
The Hill - 1 hour 3 min ago
A human rights group on Saturday found that the number of deaths during widespread anti-government protests in Iran has reached over 3,300. The Human Rights Group Activist News Agency verified the latest death toll after three weeks of protests, with 4,382 cases that the group said are still under review. "So far, 2,107 people with...

Tech Meme - 3 hours 51 min ago
Caroline Haskins / Wired : The AI boom is driving an unprecedented wave of data center construction, but there aren't enough skilled workers in the US, such as electricians, to keep up — The AI boom is driving an unprecedented wave of data center construction, but there aren't enough skilled tradespeople in the US to keep up.

TechRadar - 3 hours 52 min ago
Huawei's slate aced most of the tests I threw at it — but this one shortcoming makes it miss the mark for me.

TechRadar - 3 hours 52 min ago
Don't worry about Spatial Audio, eARC or built-in phono stages – this is the most essential Wi-Fi speaker feature in my book.

NBC News - 4 hours 38 min ago
Dueling protest movements demonstrated in Minneapolis on Saturday, with factions supporting and opposing ICE's presence in the city after a fatal shooting by an ICE agent. NBC News' Shaquille Brewster reports.

Sky News - 4 hours 51 min ago
NASA's enormous rocket that will soon carry astronauts around the moon has reached its launch pad.

The Hill - 5 hours 40 sec ago
European leaders on Saturday said the trade deal with the U.S. and the European Union is on hold after President Trump announced new 10 percent tariffs on Denmark and other European countries over his growing rhetoric to acquire Greenland. President of the European People's Party (EPP) Manfred Weber said that while there is approval over...

TechRadar - 5 hours 52 min ago
The Edifier ES60 is a decent retro-style speaker, but its audio performance and underwhelming battery life hold it back from brilliance.

Engadget - 7 hours 10 min ago
Six years after the announcement of plans to build Atari Hotels in eight cities across the US, including Las Vegas, only one now seems to be moving forward, in Phoenix, Arizona. The Las Vegas deal ultimately "didn't come to fruition," spokesperson Sara Collins told Las Vegas Sun this week, and Atari Hotels is putting its focus into the Phoenix site "for the time being." Phoenix was always meant to be the first site, followed by other hotels in Austin, Chicago, Denver, Las Vegas...

Tech Meme - 7 hours 22 min ago
Rob Copeland / New York Times : A look at Michael Saylor's Strategy, known for buying bitcoin via creative financing strategies, as its stock trades way below its peak amid the crypto downturn — Had you glanced too quickly at the crowd packed into Michael Saylor's Tuscan-style Miami compound, you might have assumed it was just another rich dude's party.

The Hill - 7 hours 37 min ago
President Trump has invited the presidents of Egypt, Turkey and Argentina to join his newly created "Gaza Board of Peace." The White House announced the board's creation on Friday as part of the Trump administration's efforts to advance its 20-point peace plan for the region. Argentinian President Javier Milei announced that he'd accepted his position...

Engadget - 8 hours 36 min ago
Amazon is reportedly adding Teresa Palmer ( The Fall Guy, Warm Bodies, Hacksaw Ridge ) to its pantheon of Norse gods for its God of War TV show adaptation. As first reported by Deadline , Palmer will play Sif, Thor's wife and eventual leader of the Aesir, in the live-action adaptation. It may not carry as much weight as the casting of the video game's protagonist that was revealed earlier this week to be Ryan Hurst , but it could hint at the direction the TV show may take. View this post...

Tech Meme - 9 hours 22 min ago
Maria Sherman / Associated Press : Luminate 2025 report: the global music industry hit 5.1T streams, up 9.6% YoY and a single-year record; AI artist Xania Monet had 125M on-demand audio streams — The global music industry hit 5.1 trillion streams in 2025. It's a new single-year record, up 9.6% from 2024, which held the previous record.

Engadget - 9 hours 55 min ago
In another attempt to reduce our attention spans to mush, TikTok has released the PineDrama app, which offers serialized drama series that are roughly a minute per episode. As first spotted by Business Insider , the app is designed exactly like TikTok , but instead of trendy dance videos, you can scroll through and watch "micro dramas." For those new to the category, micro dramas are bite-sized TV shows shot in vertical video and available in minute-long episodes. Don't expect any nominations...

Newser - 12 hours 2 min ago
Big Tech, Jessica Grose argues, may finally have met a force that can slow it down: being publicly chastised. Writing in the New York Times , the opinion columnist points to Mattel's splashy plan, announced in June, to roll out AI-fueled toys with OpenAI. Outrage ensued, and after months of criticism...

NBC News - 14 hours 20 min ago
Teens in the United States on average spend more than eight hours a day on screen. Now, there is a bipartisan effort to protect kids online with parents and lawmakers convening at a hearing to examine the impact of technology on kids. Reporting for Saturday TODAY, NBC's Julie Tsirkin speaks with kids and lawmakers about how they feel about screen time.

IEEE Spectrum - 14 hours 52 min ago
The AI data center construction boom continues unabated, with the demand for power in the United States potentially reaching 106 gigawatts by 2035 , according to a December report from research and analysis company BloombergNEF. That's a 36 percent jump from the company's previous outlook, published just seven months earlier. But there are severe constraints in power availability, material, equipment, and perhaps most significantly a lack of engineers, technicians, and skilled craftsmen...

The Atlantic - 15 hours 10 min ago
Why is the media obsessed with prediction markets?...

ABC News - 15 hours 35 min ago
NASA's giant new moon rocket is on its way to the launch pad...

The Atlantic - 15 hours 52 min ago
For many women, the bots offer a way to live in a world filled with unsatisfying men.

Wired - 16 hours 22 min ago
Need an ultrafast drive for video editing or a rugged option to back up your photos in the field? We've got a solution for every situation.

Wired - 16 hours 44 min ago
I put two viral Paris Hilton-branded kitchen products to the test. I have some thoughts.

The Guardian - 16 hours 52 min ago
Progress of artificial general intelligence could stall, which may lead to a financial crash, says Yoshua Bengio, one of the godfathers' of modern AI Will the race to artificial general intelligence (AGI) lead us to a land of financial plenty or will it end in a 2008-style bust? Trillions of dollars rest on the answer. The figures are staggering: an estimated $2.9tn ( 2.2tn) being spent on datacentres , the central nervous systems of AI tools; the more than $4tn stock market capitalisation of...

Vox - 16 hours 52 min ago
Security forces are seen during a pro-government rally on January 12, 2026, in Tehran, Iran. | Stringer/Getty Images It's difficult to know exactly what is happening in Iran since the government shut down the internet on January 8, plunging a nation of more than 90 million people into digital darkness. Crackdowns against anti-government protesters have led to at least 2,600 deaths, although some estimates put the death toll at upward of 20,000 . According to the US-based Human Rights Activists...