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Technology - Recent Headlines

How AI is posing a threat to democracy in Yorkshire -- Councils discuss the challenges as they seek to stop the spread of fake news online.

BBC News - 1 day ago

The first of China's 'AI tigers' goes public as Zhipu climbs in Hong Kong debut

CNBC - 1 day ago

Samsung's next Galaxy flagship could spell the end of the screen protector -- If you use a screen protector for one particular function, the S26 Ultra could have you covered.

Daily Express - 1 day ago

'Let's go full trippy': ChatGPT advice sparks AI safety outrage as drug overdose kills US teen

First Post - 1 day ago

Cyber flashing just became a priority offence - here's what changes from today

Sky News - 1 day ago

AI personal shoppers possible within next five years – data protection watchdog

Evening Standard - 1 day ago

NASA spacewalk 2026: Medical issue prompts rare talk of early ISS crew return

International The News - 1 day ago

Will AI receptionist Emma win over GP patients? -- Officials say the AI receptionist answers calls, cuts queues and speeds up patient care.

BBC News - 1 day ago

Your WhatsApp group chats are getting a big free update this week

Daily Express - 1 day ago

Cloudflare pours cold water on 'BGP weirdness preceded US attack on Venezuela' theory -- Suggests rotten routing, not evidence of a cyber-strike before kinetic action -- Networks

Register UK - 1 day ago

Apple Just Became Less Valuable Than Alphabet/Google and the Timing Is Unsettling -- Mike Pearl

Gizmodo - 1 day ago

Dose of uncertainty: Experts wary of AI health gadgets at CES

Toronto Star - 1 day ago

Google and Character.AI to settle lawsuits alleging chatbots harmed teens

Los Angeles Times - 1 day ago

AI Agents Are Now Competing for Marketing Jobs and Winning

International Business Times - 1 day ago

Microsoft revealed as company behind controversial data center proposal in Michigan

CNBC - 1 day ago

A Modern Approach to Body Contouring and Fat Removal

International Business Times - 1 day ago

What happens when you come off weight loss jabs?

Sky News - 1 day ago

Weight-loss jabs 'may be needed for life'

Sky News - 1 day ago

The boldest bitcoin predictions for 2026 are in — from $75,000 to $225,000

CNBC - 1 day ago

Inside the sub-zero lair of the world's most powerful computer -- In a freezing California lab, Google's new quantum chip is reshaping a global tech race.

BBC News - 1 day ago

Philippines evacuates 3,000 people after activity increases at Mayon Volcano

ABC News - 1 day ago

Disney+ Plans New Features for 'AI Native Generation'

Hollywood Reporter - 1 day ago

The new TVs vying for your living room (and wallet) in 2026

Sydney Morning Herald - 1 day ago

AI-generated images, old footage circulate on social media after Maduro's capture -- CBS News analyzed circulating images of President Nicolas Maduro by comparing dubious photos to verified content and using publicly available tools such as reverse image search. -- Jan 5

CBS News - 1 day ago

Elon Musk wins early battle in lawsuit against OpenAI and rival Sam Altman

New York Post - 1 day ago

New Scottish Dark Sky Observatory plans submitted -- The state of the art facility in Galloway will replace one which burned down more than four years ago.

BBC News - 1 day ago

AMD threatens to go medieval on Nvidia with Epyc and Instinct: What we know so far -- AMD boasts 1000x higher AI perf by 2027 and pulls the lid off Helios compute tray ahead of 2H 2026 launch -- Systems

Register UK - 1 day ago

Samsung's Ballie home robot, once promised for summer 2025, gets grim update

Ars Technica - 1 day ago

Health -- OpenAI Would Like You to Share Your Health Data with Its AI Chatbot

Scientific American - 1 day ago

New carbon capture tech could save us from datacenter doom -- Maybe our AI overlords, hell-bent on securing power any way they can, should invest in getting this to market -- Science

Register UK - 1 day ago

Grok Is Generating Sexual Content Far More Graphic Than What's on X

Wired News - 1 day ago

Only 7% of Americans Want Their Next Car to Be Electric, Survey Finds -- Bruce Gil

