Roblox launches a 4D creation feature in open beta, allowing creators to generate interactive objects with individual moving parts rather than static 3D models (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch : Roblox launches a 4D creation feature in open beta,…
Apptopia: ChatGPT's US market share fell from 69.1% to 45.3% between Jan. 2025 and Jan. 2026; Gemini rose from 14.7% to 25.1%, Grok rose from 1.6% to 15.2% (Alex Kantrowitz/Big Technology)
Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology : Apptopia: ChatGPT's US market share fell fro…
HP’s 15.6-inch Ultrabook with 16GB RAM and one-year Microsoft 365 Personal subscription is under $350 on Amazon - save $200 for a limited time
HP 15.6-inch Ultrabook with 16GB of RAM and a one-year Microsoft 365 Personal subscrip…
'The prize is enormous. The dynamics are shifting.': OpenAI models are the top favorites for enterprise users right now - but Anthropic isn't far behind
OpenAI is perpetually popular, but Anthropic's latest models look to be impressing…
Meta gives $65M to two super PACs to elect California state candidates, regardless of party, whom it views as supportive of the AI and tech industry (Christine Mui/Politico)
Christine Mui / Politico : Meta gives $65M to two super PACs to elect California st…
OpenAI launches a Codex app for macOS, designed to serve as a command center for managing AI agents, and says Codex usage has nearly doubled since mid-December (David Gewirtz/ZDNET)
David Gewirtz / ZDNET : OpenAI launches a Codex app for macOS, designed to serve as…
Barcelona-based Biorce, which is developing an AI service to speed up clinical trials, raised a $52.5M Series A, bringing its total funding to $60M+ (Tamara Djurickovic/Tech.eu)
Tamara Djurickovic / Tech.eu : Barcelona-based Biorce, which is developing an AI se…
SpaceX has applied to launch another million satellites into orbit – all to power AI
SpaceX wants to use a satellite network to ease the pressure on current data centers p…
Microsoft has finally fixed a bizarre issue that saw it reroute traffic to an obscure Japanese company - so what exactly went wrong?
Microsoft’s email autoconfiguration routed example.com traffic to Japanese servers, ex…
Filing: SpaceX is seeking FCC approval to launch 1M satellites into space; SpaceX claims the fleet will orbit the Earth and use the sun to power AI data centers (Reuters)
Reuters : Filing: SpaceX is seeking FCC approval to launch 1M satellites into space…
Give your kitchen a spring glow-up with these butter yellow accessories from IKEA – all under $20
This collection of sunny tableware and lighting accessories will chase away the winter…
Miami-based Indigo, which uses AI-powered underwriting tech to provide medical liability insurance to physicians, raised a $50M Series B led by Rubicon Founders (Brock E.W. Turner/Axios)
Brock E.W. Turner / Axios : Miami-based Indigo, which uses AI-powered underwriting …
The biggest DDoS attack ever has been detected - but fortunately you probably barely noticed it
Cloudflare mitigated a major attack on a telco which broke all previous records. fro…
Poetiq, which leverages existing LLMs to create "expert agents" for specific tasks, and spent just $40K to achieve high ARC-AGI-2 scores, raised a $45.8M seed (Ian Krietzberg/Puck)
Ian Krietzberg / Puck : Poetiq, which leverages existing LLMs to create “expert age…
Top antivirus hacked to push out a malicious update - find out if you're affected
Popular antivirus program eScan was used as a malware launchpad, deploying a backdoor …
Apple acquires Q.ai, whose tech can analyze facial expressions and could enable non-verbal discussions with AI assistants; sources: the deal values Q.ai at ~$2B (Financial Times)
Financial Times : Apple acquires Q.ai, whose tech can analyze facial expressions an…
Looking for a Nespresso machine? I'm a qualified barista and these are the 3 I recommend for authentic-tasting espresso
Want the convenience of instant coffee with the rich flavor of fresh beans? You need a…
Canada says it is talking to Meta to restore news to Facebook and Instagram as the Online News Act is put on the table as part of trade negotiations with the US (Marie Woolf/Globe and Mail)
Marie Woolf / Globe and Mail : Canada says it is talking to Meta to restore news to…
The UK government says it recruited a team of AI specialists to build AI tools to improve transport, public safety and defense, backed by Meta's funding (Sam Tabahriti/Reuters)
Sam Tabahriti / Reuters : The UK government says it recruited a team of AI speciali…
KitchenAid trends for 2026: give your kitchen an upgrade with smart accessories and attachments from just $9
Add a splash of color to your cooking space with bright and cheery accessories for you…
Anthropic rolls out a new extension to MCP to let users interact with apps directly inside the Claude chatbot, with support for Asana, Figma, Slack, and others (Robert Hart/The Verge)
Robert Hart / The Verge : Anthropic rolls out a new extension to MCP to let users i…
UpScrolled, a platform for sharing photos, videos, and text that claims political impartiality, says user growth has surged since TikTok's US takeover (Emma Roth/The Verge)
Emma Roth / The Verge : UpScrolled, a platform for sharing photos, videos, and text…
Qwen releases Qwen3-Max-Thinking, its flagship reasoning model that it says demonstrates performance comparable to models such as GPT-5.2 Thinking and Opus 4.5 (Qwen)
Qwen : Qwen releases Qwen3-Max-Thinking, its flagship reasoning model that it says d…
I used to ignore my bank account but with this app I’m in control of every cent
Homescreen Heroes: YNAB has rewired my relationship with money from Latest from Tech…
Meta's decision to deprioritize VR in favor of AI and internet-connected glasses has chilled the VR industry, leading to concerns about its future (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)
Jonathan Vanian / CNBC : Meta's decision to deprioritize VR in favor of AI and …
'Tesla's chip game is no joke': Elon Musk confirms it has restarted work on its biggest supercomputer yet - but what will it actually be used for?
