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Space & Spaceflight -- Scientists Scanned 3I/ATLAS for Alien Signals. Here's What They Found -- As this interstellar object approached its closest point to Earth, a massive radio telescope attempted to sniff out a technosignature. -- Ellyn Lapointe

Gizmodo - 2 days ago

UK government demands Musk's X deals with 'appalling' Grok AI deepfakes -- Grok is being used to digitally remove women's clothing - something victims describe as "dehumanising".

BBC News - 2 days ago

Maduro pleads not guilty, Nvidia's robotaxi play and more: Morning Squawk

CNBC - 2 days ago

Fake Windows BSODs check in at Europe's hotels to con staff into running malware -- Phishers posing as Booking.com use panic-inducing blue screens to bypass security controls -- Research

Register UK - 2 days ago

Liz Kendall calls on Musk's X to take urgent action over 'appalling' deepfakes

Evening Standard - 2 days ago

Humongous 52-inch Dell monitor will make you feel like king of the internet with four screens in one -- Also: The XPS brand is back -- Personal Tech

Register UK - 2 days ago

AMD Contemplates And Engineers Yottascale AI Compute

Register UK - 2 days ago

Congress ctrl-Zs bulk of proposed cuts to NASA science -- Fate of Shuttle Discovery remains conspicuously unaddressed in FY2026 agreement text -- Science

Register UK - 2 days ago

CES 2026 Coverage Hints at an AI Plateau — Are Consumers Still Impressed?

International Business Times - 2 days ago

Venue Cancels Musician Ashley MacIsaac After AI Wrongly Labels Him a Sex Offender

Breitbart - 2 days ago

CNBC Disruptor 50 2026 application: Nominate a startup

CNBC - 2 days ago

UK urged to unplug from US tech giants as digital sovereignty fears grow -- Campaigners say Britain's dependence on Big Tech leaves critical systems exposed to political pressure -- PaaS + IaaS

Register UK - 2 days ago

Ashley St. Clair via X; Getty Images

NBC News - 2 days ago

Princess Kate 'De-Clothed' By AI: Ofcom Demands Urgent Answers From Elon Musk's Grok

International Business Times - 2 days ago

Elon Musk's Grok shares AI images of 'minors with minimal clothing', marking lapse in safeguards

First Post - 2 days ago

Trump Mobile's golden phone remains nowhere to be found

ABC News - 2 days ago

How to send free digital invitations on iPhone

Fox News - 2 days ago

Are We Building 'The Entity'? What Military AI Is Actually Becoming -- As artificial intelligence spreads across the U.S. military, the real concern is not a rogue supercomputer, but whether human...

Military.com - 2 days ago

Global backlash mounts over Grok's AI-made sexualized images

Daily Sabah - 2 days ago

'Breakthrough' blood test at home could help more people spot Alzheimer's, says study

Sky News - 2 days ago

Tesla loses crown as world's top EV maker after second straight year of falling sales

First Post - 2 days ago

UK injects just £210M into cyber plan to stop Whitehall getting pwnd -- Central government will supposedly be as secure as energy facilities and datacenters under new proposals -- Public Sector

Register UK - 2 days ago

Nvidia unveils self-driving car tech as it seeks to power more products with AI -- The chip giant is looking for ways to move the AI revolution beyond software and into physical products.

BBC News - 2 days ago

Students bag extended Christmas break after cyber hit on school IT -- Phones, email, and core systems knocked out at Higham Lane in Nuneaton -- Cyber-crime

Register UK - 2 days ago

First Contact: An Alien Encounter

BBC News - 2 days ago

The world's biggest film industry has a new breakout star: AI -- Indian cinema is embracing AI more readily than Hollywood, but its use isn't pleasing everyone. -- 29 Dec 2025

BBC News - 2 days ago

Rand Paul Unveils More Evidence of FBI Surveillance Against Jan. 6 Protesters

Breitbart - 2 days ago

A mysterious online gambler made $400,000 betting on the removal of Maduro

NBC News - 2 days ago

Memory chip giants spark global semiconductor rally as shortages stoke price hikes

CNBC - 2 days ago

AI's grand promise: Less drudgery, more complexity, same (or lower) pay -- Workers face new mental health pressures as they shift from doing tasks to babysitting agentic AI -- AI + ML

