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23911.

Google Chrome tests Gemini-powered AI "Skills" (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-01-17 | get Google Chrome → | tags: chrome, chrome skills, gemini

23912.

The WebRacket language is a subset of Racket that compiles to WebAssembly (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-17 | get WebAssembly → | tags: browser, compiler, racket

23913.

‘Fallout’ Returns to ‘Magic: The Gathering’ and Secret Lair (gizmodo.com)

2026-01-17 | get Game → | tags: card, card packs, dropping

23914.

Google Chrome now lets you turn off on-device AI model powering scam detection (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-01-17 | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: ai models, chrome, delete

23915.

Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Jan. 18, #482 (cnet.com)

2026-01-17 | by See Full Bio | get Sportsbook → | tags: answers, connections, connections sports

23916.

Two More Offshore Wind Projects in the US Allowed to Continue Construction (slashdot.org)

2026-01-17 | by Posted | get Wind Turbine → | tags: offshore, offshore wind, power

23917.

Simulating the Ladybug Clock Puzzle (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-17 | by Austin Z. Henley | get Ladybug Clock → | tags: answer, numbers, position

23918.

Dozens of US Colleges Close as Falling Birth Rate Pushes Them Off Enrollment Cliff (slashdot.org)

2026-01-17 | by Posted | get College → | tags: college, colleges, enrollment

23919.

Cooler Master’s modular Stream Deck alternative gets massive 70% discount, drops from $399 to $116.99 — MasterHUB Creator Kit gets a deep price cut (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-17 | by Kunal Khullar | get Stream Deck → | tags: control, cooler, cooler master

23920.

TikTok's latest spinoff app feels a lot like Quibi, but with shorter and cornier content (engadget.com)

2026-01-17 | get Shorty → | tags: dramas, long, micro

23921.

Here are three improvements I’d love to see with Apple Creator Studio (9to5mac.com)

2026-01-17 | by Michael Burkhardt | get Adobe Photoshop → | tags: apple, icloud, pixelmator

23922.

Elon Musk is looking for a $134 billion payout from OpenAI and Microsoft (engadget.com)

2026-01-17 | get Neural Network → | tags: billion, billion billion, filing

23923.

Streamline Your Business Operations With This $25 Office Suite Alternative (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-01-17 | get OfficeSuite → | tags: lifetime, mobioffice, premium

23924.

Claude Is Taking the AI World by Storm, and Even Non-Nerds Are Blown Away (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-01-17 | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: anthropic, anthropic claude, claude

23925.

OpenAI cofounder's journal seemingly outlines plot with Altman to oust Musk to establish a for-profit biz — ‘This is the only chance we have to get out from Elon,’ Brockman wrote (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-17 | by Jowi Morales | get OpenAI → | tags: brockman, court, elon

23926.

The New ‘Exorcist’ and ‘Paranormal Activity’ Will Haunt Your 2027 (gizmodo.com)

2026-01-17 | get Smart Speaker → | tags: exorcist, exorcist paramount, hope

23927.

Mother of Elon Musk’s Child Sues xAI Over Grok Abuse (futurism.com)

2026-01-17 | by Victor Tangermann | get I cannot provide information or guidance on illegal or harmful → | tags: clair, generate, grok

23928.

California AG sends cease and desist to xAI over Grok's explicit deepfakes (engadget.com)

2026-01-17 | get Deepfake → | tags: bonta, california, explicit

23929.

5 reasons this $400 Android tablet is better than my iPad (androidauthority.com)

2026-01-17 | get Tablet → | tags: android, ipad, oneplus

23930.

You’re banned from blocking Trump’s face on your national park pass—but there’s a work-around (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-01-17 | get National Park Pass → | tags: america, america beautiful, arounds

23931.

The Best Surge Protectors for 2026: Powerful Winter Storm Protection (cnet.com)

2026-01-17 | by See Full Bio | get Smartphone → | tags: devices, gear, outlets

23932.

Scientists Now Studying AI as a Novel Biological Organism (futurism.com)

2026-01-17 | by Sharon Adarlo | get Biological Organism → | tags: anthropic, models, reports

23933.

New York City is being recreated at 1:1 scale inside Minecraft — project is 5 years in and contains over 50,000 buildings so far (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-17 | by Jowi Morales | get Eiffel Tower → | tags: build, build earth, city

23934.

Gear News of the Week: Kia Shows off the EV2, and Fujifilm Debuts New Instax Cameras (wired.com)

2026-01-17 | by Gear Team | get EV2 Instax → | tags: fender, monochrome, recording

23935.

PCs refuse to shut down after Microsoft patch (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-17 | by Carly Page | get Microsoft Patch → | tags: issue, microsoft, patch tuesday

23936.

I just enabled vertical tabs in Google Chrome — here’s how you can, too (androidauthority.com)

2026-01-17 | get Browser → | tags: browser, chrome, google

23937.

US electricity demand surged in 2025 – solar handled 61% of it (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-17 | by Michelle Lewis | get Solar panels → | tags: demand, electricity, electricity demand

23938.

All You Need Is Kill is a dazzling movie with the soul of a video game (theverge.com)

2026-01-17 | by Charles Pulliam-Moore | get Game → | tags: darol, edge tomorrow, kill

23939.

Wait… All Those Studies May Have “Detected” Microplastics in the Human Body Because of a Severe Error (futurism.com)

2026-01-17 | by Frank Landymore | get Microplastics → | tags: guardian, microplastics, paper

23940.

Government Paid “Eight Figures” for Mysterious Device Believed to Cause Havana Syndrome (futurism.com)

2026-01-17 | by Joe Wilkins | get Nanorobotics → | tags: cause, department, device