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‘Enterprise’ Producer Has Hopes Scott Bakula Might Return to ‘Star Trek’

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2026-01-16 23:47:24

Star Trek is in a bit of an uncertain place right now, as the shows that created its streaming boom have spent the last couple of years either coming to their end or announcing that they’re preparing to do so—and that’s even putting aside that Paramount itself is controversially about to come under new management. Beyond two and a half more seasons of Strange New Worlds and at least two seasons of Starfleet Academy, where Star Trek goes next is unknown. But it’s also a situation where one Trek a

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Former Googlers’ AI startup OpenArt now creates ‘brain rot’ videos in just one click

techcrunch.com Lauren Forristal 2026-01-16 23:01:21

AI-generated “brain rot” videos are popping up all over the internet and getting a lot of attention. Currently gaining traction among younger users, these clips feature wild characters, like a shark wearing sneakers and a ballerina with a cappuccino for a head. One startup driving this trend is OpenArt, founded by two former Google employees in 2022. It touts around 3 million monthly active users. The company recently launched a new “one-click story” feature in open beta, which allows users to

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OpenAI’s GPT-5 rollout is not going smoothly

venturebeat.com Carl Franzen 2026-01-17 03:40:57

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 The launch of OpenAI’s long anticipated new model, GPT-5, is off to a rocky start to say the least. Even forgiving errors in charts and voice demoes during yesterday’s livestreamed presentation of the new model (actually four separate models, and a ‘Thinking’ mode that can be engaged for three of them), a number of user reports have emerge

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Have stock questions? Google Finance tests new AI chatbot

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2026-01-17 04:22:00

panithan pholpanichrassamee ZDNET's key takeaways: Google Finance is getting an AI upgrade, including a chatbot. The upgrade comes with a live news feed, plus other features. It will roll out to US users in the coming weeks. You'll soon be able to ask Google Finance all your money questions via a new AI chatbot, the company announced in a blog post on Friday. Google says the bot can answer "detailed questions about the financial world" and return responses with relevant web links. Also: Ho

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Is Google Messages crashing for you? You’re not alone.

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-17 02:39:21

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Some Google Messages users report that they’re unable to open the app as it keeps crashing. Affected users say they can only reply to a text if someone messages them first or if they go into their contacts menu. One workaround is to uninstall the latest Messages update and then reinstall it. Google Messages is the built-in messaging platform for millions of users worldwide. Unfortunately, some users are experiencing a rather serious issue with the ap

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Pinterest CEO says agentic shopping is still a long way out

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2026-01-17 14:33:18

Pinterest CEO Bill Ready told investors on the company’s second-quarter earnings call that the social app and inspirational bookmarking site could be considered an “AI-enabled shopping assistant.” However, he thinks that the agentic web, where AI agents shop on users’ behalf, is still far in the future. The remarks were made in response to a question about the agentic web, which could impact the search funnel and businesses like Pinterest, which positions itself at the early stages of the shopp

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Say goodbye to tab overload with Samsung’s latest Browser feature

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-17 18:18:29

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR The beta version of the Samsung Internet Browser app has gained a new feature called “Auto close settings.” Turning this setting on allows the app to close unused tabs for you. Users can choose to clear inactive tabs after a set number of days or have AI decide if a tab should be closed. When using a mobile browser, it’s easy to forget how many tabs you have open. And it’s even easier to forget to close those tabs. Having too many tabs open can lead to

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The Windows 10 emoji picker has been broken for a month

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-18 02:51:17

The Windows 10 emoji picker has been broken for a month August 8, 2025 On July 8th, Microsoft released update KB5062554 to the world. It contains no documented changes or features. This update broke the emoji panel’s search functionality for all Windows 10 users. The broken grammar isn't the bug, that's just... how it is The emoji panel (accessed with Win + .) is the official way of typing emojis on Windows. I’m sure many users don’t know it exists. It’s hardly discoverable, and most desktop

