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Sauron, the high-end home security startup for ‘super premium’ customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos
300+TechCrunch / 1d
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
I didn’t quit social media in 2025, but I might have to if this awful trend continues in 2026
Latest from TechRadar / 17h
Instagram is becoming a dumping ground for AI slop, and it now seems to be coming from Meta itself.
Why I’m still using Windows 10 and how I’m keeping it safe past its end of support
How-To Geek / 17h
Windows 10 has been technically "dead" for a couple of months as of the time of publishing, as the operating system reached its end-of-life date. Yet, it's still widely used in millions of computers around the world at this very moment.
3 Garmin watches I want to see in 2026 — and top of the list is a true Forerunner 55 sequel
Latest from TechRadar / 2h
Garmin's cheapest watch is in dire need of an upgrade, as well as others in the range.
Meta just bought Manus, an AI startup everyone has been talking about
37TechCrunch / 3h
Meta says it'll keep Manus running independently while weaving its agents into Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, where Meta's own chatbot, Meta AI, is already available to users.
Moon phase today: What the moon will look like on December 30
Mashable / 3h
There’s just a few days left of 2025, and tonight is one of the last Moons of the year. If we're lucky enough to have a cloudless sky, there's plenty we can see when we look up tonight. What is today’s moon phase? As of Tuesday, Dec. 30, the moon phase is Waxing Gibbous. According to NASA's Daily Moon Observation , 79% of the moon will be lit up tonight. With just your naked eye, you'll be able t
How to watch Tanzania vs. Tunisia online for free
Mashable / 3h
TL;DR: Live stream Tanzania vs. Tunisia in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations for free on Channel 4 Sport YouTube . Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN . The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations group stage is almost done and dusted, but there are a handful of games left to see out the year and set up the Round of 16. Today's action sees Tanzania and Tunisia competing
How to watch Benin vs. Senegal online for free
Mashable / 3h
TL;DR: Live stream Benin vs. Senegal in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations for free on Channel 4 . Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN . Group D has been one to watch in the early stages of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations thanks to the presence of the impressive DR Congo and Senegal. Both teams are potential contenders to win the whole tournament. With supers
NYT Connections Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for December 30, 2025
Mashable / 5h
Today's Connections: Sports Edition will be easier if you think outside the box a bit. As we've shared in previous hints stories, this is a version of the popular New York Times word game that seeks to test the knowledge of sports fans. Like the original Connections , the game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle , Connections resets after midnight and eac
NYT Pips hints, answers for December 30, 2025
Mashable / 5h
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Welcome to your guide to Pips, the latest game in the New York Times catalogue. Released in August 2025, the Pips puts a unique spin on dominoes, creating a fun single-player experience that could become your next daily gaming habit. Currently, if you're stuck, the game only offers to reveal the entire puzzle, forcing you to move onto the next difficulty level
NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for December 30, 2025
Mashable / 5h
The NYT Connections puzzle today is not too difficult to solve if you're a frequent flyer. Connections is the one of the most popular New York Times word games that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle , Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some
NYT Strands hints, answers for December 30, 2025
Mashable / 5h
Today's NYT Strands hints are easy if you keep up with the latest music. Strands , the New York Times ' elevated word-search game, requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting in quirky shapes and patterns. Every single letter in the grid will be part of
Wordle today: Answer, hints for December 30, 2025
Mashable / 5h
Today's Wordle answer should be easy to solve if you love interior design. If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for today's Wordle solution revealed. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you. SEE ALSO: Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more: Play games on Mashable SEE ALSO: NYT Connect
Hurdle hints and answers for December 30, 2025
Mashable / 5h
If you like playing daily word games like Wordle , then Hurdle is a great game to add to your routine. There are five rounds to the game. The first round sees you trying to guess the word, with correct, misplaced, and incorrect letters shown in each guess. If you guess the correct answer, it'll take you to the next hurdle, providing the answer to the last hurdle as your first guess. This can give
China to crack down on AI to protect children
BBC News / 6h
The draft regulations are aimed to address concerns around chatbots, which have surged in popularity in recent months.
