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• It pays to erect a giant Evangelion statue in your Japanese town. (theverge.com)
  20-foot tall Evangelion statue: $326,000. Visitors: ≈51,800 from April to January. Payoff: $6.9 million in economic impact. I’d vote for on…
• Apple’s deal with Google lets it use Gemini to train smaller AI models. (theverge.com)
  As part of a deal announced in January, Apple reportedly has ‘complete access’ to Gemini in its data centers, according to The Information.…
• Microsoft expected to Sparkle and Flash at the PDC (arstechnica.com)
  Microsoft is widely expected to preview Sparkle, their supposed "Flash Killer …
• An autonomous car that wakes up and greets you could be in your future (zdnet.com)
  At CES, Peugeot unveiled the Inception Concept, a car that drives itself and doesn't even have a steering wheel.
• Ram's first battery-electric pickup truck makes its debut at CES (zdnet.com)
  The long-anticipated Ram 1500 Revolution battery-electric vehicle will be entering production as soon as 2024.
• Apple updates Xserve, Xserve RAID (arstechnica.com)
  Apple unleashes a bump to their enterprise server lineup...
• Elon’s next legal argument: LinkedIn emoji reactions. (theverge.com)
  Musk’s lawyers are trying to overturn the recent verdict that found his self-described “stupid tweets” were liable for losses incurred by T…
• The Sonos Ace are a hefty 25 percent off for Amazon’s Big Spring Sale (theverge.com)
  The noise-canceling Sonos Ace headphones are on sale for $100 off thanks to Amazon’s Big Spring Sale. That’s one of the lowest prices we’ve…
• Dandy's new weed-killing lawn robot will save your back (zdnet.com)
  The robotics company is dedicated to developing robots for tasks that we all hate doing, and the Dandy DT-01 hits the mark.
• Casio has calculators cool enough to brag about. Really! (arstechnica.com)
  Casio Japan has released two calculators worth lusting after.
• Apple: "The Next Generation" (arstechnica.com)
  Star Trek puns aside, SiliconValley.com is running an online roundtable …
• What are Firefox Container Tabs and how do you use them? (zdnet.com)
  If you're looking to add even more security to the Firefox browser, you might consider using the Containers feature, with its Container Tab…
• Intel and LG Display may have beaten Apple and Qualcomm with the best laptop battery life ever (theverge.com)
  Notebookcheck has tested a Dell XPS 16 with a 1-120Hz LG Display screen and a new Intel Panther Lake chip. It’s the most efficient ever in…
• Can Lenovo's Yoga Book 9i finally make dual-screen laptops a thing? (zdnet.com)
  Lenovo takes another crack at making a dual-screen laptop that's less conceptual futurism and more practical portable workstation -- and th…
• New build of Mactel OS X locks out known hacks (arstechnica.com)
  Thinksecret is reporting that a new build of the x86 version of OS X locks out …
• Uber aims to launch Europe’s first robotaxi service with Pony AI and Verne (theverge.com)
  Uber will launch a commercial robotaxi servicein Europe with Pony AI and Verne.
• Make: demos the first nano hacks (arstechnica.com)
  Change text strings, fonts, and some rudimentary images...
• How to make creating new documents in Linux easier with templates (zdnet.com)
  The Linux desktop has a lot of tricks up its sleeve to help make your experience more efficient. One such trick lies in the Templates folde…
• Samsung’s mobile web browser is now on PC. (theverge.com)
  The Samsung Browser is available for Windows 11 and Windows 10 devices, though some of its AI-powered features — including multi-tab awaren…
• It's official, Apple is planning a video store (arstechnica.com)
  Icons and text strings discovered in iTunes 5's resource forks hint heavily at …
• L'Oréal wins two awards for inclusive beauty tech at CES 2023 (zdnet.com)
  At CES, L'Oreal unveiled two prototypes that place accessibility at the forefront of beauty technology.
• Apple settles Vision Pro leaker lawsuit. (theverge.com)
  The Cupertino company sued former Vision Pro engineer Di Liu last year for allegedly stealing trade secrets before starting a new role at S…
• John Deere rolls out new battery-powered farming and construction equipment (zdnet.com)
  John Deere, an innovator in automation, sustainability, and robotics in the farming and construction industries, unveiled two new technolog…
• OpenAI shelves erotic chatbot ‘indefinitely’ (theverge.com)
  OpenAI ​has paused plans to release a sexualized “adult mode” for ChatGPT, in its latest move to refocus on the company’s core ​products.
