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Moltbook: A social network for A.I. bots draws thousands and mixed reactions

Last Wednesday, Matt Schlicht, a technologist living south of Los Angeles, launched Moltbook, a social network open only to chatbots. Two days after the site went live, more than 10,000 “Moltbots” were chatting with each other on the platform, their creators watching the conversations unfold. Moltbook’s bots are

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OpenClaw rebrand exposes security flaws in viral AI agent

OpenClaw — the project that began as Clawdbot and briefly became Moltbot — has rebranded and gone viral in the past week, and ZDNET reports that new exploits surfaced over the weekend. OpenClaw is an autonomous, locally run AI agent that can use models from Anthropic, OpenAI and others, integrate with messaging

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Puget Systems names Intel Core Ultra 7 265K most reliable consumer CPU in 2025

Custom PC builder Puget Systems has published its Most Reliable Hardware of 2025 report and says the Intel Core Ultra 7 265K was the most reliable individual consumer processor it sold, registering a 0.77% failure rate across its sample. Puget also highlights AMD's Ryzen X3D processors as

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RX 9070 XT PCs beat RTX 5070 Ti value as well-priced 5070 Ti rigs grow scarce

PC Gamer says gaming PCs with AMD’s RX 9070 XT are even better value now that reasonably priced RTX 5070 Ti machines have become hard to find, particularly in the $1,500–$2,200 range. The article notes the cheapest decent RTX 5070 Ti system it found is a

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Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says TSMC must "work very hard" as AI demand gobbles memory

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told reporters in Taipei this weekend that "TSMC needs to work very hard this year because I need a lot of wafers," speaking outside a so-called "trillion-dollar dinner" for top tech manufacturers, Reuters reported. Huang said the chipmaker will scale up substantially,

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1995 space sim Star Quest 1 updated for Windows with HOTAS and controller support

The original developer of Star Quest 1 in the 27th Century has released a 30th Anniversary Edition that runs on modern Windows and adds controller and HOTAS support, he announced on Reddit. Star Quest was first released in November 1995 by Virtual Adventures Inc and was notable for allowing seamless

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MacOS Tahoe (MacOS 26) upgrade bricked a new Mac Studio; DFU revive/restore and unplugging recovered it

ZDNET writer Elyse Betters Picaro says an attempted MacOS Tahoe (MacOS 26) upgrade earlier this month left her brand-new $3,700 Mac Studio M3 Ultra unbootable, showing a black screen and refusing to enter recovery mode. She cites a September 2025 bug in which the installer loads the Apple Neural

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Reid Hoffman: 15 people with AI can compete with 150 without it

LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman wrote on LinkedIn that "15 people with AI can compete with 150 without it," and made the same point on the "Possible" podcast that aired Wednesday. Hoffman said AI "fundamentally changes what small teams can accomplish," arguing small teams have

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Workers' confidence in AI fell even as adoption rose, studies and firms say

A January ManpowerGroup study found that for the first time in three years workers' confidence in AI declined, dropping 18% while AI adoption grew by 13% year over year, a divergence that employers and analysts say is prompting businesses to rethink how they roll out AI tools. Practitioners describe

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ZDNET recommends Pixel Buds Pro 2 in 2026 after redesign

ZDNET's review recommends Google's Pixel Buds Pro 2 in 2026. The earbuds are available from the Google Store for $229, and the reviewer says they come after years of passing on the original Pixel Buds Pro because the earlier design couldn't stay in the

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Dyson PencilVac Fluffycones review: ultra-light hard-floor vacuum that won't replace main cleaner

In a review for The Guardian, Andy Shaw says the Dyson PencilVac Fluffycones is a lightweight, hard-floor specialist priced at £429.99; it’s described as accessible and enjoyable to use but not a replacement for a regular vacuum cleaner, especially for carpets or large cleans (Dyson’s V16 Piston

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AirTag 2 vs. AirTag 1: upgraded tracking and louder speaker, same price

Apple this week released the second‑generation AirTag, an updated Bluetooth tracker that keeps the same MSRP as the previous model: $29 for a single AirTag and $99 for a four‑pack, according to ZDNet. Apple says the AirTag 2 offers more precise tracking and a louder speaker, but many

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Omarchy makes Hyprland usable but remains keyboard‑centric and for experienced users