Gizmodo - 1 day ago

Video game developer Ubisoft closes Halifax office, says decision not linked to union

Toronto Star - 1 day ago

D-Wave Makes Gate-Model Power Move With Quantum Circuits Buy

Register UK - 1 day ago

Alphabet's market cap surpasses Apple's for first time since 2019

CNBC - 1 day ago

Chatbot maker Anthropic plans new fundraise at $350-billion valuation

The Globe and Mail - 1 day ago

Anthropic signs term sheet for $10 billion round at $350 billion valuation

CNBC - 1 day ago

Chinese tycoon tied to $11B 'pig butchering' bitcoin scam taken into custody

New York Post - 1 day ago

SanDisk heals WD Black and Blues, rebrands beloved client SSDs -- NVMe drives to live on under the Optimus banner -- Storage

Register UK - 1 day ago

Google, chatbot startup settle Florida mom's lawsuit over teen son's suicide

New York Post - 1 day ago

Illegal child abuse material generated by X's artificial intelligence Grok, says UK watchdog

Sky News - 1 day ago

Bose open-sources its SoundTouch home theater smart speakers ahead of end-of-life

Ars Technica - 1 day ago

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Reports Strong Chinese Demand for AI Chips

Breitbart - 1 day ago

Amazon wants to know what every corporate employee accomplished last year

Business Insider - 1 day ago

Expired certificate completely breaks macOS Logitech apps, user customizations

Ars Technica - 1 day ago

The full list of 2026 Actor Awards nominations

Los Angeles Times - 1 day ago

Roblox mandates age checks for global chat access -- m read

Gulf News - 1 day ago

Plastic bottles could power your devices one day

Fox News - 1 day ago

Tech giant unveils 'world's largest' TV of its kind — a whopping 130 inches

New York Post - 1 day ago

Why is Amazon listing products from merchants who never agreed to sell on its platform?

Los Angeles Times - 1 day ago

Google Cofounder Larry Page Relocates Business Interests Out of California Before Proposed Wealth Tax Deadline

Breitbart - 1 day ago

Building Databases That Survive Scale, Stress, And Failure

Deccan Chronicle - 1 day ago

Historic NASA test towers face their final countdown -- Apollo-era Saturn V and Shuttle stands set for controlled demolition as Artemis ramps up -- Science

Register UK - 1 day ago

Robot vacuum sprouts legs to tackle cleaning the stairs

Los Angeles Times - 1 day ago

Listening to This Sound Could Help Treat Alzheimer's Disease

Newsweek - 1 day ago

Researchers Just Sampled 1.4-Billion-Year-Old Air—and It's Not What They Expected

Gizmodo - 1 day ago

Why a TV Honcho Quit Sitcoms for Estate Sales

Hollywood Reporter - 1 day ago

Luggable datacenter: startup straps handles to server with 4 H200 GPUs -- Who can lift a 77-pound box into the overhead? -- Systems

Register UK - 1 day ago

Best image-stabilized binoculars 2026: Stability meets clarity -- Kimberley Lane -- Last updated

Live Science - 1 day ago

The coolest technology from Day 2 of CES 2026

One America News Network - 1 day ago

Movie Theaters Go Public With New Effort to Stop Warner Bros. Sale

Hollywood Reporter - 1 day ago

Authorities Investigating Gruesome Death of Whale Found on a Ship in New Jersey

Gizmodo - 1 day ago

Govt Asks X For More Details, Specific Action Taken in Grok AI Obscene...

