Volkswagen Reveals That It Has Brought Back Physical Buttons
Mike Pearl / gizmodo - ...and made the steering wheel less wheel-like.
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MSI’s RTX 5090 Lightning shatters GPU records before launch — 40-phase VRAM and dual 12V-2x6 connectors turn heads on upcoming overclocking monster
tomshardware - Several benchmark records have appeared online, with users saying they're from the MSI RTX 5090 Lightning, which the company is expected to announce on January 5 at CES 2026.
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Corsair cancels $240 48GB DDR5 memory kit orders due to pricing error — company’s blunder ignites shopper uproar over botched RAM deal
tomshardware - Over the past few days, many customers purchased an incorrectly-priced kit of premium DDR5 memory from Corsair's webstore for just $240. Today, the company has cancelled all those orders, saying the memory is out of stock and that the pricing was a mistak…
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Here's what to expect at CES 2026
Chris Morris / qz - AI will be all over the place at the closely watched consumer electronics show, with major tech companies trying to differentiate their offerings
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Microsoft CEO: Time To Move 'Beyond the Arguments of Slop vs Sophistication'
msmash / slashdot - The tech industry needs to move "beyond the arguments of slop vs sophistication" and develop a new "theory of the mind" that accounts for humans now equipped with "cognitive amplifier tools," Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wrote in a year-end reflection blog…
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Rumor: OpenAI’s New ‘Audio-Based’ Device Could Arrive Very Soon
Aminu Abdullahi / eweek - OpenAI is betting on voice over screens, ramping up audio AI ahead of a new kind of personal device.The post Rumor: OpenAI’s New ‘Audio-Based’ Device Could Arrive Very Soon appeared first on eWEEK.
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Bitfarms Exits Latin America with $30M Sale as Stock Jump 11%
Maxwell Mutuma / parameter - TLDR Bitfarms sold its 70 MW Paso Pe site in Paraguay to Sympatheia Power Fund for up to $30 million. This sale completes Bitfarms’ full exit from Latin America, ending all regional operations and ownership. CEO Ben Gagnon confirmed plans to reinvest proc…
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Ukrainian soldier's M1 MacBook Air takes direct shrapnel hit, still works despite battle damage — screen cracked and letter 'K' missing but laptop remains functional
tomshardware - An Apple M1 MacBook Air took a shell shrapnel hit and survived, with the laptop still working despite damage to the screen and the letter K on the keyboard missing.
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Pebble’s round smartwatch is getting a reboot
Jess Weatherbed / theverge - It's time to reboot another OG Pebble smartwatch - specifically, the round-faced Time Round, which is getting a follow-up more than a decade after its original launch. The new Pebble Round 2 improves upon its predecessor with longer battery life and a lar…
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Elon Musk's Grok AI posted CSAM image following safeguard 'lapses'
Steve Dent / engadget - Elon Musk's Grok AI has been allowing users to transform photographs of woman and children into sexualized and compromising images, Bloomberg reported. The issue has created an uproar among users on X and prompted an "apology" from the bot itself. "I deep…
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'Clicks Communicator' Unveiled — Will You Carry This With Your iPhone?
Joe Rossignol / macrumors - The company behind the BlackBerry-like Clicks Keyboard accessory for the iPhone today unveiled a new Android 16 smartphone called the Clicks Communicator.The purpose-built device is designed to be used as a second phone alongside your iPhone, with the int…
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LG says that it’s launching the world’s lightest 17-inch RTX laptop — also announces 16-inch ultra-portable laptop with 'dual-AI' functionality
tomshardware - LG announced a 17-inch laptop that fits in the form factor of a 16-inch model while still sporting an RTX 5050 discrete GPU.
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Samsung unveils Freestyle+ projector ahead of CES 2026
Kerem Gülen / dataconomy - Samsung announced the Freestyle+ portable projector ahead of CES 2026 in Las Vegas, upgrading its predecessor with 430 ISO lumens brightness and AI OptiScreen screen optimization features. The Freestyle+ delivers twice the brightness of previous Freestyle…
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DeepSeek Kicks Off the Year With New Paper Introducing the mHC Architecture
pandaily - DeepSeek has unveiled a new research paper proposing mHC, a novel architecture designed to stabilize large-scale model training while preserving performance gains.
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Apple reportedly plans to push iPhone 18 debut to 2027
Duncan Riley / siliconangle - Apple Inc. is reportedly planning to delay the release of the iPhone 18 until 2027 as it deals with manufacturing complexity and longer production development cycles. According to MacRumors, the iPhone 18 is not expected to arrive until the spring of 2027…
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China Demands Netherlands 'Correct Mistakes' Over Seized Chipmaker as Auto Supply Crunch Deepens
msmash / slashdot - China's Commerce Ministry on Wednesday demanded that the Netherlands "immediately correct its mistakes" over chipmaker Nexperia, escalating a standoff that has disrupted global semiconductor supply chains and triggered warnings from automakers about compo…
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The $6.5 Billion Race: Chinese AI Firms Sprint to Hong Kong as the Exit Door Swings Open
Maria Garcia / implicator - Chinese AI firms MiniMax and Zhipu AI race to Hong Kong IPOs at $6.5B valuations despite massive losses. Zhipu burned $271M on $27M revenue in six months. The Manus-Meta deal reveals the emerging pattern: Chinese talent, Singapore HQ, American buyer.
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Ford confirms it is sticking with Apple CarPlay
Matthew Mountjoy / mobilesyrup - Ford’s chief financial officer, Sherry House, has confirmed that Apple CarPlay will remain available in its vehicles. According to iPhone in Canada, House said that many Ford drivers enjoy CarPlay, and that Ford reportedly wants to preserve the experience…
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Long Live AM4: ASUS Rumored To Increased DDR4 Motherboard Production
techpowerup - Perhaps in response to the overwhelming demand for DDR5 and the resulting price increase for PC hardware, ASUS is apparently planning to increase production of its B550 AM4 motherboards, which still rely on aging DDR4 RAM. This is according to a leak post…
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Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra leaks in new photos, revealing bigger camera bump
Max Buondonno / theshortcut - The rest of the phone seems to be identical to the S25 Ultra
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