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• Way Day 2022: All the best deals still available (zdnet.com)
  Way Day 2022 is over, but you can still save with steep deals on furniture, area rugs, grills, and even things to renovate your kitchen or…
• How to clean a mechanical keyboard (zdnet.com)
  Keyboards are unbelievably good at collecting dirt, dust, and a whole selection of other debris. Let us run you through the easy process an…
• Cyberus creates the sound of a passwordless future (zdnet.com)
  Passwords create a vulnerability in a security system because humans are bad at setting and using them -- much better to have a machine-to-…
• What you need to know about staking Ethereum (zdnet.com)
  Staking is a far more environmentally friendly way to validate blockchains than mining with banks of energy-sucking crypto mining rigs. But…
• From leading Tesla Autopilot to running GM? (theverge.com)
  Bloomberg reports that Sterling Anderson is in line to succeed Mary Barra as CEO of General Motors. Anderson was a co-founder at Aurora whe…
• How to create Google Docs templates with a free Workspaces account (zdnet.com)
  The free version of Google Workspaces doesn't allow you to upload custom templates. Jack Wallen walks you through a DIY workaround, so you'…
• MegaLag has returned a year later with part two of his video series investigating the Honey (theverge.com)
  Beyond part one’s exposure of affiliate revenue hijacking, MegaLag digs into Honey’s “extortion” by adding limited-use “friends and family”…
• What are virtual credit card numbers and how do they work? A complete guide (zdnet.com)
  Virtual credit card numbers are temporary card numbers your credit card company issues for you when you're shopping online. Using one can p…
• Fidelity launches first-of-kind Bitcoin offering for 401(k) retirement plans (zdnet.com)
  MicroStrategy will be the first company to add Fidelity's Digital Assets Account to its retirement plan, enabling its employees to have par…
• Looking for a resume alternative? Salesforce updates its Trailblazer.me profiles (zdnet.com)
  Salesforce adds more verified credentials to Trailblazer.me profiles, which give people a way to emphasize the skills they've mastered in t…
• FTC vacates an order it says violates Trump’s AI Action Plan. (theverge.com)
  The Federal Trade Commission set aside a 2024 order against a company it previously accused of selling an AI service that could generate fa…
• Hey Elon, the media business isn't rocket science. It's harder (zdnet.com)
  Elon Musk might have bitten off more than he can chew with the proposed acquisition of Twitter. Rocket science is way easier than finding a…
• Alphabet is acquiring a data center company. (theverge.com)
  Google’s parent company will acquire Intersect for $4.75 billion to “enable more data center and generation capacity to come online, faster…
• Former FTX US exec Brett Harrison raises $35 million for a “perpetual futures” exchange. (theverge.com)
  I don’t know what “AX, the financial industry’s first centralized exchange for perpetual futures on traditional asset classes,” is, but I d…
• Another landlord agrees to steer clear of algorithmic rent price recommendations. (theverge.com)
  The Justice Department reached a proposed agreement with landlord LivCor to resolve claims that it illegally coordinated rent prices with o…
• Waymo explains Saturday’s self-driving shutdown in San Francisco. (theverge.com)
  When a substation fire cut off electricity across the city, Waymo SUVs stuck at malfunctioning stoplights quickly became another headache,…
• Nvidia tests of Intel’s 18A chip manufacturing process “stopped moving forward.” (theverge.com)
  In the spring, Reuters broke the news that Nvidia and Broadcom were testing Intel’s 18A process for chip production, but in a profile today…
• Nvidia pays a reported $20 billion for most of the AI chip startup Groq. (theverge.com)
  CNBC reports Nvidia isn’t buying all of Groq, which has inference AI tech that IBM’s CEO recently told us “looks like it’ll be 10x cheaper”…
• Imran Ahmed is suing Marco Rubio and other federal officials to fight their sanctions barring him (theverge.com)
  The Trump administration just sanctioned five people, including Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) founder Imran Ahmed, over their w…
• Tesla is still figuring out how to make the Cybertruck’s massive windshield wiper work. (theverge.com)
  According to Not A Tesla App, one owner shared a service message saying there’s an Engineering Investigation ongoing, and some service staf…
