose millions
  32. Microsoft throws more cash at its carbon guilt by replanting Brazilian rainforest
  33. Samsung Galaxy S25 is so smart it wears Crocs, allegedly resists quantum decryption
  34. NASA spacewalkers to swab the ISS for microbial life
  35. Microsoft issues out-of-band fix for Windows Server 2022 NUMA glitch
  36. Silk Road's Dread Pirate Roberts walks free as Trump pardons dark web kingpin
  37. Better power management, security, and scheduling in Linux kernel 6.13
  38. Real datacenter emissions are a dirty secret
  39. Infosec was literally the last item in Trump's policy plan, yet major changes are likely on his watch
  40. UK tax collector's phone service 'deliberately' bad to push users online, say MPs
  41. Former Amazon exec appointed as boss of UK's competition watchdog
  42. Business value from GenAI remains elusive despite IT spending boom
  43. Ransomware scum make it personal for Reg readers by impersonating tech support
  44. China claims major fusion advance and record after 17-minute Tokamak run
  45. Google DeepMind CEO says 2025's the year we start popping pills AI helped invent
  46. Apple Intelligence turned on by default in upcoming macOS Sequoia 15.3, iOS 18.3
  47. OpenAI wants to blow through $500B on AI infrastructure for itself, with help from pals
  48. PowerSchool theft latest: Decades of Canadian student records, data from 40-plus US states feared stolen
  49. App stores unconvinced by Trump's TikTok ban pause, which may itself be on shaky legal ground
  50. Atlassian's Bitbucket Cloud went down 'hard' today

TechMeme

  1. Instagram and Facebook removed posts from two abortion pill providers; Instagram also suspended accounts; Meta confirmed and restored some of the accounts (New York Times)
  2. Tesla plans a software update for ~1.2M cars in China, around half its fleet in the country, to address power steering and rear-view camera issues (Bloomberg)
  3. How China's progress across a range of overlapping industries like smartphones, AI, robotics, and drones creates a mutually reinforcing feedback loop (Kyle Chan/High Capacity)
  4. Although Trump downplayed Elon Musk's Stargate criticism, assuring reporters "they're putting up the money", key White House sources say they're furious at Musk (Politico)
  5. Sources: OpenAI faces challenges in transitioning into a for-profit company, including valuing Microsoft's stake; its new charitable arm could be worth $30B (Financial Times)
  6. Texas Instruments reports Q4 revenue down 1.7% YoY to $4.01B, net income down 12% YoY to $1.2B, and projects Q1, 2025 sales between $3.74B and $4.06B (Ian King/Bloomberg)
  7. PE firm Everstone acquires Delhi-based Wingify, whose flagship product Visual Website Optimizer helps businesses improve online conversion rates, for $200M (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)
  8. DeepSeek's latest AI model R1 sticks to Chinese government restrictions on sensitive topics like Tiananmen Square, Taiwan, and the treatment of Uyghurs in China (Jon Keegan/Sherwood News)
  9. Sources: Mukesh Ambani's Reliance is buying Nvidia's AI chips and plans to build a 3-gigawatt data center in Jamnagar, India, set to be the largest in the world (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)
  10. The US DOJ charges the former CEO of AI chatbot startup GameOn and his wife for allegedly defrauding investors of more than $60M between 2018 and 2024 (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters)
  11. Sources: Stargate lacks a fully developed plan, hasn't secured funding yet, will get no government support, and will exclusively serve OpenAI once operational (Financial Times)
  12. HSBC shuts Zing, its payments app launched in January 2024 to compete with Revolut and Wise, marking the latest failed fintech venture by a traditional bank (Akila Quinio/Financial Times)
  13. Sources: Daniel Guarnera, a DOJ lawyer who helped file US antitrust lawsuits against Google and Apple, has been picked to lead the FTC's Bureau of Competition (Bloomberg)
  14. Trump shrugs off Elon Musk's criticism of AI announcement: 'He hates one of the people' (Donald Judd/CNN)
  15. Trump signs an EO to develop AI systems "free from ideological bias or engineered social agendas", revoking Biden policies that "act as barriers" to innovation (Associated Press)