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Stanford's holographic AI glasses are coming for your clunky VR headset

zdnet.com David Gewirtz 2026-01-26 16:26:17

Over the past couple of years, with the introduction of the Apple Vision Pro and the Meta Quest 3, I've become a believer in the potential of mixed reality. First, and this was a big concern for me, it's possible to use VR headsets without barfing. Second, some of the applications are truly amazing, especially the entertainment. While the ability to watch a movie on a giant screen is awesome, the fully immersive 3D experiences on the Vision Pro are really quite compelling. In this article, I'm

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Will online safety laws become the next tariff bargaining chip?

theverge.com Lauren Feiner 2026-01-26 16:49:31

is a senior policy reporter at The Verge, covering the intersection of Silicon Valley and Capitol Hill. She spent 5 years covering tech policy at CNBC, writing about antitrust, privacy, and content moderation reform. President Donald Trump and other Republicans have railed for years against foreign regulation of US tech companies, including online safety laws. As the US fights a global tariff war, it may bring those rules under fire — just as some of them are growing teeth. Over the past weeks

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YouTube loosens profanity rules for monetized videos

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2026-01-26 16:01:21

YouTube is tweaking its profanity-related rules to allow creators to monetize videos with swearing in them, provided the profanity is contained to the first seven seconds of the video. In November 2022, YouTube changed its rules so that creators who used swear words in the first 8-15 seconds would potentially be ineligible for any ad revenue. After much backlash, the company changed its rules again in March 2023 so that such videos would be eligible for limited ad revenue, unless they use profa

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Palo Alto Networks stock falls 8% after announcing $25 billion Cyberark deal

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2026-01-26 21:59:50

Palo Alto Networks will take over Israeli identity security provider CyberArk in a deal valued at roughly $25 billion. The California-based cybersecurity company will pay shareholders $45 apiece for 2.2005 shares of CyberArk, representing a 26% premium to its share price Friday. The deal is expected to close during Palo Alto Networks' fiscal year 2026. Shares of Palo Alto fell more than 8% Wednesday, building on a 5% loss from Tuesday. CyberArk's stock dipped about 2%. Palo Alto CEO and chair

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Nightfall launches ‘Nyx,’ an AI that automates data loss prevention at enterprise scale

venturebeat.com Michael Nuñez 2026-01-26 21:00:00

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 Nightfall AI launched the industry’s first autonomous data loss prevention platform Wednesday, introducing an AI agent that automatically investigates security incidents and tunes policies without human intervention — a breakthrough that could reshape how enterprises protect sensitive information in an era of expanding cyber threats. The S

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Watch and learn, Samsung: This Galaxy Ring competitor now predicts your chances of falling sick

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-26 21:00:43

Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority TL;DR Circular’s smart ring is getting a new Immunity Index that measures your defense against diseases. It accounts for your vitals and gives you a rating on a scale of 0–8. The feature is rolling out to the companion app for the first-gen Circular Ring and will be available for the Ring 2, which is expected to be available soon. Even though the smart ring market is still niche, the entry of big players like Samsung with its Galaxy Ring has set it into mot

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Your Circular Ring just got a big health tracking update - for free

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2026-01-26 21:00:17

French smart ring brand Circular has launched its Immunity Index feature that could notify you ahead of your next cold. The feature, available on the smart ring's app, uses health data the ring already aggregates, such as heart rate variability, resting heart rate, sleep-breathing regularity, and temperature stability, to predict strain on the body ahead of illness. Also: This subscription-free smart ring gave my Oura a run for its money (and it's cheaper too) Immunity Index monitors these bi

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TikTok videos are about to get crowdsourced fact checks on them

theverge.com Emma Roth 2026-01-26 21:31:33

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. TikTok is officially rolling out Footnotes, a community fact-checking program that’s supposed to add helpful context to videos. With this update, US-based users will start seeing Footnotes on videos in the coming weeks, and will also get the option to rate them. After allowing people to join the Footnotes pilot in April, TikTok says almost 80,000 u

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Wallpaper Wednesday: More great phone wallpapers for all to share (July 30)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-27 02:30:07

