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Elon Musk’s Boring Company to build Tesla tunnels under Nashville

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2026-01-17 23:56:16

The Boring Company, Elon Musk’s tunnel-digging company, and Tennessee Governor Bill Lee have announced a plan to build a 10-mile “loop” that will connect Nashville’s downtown and its convention center to the area’s airport. The project will be privately funded by The Boring Company “and its private partners,” according to the Governor’s press release, though those partners are not named. The Boring Company and local officials will now begin a “public process to evaluate potential routes, engage

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Meta, YouTube, TikTok fight back as Australia's social media restrictions for teens draw closer

techspot.com Rob Thubron 2026-01-18 04:51:00

In brief: After approving plans to ban those aged under 16 from using social media last year, the Australian government is now considering which of the platforms should be included in the new law. In response, the companies are looking for ways to avoid being added to the ban list, with methods ranging from pleas and security promises to thinly veiled legal threats. Social media platforms have long criticized Australia's ban on under-16s holding accounts. The law comes into effect this December

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Apple opens manufacturing academy in Detroit as Trump ramps up pressure to invest in U.S.

cnbc.com Kif Leswing 2026-01-18 04:00:01

US President Donald Trump (R) and Apple CEO Tim Cook (2nd L), with Senior Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump (L) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, tour the Flextronics computer manufacturing facility where Apple's Mac Pros are assembled in Austin, Texas, on November 20, 2019. Faced with intensifying pressure from President Donald Trump to bring more jobs to the U.S., Apple is opening a manufacturing program in downtown Detroit. The Apple Manufacturing Academy, which is being administer

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AI Datacenters Are Raising Nearby Residents' Electric Bills

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-18 04:04:46

If you're looking for someone to blame for your ballooning energy bills, we have an increasingly familiar culprit: AI data centers. A new analysis of one the US's largest power grids, PJM, found that a rise in customer energy rates is directly attributable to the tremendous power demands of these data facilities that undergird services like OpenAI's ChatGPT, the Washington Post reports. Serving 67 million customers, the PJM region covers just over a dozen states, including Indiana, Maryland, M

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Sparrow raises $35M Series B to automate the employee leave management nightmare

venturebeat.com Michael Nuñez 2026-01-18 04:00:00

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now Sparrow, the employee leave management technology company, announced Tuesday it raised $35 million in Series B funding led by Silver Lake Waterman, bringing the company’s total investment to $64 million as it capitalizes on the growing complexity of workplace leave compliance. The funding comes as companies grapple with an explosion of sta

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Cash App lets you pool money from friends through Apple Pay – no app required

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2026-01-18 04:24:54

One of the most popular uses for the Cash App is collecting payments from groups of friends, whether that’s an immediate need like paying a restaurant bill or a future one, like collecting money for a shared gift. The company has today announced a new feature which lets you ask friends to contribute to a money pool even if they don’t use the app … First, the company is formalizing a common use for the app with a Cash App pool feature. Cash App today announced the launch of pools, a new peer-t

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M4 MacBook Pro vs M4 MacBook Air: What $500 extra really gets you

9to5mac.com Fernando Silva 2026-01-18 04:47:33

Back-to-school time always brings some of the best deals on laptops, and this year is no exception. Amazon is offering insane deals on both the entry-level M4 MacBook Air ($799) and the baseline M4 MacBook Pro ($1299). While my gut reaction is in awe at how much power and value you get from the M4 MacBook Air at $799, after I stopped to think about it, the M4 MacBook Pro at $1299 could actually be the best bang for buck computer out on the market, but is it worth the $500 price difference? That

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Apple Manufacturing Academy opening in Detroit to support US businesses

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2026-01-18 04:50:09

A new Apple Manufacturing Academy has been announced by the company, launching in Detroit on August 19. The iPhone maker says it will offer free training in “smart manufacturing” for small and medium businesses from across the country. The initiative is working in partnership with Michigan State University, and will include Apple engineers among the trainers … The company made the announcement this morning: Apple will open its all-new Apple Manufacturing Academy in Detroit on Tuesday, August

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Want AI agents to work together? The Linux Foundation has a plan

zdnet.com Steven Vaughan-Nichols 2026-01-18 04:00:22

MR.Cole_Photographer/Getty With the rise of AI agents, AI programs that can perform tasks for you without being explicitly told how to carry out every individual step, a problem has arisen. It's an old one in tech circles: Interoperability. How do you get AI agents to work together? One answer is Cisco's AGNTCY (pronounced "agency") project. To prevent AI agency fragmentation, Cisco has donated the AGNTCY project to the Linux Foundation. The Thai project is backed by numerous industry heavywei

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Is AI overhyped or underhyped? 6 tips to separate fact from fiction

zdnet.com Joe Mckendrick 2026-01-18 04:20:19

Mininyx Doodle / Getty Images Who do you believe when it comes to the potential impact of artificial intelligence? An MIT Nobel laureate economist or the former CEO of the world's biggest tech company? MIT economist Daron Acemoglu, for his part, says the current hype is way over the top. AI might profitably automate only 5% of tasks and add just 1% to global GDP over the coming decade, he said in a recent MIT Sloan presentation. Acemoglu also asserted that AI's potential is less clear than the

