AI

OpenClaw gains traction in China as tech giants add support

Businessinsider reported that OpenClaw is gaining traction in China as cloud and internet giants including Tencent, Alibaba, and ByteDance’s Volcano Engine have begun integrating the agent, making it easier to deploy and connect to workplace tools such as Alibaba’s DingTalk and Tencent’s WeCom. The viral agent — formerly

Culture

Where Was Kelly Severide on Chicago Fire This Week? (February 4, 2026)

Details reported by Nbc note that Firehouse 51 icon Kelly Severide was absent from the February 4 episode "Coming In Hot," a departure Chihards quickly noticed. In the episode, Stella Kidd explains that "Severide is in Cleveland visiting Isaiah," and Joe Cruz greets former 51 secretary

Culture

Celebrity book club picks to read this month

Pagesix reports on celebrity book club picks for February from clubs led by Reese Witherspoon, Jenna Bush Hager, Dua Lipa, Emma Roberts, Dakota Johnson, Katie Couric, Natalie Portman and others. Dua Lipa’s Service95 chose "The Son Of Man" by Jean-Baptiste Del Amo, described as chilling and exploring

Culture

Menace launch time and release date

Pcgamer reported that Menace launches in early access at 6 am PST on February 5. Overhype expects the early access period to last a year. The game operates at a broader scale than Battle Brothers, with players ordering full units rather than individual soldiers, though the stakes for your forces

Sports

Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games

Science reports that about 2,900 Olympic athletes have converged on northern Italy for the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games, which are the most geographically dispersed Games in Olympic history. Events are spread across more than 22,000 square kilometers and eight cities or towns. The decentralized design was intended

Culture

Best monster hearts in Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined

Polygon reports that monster hearts in Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined are new items that replace the monster vocations from the original game. Obtained from treasure chests hidden in dungeons or by killing stronger, glowing variants of certain monsters, these hearts grant special passive abilities or buffs. A monster heart can

AI

Netease denies shutting AI research or banning developers from AI

In a report from Gamesradar, Marvel Rivals owner Netease responded to a claim by Japanese developer Goichi Suda (Suda51) that the company had shuttered its generative AI research department and instructed its studios to avoid the technology. Netease said it is still investing in AI tech. Eurogamer reported Suda'

Crypto

Feds crypto trace gets Incognito Market creator 30 years

Cointelegraph reports that Rui-Siang Lin, the creator of the Incognito Market, was sentenced to 30 years in prison after blockchain sleuthing led US authorities to the platform’s steward. The Justice Department said a Manhattan court found Lin responsible for running a marketplace that sold $105 million worth of illicit

AI

Sony patent for AI-generated podcasts using PlayStation characters

Reporting by Kotaku says Sony was granted a patent for AI-generated podcasts starring PlayStation characters as a marketing tool. The patent, titled 'LLM-Based Generative Podcasts for Gamers,' was applied for in July 2024 and granted last month. The filing argues that video game platforms lack the ability to

Culture

Kevin Feige's Marvel Future Addresses After Kathleen Kennedy and Bob Iger Exits

Movieweb reports that Kevin Feige doesn’t seem to be leaving his role at Marvel Studios anytime soon. 2026 has seen major shake-ups at the Walt Disney Company: Kathleen Kennedy stepped down as President of Lucasfilm, with Dave Filoni and Lynwen Brennan appointed the new heads, and Josh D’Amaro

Culture

Tate McRae Responds to Backlash Over Winter Olympics Ad

People reports Tate McRae is ending the online discourse around her appearance in an NBC ad for the 2026 Winter Olympics that also features Team U.S.A. athletes. Followers on social media felt she should be rooting for athletes from Canada, her native country, and McRae replied with an

Culture

Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Mistook Her Optimism for an Act’

Nytimes presents Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. In "How I Got Back the Beach House," Aiden Reiter describes taking a girl to the family beach house where his father died, confessing that he had pulled his father from the water

Crypto

Zcash Loses 70% of Trading Activity in Three Weeks as $200 Slide Accelerates

Reporting by Beincrypto shows Zcash is sinking deeper into bearish territory, down nearly 5% over the past 24 hours and more than 44% over the past month, while still recording year-on-year gains of nearly 700%. The decline followed a head-and-shoulders breakdown completed on January 31; trading activity collapsed after centralized

