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33001.

Grok targeted in UK law over sexually-explicit AI image generation — UK will begin prosecuting illegal prompting this week (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-12 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: grok, illegal, just

33002.

Heading out to protest? Disable your phone's biometrics, and 6 more ways to protect your privacy (zdnet.com)

2026-01-12 | by Charlie Osborne | get Smartphone → | tags: device, mobile, phone

33003.

Update on age requirements for apps distributed in Texas (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-12 | by Apple Inc. | get App Store → | tags: announced, developers, help developers

33004.

Fabrice Bellard's TS Zip (2024) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-12 | get Smartwatch → | tags: bytes, bytes bpb, compression

33005.

Adobe Firefly gets GPT-Image 1.5 support and temporary unlimited image generation (9to5mac.com)

2026-01-12 | by Marcus Mendes | get Adobe Photoshop → | tags: adobe, adobe firefly, credits

33006.

Protect Your iPhone From Potential Attacks by Downloading iOS 26.2 Now (cnet.com)

2026-01-12 | by See Full Bio | get iPhone → | tags: alerts, apple, glass

33007.

Researchers Discover Previously Unknown Species in Utah’s Great Salt Lake (gizmodo.com)

2026-01-12 | get Microchip → | tags: crazy, crazy ideas, ideas

33008.

Elon Musk’s NSFW Grok AI chatbot is forcing countries to take this extreme step (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-01-12 | tags: ai essentially, girls, girls women

33009.

Navigating Privacy and Cybersecurity Laws in 2026 Will Prove Difficult (darkreading.com)

2026-01-12 | get Cloud → | tags: challenges, challenges persist, clear

33010.

These 8 audio products at CES 2026 were so impressive, I had to listen twice (zdnet.com)

2026-01-12 | by Jada Jones | get Smart Speaker → | tags: affect, does, does affect

33011.

Alphabet’s Wing Adds 150 Walmart Stores to Drone Delivery Program (gizmodo.com)

2026-01-12 | get Amazon → | tags: adds, adds walmart, alphabet

33012.

January 2026’s Pixel update is here to fix noisy ringback tones and battery drain issues (androidauthority.com)

2026-01-12 | get Google Pixel → | tags: looks, patch, pixel

33013.

Norway Reaches 97% EV Sales as EVs Now Outnumber Diesels On Its Roads (slashdot.org)

2026-01-12 | by Posted | get Electric Vehicle → | tags: knows, knows talking, mathematics

33014.

42 bewildered Amazon customers duped by $999 RTX 5090 scam, sent fanny packs instead — bait-and-switch deployed by seemingly reputable buyer (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-12 | by Zhiye Liu | get Fanny pack → | tags: amazon, buyers, card

33015.

$999 RTX 5090 GPU scam claims 42 victims — fanny-pack bait-and-switch tactic employed by top-rated Amazon seller (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-12 | by Zhiye Liu | get GPU RTX → | tags: amazon, geforce, geforce rtx

33016.

Meta Creates High-Powered Team to Oversee AI Infrastructure Buildout (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-01-12 | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: company phase, growth, help lead

33017.

Switching water sources improved hygiene of Pompeii’s public baths (arstechnica.com)

2026-01-12 | get Aqueducts → | tags: aqueduct, baths, city

33018.

Paramount Is Going Full Borg to Try and Stop the Netflix-Warner Bros. Merger (gizmodo.com)

2026-01-12 | get Streaming service → | tags: ahold, ahold warner, bros

33019.

New Research Exposes the Good and the Gross in Pompeii’s Baths (gizmodo.com)

2026-01-12 | get Aqueducts → | tags: ancient, ancient city, city

33020.

How Chevron played the long game for Venezuela’s oil reserves (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-01-12 | get Oil Reserves → | tags: acquired, acquired property, aftermath

33021.

Supreme Court takes case that could strip FCC of authority to issue fines (arstechnica.com)

2026-01-12 | get Internet → | tags: carriers, circuit, court

33022.

Anker's New Home Backup Lets You Use Battery, Solar and a Generator to Power Your Home (cnet.com)

2026-01-12 | by See Full Bio | get Power Bank → | tags: anker, backup, home

33023.

Waymo passenger flees after car drives on Phoenix light rail tracks (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-12 | get Autonomous vehicle → | tags: light, light rail, maynard

33024.

What a new law and an investigation could mean for Grok AI deepfakes (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-01-12 | get Deepfake → | tags: government, grok, images

33025.

Apps like Grok are explicitly banned under Google’s rules—why is it still in the Play Store? (arstechnica.com)

2026-01-12 | get Google Maps → | tags: apps, google, grok

33026.

China is Geoengineering Deserts With Blue-Green Algae (slashdot.org)

2026-01-12 | by Posted | get Bioengineered algae → | tags: according china, china, china science

33027.

Claude Cowork automates complex tasks for you now - at your own risk (zdnet.com)

2026-01-12 | by Webb Wright | get Automate → | tags: anthropic, blog, blog post

33028.

China Just Built Its Own Time System for the Moon (gizmodo.com)

2026-01-12 | get Space Station → | tags: clocks, clocks earth, earth

33029.

How we rate deals at ZDNET in 2026 (zdnet.com)

2026-01-12 | by Kayla Solino | get Cloud → | tags: deal, deal rating, deals

33030.

Anthropic made a version of its coding AI for regular people (engadget.com)

2026-01-12 | get Neuralink → | tags: access, anthropic, claude