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Sen. Warren, others urge FTC, DOJ to scrutinize tech AI 'acquihire' deals for antitrust violations (cnbc.com)

2026-02-04 | by Jonathan Vanian | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: deals, letter, senators

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Coalition demands federal Grok ban over nonconsensual sexual content (techcrunch.com)

2026-02-02 | by Rebecca Bellan | tags: administration, branch, grok

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How learning handwriting trains the brain: the science behind the cursive wars (feeds.nature.com)

2026-02-02 | by Lenharo | get Handwriting → | tags: brain, children, cursive

124.

A Crisis comes to Wordle: Reusing old words (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-01 | get Wordle → | tags: letter, letter words, list

125.

50 years ago, a young Bill Gates took on the 'software pirates' (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-01 | by David Cassel | get Microsoft Office → | tags: basic, computer, gates

126.

Silicon Valley Tech Workers Are Campaigning to Get ICE Out of US Cities (wired.com)

2026-01-30 | by Katie Drummond | get Smartphone → | tags: iceout, iceout tech, industry

127.

Microsoft is experimenting with a top menu bar for Windows 11 (theverge.com)

2026-01-30 | by Tom Warren | get Windows Bar → | tags: access, command, command palette

128.

Employers, please use postmarked letters for job applications (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-29 | get Email → | tags: application, applications, cost

129.

Trump Admin's Plans for $500 Million USIP Building May Violate Court Order, Say Former Workers (wired.com)

2026-01-29 | by Vittoria Elliott | get Smartphone → | tags: administration, board, building

130.

Tesla to invest $2B in Elon Musk’s xAI (techcrunch.com)

2026-01-28 | by Kirsten Korosec | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: investment, letter, musk

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Tesla invested $2B in Elon Musk’s xAI (techcrunch.com)

2026-01-28 | by Kirsten Korosec | get XAI → | tags: investment, letter, physical

132.

Amazon laying off about 16,000 corporate workers in latest anti-bureaucracy push (cnbc.com)

2026-01-28 | by Annie Palmer | get Amazon Layoffs → | tags: amazon, continue, cuts

133.

Tim Cook addresses Minneapolis shootings in internal memo: ‘time for deescalation’ (9to5mac.com)

2026-01-28 | by Marcus Mendes | get Smartphone → | tags: apple, cook, letter

134.

Low-power integrated optical amplification through second-harmonic resonance (feeds.nature.com)

2026-01-28 | by Dean | get Second-Harmonic Generator → | tags: et al, lett, optical

135.

AppLovin demands short-seller CapitalWatch retract 'conspiratorial' report (cnbc.com)

2026-01-27 | by Lola Murti | get Ad Exchange → | tags: applovin, capitalwatch, criminal

136.

The State-Led Crackdown on Grok and xAI Has Begun (wired.com)

2026-01-27 | by Maddy Varner | tags: grok, images, letter

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Tech workers call for CEOs to speak up against ICE after the killing of Alex Pretti (techcrunch.com)

2026-01-26 | by Rebecca Bellan | tags: agents, industry, leaders

138.

US Congress members call for 'thorough review' of EA's $55 billion sale (engadget.com)

2026-01-24 | get Microsoft Xbox → | tags: acquisition, deal, federal

139.

Proton spam and the AI consent problem (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-23 | by David Bushell | get ProtonMail → | tags: email, github, lumo

140.

Proton Spam and the AI Consent Problem (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-23 | by David Bushell | get ProtonMail → | tags: email, github, lumo

141.

The Ultra-Wealthy Are Demanding to Pay Higher Taxes (futurism.com)

2026-01-22 | by Joe Wilkins | get Cryptocurrency → | tags: letter, millionaires, rich

142.

As AI becomes pervasive, CTOs need to talk to clients and educate their bosses (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-01-22 | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: bonus newsletter, ceos, chief

143.

What We Know About the Winter Storm About to Hit the US—and What We Don’t (wired.com)

2026-01-21 | by Molly Taft | get Weather → | tags: rain, snow, states

144.

The potential for bridgmanite megacrysts to drive magma ocean segregation (feeds.nature.com)

2026-01-21 | by Deng | get Bridgmanite → | tags: crystal, earth, geophys

145.

Symmetry, microscopy and spectroscopy signatures of altermagnetism (feeds.nature.com)

2026-01-21 | by Jungwirth | get Altera Magnetometer → | tags: et al, lett, phys

146.

Microsoft PowerToys adds new CursorWrap mouse 'teleport' tool (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-01-20 | get CursorWrap → | tags: command, command palette, microsoft

147.

Letter from a Birmingham Jail (1963) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-19 | get Inkjet Printer → | tags: birmingham, birmingham jail, jail

148.

Benchmarks of Performance-core only Bartlett Lake CPU emerge, 10-core offers 26% faster multithreaded performance than 14-core i5-14400 — 12-core version launch could be imminent (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-17 | by Aaron Klotz | get CPU → | tags: bartlett, bartlett lake, core

149.

California AG sends Musk’s xAI a cease-and-desist order over sexual deepfakes (techcrunch.com)

2026-01-16 | by Lucas Ropek | tags: california, grok, letter

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OpenAI tells investors to brace for 'deliberately outlandish' claims from Musk ahead of trial (cnbc.com)

2026-01-16 | by Ashley Capoot Kate Rooney | get Neural Network → | tags: lawsuit, letter, musk