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Alibaba, Tencent, and Baidu are handing out billions in cash and prizes to attract chatbot users, highlighting how fierce China's AI race has become in 2026.
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Leaks suggest OPPO and HUAWEI are testing square sensors that eliminate the need to rotate your phone for group selfies. Read more ›
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The original Switch just became Nintendo’s best-selling console ever with 155.37 million units as of December 31, 2025, overtaking the DS which sold 154.02 million units from 2004-2011. It was part of a holiday surge that saw the company move 7.01 million Switch 2s (and 17.37 million through Q3 of its fiscal year), making it the “fastest-selling dedicated video platform released by Nintendo to date,” the company said in its... Read more ›
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The latest batch of Jeffrey Epstein files shed light on the convicted sex offender’s ties to Silicon Valley—and Peter Thiel’s exacting approach to food. Read more ›
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While the Trump administration continues its immigration enforcement operations in Minnesota, anti-ICE protests continued in Minneapolis and around the country — from Los Angeles to rural Maine — over the weekend. In the Twin Cities area, meanwhile, this activism is well-organized; but it’s not a traditional, anti-government protest movement of the likes we saw during […] Read more ›
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Barbara Corcoran said couples living in small apartments could make better use of the space they already have. Read more ›
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Elon Musk's SpaceX has acquired his AI startup xAI in an all-stock deal that values the combined entity at $1.25 trillion, ahead of what would be the largest initial public offering in history. SpaceX pegged its own valuation at $1 trillion -- a markup from the $800 billion it commanded in a December secondary stock sale -- and priced xAI at $250 billion based on a recent $20 billion funding... Read more ›
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Sam Altman, Jensen Huang, and Oracle push back on reports of tension over OpenAI's deal with Nvidia. Read more ›
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Bad Bunny's historic Grammy win for "Debí Tirar Más Fotos" highlights the intersection of art and politics amid ongoing immigration protests. Read more ›
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Since March of 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services has been using tools from Palantir and the startup Credal AI to weed out perceived alignment with “DEI” or “gender ideology.” Read more ›
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Unlike many of the companies stuffing AI into their browsers, Mozilla will soon give you a way to turn all of these features off. An update coming on February 24th will add a new "AI control" option to Firefox's settings menu, allowing you to disable or enable the browser's individual AI features, including access to […] Read more ›
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The Department of Justice has released more than 3 million documents and photos related to Jeffrey Epstein. Here’s who shows up from Big Tech the most often—and what the files reveal. Read more ›
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Biden's reforms to the bankruptcy process for student-loan borrowers are working. The main issue: not enough people know about it. Read more ›
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Fewer people are coming to Disney Parks from Europe, Canada, and Mexico out of fear of current U.S. policies. Read more ›
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Scientists at the University of Utah have analyzed nearly a century's worth of human hair samples and found that lead concentrations dropped 100-fold after the EPA began cracking down on leaded gasoline and other lead-based products in the 1970s. The findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, drew on hair collected from Utah residents -- some preserved in family scrapbooks going back generations. Lead levels peaked... Read more ›
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Adobe is pulling the plug on Adobe Animate. In a FAQ posted to Adobe's website, the company says it will stop selling the animation software on March 1st, citing the emergence of new platforms "that better serve the needs of the users." Users have until March 1st, 2027 (or March 1st, 2029 for enterprise customers) […] Read more ›
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Researchers hacked Moltbook's database in minutes, exposing emails, private messages, and API keys tied to its AI agents network. Read more ›
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When you picture a virtual reality headset user, you're probably not picturing someone like Sherry Dickson. At 69, the snowy-haired, retired elementary school teacher hops into her Meta Quest headset five days a week, for roughly 60 to 90 minutes at a time. She's not attending live concerts or watching immersive films. Dickson, a fitness […] Read more ›
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A NASA video (above) reveals in great detail how its upcoming Artemis II mission is expected to play out. The space agency released the animation last year, but seeing that the Artemis II astronauts could be heading to the moon as early as February 6, it’s a great time to watch it again. The Artemis ... Read more ›
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Vivaldi 7.8 skips AI flash and focuses on faster tab tiling, letting you drag tabs into split views and open links straight into a tile, so your main page stays anchored while you compare. Read more ›
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Affordable EVs are on a lot of people’s minds these days, but one name is missing from the conversation. Volkswagen launched its ID family of EVs seven years ago with the promise of electric mobility for “the millions, not millionaires,” but in the United States at least, the promise remains just that. The VW Group ... Read more ›
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PGYTECH’s RetroVa iPhone camera grip targets iPhone 17 Pro shooters with real buttons and a retro body, plus an optional 2.35x telephoto extender that claims up to 235mm optical reach. Read more ›
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The Galaxy A57 has surfaced in a regulatory listing, revealing a noticeably thinner and lighter design. Read more ›
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Samsung’s Galaxy Z TriFold is officially headed to the US with a confirmed launch date and an eye-watering price, marking the company’s boldest and most expensive foldable experiment so far. Read more ›
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Leaked images suggest Google is prepping bold new Pixel Buds 2a colors, including a Peony-like pink and a subtle green finish. Read more ›
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Researchers found that listening to music with rhythmic beat stimulation lowers anxiety more effectively than pink noise. Read more ›
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DeepSeek is hiring for DeepSeek AI search, a multilingual, multimodal engine that could challenge Google’s search habit. The listings also point to persistent AI agents, signaling a broader push beyond chatbots. Read more ›
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Wear OS smartwatches could soon support message reactions and a Mark as read button in Google Messages, making quick replies easier and managing unread messages more efficient. Read more ›
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