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Sparklers and ceiling foam likely fuelled rapid spread of Swiss bar blaze — Ichef.bbci.co.uk

Sparklers and ceiling foam likely fuelled rapid spread of Swiss bar blaze

Investigators are probing why a New Year's Eve fire at Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana spread so quickly, killing at least 40 people and injuring 119. Authorities said sparklers attached to champagne bottles that were held "too close to the ceiling" appear to have started the

OpenAI readies audio language model as a step toward audio-first devices — Cdn.arstechnica.net

OpenAI readies audio language model as a step toward audio-first devices

OpenAI plans to announce a new audio language model in the first quarter of 2026, according to a report in The Information. The model is intended as a deliberate step toward an audio-based physical device. The company has combined teams across engineering, product, and research into a single initiative focused

Lenovo to Stream Tech World at CES 2026; CEO to Host Jan. 6 — S.yimg.com

Lenovo to Stream Tech World at CES 2026; CEO to Host Jan. 6

Lenovo will stage its Tech World event at the Sphere in Las Vegas during CES week, with a heavy focus on artificial intelligence in what the company calls a "Tech World experience unlike anything CES has seen before." CEO Yuanqing Yang will host the event on Tuesday, January

Start-ups Embrace No‑Shoes Office Culture, From Rugs to Branded Slides — Static01.nyt.com

Start-ups Embrace No‑Shoes Office Culture, From Rugs to Branded Slides

Some start-ups are asking employees and visitors to leave shoes at the door, covering offices with soft rugs or offering free slippers as part of a growing “no shoes” trend. Ben Lang, an employee at the shoes-off start-up Cursor, created the website noshoes.fun, which lists a dozen-plus start-ups with

AI data trainer roles grow more skilled and better paid as companies seek domain experts — Zdnet.com

AI data trainer roles grow more skilled and better paid as companies seek domain experts

Organizations are hiring AI data trainers with deeper subject-matter expertise as the work shifts from basic labeling to more cognitive tasks, and two recent studies project potential annual incomes ranging roughly from $65,000 to $180,000. HireArt said, "What was once considered simple data labeling has become a

AI Boom Produces a New Class of Paper Billionaires — Static01.nyt.com

AI Boom Produces a New Class of Paper Billionaires

The recent artificial intelligence boom has not only made established tech billionaires richer but has also created a wave of new, largely paper, billionaires from smaller start-ups. Founders who have reached nine-figure and billionaire paper valuations include Alexandr Wang and Lucy Guo of Scale AI (after a $14.3 billion

Chinese Hospital Uses A.I. Tool to Spot Pancreatic Tumors in Routine CT Scans — Static01.nyt.com

Chinese Hospital Uses A.I. Tool to Spot Pancreatic Tumors in Routine CT Scans

A hospital in Ningbo, China, is using an artificial-intelligence tool called PANDA to screen routine noncontrast CT scans for pancreatic cancer, leading to early detection and treatment in several patients. The system, developed by researchers affiliated with Alibaba’s Damo Academy, was rolled into a clinical trial at the Affiliated

Trump Immigration Crackdown Is Reshaping U.S. Workplaces and Towns — Static01.nyt.com

Trump Immigration Crackdown Is Reshaping U.S. Workplaces and Towns

One year into President Trump’s immigration crackdown, communities across the United States are feeling labor and social strains as arrivals slow and temporary statuses are rolled back. The administration has raised visa fees, sharply curtailed refugee admissions, reduced international student enrollment and paused extensions of temporary legal protections, officials

A.I. Lifted Stocks in 2025, but Market Concentration and Political Risks Shadow 2026 — Static01.nyt.com

A.I. Lifted Stocks in 2025, but Market Concentration and Political Risks Shadow 2026

U.S. stocks finished 2025 with gains broadly in line with expectations, but the path was volatile. The S&P 500 climbed 16.4 percent for the year even as the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point. The rally was driven largely by investments

Status update: Engadget's CES 2025 Best-of-Show winners ahead of CES 2026 — D29szjachogqwa.cloudfront.net

Status update: Engadget's CES 2025 Best-of-Show winners ahead of CES 2026

With CES 2026 slated to start next week, Engadget revisited its Best of Show winners from CES 2025 to check which products actually made it to market and which are still pending. ASUS Zenbook A14 impressed on look and build but fell short in performance and value. Engadget awarded it

Louis V. Gerstner, the Outsider Who Turned Around IBM, Dies at 83 — Static01.nyt.com

Louis V. Gerstner, the Outsider Who Turned Around IBM, Dies at 83

Louis V. Gerstner Jr., the outsider who revived IBM in the 1990s by shifting the company from a declining mainframe business toward consulting and services, died on Saturday in Jupiter, Fla. He was 83, the executive director of Gerstner Philanthropies, Kara Klein, said. The family did not disclose a cause

CES 2026 preview: smart glasses, AI wearables, 6K 3D monitors and new tablets — Zdnet.com

