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Musk’s xAI Raises Questions About Acceptable AI (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-01-18 | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: ai job, ai tools, chip

27902.

VHS Combo TVs debut with screen, old and new I/O, and a full videotape recorder in one — ‘Binge-watch like it's 1999’ says RetroBox (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-18 | by Mark Tyson | get VCR → | tags: retro, retrobox, reviews

27903.

Scientists Just Discovered Something Horrid About Those Disposable Coffee Cups You’ve Been Slurping (futurism.com)

2026-01-18 | by Victor Tangermann | get Reusable cups → | tags: coffee, cups, microplastics

27904.

"Games should never die": Rust dev offers $25M to save Amazon's MMO New World (techspot.com)

2026-01-18 | get New World → | tags: aeternum, ambitious, game

27905.

Predicting OpenAI's ad strategy (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-18 | get Google AdWords → | tags: arpu, free, intent

27906.

AI Surveillance Systems Are Causing a Staggering Number of Wrongful Arrests (futurism.com)

2026-01-18 | by Joe Wilkins | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: experience, independent, online

27907.

NASA Demolishes Historic Test Stands That Built the Space Age (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-01-18 | by Mark Thompson | get Space Shuttle → | tags: engineers, launch, nasa

27908.

Return to Office Mandates Are Failing — Try This Smarter Alternative (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-01-18 | get Smartphone → | tags: employees, home, leaders

27909.

Here's a Way for Entrepreneurs to Read More This Year (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-01-18 | get E-reader → | tags: books, headway, headway premium

27910.

I Have Over 16,000 Unread Emails. Gmail’s New AI Wants to Help. (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-01-18 | get Email Client → | tags: applying, applying google, don expect

27911.

Setting your thermostat to this temperature could save you money (and keep you cozy) (zdnet.com)

2026-01-18 | by Maria Diaz | get Smart Thermostat → | tags: affect, does, does affect

27912.

Erroneously assembled 1974 Altair 8800 computer gets fixed and enjoys first run in 2026 — Intel 8080 powered machine ran its first program 52 years later (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-18 | by Mark Tyson | get Microprocessor → | tags: altair, assembled, computer

27913.

What is Plan 9? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-18 | get Neon Genesis Evangelion → | tags: bell, file, labs

27914.

Government Tells Tesla That This Is Definitely the Last Time It Can Blow Off Deadline to Turn In Data On Why FSD Is Constantly Ignoring Traffic Laws (futurism.com)

2026-01-18 | by Frank Landymore | get Autonomous Driving System → | tags: automaker, crash, driving

27915.

Gamer builds ‘hardcore’ first-person shooter simulator that actually shoots back — gaming PC also has real weather effects (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-18 | by Jowi Morales | get Virtual Reality Headset → | tags: game, gaming, machine

27916.

Microsoft releases OOB Windows updates to fix shutdown, Cloud PC bugs (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-01-18 | get Windows Update → | tags: group, group policy, issue

27917.

Software engineers can no longer neglect their soft skills (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-18 | get Technical Skills → | tags: best, claude, claude code

27918.

NFL Sunday Playoffs: How to Stream Texans vs. Patriots and Rams vs. Bears Without Cable (cnet.com)

2026-01-18 | by See Full Bio | get Streaming service → | tags: espn, fubo, games

27919.

How does this $600 HP laptop have better battery life than some of the newest models? (zdnet.com)

2026-01-18 | by Kyle Kucharski | get Battery Life → | tags: battery, battery life, inch

27920.

It’s been 8 years of phone AI chips — and they’re still wasting their potential (androidauthority.com)

2026-01-18 | get Artificial Intelligence Chips → | tags: device, google, hardware

27921.

Apple and Samsung Dominated Phone Sales in 2025, but Price Hikes Could Define 2026 (cnet.com)

2026-01-18 | by See Full Bio | get Smartphones → | tags: industry, likely, market

27922.

The SwitchBot Smart Video Doorbell Is a Smart Home Camera for Almost Nobody (gizmodo.com)

2026-01-18 | get Smart Doorbell → | tags: camera, camera ways, couple

27923.

xTool F2 Ultra Fiber Laser review: Fast metal engraving in color (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-18 | by Denise Bertacchi | get Fiber Laser → | tags: hardware, image, laser

27924.

U.S. govt says Musk's gas turbine generators for xAI aren’t exempt from permits — EPA ruling closes local loophole that allowed Musk to get power from temporary on-site power generators (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-18 | by Jowi Morales | get Gas turbines → | tags: generators, grid, power

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Elon Musk Says His Optimus Robot Is So Dope That People Will Forget Tesla Ever Made Cars (futurism.com)

2026-01-18 | by Victor Tangermann | get Optimus → | tags: musk, optimus, optimus robots

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Floppy disk drive converted into smart TV remote for kids — dev’s toddler inserts vividly labeled floppies to watch his favorite shows (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-18 | by Mark Tyson | get Floppy disk drive → | tags: disk, floppy, floppy disk

27927.

Intel's Tejas CPU aimed for a clock speed so high it was never released. What was the target? (techspot.com)

2026-01-18 | get Tejas CPU → | tags: cancelled, cancelled processor, chased

27928.

Could We Provide Better Cellphone Service With Fewer, Bigger Satellites? (slashdot.org)

2026-01-18 | by Posted | get Satellite → | tags: ast spacemobile, launch, satellite

27929.

This budget-friendly Roku TV projector has given me a practical way to have more movie nights (androidauthority.com)

2026-01-18 | get Projector → | tags: aurzen, budget, eazze

27930.

Fear that quantum computing is on the cusp of cracking cryptocurrency's encryption spurs a global investment firm to remove Bitcoin from recommendations (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-18 | by Jowi Morales | get Quantum computer → | tags: bitcoin, computing, developers