Tesla restarts Dojo 3 with AI5-AI7 chips, aiming to power autonomous vehicles, humanoi…
The Insta360 CEO just leaked two upcoming cameras in one teaser image – here's what might be coming
A Weibo post by Insta360 CEO Jingkang Liu has sparked a speculation frenzy about what&…
Microsoft confirms it does provide BitLocker recovery keys for encrypted data if it receives a valid legal order and the user has stored the keys on its servers (Thomas Brewster/Forbes)
Thomas Brewster / Forbes : Microsoft confirms it does provide BitLocker recovery ke…
Amazon's cheapest 4K streaming stick just dropped to its lowest price since Black Friday
Amazon has slashed the Fire TV Stick 4K Select to its lowest price since Black Friday.…
Meta says it is pausing teens' access to its AI characters globally across all its apps as it develops a special version of an AI character for teens (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch : Meta says it is pausing teens' access to its AI chara…
Inferact, founded by the creators of vLLM to create a commercial AI product for cross-hardware efficiency, raised a $150M seed led by a16z at an $800M valuation (Agnee Ghosh/Bloomberg)
Agnee Ghosh / Bloomberg : Inferact, founded by the creators of vLLM to create a com…
Hackers have finally made sophisticated AI generated malware – this AI virus was functional in a matter of days and mimicked the work of a three dev teams working 50 hours a week
VoidLink malware was created by a single developer using an AI agent to do the work of…
Meta plans to expand ads on Threads to all users globally starting next week; Threads began testing ads in the US and Japan a year ago (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch : Meta plans to expand ads on Threads to all users globall…
The memory price hike crisis could get even worse, as US threatens 100% tariffs – this is how it could affect you
Consumers in the US now face an additional danger in terms of factors that could serio…
The World Economic Forum in Davos is now dominated by tech giants, whose interests shunt aside topics like climate change, as Trump and AI take center stage (Peter S. Goodman/New York Times)
Peter S. Goodman / New York Times : The World Economic Forum in Davos is now domina…
College Football Playoff National Championship 2026 Free Streams: Watch Miami vs Indiana, TV Channels, Preview
As the Miami Hurricanes and Indiana Hoosiers go for the big one, here's how to wat…
These Chrome extensions spoof Workday, NetSuite, and others to trick victims - here's what to look for
Five extensions were found targeting enterprises and multinational organizations, taki…
Sources: Seoul-based AI chip designer FuriosaAI seeks to raise a $300M-$500M Series D to fund mass production of its 2nd-gen RNGD chip and is eyeing a 2027 IPO (Yoolim Lee/Bloomberg)
Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg : Sources: Seoul-based AI chip designer FuriosaAI seeks to r…
CoinGecko: over 53% of the 20.2M crypto tokens launched since 2021 are now inactive, with 7.7M tokens failing in Q4 2025, after Oct. 10 "liquidation cascade" (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)
Helene Braun / CoinDesk : CoinGecko: over 53% of the 20.2M crypto tokens launched s…
How to watch A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms — stream Game of Thrones prequel from anywhere
Westeros returns with a smaller, character-driven tale. Here’s how you can watch A Kni…
Similarweb: Threads had 141.5M DAUs on iOS and Android as of January 7, driven by Instagram promotions, while X had 125M DAUs; X continues to lead on the web (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch : Similarweb: Threads had 141.5M DAUs on iOS and Android a…
49ers vs Seahawks Free Streams: How to watch NFL 2026 Divisional Round game online from anywhere
Here's how to watch 49ers vs Seahawks live in all parts of the world, including fr…
Luminate 2025 report: the global music industry hit 5.1T streams, up 9.6% YoY and a single-year record; AI artist Xania Monet had 125M on-demand audio streams (Maria Sherman/Associated Press)
Maria Sherman / Associated Press : Luminate 2025 report: the global music industry …
Bills vs Broncos Free Streams: TV Channels & Preview for NFL 2026 Divisional Round Game
All the ways to watch Bills vs Broncos live streams for FREE, in the Divisional Round …
ZachXBT: a crypto user lost $282M+ in BTC and LTC in a hardware wallet social engineering scam; XMR jumped as the attacker began converting the funds to Monero (Daniel Kuhn/The Block)
Daniel Kuhn / The Block : ZachXBT: a crypto user lost $282M+ in BTC and LTC in a ha…
Goodbye cheap OLED TVs — you had a good run, but RGB mini-LED and ‘wallpaper’ OLEDs will soon make you irrelevant
At CES 2026, it was clear that OLED TV makers are shifting focus to higher-end, design…
Unsealed docs from Elon Musk's OpenAI lawsuit, set for a jury trial on April 27: Sutskever's concerns about treating open-source AI as a "side show", and more (Alex Heath/Sources)
Alex Heath / Sources : Unsealed docs from Elon Musk's OpenAI lawsuit, set for a…
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