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Food, housing, & health care costs are a source of major stress for many people

news.ycombinator.com Marjorie Connelly 2026-01-18 03:27:56

August 4, 2025 About half of the public consider the cost of groceries to be a major source of stress in their life right now, and 19% of those concerned have used deferred payment services to fund groceries at some point. Overall, 29% of the public have ever used deferred payment services, sometimes called Buy Now Pay Later, for health care, entertainment, groceries, or restaurant meals. Use of these services is higher among adults under age 45 compared with older adults. People experiencing

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Google tests revamped Google Finance with AI upgrades, live news feed

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2026-01-18 04:50:43

Google announced on Friday that it’s giving Google Finance, its tool that provides financial information and business news, an AI update. Users will now be able to research their financial questions with AI, access advanced charting tools, and get real-time data and news. With the update, users can now ask detailed questions about finance and get a comprehensive AI response that includes links to relevant sites. Instead of having to look up individual stock details, users can ask complex questi

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Here’s everything OpenAI announced at its GPT-5 event

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-01-18 09:40:18

During an uncharacteristically long video stream yesterday, OpenAI announced GPT-5, alongside a series of interface and usability improvements to its chatbot. Here’s everything new with ChatGPT. One model to rule them all After many years of confusion with similarly-named models imbued with overlapping abilities, OpenAI finally streamlined the user experience and trimmed down its model offerings to: GPT-5 GPT-5 Thinking GPT-5 Pro (limited to the US$200/mo plan) OpenAI says that ChatGPT wil

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Microsoft will kill the Lens PDF scanner app for iOS, Android

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-01-18 17:59:19

Microsoft announced that it will phase out the Microsoft Lens PDF scanner app for Android and iOS devices starting in September. Microsoft Lens (formerly known as Office Lens) can convert images into PDF, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel files, and it is capable of scanning both printed and handwritten text. Currently, the app has been downloaded 50 million times on the Google Play Store (with over 952,000 reviews with an average of 4.9/5 rating) and received nearly 136,000 ratings on Apple's App St

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Why I ditched Google Chrome for Firefox Focus within 10 minutes of using the mobile browser

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2026-01-18 17:30:17

Jack Wallen / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Firefox Focus is a security and privacy-focused mobile browser. This browser offers a minimal UI and maximum privacy features. Firefox Focus is available for both Android and iOS. I've run the gamut of web browsers on Android, and every time I think I've found "the one," I discover a reason not to use it. That reason might be a cluttered UI, a lack of options, or not enough security. Recently, however, I came across a browser

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Apple’s lock on iPhone browser engines gets a December deadline

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2026-01-18 16:15:40

is a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture. Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. We might finally see the first iPhone browsers built on top of third-party engines now that Japanese regulators have taken up the issue. Apple’s malicious compliance in the EU has so far prevented Chrome, and its Blink engine, for example, from coming t

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The Dia browser now offers a $20/month subscription plan

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-01-18 11:03:59

The Browser Company has announced a subscription plan for Dia, its new AI-powered browser. Here are the details. Dia now offers a Dia Pro subscription plan A couple of months ago, The Browser Company launched Dia, its new crack at an AI-powered browser. That came after it decided to shut down the Arc browser, much to the dismay of passionate and highly engaged early adopters who enjoyed the company’s completely different take on what a browser should look like and behave. With Dia, which rem

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I used Perplexity to make a restaurant reservation - now I'm wondering if Google is holding us back

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2026-01-18 21:30:17

Tang Ming Tung/Getty Images ZDNET's takeaways Perplexity's new feature lets you make a restaurant reservation straight through OpenTable. The feature uses OpenTable's system, so you don't have to trust the AI to do it for you. Instead of navigating between apps or tabs to find a restaurant and then book a table, Perplexity handles everything. Finding the perfect restaurant and making a reservation just got a whole lot easier thanks to a new feature in Perplexity. The chatbot (which ZDNET's

