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The $100B megadeal between OpenAI and Nvidia is on ice
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January 31, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Kimi K2.5 Technical Report [pdf]
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Kimi-K2.5/tech_report.pdf at master · MoonshotAI/Kimi-K2.5
Moonshot's most powerful model. Contribute to MoonshotAI/Kimi-K2.5 development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:05 AM
HTTP Cats
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HTTP Cats
API for HTTP Cats
http.cat
January 31, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Maine’s ‘Lobster Lady’ who fished for nearly a century dies aged 105
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Maine’s ‘Lobster Lady’ who fished for nearly a century dies aged 105
Virginia ‘Ginny’ Oliver, had entered the business when she was eight and liked ‘being along the water’
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Microsoft 365 now tracks you in real time?
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RIP Privacy: Microsoft 365 Now Tracks Your Real-Time Location | ZTechTalk
Microsoft just handed bosses the ultimate tracking tool. Here is why the 'cover for me' excuse is officially dead and how 365 monitors you.
ztechtalk.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Antirender: remove the glossy shine on architectural renderings
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AntiRender - Reality Hits Different
Transform idealized architectural renders into what they'll actually look like. No sunshine. No happy families. Just cold, honest reality.
antirender.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:00 AM
How AI assistance impacts the formation of coding skills
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How AI assistance impacts the formation of coding skills
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
www.anthropic.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Netflix Animation Studios Joins the Blender Development Fund as Corporate Patron
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Netflix Animation Studios joins the Blender Development Fund as Corporate Patron — Blender
A historic first for the animation industry!
www.blender.org
January 30, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Tesla’s autonomous vehicles are crashing at a rate much higher tha human drivers
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Tesla's own Robotaxi data confirms crash rate 3x worse than humans even with monitor
Tesla’s nascent robotaxi program is off to a rough start. New NHTSA crash data, combined with Tesla’s new disclosure of...
electrek.co
January 30, 2026 at 8:00 PM
GOG: Linux "the next major frontier" for gaming as it works on a native client
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GOG calls Linux "the next major frontier" for gaming as it works on a native client
Good for Good Old Games.
www.xda-developers.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Drug trio found to block tumour resistance in pancreatic cancer in mouse models
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Drug trio found to block tumour resistance in pancreatic cancer models
Explore groundbreaking research on pancreatic cancer treatment that shows promise in inducing complete tumour regression.
www.drugtargetreview.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:00 PM
OpenClaw – Moltbot Renamed Again
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Introducing OpenClaw — OpenClaw Blog
The journey from Clawd to Moltbot to OpenClaw—and why this name is here to stay.
openclaw.ai
January 30, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Grid: Free, local-first, browser-based 3D printing/CNC/laser slicer
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Grid.Space for Education - STEM Learning Tools
Free browser-based tools for STEM/STEAM education. No installations, no accounts, no costs. Perfect for classrooms, makerspaces, and learning labs.
grid.space
January 30, 2026 at 2:00 PM
In 6 violent encounters, evidence contradicts immigration officials' narratives
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January 30, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Tesla is committing automotive suicide
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Tesla is committing automotive suicide
Tesla's Q4 2025 earnings call made one thing painfully clear: the company is no longer interested in being an automaker.
electrek.co
January 30, 2026 at 11:00 AM
AGENTS.md outperforms skills in our agent evals
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AGENTS.md outperforms skills in our agent evals - Vercel
A compressed 8KB docs index in AGENTS.md achieved 100% on Next.js 16 API evals. Skills maxed at 79%. Here's what we learned and how to set it up.
vercel.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:00 AM
A lot of population numbers are fake
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A lot of population numbers are fake
Do we have any idea how many people there are in the world?
davidoks.blog
January 30, 2026 at 8:00 AM
PlayStation 2 Recompilation Project Is Absolutely Incredible
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Playstation 2 Recompilation Project Is Absolutely Incredible – RedGamingTech
redgamingtech.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:00 AM
County pays $600k to pentesters it arrested for assessing courthouse security
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County pays $600,000 to pentesters it arrested for assessing courthouse security
Settlement comes more than 6 years after Gary DeMercurio and Justin Wynn's ordeal began.
arstechnica.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Waymo robotaxi hits a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica
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Waymo robotaxi hits a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica | TechCrunch
The child, whose age is not public, sustained minor injuries according to Waymo. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating.
techcrunch.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Project Genie: Experimenting with infinite, interactive worlds
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Project Genie: Experimenting with infinite, interactive worlds
Google AI Ultra subscribers in the U.S. can now try out Project Genie.
blog.google
January 30, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Android’s desktop interface leaks
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Android's full desktop interface leaks: New status bar, Chrome Extensions, more [Video]
A Google bug report on the Chromium Issue Tracker today has inadvertently leaked the Android desktop interface for the first time.
9to5google.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:05 PM
The tech market is fundamentally fucked up and AI is just a scapegoat
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The Tech Market is Fundamentally Fucked Up - AI is Just a Scapegoat
The Tech Market is Fundamentally Fucked Up - AI is Just a Scapegoat
bayramovanar.substack.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:05 PM