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The Verge
Innovation theorist John Nosta said AI's polished responses can erode human reasoning at work by creating confidence without understanding. Read more ›
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The AI industry is pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into super PACs ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Read more ›
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After the US raid on Venezuela forced flight cancellations, some travelers can't get home for another week and are having to spend thousands extra. Read more ›
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Institutional investors own a small share of US homes overall but dominate single-family rentals in the Southeast and Sun Belt. See the cities mapped. Read more ›
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Warren Buffett's successor as Berkshire CEO, Greg Abel, has said all the right things but has shared little about himself. Read more ›
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Trump's Education Department concluded another round of negotiations focused on gainful employment, aimed at protecting student-loan borrowers. Read more ›
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The White House is calling for much more defense spending while pressuring contractors to prioritize production over profits. Read more ›
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In a post on Truth Social, President Donald Trump said that he would impose a one-year, 10% cap on credit card interest. Read more ›
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SkillCat CEO Ruchir Shah shares his struggle with work-life balance, burnout, and how a silent meditation retreat helped him reset. Read more ›
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Scientists are putting Einstein's claim that the speed of light is constant to the test. While researchers found no evidence that light's speed changes with energy, this null result dramatically tightens the constraints on quantum-gravity theories that predict even the tiniest violations. ScienceDaily reports: Special relativity rests on the principle that the laws of physics remain the same for all observers, regardless of how they are moving relative to one... Read more ›
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Don't let a bad resolution set you up to fail in 2026. Dietitians and trainers share how they're eating healthy and exercising smarter this year. Read more ›
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said that frequent warnings about AI are dissuading people from making investments in AI's improvement. Read more ›
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Meta's Manus deal faces a probe from China's regulator. Analysts say it's about sending a message that China's AI talent isn't easy pickings. Read more ›
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In October, Apple caved to pressure from the Trump administration and removed ICEBlock — and similar apps which crowdsourced the location of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement activity — from its App Store. Apple's stated rationale? The apps could "be used to harm law enforcement officers." But armed-to-the-teeth ICE officers don’t need protection from civilians. Apple had that exactly backward.That became impossible to ignore on Wednesday, when ICE agent Jonathon Ross... Read more ›
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Meta has signed long-term nuclear power deals totaling more than 6 gigawatts to fuel its data centers: "one from a startup, one from a smaller energy company, and one from a larger company that already operates several nuclear reactors in the U.S," reports TechCrunch. From the report: Oklo and TerraPower, two companies developing small modular reactors (SMR), each signed agreements with Meta to build multiple reactors, while Vistra is selling... Read more ›
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Finance's biggest firms are considering how AI might impact jobs, how it could cut costs, and reduce "grunt work." Read more ›
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"What happened to the police body cameras?" one Uber driver in Minnesota asked a Border Patrol agent. Read more ›
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Since X's users started using Grok to undress women and children using deepfake images, I have been waiting for what I assumed would be inevitable: X getting booted from Apple's and Google's app stores. The fact that it hasn't happened yet tells me something serious about Silicon Valley's leadership: Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are […] Read more ›
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Tesla and legacy automakers are shifting to budget-friendly EVs amid sales declines, subsidy cuts, and mounting US consumer auto debt concerns. Read more ›
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The Verge
In a surprisingly user-friendly move, Bose has announced it will be open-sourcing the API documentation for its SoundTouch smart speakers, which were slated to lose official support on February 18th, as reported by Ars Technica. Bose has also moved that date back to May 6th, 2026. When cloud support ends, an update to the SoundTouch […] Read more ›
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On March 1st, 2026, The Lego Group will begin selling the most ambitious brick it's ever made: a tiny computer that fits entirely inside a classic 2×4 Lego brick. When it detects NFC-equipped smart tags nearby, embedded inside new Lego tiles and new Lego minifigures, or when it sees other Smart Bricks, the company claims […] Read more ›
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If you're among the macOS users experiencing some weird issues with your Logitech mouse, then good news: Logitech has now released a fix. This comes after multiple Reddit users reported yesterday that Logi Options Plus - the app required to manage and configure the controls on Logitech accessories - had stopped working, preventing them from […] Read more ›
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Dell has revealed that consumers aren't buying PCs for AI features right now. In an interview with PC Gamer ahead of CES, Dell has made it clear its 2026 products aren't all about being AI-first, and it's moving beyond being "all about" AI PCs. "We're very focused on delivering upon the AI capabilities of a […] Read more ›
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The clips are filmed from different angles. Some are zoomed in, making them indecipherably grainy, and others are slowed down. Some are 20 seconds while others are longer, sandwiched by commentary from users on social media platforms like X, Bluesky, Reddit, and TikTok. Each video - depicting the moment an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent […] Read more ›
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Shortly before the US military launched an attack on Venezuela and captured President Nicolás Maduro, an account on Polymarket made some very suspiciously timed investments. The prediction market had been running bets on when or if Maduro would be removed from power, with prices for "out by January 31, 2026" as low as $0.07 late […] Read more ›
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As part of a few changes to its search filters, YouTube is going to allow you to search specifically for Shorts or longform videos. Right now, a filter-less search shows a mix of longform and short form videos, which can be annoying if you just want to see videos in one format or the other. […] Read more ›
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Disney Plus will be getting a vertical video feed later this year, Disney announced as part of its Global Tech & Data Showcase for advertisers at CES, Deadline reports. According to a Disney announcement cited by Deadline, the company's goal is to "explore its use in a variety of ways across categories, and content types, […] Read more ›
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Smart whiteboard manufacturer Vibe is expanding further into hybrid work hardware with the Vibe Bot, a physical AI device that can serve as a voice assistant, a smart webcam, and an AI note-taker, designed for office desks and meeting rooms. Despite the name, Vibe Bot is definitely not a robot. In fact it's closer to […] Read more ›
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Ikea has released the most affordable version of its Sjöss USB-C chargers yet. Following an $8 30W version that launched in 2024 and a $35 65W option that debuted earlier this year, the new 20W Sjöss is now available online and through many of Ikea's physical US stores for just $3.99. That's considerably cheaper than […] Read more ›
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