Register UK - 2 days ago

Uber shows off its robotaxi heading for San Francisco

Peninsula Qatar - 2 days ago

Nvidia wants self-driving cars to think like humans -- m read

Gulf News - 2 days ago

Nvidia's new AI chips, Lego Smart Play: First highlights from CES

Daily Sabah - 2 days ago

Maduro's capture reflects growing role of cyberattacks and satellites in warfare

The Globe and Mail - 2 days ago

UAE issues stamps to mark AI becoming a school subject -- m read

Gulf News - 3 days ago

Some Fire TV Sticks will get a blockbuster free upgrade, is yours on this list?

Daily Express - 3 days ago

One criminal, 50 hacked organizations, and all because MFA wasn't turned on -- Crim used infostealer to get cloud credentials -- Cyber-crime

Register UK - 3 days ago

Latest Google Pixel Watch 4 sees huge discount in surprise flash sale

Daily Express - 3 days ago

Nvidia's Vera-Rubin Platform Obsoletes Current AI Iron Six Months Ahead Of Launch

Register UK - 3 days ago

NHS reveals first conditions eligible for video appointments

Sky News - 3 days ago

US allocates $2.7 bln for uranium enrichment in country

Mehr News Agency - 3 days ago

Hyundai and Boston Dynamics May Have Just Stolen the Robot Factory Narrative Away from Tesla -- Mike Pearl

Gizmodo - 3 days ago

Intel launches Core Ultra Series 3 CPUs, made using its long-awaited 18A process

Ars Technica - 3 days ago

AMD reheats last year's Ryzen AI and X3D CPUs for 2026's laptops and desktops

Ars Technica - 3 days ago

Lego releases the smart brick but how does it work?

Sydney Morning Herald - 3 days ago

Hyundai plans to deploy humanoid robots at Georgia factory in 2028

The Globe and Mail - 3 days ago

Hyundai and Boston Dynamics unveil humanoid robot Atlas at CES

NBC News - 3 days ago

Ex-BlackBerry employees claim firm has 'toxic' and 'boys' club' culture: court docs

Toronto Star - 3 days ago

Nvidia CEO calls AI titan's latest chips 'gigantic step up in performance'

New York Post - 3 days ago

Lego unveils 'smart bricks', its biggest innovation in 50 years

Sydney Morning Herald - 3 days ago

Everyone with a Sky Q box should check one money-saving TV setting this month - If you have a Sky Q box under your TV, there's one quick setting to check and it could help save...

Daily Express - 3 days ago

A $400,000 profit on Maduro's capture raises insider trading questions on Polymarket

NPR - 3 days ago

Hacker Dressed as the Pink Ranger Takes Down White Supremacist Websites Live Onstage -- AJ Dellinger

Gizmodo - 3 days ago

The Company That Just Buys Bitcoin Booked $17 Billion in Q4 Losses -- Kyle Torpey

Gizmodo - 3 days ago

What to expect from CES 2026, the annual show of all things tech

Toronto Star - 3 days ago

Telus executives snap up company shares in bid to signal confidence to investors

The Globe and Mail - 3 days ago

Grok AI still being used to digitally undress women and children despite suspension pledge

Guardian UK - 3 days ago

'Frankenstein' Director Guillermo del Toro: Saying 'Art Is Not Important' Is a 'Prelude to Fascism'

Breitbart - 3 days ago

European Commission says sexualized AI images generated by X chatbot Grok are 'illegal'

The Globe and Mail - 3 days ago

Infinity Circadian® 4D DualFlex Massage Chair Review: Inside a High-End At-Home Wellness Experience

International Business Times - 3 days ago

Why are smart rings outpacing smartwatches despite late market entry?

Los Angeles Times - 3 days ago

@Grok, Did Venezuela 'Deserve It'?