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GPT-5: Here's What's New in ChatGPT's Big Update

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-19 02:50:25

Expect your ChatGPT experience to get faster and smarter today. OpenAI updated its flagship line of large language models Thursday, unveiling the GPT-5 generative AI model after months of anticipation. While the developer has released a lot of model updates in recent months, including new open-weights models just this week, it's been more than two years since the debut of GPT-4. With a new generation worthy of a new number, how big of a change should you expect? "I tried going back to GPT-4 an

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OpenAI’s most powerful AI model is here and free for everyone

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-19 09:54:57

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR OpenAI has announced the launch of GPT-5. The new AI model offers improvements across the board, delivering better accuracy, reduced hallucinations, faster performance, and more. GPT-5 is rolling out today to Plus, Pro, Team, and free users today, with Enterprise and Edu subscribers gaining access in one week. In July, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman confirmed that the company’s highly anticipated new AI model, GPT-5, was nearing release. A report later claime

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The Browser Company’s AI browser now has a $20 subscription

theverge.com Emma Roth 2026-01-19 09:30:34

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. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The Browser Company — the makers of the Arc browser — just launched a $20 per month subscription to its new AI-powered web browser, Dia, as reported earlier by TechCrunch. The new Dia Pro subscription comes with unlimited access to the browser’s chat feature, wh

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Starlink Teases ‘Community’ Discount for Shared Satellite Access. Here’s How It Works

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-19 17:05:00

SpaceX may soon allow multiple Starlink users to share access to a single dish for a lower monthly rate, according to a post on a customer support page. (The news was first reported by PCMag, which is owned by the same parent company as CNET, Ziff Davis.) The post, which has since been taken down, stated, “Starlink is launching a new affordable way to deliver high-speed internet: one Starlink, multiple subscribers -- each with their own Starlink account and seamless experience.” A Starlink Com

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The 6 biggest changes coming to ChatGPT

theverge.com Emma Roth 2026-01-19 18:58:01

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. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. GPT-5 has finally arrived. Along with the announcement of the highly anticipated AI model, OpenAI also previewed several updates coming to ChatGPT, ranging from visual changes to improvements to the chatbot’s performance. Here’s a rundown of all of the changes

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ChatGPT can now talk nerdy to you - plus more personalities and other upgrades beyond GPT-5

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2026-01-19 23:18:39

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's Key Takeaways: OpenAI launched ChatGPT customization updates. Users can choose chat color and personality. All users (even free) can now access Advanced Voice Mode. OpenAI is having one of its biggest product launch weeks, releasing its highly anticipated open-source models, gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b, and GPT-5. Buried within the deluge of the large language models (LLMs) are helpful ChatGPT features that add customization options that could make the

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OpenAI launches new GPT-5 model for all ChatGPT users

cnbc.com Ashley Capoot 2026-01-20 04:44:36

"GPT-5 has been trained to recognize when a task can't be finished, avoid speculation and can explain limitations more clearly, which reduces unsupported claims compared to prior models," said Michelle Pokrass, a post-training lead at OpenAI. Instead of outright refusing to answer users' questions if they are potentially risky, GPT-5 will use "safe completions," OpenAI said. This means the model will give high-level responses within safety constraints that can't be used to cause harm. OpenAI s

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GPT-5 is here. Now what?

technologyreview.com Grace Huckins 2026-01-20 04:00:00

Whereas o1 was a major technological advancement, GPT-5 is, above all else, a refined product. During a press briefing, Sam Altman compared GPT-5 to Apple’s Retina displays, and it’s an apt analogy, though perhaps not in the way that he intended. Much like an unprecedentedly crisp screen, GPT-5 will furnish a more pleasant and seamless user experience. That’s not nothing, but it falls far short of the transformative AI future that Altman has spent much of the past year hyping. In the briefing, A

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OpenAI officially announces GPT-5, its next major upgrade to ChatGPT

