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January 09, 2026
Tech
X restricts Grok’s image generation to paying subscribers only after drawing the world’s ire
Elon Musk’s AI company has restricted Grok’s controversial AI image-generation feature to only paying subscribers on X, after the tool…
January 09, 2026
Tech
The Download: The case for AI slop, and helping CRISPR fulfill its promise
—Caiwei Chen If I were to locate the moment AI slop broke through into popular consciousness, I’d pick the video…
January 09, 2026
Tech
The venture firm that ate Silicon Valley just raised another $15 billion
Andreessen Horowitz just announced the firm has just raised a little more than $15 billion in new funding. The haul…
January 09, 2026
Tech
Conservative Lawmakers Want Porn Taxes. Critics Say They’re Unconstitutional
As age-verification laws continue to dismantle the adult industry—and determine the future of free speech on the internet—a Utah lawmaker…
January 09, 2026
Tech
‘Physical AI’ Is Coming for Your Car
Physical AI sounds like a contradiction in terms. A computer, but a body? But for the marketing architects, it’s the…
January 09, 2026
Tech
Burtran Nano-Oxy Smart Air Purifier: Safe Sleep?
I’m happy to report that Burtran’s claim was correct—its operation did not result in a spike of radioactivity. My entire…
January 09, 2026
Tech
Microsoft is making it much easier to add hyperlinks in Word docs
Microsoft is making it a lot faster and easier to add links to text inside Word documents. Instead of having…
January 09, 2026
Tech
This website plays the lottery every second to show why you'll (almost certainly) never win big
The Lottery Every Second website simulates draws for the US Powerball and the EuroJackpot, which is played in 18 European…
January 09, 2026
Tech
Unveiling the Hidden Dance of a Chainsaw Blade at 20,000FPS
Chainsaws rip through forests and backyards alike, reducing thick logs to manageable bits with brute force, but few people consider…
January 09, 2026
Tech
Anthropic adds Allianz to growing list of enterprise wins
AI research lab Anthropic continues to land sizable enterprise deals. Its latest entails bringing its large language models to a…