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Alphabet Inc. has agreed to buy clean energy developer Intersect Power LLC for $4.75 billion in cash, plus its existing debt, marking one of the largest deals by the tech giant in its push to dramatically expand its data center footprint to power AI.
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Something weird, and kind of impressive, is happening with the Galaxy S25 series. Read more âș
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DIY DDR5 is no longer just a concept, but a reality, as modder VIK-on has built his first 32GB stick from scavenged parts. The memory chips came from laptop SODIMMs, while a new PCB and cooler were acquired from China. After flashing custom firmware enabling 6400 MT/s XMP, the entire build put together cost $218. Read more âș
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"Life is finite. There is no fighting that â as much as people like to put themselves into ice, hoping that they might wake up in 50 years," Helen Mirren said. Read more âș
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A new leak suggests the Galaxy S26's rumored 24MP shooting mode could be in the Goldilocks zone for image quality. Read more âș
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"This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions," Powell said on Sunday. Read more âș
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An anonymous reader shared this report from CNET: Finland-based IXI Eyewear has raised more than $40 million from investors, including Amazon, to build glasses with adaptive lenses that could dynamically autofocus based on where the person wearing them is looking. In late 2025, the company said it had developed a glasses prototype that weighs just 22 grams. It includes embedded sensors aimed at the wearer's eyes and liquid crystal lenses... Read more âș
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The breakout stars of the steamy hockey romance, "Heated Rivalry," met Seventeen vocalist Joshua Hong at the Golden Globes, and fans ate it up. Read more âș
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President Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social that Cuba would no longer receive oil or money from Venezuela. Read more âș
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There was no shortage of high-fashion looks at the 2026 Golden Globes, but some stars, such as Jennifer Lopez, missed the mark with their outfits. Read more âș
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Julius Bruch spent seven years at McKinsey before founding an AI dementia startup. He shares what made the leap hard â and why consulting helped. Read more âș
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An anonymous reader shared this report from It's FOSS: Jenny Guanni Qu, a researcher at [VC fund] Pebblebed, analyzed 125,183 bugs from 20 years of Linux kernel development history (on Git). The findings show that the average bug takes 2.1 years to find. [Though the median is 0.7 years, with the average possibly skewed by "outliers" discovered after years of hiding.] The longest-lived bug, a buffer overflow in networking code,... Read more âș
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Sgt. Dimko Zhluktenko, a commander of a drone team, told Business Insider what it was like flying in the heavy fog that Russia used to its advantage. Read more âș
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If employers want AI to transform work, they should pay attention to historyâs technological flops Read more âș
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Polymarket, the prediction market platform, partnered with the Golden Globes ahead of this year's annual awards ceremony. Read more âș
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I married into a family of 10 and learned that forcing a "blended family" made things worse. Living side by side saved us. Read more âș
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Bloomberg reports on Amazon listings "automatically generated by an experimental AI tool" for stores that don't sell on Amazon. Bloomberg notes that the listings "didn't always correspond to the correct product", leaving the stores to handle the complaints from angry customers: Between the Christmas and New Year holidays, small shop owners and artisans who had found their products listed on Amazon took to social media to compare notes and warn... Read more âș
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In October, Walmart partnered with OpenAI to launch a new partnership with ChatGPT. Now, its doing the same with Google's Gemini. Read more âș
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Celebrities attended the 2026 Golden Globes on Sunday. Selena Gomez and Colman Domingo were among the best-dressed stars of the night. Read more âș
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Stephen Hutyra was inspired by a Facebook post to build a pub in his backyard. He spent $61,000 and created the space of his dreams. Read more âș
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A unit of United States Steel Corp. has bought the Pittsburg property where a steel mill had operated for decades. Read more âș
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A dearth of economic data, thanks to last year's federal government shutdown, makes reading the tea leaves of the business climate even trickier than usual. Read more âș
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Comedy shows, live music and its Culinary Cinema series couldn't save the dine-in movie theater from economic reality. Read more âș
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Homeowners who fiercely opposed homeless shelter project years ago welcomed tenants of new project after city officials worked to address their fears. Read more âș
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in light of concerns last year over how the shipping hub would navigate the Trump administration's tariffs with its largest trading partners, the latest numbers are being treated as encouraging news by port officials. Read more âș
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Federal changes to Medicaid, called Medi-Cal in California, could add up to a nine-figure problem for San Diego medical providers. The most significant immediate change arrived Jan. 1 with the expiration of enhanced premium tax credits, which help defray the cost of monthly premiums for Americans enrolled in plans sold by health insurance exchanges such as Covered California. RELATED: Bay Area Affordable Care Act policyholders brace for price hikes With... Read more âș
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Everyone talks "affordability" â but elections aren't won by doing what's needed: letting home prices slide. Read more âș
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A woman's flight delay strands her for 25 hours, and her travel insurer balks at paying a $270 claim. Read more âș
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The most powerful protection against most financial fraud isn't a sophisticated security system or an expensive monitoring service. It's a conversation among family members who can flag issues before they become problems. Read more âș
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Democrats scoff at Trumpâs executive order in December to withhold federal funding from states that adopt AI rules, saying itâs their responsibility to act Read more âș
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