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X suffered a major blip again this week, with thousands reporting that the social media site was down in the both the US and UK –but it seems to have recovered.
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Instagram boss Adam Mosseri is closing out 2025 with a 20-images-deep dive into what a new era of "infinite synthetic content" means as it all becomes harder and harder to distinguish from reality, and the old, more personal Instagram feed that he says has been "dead" for years. Last year, The Verge's Sarah Jeong wrote […] Read more ›
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Amazon allows India-based employees affected by H-1B visa delays to work remotely until March, with strict restrictions on coding. Read more ›
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Pibroch(CiH) writes: According to the obituary linked, Stewart Cheifet of Computer Chronicles fame has died. The obituary states he passed Dec 28, 2025. Cheifet and Digital Research founder Gary Kildall hosted the public television show The Computer Chronicles starting in 1984, and Stewart continued to host the show well into the 1990s. He was well-known for his affable presence and adeptness at interviewing guests and finding out the straight dope... Read more ›
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Zohran Mamdani, currently a state assemblyman, is set to get a large raise when he takes office as mayor of New York City. Read more ›
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After some confusion about when Trump's gold phone will make an appearance, it appears to be delayed until 2026. Read more ›
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The Trump phone was originally set to be released in August, but won't be shipped until the end of January, Trump Mobile's customer service said. Read more ›
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"Shark Tank" star Kevin O'Leary said his character Milton Rockwell in "Marty Supreme" was almost made into an actual vampire. Read more ›
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The invitation to Mayor-elect Mamdani's inauguration lists Raspberry Pi and Flipper Zero as prohibited items but does not provide a reason. Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: France intends to follow Australia and ban social media platforms for children from the start of the 2026 academic year. A draft bill preventing under-15s from using social media will be submitted for legal checks and is expected to be debated in parliament early in the new year. The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has made it clear in recent weeks that... Read more ›
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From a billionaire gathering in St. Barts to Antigua, here is where the wealthiest people's superyachts, were spotted before New Year's Eve. Read more ›
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A large-scale study tracking more than 27,500 middle-aged and elderly people over roughly nine years has found that poor sleep quality is associated with accelerated brain aging, and chronic inflammation appears to be one of the key mechanisms driving this effect. Researchers at Sweden's Karolinska Institute assessed participants' sleep across five dimensions -- chronotype, duration, insomnia, snoring and daytime sleepiness -- and later scanned their brains using MRI to estimate... Read more ›
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Russia is using helicopters to try to stop Ukraine's drones. Now its naval drones armed with missiles keep Russia's helicopters away, per a commander. Read more ›
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Save 90% on a 1min.AI lifetime subscription, now $24.97 instead of $234 through Jan. 31 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Read more ›
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OpenAI is paying employees more than any major tech startup in history, with average stock-based compensation hitting roughly $1.5 million per worker in 2025. "That is more than seven times higher than the stock-based pay Google disclosed in 2003, before it filed for an initial public offering in 2004," reports the Wall Street Journal. "The $1.5 million is about 34 times the average employee compensation of 18 other large tech... Read more ›
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Arc Raiders was Steam's biggest-selling game over the holiday period. Read more Read more ›
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Open-source expansion card brings AMD's B650 chipset expansion capabilities to any system that has a PCIe 4.0 x4 expansion slot. Read more ›
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True Detective season 5 is officially on the way – here's everything we know about the hit HBO Max show's return. Read more ›
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Apple Music works across multiple platforms and the web, and it lets you build smart playlists – and that's why I'm quitting Spotify in 2026. Read more ›
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Samsung unveils two new flagship Dolby Atmos soundbars, you just pick how many boxes you want to deal with Read more ›
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Details have been clarified by a Microsoft engineer. Read more ›
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Brain Health by Samsung is apparently going to be launching at the CES 2026 show in January. Read more ›
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Samsung is continuing to work on silicon-carbon battery tech, but it doesn't appear to be ready yet. Read more ›
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I'll be spending less on streaming in 2026 and buying Blu-ray instead. It isn't just about nostalgia either –here's why it makes sense. Read more ›
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Lens design innovation exceeded that of cameras in 2025, and these Sony, Canon, Nikon, OM System and Viltrox optics in particular all impressed. Read more ›
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After a new phone with a focus on gaming? OnePlus has a couple of handsets that you might be interested in. Read more ›
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