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German Chancellor Merz visits India's tech hub Bengaluru

Merz is due in Bengaluru, often called India's Silicon Valley, after meeting PM Modi in Ahmedabad. The visit comes just weeks ahead of plans to sign a long-awaited free trade agreement between India a...

2dDeutsche WellePolitics

Show HN: Sparrow-1 – Audio-native model for human-level turn-taking without ASR

For the past year I've been working to rethink how AI manages timing in conversation at Tavus. I've spent a lot of time listening to conversations. Today we're announcing the release of Sparrow-1, the...

18hHacker NewsTechnologyImpact

UK digital ID plans will no longer be mandatory

The United Kingdom has walked back plans to make its upcoming digital ID scheme a mandatory requirement for working adults. While the UK government remains "committed to mandatory digital right-to-wor...

18hThe VergePoliticsImpact

Senate passes a bill that would let nonconsensual deepfake victims sue

The Senate passed a bill that could give people who've found their likeness deepfaked into sexually-explicit images without their consent a new way to fight back. The Disrupt Explicit Forged Images an...

1dThe VergePoliticsImpact

PC shipments just grew unexpectedly amid RAM shortages

Lenovo is the top PC manufacturer worldwide. The PC market is bracing for a turbulent year ahead , but shipments managed to exceed expectations in the recent holiday quarter. IDC reports that shipment...

1dThe VergeTechnologyImpact

The $1 trillion reason Elon Musk ended Tesla FSD purchases

Tesla CEO Elon Musk Reuters Tesla shifts its full self-driving service to a subscription-only model. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company will end outright purchases of FSD in February. The lesson: Yo...

15hBusiness InsiderautomotiveImpact

Celebrity deaths 2026: Remembering the famous people we lost this year

Scott Adams. Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle/Getty Images "Dilbert" creator Scott Adams passed away. So did Grateful Dead founder Bob Weir. Legendary independent film director Béla Tarr als...

1dBusiness InsiderEntertainmentImpact

I'm an American who lived in Ireland for a year. Everyone who visited me used this packing list — and thanked me later.

As someone who lived there for a year, I know what to pack for a trip to Ireland. Hannah Kennedy As an American who spent a year living in Ireland , I've created a great packing list for visitors. To ...

21hBusiness Insiderlifestyle

The best e-reader to buy right now

Any ebook reader will let you cram a Beauty and the Beast -sized library’s worth of books in your pocket, but so will your phone. An ebook reader offers a more book-like reading experience, with fewer...

11hThe VergeTechnology

Get promoted in 2026: 7 steps to take right now

Andrea Wasserman. Courtesy of Andrea Wasserman Career coach Andrea Wasserman advises aligning with company goals early to increase chances of promotion. Proactive communication and cross-functional vi...

2dBusiness Insiderlifestyle

Another ICE shooting fuels chaos in Minneapolis

A US immigration officer shot and wounded a Venezuelan man fleeing a traffic stop in ⁠Minneapolis on Wednesday, the government said, escalating tension over an unwelcome deployment of militarized fede...

1hFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Matthew McConaughey Trademarks 'Alright, Alright, Alright' to Combat AI Misuse

Matthew McConaughey has heard his iconic “alright, alright, alright” catchphrase repeated back to him since it first left his lips in 1993, and a recent trademark filing from the actor will help ensur...

12hIGNEntertainmentImpact

The best noise-canceling headphones to buy right now

Whether you’re wearing them for the morning commute, while traveling, or if you’re simply trying to find some peace and quiet while working at home, noise-canceling headphones are a more essential pie...

1dThe VergeTechnology

X hasn’t really stopped Grok AI from undressing women in the UK

Elon Musk's X is trying to stop people using its AI chatbot Grok to undress women amid intensifying outrage and legal scrutiny over the deluge of nonconsensual sexual deepfakes flooding the site. It's...

18hThe VergeTechnologyImpact

Animal Crossing’s big 3.0 update has fans itching to return to the cozy life

Animal Crossing , like Kirby , has come back when it seems like the world needs it most. In 2020, Animal Crossing: New Horizon s released on the Nintendo Switch. The game instantly became a smash hit,...

20hThe VergeTechnology

Animal Crossing’s 3.0 update dropped a little early

Animal Crossing fans looking to return to the cozy island life can do so earlier than expected. While New Horizons ' next major update, which brings the life sim game to version 3.0 , was originally s...

21hThe VergeTechnologyImpact

How Lego’s Smart Brick works

The most interesting story at this year's CES was just a little tiny bundle of technology. One way to look at Lego's new Smart Brick is as something like a Raspberry Pi, an endlessly remixable gizmo w...

1dThe VergeTechnologyImpact

Insta360’s face-tracking webcams get bigger sensors and more expensive

Insta360’s webcams are now going pro. | Image: Insta360 Insta360 has announced new Pro versions of its Link 2 and Link 2C webcams that first launched in September 2024 . As with the previous versions,...

1dThe VergeTechnologyImpact

The US ended 2025 with steady but elevated inflation in December

The Bureau of Labor Statistics published the December consumer price index data. Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images The inflation rate remained at 2.7% in December, matching expectations...

1dBusiness InsidereconomicsImpact

Economic confrontation biggest threat to global stability in 2026, World Economic Forum report says

Geoeconomic confrontation — ranging from sanctions to tariffs — is the top threat, found the World Economic Forum (WEF)'s Global Risks Report on the eve of its annual meeting gathering the world's bus...

1dEuronewseconomicsImpact
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