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20401.

Meta closes 550,000 accounts to comply with Australia's kids social media ban (engadget.com)

2026-01-12 | get Facebook → | tags: accounts, media, meta

20402.

Anker goes big with new whole home backup system (theverge.com)

2026-01-12 | by Thomas Ricker | get Power Bank → | tags: anker, battery, dock

20403.

Nearly lost, this famed sculpture gets a new life inside GM’s headquarters (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-01-12 | get Artichoke → | tags: artist, artist harry, bertoia

20404.

5 Hidden Tax Traps That Can Drain Your Profits — and How to Avoid Them (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-01-12 | get EFTPS → | tags: entrepreneurs, income, payments

20405.

Retro Apple emulator ported to $60 ESP32 microcontroller-powered touchscreen tablet — supports Mac OS8.1 and a virtual MC68040 CPU in major emulation leap (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-12 | by Mark Tyson | get MC68040 → | tags: basilisk, classic, emulation

20406.

X Faces U.K. Probe Over Grok’s Sexualized Images (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-01-12 | tags: ai service, communications, communications watchdog

20407.

Target's dev server offline after hackers claim to steal source code (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-01-12 | get GitHub → | tags: bleepingcomputer, code, internal

20408.

Shopify CEO vibe codes an MRI viewer (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-12 | get MRI Viewer → | tags: frontend, frontend skills, generate

20409.

Meta urges Australia to rethink under-16 social media ban after blocking over 500,000 accounts (cnbc.com)

2026-01-12 | by Sawdah Bhaimiya | get Facebook → | tags: apps, australian, government

20410.

Stop Turning Your Veggies to Mush. This Is How You Should Steam Them (cnet.com)

2026-01-12 | by See Full Bio | get Steamer → | tags: cooking, instant, instant pot

20411.

Get an entire RTX 5090 gaming PC for the same price as the GPU alone — $3,599 rig includes 9700X, 32GB of RAM, and a 2TB SSD in MSI's PC deal (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-12 | by Stewart Bendle | get RTX 5090 → | tags: card, deals, gaming

20412.

Powell's criminal investigation, Google's AI shopping push, Boeing deliveries and more in Morning Squawk (cnbc.com)

2026-01-12 | by Alex Harring | get Google Assistant → | tags: cnbc, getty, getty images

20413.

Astronomers Intrigued By Impossible Structure Around Dead Star (futurism.com)

2026-01-12 | by Frank Landymore | get Star → | tags: disc, dwarf, material

20414.

Ofcom investigates Elon Musk's X over Grok AI sexual deepfakes (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-01-12 | tags: grok, images, ofcom

20415.

Linux Hit a New All-Time High for Steam Market Share in December (slashdot.org)

2026-01-12 | by Posted | get Steam → | tags: december, high, linux

20416.

Launch a Debugging Terminal into GitHub Actions (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-12 | by Lawrence Gripper | get GitHub Actions Terminal → | tags: actions, actions vm, browser

20417.

Apple fights massive government overreach as India demands iOS source code (9to5mac.com)

2026-01-12 | by Ben Lovejoy | get iOS → | tags: apple, code, government

20418.

Managing the development of large software systems (1970) [pdf] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-12 | get Database → | tags: development, development large, large

20419.

Paramount sues after Warner Bros. Discovery rejects its latest deal (theverge.com)

2026-01-12 | by Emma Roth | get Streaming service → | tags: agreement, details, ellison

20420.

Microsoft sets a final date to kill off its beloved Lens PDF Scanner (androidauthority.com)

2026-01-12 | get PDF Viewer → | tags: google, lens, microsoft

20421.

Impeccable Style (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-12 | get Smartwatch → | tags: claude, claude cursor, codex

20422.

‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Fends Off ‘Primate’ At the Box Office (gizmodo.com)

2026-01-12 | get Firestorm → | tags: audiences, audiences went, bananas

20423.

PSA: Here’s why you shouldn’t let strangers with smart glasses use your phone (androidauthority.com)

2026-01-12 | get Smart Glasses → | tags: device, glasses, imei

20424.

UK regulator Ofcom opens a formal investigation into X over CSAM scandal (engadget.com)

2026-01-12 | get Content Moderation System → | tags: children, deepfakes, grok

20425.

Malaysia and Indonesia are the first to block Grok following CSAM scandal (engadget.com)

2026-01-12 | get Cloudflare → | tags: children, deepfakes, grok

20426.

Best Travel Cameras (2026), Tested and Reviewed (wired.com)

2026-01-12 | by Scott Gilbertson | get Camera → | tags: camera, cameras, great

20427.

iPhone market share now bigger than Samsung, not just due to iPhone 17 (9to5mac.com)

2026-01-12 | by Ben Lovejoy | get Smartphone → | tags: apple, growth, iphone

20428.

Micron addresses Crucial exit backlash: 'We are trying to help consumers around the world' — company warns that DRAM drought could last until at least 2028 (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-12 | by Stephen Warwick | get DRAM → | tags: consumers, dram, memory

20429.

Apple confirms Google Gemini will power Siri, says privacy remains a priority (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-01-12 | get Google → | tags: apple, cloud, foundation

20430.

10 Best Pet Cameras (2026), Tested With Our Pets (wired.com)

2026-01-12 | by Molly Higgins | get Smart Home → | tags: camera, color, features