LG to unveil a canvas-style TV at CES 2026
Engadget / 7h
LG will unveil a canvas-style art TV, dubbed the LG Gallery TV, at CES 2026. The new model will be offered in 55-inch and 65-inch variants, and sports a flush-mount design along with customizable magnetic frames. The Gallery TV uses a Mini LED display and the company's Alpha 7 AI processor and offers 4K resolution. The new model will also leverage the LG Gallery+ service, a paid subscription with
This $13 DDR desktop adaptor card could save you some serious money if you've got old DDR4 laptop memory around
Latest from TechRadar / 9h
The ASHATA DDR desktop adaptor enables DDR4 laptop memory to function in desktops, offering low-cost expansion while maintaining CPU compatibility.
This new AI tool shows you how to get AI to do what you want
Mashable / 9h
TL;DR: PromptBuilder is an AI tool that creates, refines, and organizes prompts for all sorts of AI tools, and a lifetime subscription is now on sale. Opens in a new window Credit: PromptBuilder PromptBuilder - AI Prompt Engineer: Lifetime Subscription (Unlimited Plan) $199 $1,764 Save $1,565 Getting useful output from AI tools often depends more on the prompt than the model. PromptBuilder is a b
China drafting first of its kind emotional safety regulation for AI
Mashable / 9h
China is drafting new, stricter AI regulations that could set the country on its way to becoming the first to regulate the emotional repercussions of chatbot companions. SEE ALSO: ChatGPT is changing the abortion landscape Detailed in a new draft proposal written by China's Cyberspace Administration and translated by CNBC , the policy would require guardian consent for minors to engage with chatb
Samsung’s New Wi-Fi Speaker Has Big Monolith Energy
Gizmodo / 9h
Playing the theme to '2001: A Space Odyssey' on this thing might feel a little too on-the-nose.
Ryan Coogler’s Original Plan for Chadwick Boseman in ‘Black Panther 2’ Was So Good
Gizmodo / 10h
It involved T'Challa's son, and, somehow, we are now even sadder about it all.
New 'serial' tech will significantly reduce the cost of memory — HBM memory, that is, the sort of RAM only AI hyperscalers can use, but hey, at least they won't go after consumer RAM, or would they?
Latest from TechRadar / 10h
SPHBM4 uses serialization and organic substrates to lower HBM packaging costs while keeping bandwidth memory exclusive to hyperscale AI systems.
Memory shortage: Framework raises DDR5 RAM prices again with a per GB price hike
Mashable / 10h
It seems certain at this point that laptop and smartphone prices are going to go up even more in 2026. Case in point: modular PC maker Framework just announced yet another price hike on DDR5 RAM components. Framework says that it's charging customers "as close as possible to the actual purchase prices we have with our suppliers," and that it will now be charging roughly $10 per gigabyte. Why? Dem
Where Is The Tip? American Airlines Passenger Steps Out Of DFW Flagship Lounge Shower — Into A Cash Shakedown
View from the Wing / 10h
A flight delay sent one American Airlines passenger to the Flagship Lounge at DFW for a quick shower. When they finished, they returned the key, said “thank you,” and started walking away—until the employee stopped them cold: “Where is the tip?” Continue reading ...
After nearly 10 years, Twist Bioscience spin-off plans Terabyte-scale DNA storage in 2026, intending to store 13TB of data in a 'single drop of water.'
Latest from TechRadar / 10h
Atlas Data Storage plans terabyte-scale DNA storage by 2026, aiming to store massive data in tiny, highly dense volumes.
Trump’s Crusade Against ‘Woke’ Climate Research Threatens Solar Science
21Gizmodo / 10h
The National Center for Atmospheric Research not only investigates weather on Earth, but also in space.