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I tested Sony's 98-inch Bravia Mini LED TV for week - and here's who should buy the $6,000 model

zdnet.com Chris Bayer 2026-01-18 04:39:00

Sony recently sent us the 2025 Bravia 5 TV, this one with a 98-inch screen and weighing in at 158 pounds. It goes without saying that this TV is a beast -- an expensive one. And the Bravia 5 is not even considered the company's flagship model (you can look to the Bravia 8 II for that). But this TV is impressive, and after testing it for a week, I'll explain why. Also: You should turn off this default TV setting ASAP - and why even experts recommend it The Bravia 5 is a Google TV, so setting up

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5 reasons why Firefox is still my favorite browser - and deserves more respect

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2026-01-18 04:55:56

Finally, there's something to be said for supporting the underdog. In the Windows desktop browser arena, Chrome is still the top dog by far (though some of the upcoming AI-based browsers may start nipping at its heels). Edge is in second place. That puts Firefox in third. But I think the browser should be defined by much more than its third-place status. Unlike Google and Microsoft, which are major corporate giants, the Mozilla Foundation is a nonprofit organization with a strong bent toward o

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Ask HN: How will the OSA affect small Mastodon instances?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-18 03:40:13

I am not currently a user of Mastodon, but I have some interest in the project. I was looking at some stuff that seemed to indicate to me that the OSA could make it difficult to self host Mastodon without providing age verification. I was then reading the provisions and realsised that it didn't really affect you unless you have at least 3 million monthly users, so in theory would not affect self hosters with only a few users. But then I thought that if you are federated with a very large instanc

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Bat-Mite Is No Longer Canon in James Gunn’s DCU

gizmodo.com Gordon Jackson 2026-01-18 04:00:52

Thunderbolts director Jake Schreier talks X-Men, Eddie Murphy provides an update on Shrek 5, and Alien: Earth introduces a “ruthless” cyborg. Your bongo to Theed is now arriving; it’s Morning Spoilers! Shrek 5/Donkey In conversation with Screen Rant, Eddie Murphy confirmed he’s “still in the booth” recording lines for Shrek 5 before beginning work on a Donkey spinoff movie this September. We’re still in the booth, and literally, we’re still doing Shrek. We start in September on Donkey, we’re

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I Tested the Galaxy Z Flip 7 and It Impressed Me in Every Way but One

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-18 03:00:00

CNET’s expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. 8.3 / 10 SCORE Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 Pros The 6.9-inch screen is immersive, with lovely colors and contrast The 4.1-inch screen looks incredible It's durable and survived a drop onto concrete One UI 8 (Android 16) runs wonderfully $1,100 is still a lot, but Samsung gives the phone more value than the Flip 6 Cons Gets warm when recording videos and pl

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What's the Difference Between Megabits and Megabytes? Here's What You Need to Know

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-18 03:00:00

Knowing how your home internet works may rely on understanding these two key terms: Megabits and Megabytes. Internet terminology is often maddeningly confusing. Case in point: Megabits and megabytes. Both refer to units of digital information, but the difference is subtle enough to cause plenty of confusion. Knowing the difference between the two terminologies can make all the difference when picking out an internet plan or figuring out how quickly you can download a file. Don’t worry -- we’ll c

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Xbox Game Pass Adds Grounded 2 and Other Games This Month

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-18 03:00:05

The award-winning, quirky survival game Grounded is like the game version of the classic '80s comedy film, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. And Xbox Game Pass subscribers can get early access to that game's sequel, Grounded 2, now. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, a CNET Editors' Choice award pick, offers hundreds of games you can play on your Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One and PC or mobile device for $20 a month. A subscription gives you access to a large library of games, with new ones, including Do

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Trump promised a drilling boom, but US energy industry hasn’t been interested

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-18 04:26:37

“We will drill, baby, drill,” President Donald Trump declared at his inauguration on January 20. Echoing the slogan that exemplified his energy policies during the campaign, he made his message clear: more oil and gas, lower prices, greater exports. Six months into Trump’s second term, his administration has little to show on that score. Output is ticking up, but slower than it did under the Biden administration. Pump prices for gasoline have bobbed around where they were in inauguration week.

