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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 ›
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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 ›
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"Life is finite. There is no fighting that — as much as people like to put themselves into ice, hoping that they might wake up in 50 years," Helen Mirren said. Read more ›
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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 ›
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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 ›
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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 ›
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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 ›
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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 ›
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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 ›
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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 ›
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Polymarket, the prediction market platform, partnered with the Golden Globes ahead of this year's annual awards ceremony. Read more ›
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Traders on Polymarket and Kalshi are shrugging off the idea that a criminal investigation into the chair of the Federal Reserve would have him removed from his role early. Read more ›
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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 ›
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Foreign governments are now limiting access to Elon Musk's Grok chatbot as concerns about non-consensual sexual deepfakes linger. Read more ›
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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 ›
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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 ›
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A tattoo artist skipped store-bought gifts and gave her family tattoos, creating a meaningful tradition rooted in creativity and trust. Read more ›
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Anthropic launches Claude for Healthcare, expanding AI tools for clinicians, insurers, and patients. Read more ›
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Gentoo Linux posted its 2025 project retrospective this week. Some interesting details: Mostly because of the continuous attempts to force Copilot usage for our repositories, Gentoo currently considers and plans the migration of our repository mirrors and pull request contributions to Codeberg. Codeberg is a site based on Forgejo, maintained by a non-profit organization, and located in Berlin, Germany. Gentoo continues to host its own primary git, bugs, etc infrastructure... Read more ›
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Deal extricates the lender from one of the last businesses related to its ill-fated push into retail banking Read more ›
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Announcement comes as scrutiny of chatbot mounts after it created sexualised images of minors Read more ›
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Company confident ‘last details’ of deal with White House to resume AI chip exports will be finalised soon Read more ›
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Complaints from retailers come as ecommerce giant sues start-up for sending AI ‘agents’ to shop without its consent Read more ›
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AI must learn to reckon with a world much messier than any computer simulation Read more ›
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Families in four US states accept in principle to negotiate terms to drop their cases Read more ›
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Start-up limits use of image generation system to paid users following spread of deepfakes and child sex abuse material Read more ›
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MiniMax joins wave of technology companies in China going public Read more ›
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Tools such as ChatGPT provide personal benefits that do not show up in traditional statistics, argues chief economist Read more ›
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East London landmark is latest site in capital to be identified for high-tech redevelopment Read more ›
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