3 Linux wars that shaped the OS you use today
How-To Geek / 10h
Open-source software development is driven by global communities, and, in accordance with human nature, those communities will disagree, form factions, and push their own agendas. When two or more groups have a difference of opinion on something, they're going to compete to become the solution everyone accepts, and sometimes things get messy,
No Avian Will Escape This 360-Camera Bird Feeder
Gizmodo / 10h
Why miss a single second of your local birds' feeding frenzy?
‘The Last of Us’ Season 3 Is Recasting an ‘Avengers’ Actor
Gizmodo / 10h
Marvel's new Falcon, Danny Ramirez, will not be returning for season 3 of the HBO show.
US can’t deport hate speech researcher for protected speech, lawsuit says
Ars Technica - All content / 10h
Imran Ahmed's biggest thorn in his side used to be Elon Musk, who made the hate speech researcher one of his earliest legal foes during his Twitter takeover. Now, it's the Trump administration, which planned to deport Ahmed, a legal permanent resident, just before Christmas. It would then ban him from returning to the United States, where he lives with his wife and young child, both US citizens.
Elizabeth Warren Finally Used ChatGPT
Gizmodo / 11h
Many are dropping their skepticism. Bernie Sanders isn't.
CES 2026 — What to expect
Latest from TechRadar / 11h
CES 2026 will be big, busy, and full of AI but with incremental updates across many, many tech categories.
2025 Was the Year the Vibes Were Off
Gizmodo / 11h
We might have to start trying again.
Dyson has just released a vacuum that doesn't make any sense – here are 6 baffling questions about the PencilVac, answered
Latest from TechRadar / 11h
I've been using this vacuum for two weeks, and I've finally figured it all out.
I was sick of the Windows performance rollercoaster until I made these changes
How-To Geek / 11h
Software is an amazing thing. Without changing the hardware of your computer at all, new software holds the potential to provide better performance, quality, or both by being more efficient or implementing newer methods of achieving the same goal.
Stop paying for gigabit internet if you keep making these 4 mistakes
How-To Geek / 11h
Do you constantly get less speed from your internet connection than you're paying for? It's normal for a connection to be a little slower than advertised, but I expect (and usually get) at least 90% of the rated speed on my own connection under ideal conditions. So, if you're getting less than that, there may be a few bad habits we all have sometimes holding you back.
How to make your startup stand out in a crowded market, according to investors
TechCrunch / 11h
Investors on what they really want to hear in a founder's pitch.
Guide To Emirates’ A380 Bar & Lounge: What’s The Experience Really Like?
One Mile at a Time / 11h
I’d argue that the Emirates Airbus A380 is the most iconic plane in the skies, in terms of instant global recognition. Emirates has really done an unbelievable job creating a halo effect with this plane , which has propelled the airline to what it is today. In addition to an awesome first class product and comfortable business class cabin , the plane has some particularly well known amenities. Fo
CD Projekt Co-Founder Buys Steam Rival GOG
32Gizmodo / 11h
New owner, still DRM-free.
Opioid Abuse in Pregnancy Surged in Recent Decades, Study Finds
Gizmodo / 11h
Pregnant women who reported opioid use disorder were more likely to face serious health complications, as were their children.
World's fastest mini PC doesn't run Windows 11 — $2,899 gets you a Core Ultra 9 CPU, 96GB of RAM, RTX 5090M, 2TB SSD, and yes, it is all about AI
Latest from TechRadar / 12h
The Olares One mini PC delivers desktop-grade components, substantial RAM, a high-end GPU, and SSD storage, emphasizing AI workloads and local processing.
Your Beloved Hockey Homosexuals Are Dipping Their Toes Into Romantasy
Gizmodo / 12h
'Heated Rivalry' breakouts Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams star in an erotic audio tale in which they play fae princes.