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Cash App now lets you pool money with friends who don’t use the app

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2026-01-18 04:00:00

Cash App is introducing a new peer-to-peer feature that allows you to pool money together for group payments, even with people who aren’t Cash App users. When a pool is created, the organizer can request contributions with in-app “$Cashtag” invitations, or via texts and shareable links for group members who use Apple Pay and Google Pay. “We know that many of our customers already use the platform as a way to collect payments from groups,” Cash App product design head Cameron Worboys said in the

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Can a bird store and reproduce data? A starling may have proven it's possible

techspot.com Daniel Sims 2026-01-18 09:03:00

WTF?! While researchers previously theorized that homing pigeons could transport data faster than gigabit internet in certain scenarios, a birder recently explored how birdsong might store and reproduce data. More research is needed to fully explore the phenomenon, but the possibilities are intriguing. A recent YouTube video from birder Benn Jordan explains how a songbird retained and reproduced information from a PNG image file, theoretically enabling data transfers reaching 2 MB/s. The feat i

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Sony sues Tencent over blatant Horizon Zero Dawn clone, Light of Motiram

techspot.com Rob Thubron 2026-01-18 09:46:00

What just happened? In a move that is only surprising because of how long it's taken, Sony has launched a lawsuit against Tencent over a game that looks so much like Horizon Zero Dawn it's hard to believe it isn't a sequel. Light of Motiram is described by the Japanese company as a "slavish clone" of the popular robot-dinosaur-fighting adventure games, which is an accurate description. Gamers were excited to see what everyone assumed was another entry in the Horizon Zero Dawn series last Novemb

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Meta's AI spending spree is Wall Street's focus in second-quarter earnings

cnbc.com Jonathan Vanian 2026-01-18 09:00:01

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms Inc., arrives for the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 25, 2024. Meanwhile, revenue growth in the second quarter likely slowed to 15%, down from 22% a year earlier, according to LSEG. It would be the slowest rate of expansion for the company since early 2023, and analysts are expecting lower levels of growth in the coming quarters. Although Meta's AI talent grab may not result in the company raising its projection for 2025 total expe

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5 phones you should buy instead of the Galaxy Z Flip 7 FE

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-18 06:00:50

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Samsung’s new folding phones are all officially on sale, meaning you can now readily get your hands on the Galaxy Z Fold 7, Galaxy Z Flip 7, and Galaxy Z Flip 7 FE. The Fold 7 and Flip 7 are both shaping up to be excellent upgrades, but the Flip 7 FE is quite strange. The Galaxy Z Flip 7 FE is Samsung’s first attempt at a “budget” foldable, and while the intent behind the phone is good, the execution leaves a lot to be desired. The Flip 7 FE is essentially a

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Apple @ Work Podcast: Solving access management and control for small businesses

9to5mac.com Bradley C 2026-01-18 09:00:00

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Spotify hits 696M users, but returned to making a loss

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2026-01-18 09:11:44

Spotify has posted its latest earnings report, stating that both paid and free users were up more than 10% year-on-year, but the company returned to making a loss … Spotify announced solid growth in both subscribers and revenue: Subscribers climbed 12% Y/Y to 276 million. climbed 12% Y/Y to 276 million. Monthly Active Users grew 11% Y/Y to 696 million. grew 11% Y/Y to 696 million. Total Revenue increased 10% Y/Y to €4.2 billion. increased 10% Y/Y to €4.2 billion. Gross Margin improved by 22

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Oakley Meta glasses review: A familiar formula with some upgrades

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-18 09:00:26

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . If you're at all familiar with Meta's Ray-Ban-branded smart glasses, there won't be many surprises when it comes to its latest Oakley frames. The Oakley Meta glasses rely heavily on what's already been a successful playbook for the company: the style of a popular eyewear brand mixed wi

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Anthropic Faces Potentially "Business-Ending" Copyright Lawsuit

news.ycombinator.com Garrison Lovely 2026-01-18 08:41:26

This piece has been updated to add additional context and clarify some details. Anthropic, the AI startup that’s long presented itself as the industry’s safe and ethical choice, is now facing legal penalties that could bankrupt the company. Damages resulting from its mass use of pirated books would likely exceed a billion dollars, with the statutory maximum stretching into the hundreds of billions. Last week, William Alsup, a federal judge in San Francisco, certified a class action lawsuit aga

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Anker is no longer selling 3D Printers

news.ycombinator.com Sean Hollister 2026-01-14 04:19:26

is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. In March, charging giant Anker announced it would spin out its 3D printer business into an “independent sub-brand,” stating that the new EufyMake would “continue to provide comprehensive customer service and support” for its original 3D printers the AnkerMake M5 and M5C. Now, the 3D printing community is wondering whether that was all a eu

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Age Verification Laws Send VPN Use Soaring–and Threaten the Open Internet

news.ycombinator.com Lily Hay Newman 2026-01-18 08:09:18

After the United Kingdom’s Online Safety Act went into effect on Friday, requiring porn platforms and other adult content sites to implement user age verification mechanisms, use of virtual private networks (VPNs) and other circumvention tools spiked in the UK over the weekend. Experts had expected the surge, given that similar trends have been visible in other countries that have implemented age check laws. But as a new wave of age check regulations debuts, open internet advocates warn that th

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Sendblue (YC S23) is hiring senior engineers

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-18 09:01:11

Tell us your understanding of our technical challenges and how your experience with Node.js, Express, and PostgreSQL can help us overcome them. We’re eager to learn how you can contribute to both our rapid shipping velocity and our commitment to high-quality, SQL-driven backend systems. Sendblue lets businesses send iMessage from inside their CRM. When it comes to sales, authenticity is everything, and green bubbles aren’t cutting it anymore. In order to get a lead with an iPhone to actually r

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