According to ZDNET's Jack Wallen, Omarchy — an Arch-based, “omakase” distribution — packages the Hyprland Wayland compositor in a way that made Hyprland usable for him, but the desktop is heavily keyboard‑centric and aimed at experienced users. Hyprland is described as a highly customizable, dynamic tiling compositor for Wayland

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Diablo 4’s Paladin debuts in Lord of Hatred, inspired by Zelda and Lord of the Rings

The Paladin is available now, released early as one of two classes included in April’s Lord of Hatred expansion, answering long-standing community calls for the Diablo 2–style holy warrior, the studio said. Blizzard delayed the Paladin earlier because it "didn't fit the theme" of

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ZDNET reporter finds local AI painfully slow on a 16GB M1 MacBook Pro

A ZDNET reporter tested running local large language models on a three‑year‑old 2021 M1 MacBook Pro (16 GB RAM, macOS Sonoma) and found downloads straightforward but model inference painfully slow and memory‑limited. The article says the reporter used Ollama as a gateway to local AI because it

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Rust lets servers opt in to require Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 from March

Facepunch announced that from March Rust server owners will be able to opt in to only allow connections from players who have Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 enabled, Facepunch COO Alistair McFarlane said on X. The studio framed the change as a measure to keep up with cheat makers;

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How a quick EQ tweak fixes flat audio on headphones and speakers

ZDNET explains that using an equalizer to boost or cut specific frequencies is a quick way to fix flat-sounding headphones and speakers. Sound is measured in hertz and humans hear roughly 20–20,000 Hz. The article breaks frequencies into octaves: 16–32 Hz (the lowest notes), 32–512 Hz

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WD Elements 8TB drops to $171 on Amazon, about $0.02/GB

The Western Digital 8TB Elements Desktop external hard drive is on sale at Amazon for $171, down from a $225 list price — a $54 savings (about 24% off), which works out to roughly $0.02 per gigabyte, and is available now. The desktop-style Elements drive comes in a compact black

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Every Fallout game and DLC on Steam for $77 in live sale

Every Fallout game is on sale on Steam right now, and you can buy the whole series—including the black sheep Fallout Tactics—along with a boatload of DLC for $77, thanks to a live Steam sale. The series spans very different entries: the original two Fallout games are top-down,

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Lenovo 24-inch all-in-one drops to $400 on Amazon — $199 off, includes Windows 11

Kotaku reports Lenovo's 23.8-inch (24-inch) all-in-one desktop is on sale at Amazon for $400 after a $199 discount, and the bundle includes a preinstalled copy of Windows 11 Home plus a wired keyboard and wired mouse. The outlet notes the offer is only available for a short

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Moltbook: Reddit-style social network for AI agents reportedly tops 32,000 users

A Reddit-style social network called Moltbook reportedly crossed 32,000 registered AI agent users on Friday, creating what Ars Technica described as a large-scale experiment in machine-to-machine social interaction. The platform launched days ago as a companion to the OpenClaw personal assistant. Moltbook lets AI agents post, comment, upvote, and

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AirPods 4 with ANC drop to $119 on Amazon — $60 (34%) off

Apple’s AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation are on sale at Amazon for $119, down from $179 — a $60 savings and 34% off, Kotaku reports. The AirPods 4 feature a redesigned, more defined shape and a shorter stem with press controls for music and calls. Active Noise Cancellation reduces

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🚀 Febspot Achieves a Perfect 100/100 Lighthouse Score After UI Optimization

We’ve completed a major UI optimization on Febspot, and the results speak for themselves — a perfect 100/100 score across all Lighthouse categories: Performance, Accessibility, Best Practices, and SEO. As part of this update, the homepage now highlights a key milestone of the platform: over 3 million videos uploaded

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MacBook Pro vs. MacBook Air: ZDNET tests both and explains which to buy in 2026

ZDNET tested Apple's MacBook Pro and MacBook Air and says both are solid choices in 2026; which to buy depends on your needs for power, size, storage and display quality. The MacBook Pro comes in 14‑ and 16‑inch models and currently ships with three chip options: the

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Last day to buy Nintendo Switch Game Vouchers — save $20 on two full-price games

Today, January 30, 2026, is the final day to buy Nintendo Switch Game Vouchers. Subscribers to Nintendo Switch Online can still purchase two coupons for $100 that can be used on two full-price digital Switch games typically priced at $60 each, saving $20. Nintendo announced in July it would end