Ryobi 18V, 40V, and 80V tools: Explained
How-To Geek / 12h
When you're wandering through Home Depot you'll see all sorts of power tool brands, from Milwaukee to DeWALT, but Ryobi's bright tools are the most prominent. And while Ryobi's 18V ONE+ line is everywhere, fans have likely noticed similar tools that take a larger 40V battery, massive 80V packs, and more.
How to watch AMD Keynote at CES 2026
Mashable / 12h
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) CEO Dr. Lisa Su will help get CES 2026 underway on Monday, Jan. 5 by delivering a keynote address. AMD is a major player in the tech world, if perhaps not a household name like Apple or Samsung. It's one of the preeminent chipmakers on the globe, making it increasingly powerful and important in the AI era. OpenAI, in fact, just announced a massive partnership with AMD
So, I Tried an AI Shopping Cart
Lifehacker / 12h
The first supermarket, the Piggly Wiggly in Memphis , opened its doors in 1916. It was the first time people could wander around a store and pick their items from a shelf instead of handing a list to a clerk who would gather everything for them—typically without any choice of brand or style. Grocery shopping remains a daily or weekly ritual for most people, and it can be a real chore—especially i
NASA finally has a leader, but its future is no more certain
Engadget / 12h
After a rudderless year and an exodus of around 4,000 employees due to Trump administration cuts, NASA got what may be its first piece of good news recently. On December 17, the Senate confirmed billionaire Jared Isaacman as the agency's new administrator. He now holds the power to rehabilitate a battered engine of scientific research, or steer it towards even more disruption. Considering the cal
There’s a 'secret' sleep timer hidden in your iPhone and iPad – here's how to unlock it for Netflix
Latest from TechRadar / 12h
Some iOS and iPadOS apps like Netflix don't have built-in sleep timers, but fortunately this lesser-known feature lets you create your own.
Social media follower counts have never mattered less, creator economy execs say
TechCrunch / 12h
“I think that 2025 was the year where the algorithm completely took over, so followings stopped mattering entirely,” LTK CEO Amber Venz Box said.
Your laptop has a 'hidden mileage' limit: Here is when it will die
How-To Geek / 12h
How much life should you expect from a laptop? This is a harder question to answer than you might think. At one point, the generational improvements in computer hardware were so drastic, that keeping a laptop for more than a year or two didn't make sense. Today, even entry-level laptops are powerful enough to effectively serve your needs indefinitely for normal day-to-day computing.
Leonardo’s wood charring method predates Japanese practice
Ars Technica - All content / 12h
Yakisugi is a Japanese architectural technique for charring the surface of wood. It has become quite popular in bioarchitecture because the carbonized layer protects the wood from water, fire, insects, and fungi, thereby prolonging the lifespan of the wood. Yakisugi techniques were first codified in written form in the 17th and 18th centuries. But it seems Italian Renaissance polymath Leonardo da
Researchers make “neuromorphic” artificial skin for robots
Ars Technica - All content / 12h
The nervous system does an astonishing job of tracking sensory information, and does so using signals that would drive many computer scientists insane: a noisy stream of activity spikes that may be transmitted to hundreds of additional neurons, where they are integrated with similar spike trains coming from still other neurons. Now, researchers have used spiking circuitry to build an artificial r
Video: Flight Attendants Fight In Jeddah Departure Lounge Before Passengers Board Boeing 777—Both Suspended
View from the Wing / 12h
Two Pakistan International Airlines flight attendants assigned to PK840 (a Boeing 777 from Jeddah to Multan) got into a physical fight in the departure lounge before boarding. Video shows the two women locked up by the arms while a mustached airline official tries to separate them, with bystanders stepping in as they re-engage. The flight ultimately pushed back 2 hours and 19 minutes late, and bo
The GOG games store has a new owner
How-To Geek / 12h
The GOG PC game storefront is officially splitting from its parent company, CD Projekt, after its co-founder, Michal Kicinski, bought the platform for $25.2 million. This move includes the GOG Galaxy
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