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Nvidia unveils Rubin supercomputing platform to cut LLM costs

Nvidia used a CES 2026 press conference to introduce Rubin, a new AI supercomputing platform the company says is designed to reduce the cost of training and running large language models. According to Nvidia, Rubin can deliver up to a 10x reduction in inference token costs and requires four times

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California's new DROP law lets residents send one delete request to data brokers

Among the nation’s strictest privacy laws, a new California law took effect on January 1, allowing residents to register a single demand to have their personal information deleted and no longer collected by data brokers. The California Privacy Protection Agency says more than 500 companies actively scour a range

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Donut Lab hub motor joins WATT’s PACES electric skateboard platform

Donut Lab's in-wheel motor technology has been integrated with WATT Electric Vehicles' PACES lightweight skateboard platform, the companies' CEOs said. “The integration of Donut Lab’s revolutionary in-wheel motor technology represents a significant leap for what PACES can offer the automotive world,” said Neil Yates, CEO

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Phones and tablets can scan, edit and sign PDFs with built-in apps

Free software on phones and tablets lets users scan, create, edit, annotate and sign PDF files without a printer or scanner, J.D. Biersdorfer wrote in a Tech Tip column on Oct. 22, 2025. On iPhone and iPad, Apple added new PDF-handling options in the iOS 26 update with an

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Lockin's V7 Max smart lock debuts with optical charging at CES 2026

Lockin unveiled the V7 Max biometric smart lock at CES 2026, highlighting a wireless optical charging system that the company says removes the need for disposable or rechargeable batteries. Called AuraCharge, the system uses a transmitter you plug into your home that can recharge the lock from up to four

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Mercedes’ Drive Assist Pro demonstrated handling surface streets, lights and stop signs

Mercedes’ Drive Assist Pro demonstrated the ability to handle surface streets, including reading traffic lights and stop signs and slowing for speed bumps, in an on-road demo where the engineer in the driving seat reportedly did not have to intervene during a 20-minute drive. The system uses a collaborative approach

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Security firm says browser extensions with 8 million+ installs harvested AI chats

Security firm Koi said several browser extensions available in the Chrome Web Store and Edge add-ons page collected extended conversations with multiple AI services, and that the behavior continued even when users toggled off related features. Koi said the extensions harvested conversations from ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, Perplexity, DeepSeek, Grok,

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CES 2026 previews: AI, robots, new TVs and wearables ahead of Las Vegas show

CES 2026 is delivering a steady stream of pre-show announcements as major consumer electronics brands — including Samsung, LG and Hisense — roll out products and concepts ahead of the Las Vegas trade show. ZDNET's live tracker notes a strong AI theme across categories. Samsung showcased wider AI integration across

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Google previews Gemini AI features for Google TV at CES 2026

At CES 2026 in Las Vegas, Google demonstrated a set of new Gemini AI features coming to Google TV devices, building on its initial Gemini rollout to Google TV in November. The company showed that Gemini for Google TV will let viewers use natural language to find something to watch,

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OCHMO technical and medical brief collections available on NASA Science

OCHMO Technical and Medical Brief Collections are available on NASA Science, providing a central set of technical briefs for users to consult. The technical briefs offer technical data, background, and application notes for vehicle developers and medical professionals. They integrate content from multiple standards and provide a quick, informative resource

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OpenAI rolls out GPT Image 1.5 for in‑chat photorealistic edits

On Tuesday, OpenAI rolled out GPT Image 1.5 to all ChatGPT users, a new image-synthesis model that lets people perform photorealistic image edits and generation by typing prompts. The model reportedly generates images up to four times faster than its predecessor and costs about 20 percent less through the

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Trump administration eases A.I. limits and advances big tech priorities

The Trump administration this year moved to remove limits on A.I. chip exports, fast-track data centers and sign an executive order pre-empting state A.I. rules, effectively delivering many of the policies sought by major technology companies, The New York Times reports. Tech executives had courted Mr. Trump before

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Narwal debuts Flow 2 robot that tags lost items and alerts owners at CES 2026

Narwal unveiled its flagship Flow 2 robot vacuum and mop at CES 2026 in Las Vegas, highlighting AI features that can recognize items on the floor and alert owners. The Flow 2 is a robot vacuum‑and‑mop combination that the company says offers 30,000Pa of suction power and