The Atlantic - 3 days ago

Stewart Cheifet, PBS host who chronicled the PC revolution, dies at 87

Ars Technica - 3 days ago

Ofcom contacts X over 'serious concerns' about AI-generated 'sexualised images of children'

Sky News - 3 days ago

Amazon Alexa+ released to the general public via an early access website

Ars Technica - 3 days ago

The robot revolution -- Feature -- Advances in tech and AI are producing android machine workers. What will that mean for humans? -- The Week US

The Week - 3 days ago

SanDisk says goodbye to WD Blue and Black SSDs, hello to new "Optimus" drives

Ars Technica - 3 days ago

Elon Musk's X blasted by European regulators after Grok produced sexual pictures of kids

New York Post - 3 days ago

Drivers urged to not leave phone in car this week - cold weather tech tips revealed

Daily Express - 3 days ago

Google TV's big Gemini update adds image and video generation, voice control for settings

Ars Technica - 3 days ago

Elon Musk's Grok AI Generates Sexualized Images of Women Even When They Tell It to Stop

Breitbart - 3 days ago

Laser-blasted 'black metal' could make solar technology 15 times more efficient -- Owen Hughes

Live Science - 3 days ago

Malicious Chrome extensions caught stealing sensitive data

Fox News - 3 days ago

Is the AI boom a bubble waiting to pop? History suggests caution, but not panic

Los Angeles Times - 3 days ago

Live Updates From CES 2026 in Las Vegas 🔴 - Follow along with Gizmodo as we check out all the latest gadget announcements from the year's biggest, most-packed tech event, CES 2026. Gadgets - Raymond Wong, Kyle Barr, James Pero, Sasha Lekach, and Wes Davis

Gizmodo - 3 days ago

DoorDash CEO's expletive-laden response to viral claim app uses 'desperation score' to set driver pay

New York Post - 3 days ago

Mother of one of Elon Musk's sons 'horrified' at use of Grok to create fake sexualised images of her

Guardian UK - 3 days ago

AI billionaires still living with roommates in San Francisco as housing crisis grips city

New York Post - 3 days ago

Buying Guide -- Best sleep trackers 2026: From smart rings to fitness watches -- Kat Bayly -- Last updated

Live Science - 3 days ago

Hundreds of Earthquakes Are Rocking One of Earth's Most Dangerous Glaciers

Gizmodo - 3 days ago

Brits spend up to £1,200 on subscriptions but you can save £400 a year

Daily Express - 3 days ago

The Future Is Here: AI-Generated Police Report Claims Officer Turned into Frog

Breitbart - 3 days ago

Review -- Canon EOS R50 V review -- Gavin Stoker -- Published

Live Science - 3 days ago

Dramatic drop in Stack Overflow questions as devs look elsewhere for help

Register UK - 3 days ago

Elon Musk's Tesla Reports 16% Drop in Q4 EV Deliveries

Breitbart - 3 days ago

What to expect from CES 2026, the annual show of all things tech

One America News Network - 3 days ago

Seeing AI -- Microsoft Corporation

Gizmodo - 3 days ago

RunDiffusion -- Runnit

Gizmodo - 3 days ago

Nvidia to bring back old graphics cards as new ones get too expensive

Daily Express - 3 days ago

Can AI chatbots trigger psychosis in vulnerable people?

Fox News - 3 days ago

Why does orange juice taste bad after you brush your teeth? -- Linda Bartoshuk, George Washington University

The Conversation - 3 days ago

Russia says considering building small nuclear plants in Iran

Mehr News Agency - 3 days ago

What innovations in technology will change everyday life in 2026?

Evening Standard - 3 days ago

CES 2026: AI Companions — Cocomo and Inu Redefine Life Without 'Jobs'

International Business Times - 3 days ago

Grok let users post altered photos of minors in "minimal clothing" -- Grok, the chatbot developed by Elon Musk's company xAI, said it is fixing "lapses in safeguards" after social media users said it was generating sexualized photos of minors. -- Jan 2

CBS News - 3 days ago

Artificial Intelligence -- Even AI has trouble figuring out if text was written by AI - here's why

Live Science - 3 days ago

LG Pushing for Better AI Smart Home Integrations at CES 2026

International Business Times - 3 days ago

Psychologist Reveals Why We Ghost People

Newsweek - 3 days ago

Huge Samsung TV update confirmed and it will totally eclipse your current 4K screen

Daily Express - 3 days ago

Toronto-born entrepreneur wants to bring counter-drone tech home as Canada focuses on defence

The Globe and Mail - 3 days ago