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Welcome to Wallpaper Wednesday! In this weekly roundup, we’ll give you a handful of Android wallpapers you can download and use on your phone, tablet, or even your laptop/PC. The images will come from folks here at Android Authority as well as our readers. All are free to use and come without watermarks. File formats are JPG and PNG, and we’ll provide images in both landscape and portrait modes, so they’ll be optimized for various screens. For the newest wall

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TikTok gets long-overdue fact-checking, plus new parental controls

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2026-01-27 02:23:47

Video streaming platform TikTok is finally introducing fact-checking, in the form of TikTok Footnotes – the equivalent to X’s Community Notes. This is initially available in the US only. The company has also announced new parental controls, aimed at giving oversight of both TikTok consumption and uploads by teens … Community Notes have played a valuable role on the social network formerly known as Twitter. Hoaxes and disinformation has been a growing problem on X, and the Community Notes featu

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YouTube will no longer limit ads on videos that drop the f-bomb early

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-27 02:45:19

YouTube has changed its ad guideline policy surrounding swear words, allowing creators a bit more freedom than before. In a video announcement, YouTube's head of monetization, Conor Kavanagh, said that videos containing stronger profanity such as f-bombs in the first seven seconds are now eligible for full monetization. In 2022, YouTube introduced a policy that would flag videos using profane language in the first several seconds as ineligible for advertising. It relaxed that rule a bit in 2023.

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US fertility rate fell to a record low in 2024, mirroring a global trend

techspot.com Rob Thubron 2026-01-27 11:19:00

In a nutshell: The CDC released data this month that shows the US fertility rate fell to an all-time low in 2024, but the number of babies that were born last year increased YoY. It means that while there were more births overall, a smaller percentage of women of childbearing age are having children. There were 3.6 million babies born in the US in 2024, up 1% compared to the previous year, according to the CDC's data. But the general fertility rate – the number of live births per 1,000 women of

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Tired of Google Photos filling up your cloud? A new backup setting could help (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-27 10:16:49

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Photos could soon introduce a new feature allowing users to back up only their favorite photos and videos. This feature could provide a middle ground between full auto-backup and manual selection, saving storage space. Google Photos is a great photo editing and media management app. I have a Google One subscription, so I turn on Google Photos cloud backup on all my devices, which automatically backs up every photo and video I take. It’s a handy

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Footnotes, TikTok’s crowdsourced fact-checks, launches in the US

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2026-01-27 12:00:00

TikTok on Wednesday announced the public launch of Footnotes, a crowdsourced fact-checking system similar to X and Meta’s Community Notes feature. The technology will initially roll out to U.S. users as a pilot program, allowing contributors to both write and rate Footnotes on TikTok videos. All U.S. TikTok users are able to view the notes that have been rated as helpful and submit their own ratings in return. The company first announced its plans to test Footnotes in April. At the time, it de

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Apple slams DOJ lawsuit: ’threatens the very principles that set iPhone apart’

9to5mac.com Chance Miller 2026-01-27 11:20:00

The US Department of Justice formally sued Apple in March 2024, accusing the company of having a “smartphone monopoly.” Apple has voiced its opposition to the case many times over the last year. Now, it has officially filed its answer to the DOJ’s antitrust complaint, pushing back forcefully against the DOJ’s allegations. As a refresher, the DOJ’s antitrust lawsuit focuses on five major aspects of the iPhone experience: super apps, cloud streaming games, third-party messaging apps, third-party

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AI vs. AI: Prophet Security raises $30M to replace human analysts with autonomous defenders

venturebeat.com Michael Nuñez 2026-01-27 20:39:24

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 Prophet Security, a startup developing autonomous artificial intelligence systems for cybersecurity defense, announced Tuesday it has raised $30 million in Series A funding to accelerate what its founders describe as a fundamental shift from human-versus-human to “agent-versus-agent” warfare in cybersecurity. The Menlo Park-based company’s

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AI in Wyoming may soon use more electricity than state’s human residents

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-28 02:24:16

On Monday, Mayor Patrick Collins of Cheyenne, Wyoming, announced plans for an AI data center that would consume more electricity than all homes in the state combined, according to the Associated Press. The facility, a joint venture between energy infrastructure company Tallgrass and AI data center developer Crusoe, would start at 1.8 gigawatts and scale up to 10 gigawatts of power use. The project's energy demands are difficult to overstate for Wyoming, the least populous US state. The initial