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Eufy X10 Pro Omni robot vacuum drops to $494.99 at Amazon

As of Jan. 5, the Eufy X10 Pro Omni robot vacuum and mop is on sale at Amazon for $494.99, down from its list price of $899.99, a $405 saving. The discount represents 45% off and is being offered for a limited time. Mashable included the X10 Pro

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AI coding agents can write and test code but have important limits

AI coding agents from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google can now work on software projects for hours, writing apps, running tests, and fixing bugs under human supervision, but they are not magic and can complicate projects rather than simplify them. At the core of these agents are large language models (LLMs)

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Google begins rollout letting Gmail users change @gmail.com addresses

Google has quietly begun rolling out a feature that allows users to change their @gmail.com email addresses while keeping all their messages and connected services, according to the company’s support pages and reports of the rollout. The option was first noticed in a "Google Pixel Hub"

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Hyper debuts TrackPad Pro, USB4 M.2 enclosure and solid-state power banks at CES

Accessory maker Hyper announced several new products at CES, including the TrackPad Pro, a wireless premium haptic touchpad for Windows; a HyperDrive Next USB4 M.2 PCIe enclosure for NVMe SSDs and PCIe modules; and three solid-state power banks with Qi2 charging and optional FindMy support. ZDNet's hands-on

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Power outage halts Waymo robotaxis in San Francisco Bay Area

Waymo’s robotaxis in the San Francisco Bay Area were temporarily paralyzed after a power outage knocked out traffic lights, prompting the company to suspend service. Waymo’s cars are programmed to treat intersections without signals as four-way stops, but the scale of the outage over the weekend proved difficult

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GPS jamming disrupted a Norwegian landing as governments and firms seek fixes

In September 2025 a Widerøe Airlines flight aborted a landing at Vardø, in Norway’s far eastern Finnmark region, after GPS systems failed amid heavy interference during a nearby military exercise nicknamed Zapad-2025. European officials suspected Russian forces were using equipment to jam GPS signals; Russia has denied some allegations

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Guide to A.I.-Driven Tech Jargon of 2025

In a Dec. 30, 2025 Tech Fix column, Brian X. Chen offered a cheat sheet decoding A.I.-driven tech lingo that has proliferated this year, from RAG to superintelligence. Chen explains several frequently used terms: “A.I. factories” are essentially data centers that need large storage and power; U.

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LG's 9mm Wallpaper TV at CES 2026 features brighter OLED and A11 AI

LG displayed its ultra-thin Wallpaper TV at CES 2026, a set the company says measures just 9mm in thickness. The model is presented as a return to LG's design-forward Wallpaper line first seen in 2017, but this year's version also adds a Brightness Booster Ultra feature

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Traveler tests Apple AirPods Live Translation in Tokyo

A non-Japanese-speaking first-time visitor tested Apple’s Live Translation feature in Tokyo, using AirPods during a Buddhist fire ritual, sushi classes, crowded markets and bars and said the earbuds helped them understand much of a priest’s closing remarks. Apple introduced Live Translation to deliver real-time translation through AirPods for

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Claimed Condé Nast breach exposes 2.3M WIRED records; Ars unaffected

Earlier this month, a hacker using the name Lovely claimed to have breached a Condé Nast user database and released a list of more than 2.3 million user records from WIRED. Ars Technica says it was not affected and runs on its own bespoke tech stack. The released materials

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Kevin Roose on Wirecutter podcast: tips for using A.I.

Kevin Roose, a Times technology columnist and host of the podcast "Hard Fork," recently joined the hosts of "The Wirecutter Show" for a conversation about the artificial intelligence products he uses, strategies to make chatbots work better and his robot vacuums, Bruce Roose and Bruce Roose

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CES 2026 pre-show: major brands roll out TVs, AI wearables and smart home devices

ZDNET reports a flurry of announcements ahead of CES 2026 in Las Vegas, which opens to industry attendees on January 6, with major consumer electronics names such as Samsung, LG and Hisense among those unveiling new products. Highlights detailed by ZDNET include Xreal's Neo portable charger that doubles