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EU launches formal investigation of xAI over Grok’s sexualized deepfakes
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Synthesia hits $4B valuation, lets employees cash out
British startup Synthesia, whose AI platform helps companies create interactive training videos, has raised a $200 million Series E round…
The browser is the sandbox
Recent articles Wilson Lin on FastRender: a browser built by thousands of parallel agents – 23rd January 2026 First impressions…
I built a 2x faster lexer, then discovered I/O was the real bottleneck
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This founder cracked firefighting — now he’s creating an AI gold mine
Sunny Sethi, founder of HEN Technologies, doesn’t sound like someone who’s disrupted an industry that has remained largely unchanged since…
The era of agentic AI demands a data constitution, not better prompts
FeaturedManoj Yerrasani January 25, 2026 Courtesy of authorThe industry consensus is that 2026 will be the year of “agentic AI.”…
I Was Right About ATProto Key Management
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First, make me care
Writing advice: some nonfiction fails because it opens with background instead of a hook—readers leave before reaching the good material….
Why Minnesota Can’t Do More to Stop ICE
Save StorySave this storySave StorySave this storyAmerica has never seen a moment in modern history like the federal occupation of…
Conversational AI doesn’t understand users — ‘Intent First’ architecture does
FeaturedSreenivasa Reddy Hulebeedu Reddy January 25, 2026 Midjourney/VentureBeatThe modern customer has just one need that matters: Getting the thing they…
TechCrunch Mobility: RIP, Tesla Autopilot, and the NTSB investigates Waymo
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. To get…
Software patches in NixOS for fun and productivity
Software patches in NixOS for fun and productivity 25 January 2026, in Olivier’s log After using NixOS for more than…
A macOS app that blurs your screen when you slouch
Posturr A macOS app that blurs your screen when you slouch. Posturr uses your Mac’s camera and Apple’s Vision framework…
Why won’t anyone stop ICE from masking?
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I got tired of manual priority weights in proxies so I used a Reverse Radix Tree instead
Most reverse proxies like Nginx or Traefik handle domain rules in the order you write them or by using those…
Phonak Audeo Infinio Ultra Sphere Review: Premium Hearing Aids
$4,000 at PhonakCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyRating:8/10Open rating explainerInformationWIREDEffective hearing support, especially in noisy conditions. Surprisingly comfy. Reasonably…
How Long Should You Cold Plunge? We Asked Experts (2026)
CommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyDepending on your disposition, a minute in an ice bath can feel like agony…
Building a lightning-fast highly-configurable Rust-based backtesting system
I created a very detailed technical design doc for how I built a Rust-based algorithmic trading platform. Feel free to…