Deccan Chronicle - 1 day ago

Nvidia, Groq, KV cache context memory extension and Phison's edge inferencing SW

Register UK - 1 day ago

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NBC News - 1 day ago

China's EV Invasion: BYD Surpasses Tesla in Electric Car Sales for UK and Germany

Breitbart - 1 day ago

GameStop unveils Elon Musk-type $35B pay package for CEO Ryan Cohen — but there's a catch

New York Post - 1 day ago

Warner Bros. Still Sounds Very Open to a Paramount Deal — at a Higher Price Tag

Hollywood Reporter - 1 day ago

BUYING GUIDE -- Best astrophotography cameras 2026: Capture the cosmos -- Kimberley Lane

Live Science - 1 day ago

Viral outbreaks are always on the horizon – here are the viruses an infectious disease expert is watching in 2026 -- Patrick Jackson, University of Virginia

The Conversation - 1 day ago

Ministry of Justice splurged £50M on security – still missed Legal Aid Agency cyberattack -- Updated -- High-risk system compromised long before intrusion was finally spotted -- Cyber-crime

Register UK - 1 day ago

Pakistan: PTA blocks 100 million mobile devices -- m read

Gulf News - 1 day ago

Climate Models Don't Account for This Surprising Shift in the North Pacific Storm Track

Gizmodo - 1 day ago

Deep-Sea Oasis Discovered 2.5 Miles Below The Arctic Ocean Stuns Scientists

Newsweek - 1 day ago

Musk's Grok AI generated thousands of undressed images per hour on X

Los Angeles Times - 1 day ago

I Made My Dating Profile Weird on Purpose. It's Surprisingly Effective. -- Sonia Weiser

Slate - 1 day ago

Microsoft open sources XAML Studio amid developer discontent with Visual Studio designers

Register UK - 1 day ago

eVTOL maker Joby buys new factory, more than doubling manufacturing footprint

CNBC - 1 day ago

Amazon Prime customers still have a chance to get in on the $2.5B FTC settlement

New York Post - 1 day ago

Fake error popups are spreading malware fast

Fox News - 1 day ago

Earlier Horizon rollout could widen net for quashed Post Office convictions -- Committee told shifting timelines could alter automatic reversals in UK's historic Fujitsu computing scandal -- Public Sector

Register UK - 1 day ago

Americans generally like wolves − except when we're reminded of our politics -- Alexander L. Metcalf, University of Montana and Justin Angle, University of Montana

The Conversation - 1 day ago

Amid Video Podcast Push, Spotify Unveils Sycamore Studios in West Hollywood

Hollywood Reporter - 1 day ago

Trump's Greenland considerations, Nvidia's China demand and more: Morning Squawk

CNBC - 1 day ago

Proposed law changes in S'pore will cut red tape in data sharing, speed up social support: Experts

The Straits Times - 1 day ago

China Reviews Meta's Purchase of AI Startup Manus: Report

Deccan Chronicle - 1 day ago

Amazon AI shopping tool sparks backlash from nonconsenting online retailers

CNBC - 1 day ago

Holiday shoppers spent a record amount online, searching out deals amid economic anxiety

Los Angeles Times - 1 day ago

Meta Delays Global Rollout Of Ray-Ban Display Glasses

Deccan Chronicle - 1 day ago

Digital threats rise: Hackers strike every 39 seconds -- m read

Gulf News - 1 day ago

Sky will pay these shoppers £300 to switch their TV and broadband

Daily Express - 1 day ago

Musk's Grok announces new funding amid criticism over sexual deepfakes

First Post - 1 day ago

CES 2026: The Gadgets Coming to Your Home This Year

International Business Times - 1 day ago

This 15th-Century Book Has Defied Translation. Cards and Dice May Be Key

Newsweek - 1 day ago

CES 2026: Paper batteries, blackjack-playing robot among products showcased by Singapore firms

The Straits Times - 1 day ago

Cars are going back from touchscreens to physical buttons because...

First Post - 1 day ago

Jaguar Land Rover wholesale volumes plummet 43% in cyberattack aftermath -- Production halts and supply-chain disruption left luxury automaker reeling in fiscal Q3 -- Cyber-crime

Register UK - 1 day ago

Apple iPhone 18 Pro Series to Launch in 2026? Date, Camera and Design Specs Leaked

International Business Times - 1 day ago

India is now a smartphone export powerhouse — a success story of PLI scheme

First Post - 1 day ago

Qualcomm in Talks With Samsung For Contract Manufacturing of...

Deccan Chronicle - 1 day ago