CES 2026 preview: smart glasses, AI wearables, 6K 3D monitors and new tablets

CES 2026 opens to thousands of journalists, analysts and industry professionals on January 6, and major announcements are already arriving from brands including Samsung, LG and Hisense. RayNeo is showing two new smart glasses: the Air 4 Pro, which connects to a phone, computer or gaming console, and the X3

After the hype: How AI settled into tools and trade-offs in 2025 — Cdn.arstechnica.net

After the hype: How AI settled into tools and trade-offs in 2025

After two years of sky-high claims about imminent superintelligence, 2025 felt like a reality check for the AI industry: models proved useful but imperfect, and hype increasingly gave way to pragmatism. Open-source surprises and commercial responses punctuated the year. Chinese startup DeepSeek released an R1 simulated reasoning model under an

DeepSeek unveils mHC method to cut costs and scale large language models — Zdnet.com

DeepSeek unveils mHC method to cut costs and scale large language models

Chinese AI firm DeepSeek has published a paper on arXiv describing Manifold-Constrained Hyper-Connections (mHC), a training architecture the company says could let engineers build and scale large language models without the huge computational costs normally required. The mHC approach builds on hyper-connections (HCs), introduced in 2024, which give neural network

AI agents still immature — reinforcement learning and memory redesign needed, researchers say — Zdnet.com

AI agents still immature — reinforcement learning and memory redesign needed, researchers say

Enterprise AI “agents” unveiled by vendors are mostly simple automations and fall short of the long-lived, goal-driven systems researchers define as true agents. Two technical gaps stand in the way: a robust reinforcement learning (RL) approach for long-horizon decision making, and a rethought memory system that can store and retrieve

Meta acquires AI startup Manus in deal topping $2 billion — S.yimg.com

Meta acquires AI startup Manus in deal topping $2 billion

Meta has acquired AI startup Manus in a deal valued at more than $2 billion, The Wall Street Journal reports. Manus arrived in March 2025 shortly after Chinese startup DeepSeek. The company, originally called Butterfly Effect, described itself as "the first general AI agent" able to perform complex

Tuxedo's InfinityBook 14 Pro pairs strong Linux performance with lightweight design — Zdnet.com

Tuxedo's InfinityBook 14 Pro pairs strong Linux performance with lightweight design

Tuxedo Computers' InfinityBook 14 Pro is a Linux-first 14-inch laptop that delivers strong performance in a compact, unassuming chassis. The base model starts at about $1,223 and the reviewed Gen10 configuration includes a 16-core AMD AI 7 350 CPU, 32GB of RAM and integrated AMD graphics. The keyboard

Memories.ai unveils Project LUCI, a developer platform for AI wearables — Zdnet.com

Memories.ai unveils Project LUCI, a developer platform for AI wearables

Memories.ai has unveiled Project LUCI, a research prototype and developer reference design for AI wearables at CES. The system is available for developer preview, with full availability expected later in 2026 and reservations open now. The company shifted LUCI from a consumer concept shown last year into a developer-focused

Pebble launches Round 2 e-paper watch with 10-day battery and analog look — Zdnet.com

Pebble launches Round 2 e-paper watch with 10-day battery and analog look

Pebble has unveiled the Pebble Round 2, a thin, open-source smartwatch that emphasizes an analog look and long battery life. The watch improves on the 2015 Pebble Time Round with a larger 1.3-inch e-paper display and a reduced bezel, making notifications and messages easier to read. Pebble says the

KBW upgrades TeraWulf, cites AI and HPC leasing pivot as key growth driver — Cdn.sanity.io

KBW upgrades TeraWulf, cites AI and HPC leasing pivot as key growth driver

Investment bank KBW upgraded TeraWulf to "outperform" from "market perform" and raised its price target to $24 from $9.50. Analyst Stephen Glagola said the market is underestimating the earnings upside from TeraWulf’s shift away from bitcoin mining toward AI and high‑performance computing (HPC)

Shane Warne named the Ashes’ defining figure for his numbers and aura — I.guim.co.uk

Shane Warne named the Ashes’ defining figure for his numbers and aura

The Guardian’s judges concluded Shane Warne is the Ashes’ defining figure, chosen as the tournament’s singular standout above 99 other greats. The case rests on both statistics and impact. Warne took 195 Ashes wickets, including a record 11 five-wicket hauls, with 129 of those wickets away from home

Ukraine conflict accelerates deployment of semiautonomous strike drones — Static01.nyt.com

Ukraine conflict accelerates deployment of semiautonomous strike drones

During 2025 the war in Ukraine has become a testing ground for semiautonomous combat drones that can lock on and pursue targets without continuous human control. Ukrainian pilots used a Bumblebee drone, developed by a venture led by Eric Schmidt, to strike a building near Borysivka after switching the aircraft

Proposed California Wealth Tax Has Billionaires Weighing Moves Out of State — Static01.nyt.com

Proposed California Wealth Tax Has Billionaires Weighing Moves Out of State

Billionaires including Peter Thiel and Larry Page are considering cutting or reducing ties to California because of a proposed ballot measure that would tax residents worth more than $1 billion, people familiar with their thinking said. The proposal from the health care union S.E.I.U.-U.H.W.