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Fertility Rate in the U.S. Reached an All-Time Low in 2024, CDC Data Reveals

gizmodo.com Margherita Bassi 2026-01-28 06:50:03

Countries like Italy and Japan have been famously struggling to raise their birthrates to sustain their aging populations, and it turns out that the United States might not be doing super well, either. New CDC data released this month reveals that while the number of births in the United States increased by 1% from 2023—to 3,628,934 in 2024—the general fertility rate has declined by 1%. It now stands at 53.8 births per 1,000 females ages 15 to 44, an all-time low. The data is based on U.S. birt

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Minnesota activates National Guard after St. Paul cyberattack

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-01-28 16:58:19

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has activated the National Guard in response to a crippling cyberattack that struck the City of Saint Paul, the state's capital, on Friday. The city is currently working with local, state, and federal partners to investigate the attack and restore full functionality, and says that emergency services have been unaffected. However, online payments are currently unavailable, and some services in libraries and recreation centers are temporarily unavailable. "While many

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The Tea App Data Breach: What Happened, and What Was Exposed

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-28 15:20:36

Tea, a women's safety dating app that surged to the top of the free iOS App Store listings, suffered a major security breach last week. The company confirmed Friday that it "identified authorized access to one of our systems" that exposed thousands of user images. And now we know that DMs were accessed during the breach, too. Tea's preliminary findings from the end of last week showed the data breach exposed approximately 72,000 images: 13,000 images of selfies and photo identification that peo

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This Shadowy '90s Sci-Fi Flick Is a Must-See Throwback, and You Can Watch It on Tubi

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-28 20:00:06

Techno-noir and cyberpunk have flourished in science fiction for decades, especially in movies. Films combining the dark vibes and jaded perspective of film noir, with futuristic dystopian settings that lean into a world where technology has blurred the lines between humanity and machines. In the 90s, The Matrix was a breakout hit for the genre, but there were also options that flew under the radar on release. One of my overlooked favorites is Dark City, a mind-bending techno-noir thriller that

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Trump caving on Nvidia H20 export curbs may disrupt his bigger trade war

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-27 21:04:07

The next front in Donald Trump's trade war will be chip tariffs—which could come by next month—but national security experts are warning that the president may have already made a huge misstep that threatens to disrupt both US trade and national security. In a letter Monday to Department of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, 20 policymakers and professionals with a background in national security policy urged Trump to reverse course and block exports of Nvidia's H20 chips to China. In April, t

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2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-29 05:30:23

The 2025 Developer Survey is the definitive report on the state of software development. In its fifteenth year, Stack Overflow received over 49,000+ responses from 177 countries across 62 questions focused on 314 different technologies, including new focus on AI agent tools, LLMs and community platforms. This annual Developer Survey provides a crucial snapshot into the needs of the global developer community, focusing on the tools and technologies they use or want to learn more about.

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The 10-3-2-1-0 Sleep Hack May Kick Your Restless Nights to the Curb

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-29 10:30:03

After a long day of work, getting into bed and falling asleep may seem like the easiest thing in the world. However, for many, it's rarely that simple. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than a third of American adults don't get enough sleep. Not getting enough rest doesn't just make it harder to wake up in the morning, but it can also lead to chronic conditions like high blood pressure and heart disease. If you've been struggling with getting to sleep, it might be

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Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti vs AMD Radeon 9060 XT with DLSS and FSR Enabled

techspot.com Tim Schiesser 2026-01-30 06:20:00

When looking to buy a mid-range graphics card for a gaming PC, you're probably choosing between the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti and the Radeon RX 9060 XT, and per our recommendation, 16GB versions for both GPU models. In today's review, we will be comparing these GPUs with multiple upscaling modes enabled to determine which model performs best in realistic gaming configurations. We know many of you will be using DLSS 4 on a GeForce GPU and FSR 4 on a Radeon GPU, and this review includes performance data

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Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti vs AMD Radeon 9060 XT with DLSS and FSR Enabled

techspot.com Tim Schiesser 2026-01-30 06:20:00

When looking to buy a mid-range graphics card for a gaming PC, you're probably choosing between the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti and the Radeon RX 9060 XT, and per our recommendation, 16GB versions for both GPU models. In today's review, we will be comparing these GPUs with multiple upscaling modes enabled to determine which model performs best in realistic gaming configurations. We know many of you will be using DLSS 4 on a GeForce GPU and FSR 4 on a Radeon GPU, and this review includes performance data