• Time magazine writes about "Stevies's little wonder" (arstechnica.com)
  Gross.
• DJI’s Avata 360 is a more functional, flexible 360 drone (theverge.com)
  I tested DJI’s first 360 drone, the Avata 360, against the Antigravity A1 — but only one of them is going on sale in the US.
• Vanilla OS offers a new take on security for the Linux desktop (zdnet.com)
  If you're looking for a new operating system that takes security seriously, but doesn't cause major user headaches, Vanilla OS might be jus…
• The state of Mac web browsing (arstechnica.com)
  Why browse the web in anything but a web browser? The state's the thing...
• Delta to extend free Wi-Fi across all flights (zdnet.com)
  Starting February 1, Wi-Fi will be free on all Delta planes that are capable, comprising about 80% of its fleet, Delta CEO Ed Bastian annou…
• EU digital safety rules come for big porn platforms. (theverge.com)
  The European Commission has preliminarily ruled that Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX, and XVideos have insufficient measures in place to prevent m…
• Still no hope for Jacqui and Clint's disheveled nano (arstechnica.com)
  Wasting no time at all, MacResQ subsidiary iPodResQ has begun offering …
• Soon you'll be able to make WhatsApp calls with Android Auto (zdnet.com)
  At CES, Google rolled out several new features and design upgrades to Android Auto, the platform that connects your phone to your car displ…
• EU backs nude app ban and delays to landmark AI rules (theverge.com)
  The EU Parliament voted to delay deadlines for high-risk AI systems and watermarking AI-generated content due to take effect this August un…
• Last week in Journals.Ars (arstechnica.com)
  Too busy to pour over every last post made in Journals.Ars? I'll point you to …
• Here's everything Razer just announced at CES 2023 (zdnet.com)
  The gaming peripheral company revealed a flurry of new Blade laptops, its new Edge handheld, and a few surprises -- including a new VR acce…
• The senate isn’t feeling Casey Means’ ‘good energy.’ (theverge.com)
  The WSJ reports that Means needs the support of every Republican senator to become surgeon general — and she doesn’t have it. The reasons a…
• Final Fantasy: Advent Children loose in the wild (arstechnica.com)
  Leak!
• My favorite MSI gaming laptop just dropped by $550 (zdnet.com)
  This laptop is currently over $500 off, offering some great savings if you're always on the go.
• Webtoon is adding AI localization tools to its comics platform (theverge.com)
  Webtoon will soon roll out new AI-powered translation functionality for its user-uploaded manga platform.
• Don't worry, people will still mug each other for iPods (arstechnica.com)
  O'Reilly.net has posted an article which hails what they consider to be the …
• How to password-protect a document with LibreOffice (zdnet.com)
  If LibreOffice is your office suite of choice, and you need to protect a document with a password, you're in luck, as the feature is built…
• US Finals complete for the 2005 World Cyber Games Championships (arstechnica.com)
  The World Cyber Games completed its United States finals on September 10th.
• Sonos Play review: a versatile Bluetooth speaker for the Sonos world (theverge.com)
  The Play works both on a Wi-Fi connected Sonos system with all of the features that provides, and as a Bluetooth speaker when away from the…
• Android's new Spotify and YouTube notification system sounds like a music streaming dream (zdnet.com)
  Android is working with Spotify and YouTube music for an easy way to switch music playback across multiple devices.
• Sun jumps on budget x86 server bandwagon (arstechnica.com)
  Sun introduced a new line of low-cost Opteron servers, including one model …
• Ballmer says he isn't ready for the WWE (arstechnica.com)
  Ballmer denies using foul language and throwing a chair.
• Samsung Display’s new film reduces reflections and scratches on QD-OLED monitors. (theverge.com)
  The QuantumBlack film reduces light reflectance by 20 percent helping to boost the perceived contrast of QD-OLED displays in settings where…
• Google’s TurboQuant algorithm aims to slash AI memory usage. (theverge.com)
  The compression algorithm works by shrinking the data stored by large language models, with Google’s research finding that it can reduce me…
• eBay snaps up Skype (arstechnica.com)
  It looks like the rumors of eBay buying Skype were grounded in fact, as the …
• This new optical tech could make AR glasses look much cooler (zdnet.com)
  Natural-looking glasses combining augmented reality functionality and prescription lenses could be on the way.