Culture

Win Tickets to an Early IMAX Screening of Crime 101

Collider is teaming up with Amazon MGM Studios and IMAX to offer readers the chance to attend an early IMAX screening of Crime 101, an action-packed heist film directed by Bart Layton and headlined by Chris Hemsworth and Halle Berry. According to the official synopsis, set against the sun-bleached grit

Sports

Fans criticise Haaland as Man City beat Newcastle to reach Carabao Cup final

A report from Goal says Manchester City beat Newcastle 5-1 in the Carabao Cup semi-final to set up a final against Arsenal after Omar Marmoush scored twice and Tijjani Reijnders also found the net. Erling Haaland started on the bench and came on in the second half but did not

Business

Alibaba's cofounder Joe Tsai shares 2 traits good employees should have

Businessinsider reported that Alibaba's cofounder Joe Tsai said employees need an ownership mindset and agility to help drive innovation. Tsai said large companies can stop innovating, noting, "We've gone through periods where we stopped innovating, and we suffer from it as a large company."

Business

Files Reveal Epstein’s Money Mingled with Silicon Valley’s Tech Start-Ups

Nytimes reports that newly released Justice Department documents show Jeffrey Epstein invested in Silicon Valley start-ups, including a $3 million stake in Coinbase in 2014 that later yielded multimillion-dollar returns. The files detail other investments, including $5 million in Jawbone in 2012 that grew to $11.25 million by 2017

Culture

Why the guest star playing Jemma on Chicago P.D. looks familiar

Nbc reports Season 13 of Chicago P.D. featured guest star Donna Lynne Champlin in the episode "Missing," with the Intelligence Unit fighting tooth and nail to see justice served. Champlin is known for playing Paula Proctor on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and for a long history on Broadway, including

Culture

Bella Hadid pulled over before Adan Banuelos' arrest, Pagesix reports

Pagesix reports Bella Hadid was pulled over by police just moments before on-again, off-again boyfriend Adan Banuelos was arrested for public intoxication. According to a police report obtained by TMZ, deputies stopped the model in the parking lot of Gator’s Cantina in Weatherford, Texas in the early morning hours

World

Suspect identified in disappearance of four-year-old Gus Lamont

Theguardian reports that someone who lived with four-year-old Gus Lamont is now considered a suspect in his disappearance, SA police said on Thursday as they declared the case a major crime. Detective superintendent Darren Fielke said police had effectively ruled out Gus wandering off and being abducted and were now

Culture

I still can't master one of Nioh's simplest mechanics

Pcgamer's Shaun Prescott writes that Nioh 3 is an astonishing action game and that he has poured nearly 20 hours into Team Ninja's latest, which Pcgamer awarded a 90% in its review. He describes the series as increasingly frenetic and says the game pushes against the

Culture

Best vocations in Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined

Coverage from Polygon explains that vocations in Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined are classes with unique skills meant to represent a character’s path. The main cast begins with one vocation each, but characters can change vocations after progressing the main quest to Alltrades Abbey in the past; talking to High

Culture

Game of Thrones star joins season 2 of Stephen King's The Institute

Gamesradar reported Alfie Allen is set to star in the second season of Stephen King's The Institute. Per Deadline, Allen will star as Nolan Reeves, an eccentric European tech billionaire who is "one of the Institute’s financial backers with an ambitious agenda all his own."

Health

Potential biological lab found in Las Vegas garage

People reports that more than 1,000 samples of potentially hazardous materials were recovered from a Las Vegas home over the weekend. The house on Sugar Springs Drive was identified during an investigation that linked it to a prior illegal biolab probe in Reedley, Calif. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police arrested

Crypto

Bhutan sold $22.4M in Bitcoin as portfolio falls over 70%

In a report from Beincrypto, Bhutan transferred $22.4 million in Bitcoin out of sovereign wallets over the past week, including a direct transaction to market maker QCP Capital. The country's cryptocurrency portfolio has declined over 70% from a peak of $1.4 billion to approximately $412 million,