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‘Starfleet Academy’ Begins With Something Old and Something New (gizmodo.com)

2026-01-15 | get Galaxy → | tags: academy, academy twin, beta

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I cloned a ‘digital twin’ of myself with AI. He’s convincing enough to fool my mom (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-01-15 | get Virtual assistant → | tags: born, born child, child

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Wikimedia announces AI partners including Meta and Microsoft (engadget.com)

2026-01-15 | get OpenStreetMap → | tags: advertisement, enterprise, partners

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After Being Pillaged By AI Companies, Wikipedia Signs Deal to Get Paid By Them (futurism.com)

2026-01-15 | by Frank Landymore | get Wikipedia → | tags: deals, told, training

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Wikipedia signs major AI firms to new priority data access deals (arstechnica.com)

2026-01-15 | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: access, enterprise, wikimedia

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Wikipedia signs AI training deals with Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon (arstechnica.com)

2026-01-15 | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: deals, enterprise, foundation

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Wikipedia Signs AI Licensing Deals On Its 25th Birthday (slashdot.org)

2026-01-15 | by Posted | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: deals, enterprise, foundation

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Wikimedia Foundation announces new AI partnerships with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Perplexity, and others (techcrunch.com)

2026-01-15 | by Sarah Perez | get OpenSource → | tags: birthday, enterprise, foundation

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Wikimedia Foundation announces new AI partnerships with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Perplexity and others (techcrunch.com)

2026-01-15 | by Sarah Perez | get OpenStreetMap → | tags: birthday, enterprise, foundation

880.

Poking holes into bytecode with peephole optimisations (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-15 | get Peephole Optimizations → | tags: optimisation, peephole, registerallocator

881.

I spent a year on Linux and forgot to miss Windows (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-15 | by Stevie Bonifield | get Linux → | tags: apps, linux, windows

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Amazon’s ‘God of War’ Show Has Found Its Kratos (gizmodo.com)

2026-01-15 | get God of War → | tags: brad, brad winderbaum, marvel

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Livestream: Welcome to the Chinese Century (wired.com)

2026-01-15 | by Sandra Upson | get Smartwatch → | tags: access, biggest, china

884.

This ideal distro for Linux newbies includes a bonus for Windows users (zdnet.com)

2026-01-15 | by Jack Wallen | get Linux Mint → | tags: desktop, kde plasma, linux

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Clean energy is still booming in the U.S. despite Trump’s best efforts (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-01-15 | get Solar panels → | tags: batteries, capacity, energy

886.

Is Elon Musk losing the space cellphone war? (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-01-15 | get Smartphone → | tags: allowing, allowing post, atacama

887.

Wikipedia’s Existential Threats Feel Greater Than Ever (wired.com)

2026-01-15 | by Stephen Harrison | get Wikipedia → | tags: foundation, human, online

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I spent a year on Linux and forgot to miss Windows (theverge.com)

2026-01-15 | by Stevie Bonifield | get Linux → | tags: apps, linux, windows

889.

X blocks Grok from generating revealing images of real people after deepfake backlash (techspot.com)

2026-01-15 | get Deepfake → | tags: account, account allowing, account read

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X says it has blocked Grok from editing images of real people into revealing clothing (techspot.com)

2026-01-15 | get Facial Recognition System → | tags: account, account allowing, account read

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Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon are paying up for ‘enterprise’ access to Wikipedia (theverge.com)

2026-01-15 | by Emma Roth | get Wikipedia API → | tags: becker, foundation, wikimedia

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China’s Alibaba Links Qwen AI App to Vast Consumer Ecosystem (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-01-15 | get E-commerce platform → | tags: alibaba, alibaba group, allowing

893.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Drops Long-Awaited Update One Day Early (cnet.com)

2026-01-14 | by See Full Bio | get Virtual Pet → | tags: island, items, nintendo

894.

Sun Position Calculator (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-14 | get Smartwatch → | tags: earth, position, solar

895.

‘Marty Supreme’ Almost Ended With an Actual Vampire (gizmodo.com)

2026-01-14 | get Vampire Killer → | tags: award, award winning, chalamet

896.

Forget Shure: I recommend this flexible mic for podcasts and meetings, especially at its price (zdnet.com)

2026-01-14 | by Jack Wallen | get Microphone → | tags: best, maono, sound

897.

This distro makes it easy to switch from Windows to Linux - here's how (zdnet.com)

2026-01-14 | by Jack Wallen | get Linux Distro → | tags: keyboard, linux, password

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U.S. posts official H200 and MI325X AI GPU export rules to China, but with plenty of caveats — a string of requirments greatly limits the total number of GPUs that can be shipped to China (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-14 | by Anton Shilov | get GPU → | tags: bandwidth, china, hardware

899.

The Unbearable Frustration of Figuring Out APIs (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-14 | get APIs → | tags: input, language, print

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Edge of Emulation: Game Boy Sewing Machines (2020) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-14 | get Sewing Machine → | tags: coordinates, game, game boy