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This startup wants to use the Earth as a massive battery

technologyreview.com Casey Crownhart 2026-01-30 05:00:00

In traditional pumped hydro storage facilities, electric pumps move water uphill, into a natural or manmade body of water. Then, when electricity is needed, that water is released and flows downhill past a turbine, generating electricity. Quidnet’s approach instead pumps water down into impermeable rock formations and keeps it under pressure so it flows up when released. “It’s like pumped hydro, upside down,” says CEO Joe Zhou. Quidnet started a six-month test of its technology in late 2024, pr

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Trump’s cybersecurity cuts putting nation at risk, warns New York cyber chief

techcrunch.com Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 2026-01-29 11:53:34

During the first few months of the new Trump administration, the White House slashed cybersecurity budgets, staff, and initiatives. And some, including cybersecurity experts and legislators, are not happy about it. One of them is Colin Ahern, the chief cyber officer for the state of New York. In a recent interview with TechCrunch, Ahern said that both he and New York Governor Kathy Hochul are worried that the Trump administration’s cuts to cybersecurity are putting the country at risk. “We wor

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Europe sets its sights on multi-billion-euro gigawatt factories as it plays catch-up on AI

cnbc.com April Roach 2026-01-30 06:02:29

Data storage tapes are stored at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) facility at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, which will house the U.S. supercomputer to be powered by Nvidia's forthcoming Vera Rubin chips, in Berkeley, California, U.S. May 29, 2025. Manuel Orbegozo | Reuters Europe is setting its sights on gigawatt factories in a bid to bolster its lagging artificial intelligence industry and meet the challenges of a rapidly-changing sector. Buzz aroun

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AV-Racer Devlog (1): Getting a functional car model

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-28 11:23:09

wassimulator; I make stuff Next article ► AV-Racer Devlog (1): Getting a functional car model est. reading time: 10 minutes The first question revolving around the interest of making a car game was figuring out the methods used by car games in simulating a car body. My modest lacunary conglamurate of car facts was all I had to start with, the general idea was to simulate car and tire forces that would move the thing through the might of physics. The right approach to this problem became a matt

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Latest Tech News

Stanford's holographic AI glasses are coming for your clunky VR headset

Will online safety laws become the next tariff bargaining chip?

YouTube loosens profanity rules for monetized videos

Palo Alto Networks stock falls 8% after announcing $25 billion Cyberark deal

Nightfall launches ‘Nyx,’ an AI that automates data loss prevention at enterprise scale

Watch and learn, Samsung: This Galaxy Ring competitor now predicts your chances of falling sick

Your Circular Ring just got a big health tracking update - for free

TikTok videos are about to get crowdsourced fact checks on them

Wallpaper Wednesday: More great phone wallpapers for all to share (July 30)

TikTok gets long-overdue fact-checking, plus new parental controls

YouTube will no longer limit ads on videos that drop the f-bomb early

US fertility rate fell to a record low in 2024, mirroring a global trend

Tired of Google Photos filling up your cloud? A new backup setting could help (APK teardown)

Footnotes, TikTok’s crowdsourced fact-checks, launches in the US

Apple slams DOJ lawsuit: ’threatens the very principles that set iPhone apart’

AI vs. AI: Prophet Security raises $30M to replace human analysts with autonomous defenders

AI in Wyoming may soon use more electricity than state’s human residents

Fertility Rate in the U.S. Reached an All-Time Low in 2024, CDC Data Reveals

Minnesota activates National Guard after St. Paul cyberattack

The Tea App Data Breach: What Happened, and What Was Exposed

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Trump caving on Nvidia H20 export curbs may disrupt his bigger trade war

2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results

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Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti vs AMD Radeon 9060 XT with DLSS and FSR Enabled

Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti vs AMD Radeon 9060 XT with DLSS and FSR Enabled

This startup wants to use the Earth as a massive battery

Trump’s cybersecurity cuts putting nation at risk, warns New York cyber chief

Europe sets its sights on multi-billion-euro gigawatt factories as it plays catch-up on AI

AV-Racer Devlog (1): Getting a functional car model

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