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Meta is developing a standalone app for Vibes, its feed of AI-generated videos, according to reports from TechCrunch and Platformer. Vibes was introduced as a feature in the Meta AI app in September 2025. Similar to OpenAI's Sora app, Vibes lets users prompt Meta AI to create TikTok-style vertical videos."Following the strong early traction of Vibes within Meta AI, we are testing a standalone app to build on that momentum," Meta said in a statement. "Weâve seen that users are increasingly leaning into the f
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Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts. This time, surprisingly, we received a response - and an interview. The Trump phone is real - maybe, sort of, soon? - and I've seen it. Not in the flesh, [âŠ] Read more âș
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Among those Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently named to a federal autism committee are people who tout dangerous treatments and say vaccine manufacturers are âpoisoning children.â Read more âș
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The Galaxy S26 might charge faster wirelessly, but built-in magnets are looking even less likely. Read more âș
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Taylor Swift is temporarily withholding the "Opalite" music video from YouTube. The unconventional move is a reaction to new Billboard chart rules. Read more âș
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Amazon MGM's "Melania" documentary scored a 10-year best $7 million at the box office in its opening weekend. Now, it's expanding to more screens. Read more âș
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The director was not going to make the film without the Skeletor we know and love. Read more âș
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The cloud giant holds convertible notes in Anthropic. As the AI startup raises more money, this debt converts to equity. Read more âș
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This week's stellar episode of the new 'Star Trek' series looked back at the legacy left behind by the captain of 'Deep Space Nine' and found the best perspective it could. Read more âș
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The campaign is among the largest anti-ICE protests by workers at a single company since federal agents shot and killed two people in Minneapolis last month. Read more âș
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The repurchase plan follows a volatile earnings week and signals confidence in the firmâs balance sheet. Read more âș
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Red and blue states alike have introduced legislation in recent weeks that would halt data center development, citing concerns from climate to high energy prices. Read more âș
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AWS is encountering grid connection wait times of up to seven years for new European projects, a delay that far exceeds the usual two-year timelines. Read more âș
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Salesforce is essentially shutting down Heroku as an evolving product, moving the cloud platform that helped define modern app deployment to a "sustaining engineering model" focused entirely on stability, security and support. Existing customers on credit card billing see no changes to pricing or service, but enterprise contracts are no longer available to new buyers. Salesforce said it is redirecting engineering investment toward enterprise AI. Read more of this story... Read more âș
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Government and private pest control services have collected roughly 8,000 frozen iguanas from across the state. Read more âș
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We may not have a concrete release date for the first foldable iPhone, but Apple may already be looking into a smaller device that will follow it up. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple is exploring a "square, clamshell-style foldable phone," with the caveat that this potential device is "far from guaranteed to reach the market" and only "under consideration" right now. If this eventually leads to a smaller foldable... Read more âș
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Nintendo has lined up its first showcase of the year. The next Nintendo Direct is taking place on February 5 at 9AM ET, the company has announced. It will run for around 30 minutes.As previous reports suggested, it will focus on third-party titles from partners instead of first-party games from Nintendo itself. So if you were hoping for new Mario or Zelda announcements, that may not happen during this event.... Read more âș
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Last year, the creator of Notepad++ rolled out an update for the text and source code editor after security experts reported that bad actors were hijacking its update mechanism to redirect traffic to malicious servers. It led to users downloading compromised executables that could infect their devices. Now, Don Ho has revealed that multiple security experts investigated the breach and determined that the threat actor âis likely a Chinese state-sponsored... Read more âș
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Buying a good budget phone can be a challenge. High-end handsets continue to get more features, but on the other end of the spectrum, there are only so many things you can skimp on before a device becomes too compromised. With the Galaxy A17, Samsung is trying to balance both sides of that equation with something that sports a solid design, a bright screen, decent cameras and respectable battery life... Read more âș
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Amazonâs next-generation AI assistant is now available to everyone in the US for $20 per month, or for free if youâre a Prime member. Amazon has also introduced a try-before-you-buy free tier for non-Prime members, but itâs limited to text-based chat. Alexa+ has been in early access since last year, and Amazon says itâs listened to user insights ahead of rolling out the update nationwide today. If youâre a Prime... Read more âș
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TikTok is finally "back to normal" in the US after days of technical issues and outages tied to winter storms. Less than a week after companies like Oracle took ownership of TikTok's domestic operations, the platform faced a major power outage when one of its primary US data center sites â run by Oracle â got taken down by the storm. The problems started last Monday, January 26, when TikTok... Read more âș
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Despite its supremely sleek design, the iPhone Air actually has a pretty respectable battery life, lasting for somewhere in the region of 27 hours if youâre continuously streaming video. But youâre still going to be wary of it dying on you if youâre on a trip or just having a particularly screen-heavy day. Thatâs where Appleâs iPhone Air MagSafe battery pack comes in, and itâs currently on sale for $79.... Read more âș
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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is heading to the Switch 2 on June 3. The news was dropped at this morning's Nintendo Direct livestream. This is the second part of the FF7 remake-a-palooza. The first installment, Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade, was released for Nintendo's console on January 22. Only a six month wait between chapters? Sony fans had to wait four years. For the uninitiated, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth remakes... Read more âș
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Cameras had an interesting year in 2025, with the launch of some long-delayed models like Sonyâs 61MP RX1III, wholly original cameras (the Fujifilm X Half and Sigma BF) and much anticipated updates like the Sony A7 V and Canon R6 III. All told, there were 27 new cameras launched last year that joined the 20 new models on the market from 2024.Those ranged from compacts to mirrorless to very high-end... Read more âș
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Meta is developing a standalone app for Vibes, its feed of AI-generated videos, according to reports from TechCrunch and Platformer. Vibes was introduced as a feature in the Meta AI app in September 2025. Similar to OpenAI's Sora app, Vibes lets users prompt Meta AI to create TikTok-style vertical videos."Following the strong early traction of Vibes within Meta AI, we are testing a standalone app to build on that momentum,"... Read more âș
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