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2026-01-20 04:11:41

OpenAI has officially announced GPT-5, its latest frontier model to power ChatGPT. The announcement follows the release of two open weight models, one of which can run on the Mac, and changes to encourage healthier ChatGPT use this week. What is GPT-5? Here’s what OpenAI has to say about GPT-5: Today we’re introducing GPT‑5⁠, OpenAI’s smartest, fastest, most useful model yet, and a major step towards placing intelligence at the center of every business. GPT‑5 unites and exceeds OpenAI’s prior

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X plans to show ads in Grok chatbot's answers

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-20 00:00:58

Grok's responses to users on X could include paid advertisements in the future. According to the Financial Times, X owner Elon Musk told advertisers in a live discussion that his company would let marketers pay to appear in suggestions from Grok. He said that after making Grok the "smartest, most accurate AI in the world," the company is now focusing on paying "for those expensive GPUs." Musk added that if a person is asking Grok to solve a specific problem, then "advertising the specific soluti

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How to sell if your user is not the buyer

news.ycombinator.com Nate Ritter 2026-01-20 02:09:02

I recently wrote about how your ideal customer is one who values your product the most”. And then quickly, in one of my private communities, I had this question pop up: But how you would talk to your ideal customer if they are not the ones who try the product? In my case -- I totally agree. CTOs / Director of Engineering are probably the ones who make decisions. But it is developers who try the product first. In the article you talk about messaging. I get it. But how practically you can reach o

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How to Sell if Your User is not the Buyer

news.ycombinator.com Nate Ritter 2026-01-20 14:09:02

I recently wrote about how your ideal customer is one who values your product the most”. And then quickly, in one of my private communities, I had this question pop up: But how you would talk to your ideal customer if they are not the ones who try the product? In my case -- I totally agree. CTOs / Director of Engineering are probably the ones who make decisions. But it is developers who try the product first. In the article you talk about messaging. I get it. But how practically you can reach o

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Amazon's cloud business giving federal agencies up to $1 billion in discounts

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2026-01-20 18:01:23

Attendees walk through an exposition hall at AWS re:Invent, a conference hosted by Amazon Web Services, in Las Vegas on Dec. 3, 2024. Amazon Web Services has agreed to provide U.S. federal agencies with up to $1 billion in discounts for cloud adoption, modernization and training through 2028, an agency overseeing government procurement announced Thursday. The agreement is expected to speed up migration to the cloud, as well as adoption of artificial intelligence tools, the General Services Adm

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Cryptomixer founders pled guilty to laundering money for cybercriminals

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-01-20 21:45:45

The founders of the Samourai Wallet (Samourai) cryptocurrency mixer have pleaded guilty to laundering over $200 million for criminals. Samourai CEO Keonne Rodriguez and CTO William Lonergan Hill admitted to their involvement in the Samourai money laundering operation, pleading guilty to conspiracy for operating a money transmitting business that handled criminal proceeds, and are now facing a maximum sentence of five years in prison. As part of their plea agreements, Rodriguez and Hill have a

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‘Enterprise’ Producer Has Hopes Scott Bakula Might Return to ‘Star Trek’

Former Googlers’ AI startup OpenArt now creates ‘brain rot’ videos in just one click

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Is Google Messages crashing for you? You’re not alone.

Pinterest CEO says agentic shopping is still a long way out

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The Dia browser now offers a $20/month subscription plan

I used Perplexity to make a restaurant reservation - now I'm wondering if Google is holding us back

GPT-5: Here's What's New in ChatGPT's Big Update

OpenAI’s most powerful AI model is here and free for everyone

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The 6 biggest changes coming to ChatGPT

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OpenAI officially announces GPT-5, its next major upgrade to ChatGPT

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How to sell if your user is not the buyer

How to Sell if Your User is not the Buyer

Amazon's cloud business giving federal agencies up to $1 billion in discounts

Cryptomixer founders pled guilty to laundering money for cybercriminals

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