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Plus: Iran shuts down its internet amid sweeping protests, an alleged scam boss gets extradited to China, and more.

True ANC on a set of open-ear earbuds would be a game changer. Shokz's OpenFit Pro give us a taste of what that might be like.

New cars were scant at CES this year, largely because the center of gravity for the auto world has moved—technologically and geographically—to China.

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To prepare AI agents for office work, the company is asking contractors to upload projects from past jobs, leaving it to them to strip out confidential and personally identifiable information.

If the robots don't always give a totally accurate representation of where commercial deployment is at the moment, they do give visitors a peek at where their parent companies might be headed.

A former SandboxAQ executive filed a wrongful termination lawsuit filled with shocking allegations. The company is fighting back, hard.

A substantial number of AI images generated or edited with Grok are targeting women in religious and cultural clothing.

CES 2026 is in full swing in Las Vegas, with the show floor open to the public after a packed couple of days occupied by press conferences from the likes of Nvidia, Sony, and AMD and previews from Sunday’s Unveiled event. 

The Samsung Galaxy Watch8 gets marked down across a variety of colors, sizes, and feature sets.

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Meta will finance Oklo’s purchase of uranium for its reactors. It’s a massive vote of confidence for both the startup and nuclear power, but challenges remain.

Ozlo Sleepbuds are going to have a big year, with new products, AI features, and more.

Two smaller companies, Oklo and TerraPower, along with Vistra, a large energy company, just signed agreements with Meta.

Retailer GameStop has reportedly closed hundreds of its stores in the United States.

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We begin 2026 with not one but two major stories about unionisation in the headlines; an omen, I suspect, of how much of the rest of the year is likely to turn out. Games industry unionisation has gathered steam in recent years after literally decades of being something of a punchline, but progress towards meaningful labour organisation remains slow. This year is likely to be a pivotal one in which those gains are tested against the stubbornly deep-rooted ideological resistance to the concept from many of the industry’s leaders.

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Larry Page’s apparent Florida move highlights how seriously the ultra-rich are taking a one-time tax aimed at extreme wealth inequality.

X is allowing only “verified” users to create images with Grok. Experts say it represents the “monetization of abuse”—and anyone can still generate images on Grok’s app and website.

Belgian games developer Larian Studios has confirmed that there will be no generative AI used for concept art during the creation of the upcoming RPG Divinity.

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Elon Musk's AI company has restricted Grok's controversial AI image-generation feature to only paying subscribers on X, after the tool invited heated criticism from across the world for letting users generate sexualized images of women and children.