• Instagram wants to win over teens... but it might not understand them. (theverge.com)
  A report from The Washington Post reveals Meta’s recent push to attract more teens to Instagram, which reportedly involved setting up a “li…
• It took a phone ban for some teachers to realize kids don’t know how to read a clock. (theverge.com)
  Just like writing cursive, it seems that reading an old-school analog clock is the sort of skill that has fallen by the wayside in our smar…
• Billionaires are making empty threats to leave California if they’re asked to hoard slightly less (theverge.com)
  There’s a proposal making the rounds in California to levy a 5 percent wealth tax on anyone worth more than $1 billion. The proposal isn’t…
• NY Governor Kathy Hochul signs warning labels for ‘addictive social media’ into law. (theverge.com)
  In June, the New York state legislature passed a bill requiring social media companies to display warnings about the potential mental healt…
• Adidas expands its Minecraft collaboration again. (theverge.com)
  The company has added five sneakers to its Minecraft collection that launched alongside the movie, earlier this year. The new additions inc…
• Let's talk crypto: The future of finance within your reach (zdnet.com)
  In our continuing effort to demystify the technology and trends that are transforming the future of finance, ZDNet presents the Crypto Coac…
• The 'Ops' concept takes hold in enterprise technology shops, but so do new headaches (zdnet.com)
  How should IT leaders proceed with all these Ops promising smoother and more responsive service delivery? As with any promising technology…
• Next stop: (Old) City Hall. (theverge.com)
  A private swearing-in ceremony for New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will take place inside the original City Hall station at midnig…
• Singapore unveils acceleration programme for startups eyeing Sweden (zdnet.com)
  Enterprise Singapore and Business Sweden launch an initiative to help startups and technology small and midsize businesses from the Asian n…
• Lego’s latest Smart Play sets are BYOB. (theverge.com)
  That’s Bring Your Own Brick, of course. The five new Star Wars-themed sets launching on March 1st support the company’s new interactive fea…
• Ford finds someone to head its home battery business. (theverge.com)
  Lisa Drake, who previously served as vice president of technology platform programs and EV systems, is now in charge of the automaker’s ene…
• CES 2022: Razer's Project Sophia envisions turning your desk into a modular PC (zdnet.com)
  The gaming company's latest moonshot concept continues its fascination with modular systems, with a chassis that snaps into a glass desk an…
• CES 2022: Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra moves closer to full autonomy (zdnet.com)
  Robot vacuums are a great way to reduce time spent on regular daily chores, but they still require a person to empty and maintain for regul…
• Never been a better time to aspire to be a chief technology officer, study shows (zdnet.com)
  As the world goes digital, CTOs are gaining greater visibility in enterprises, a study by the IBM Institute for Business Value finds. 'The…
• Oracle admits it broke TikTok. (theverge.com)
  Without explaining why its cloud status page doesn’t list any outages, TikTok USDS part-owner Oracle outed itself as the previously unnamed…
• Best CES 2022 tech gadgets you can buy right now (zdnet.com)
  CES 2022 has no shortage of new and emerging tech, but many won't hit store shelves until years later. To the tech-loving enthusiasts who c…
• Will the stars align for a SpaceX IPO? (theverge.com)
  Mr. 420 hopes to raise $50 billion by taking SpaceX public with the largest initial public offering in history. The target date is mid-June…
• Clawdbot’s bad day. (theverge.com)
  Peter Steinberger, the creator of the trending Moltbot (former Clawdbot) AI agent, talks to TBPN about how Anthropic contacted him to rebra…
• Most enterprise execs already looking into quantum computing, new Zapata report finds (zdnet.com)
  While quantum computing might seem like a distant pipe dream to the average consumer, executives at some of the world's largest companies a…
• Gemini will be your tour guide while using Google’s walking directions. (theverge.com)
  Google says you can now use the AI chatbot to ask questions while using walking or cycling directions in Google Maps, which already worked…
• China moots additional security rules for apps that influence public opinion (zdnet.com)
  Country's industry regulator releases draft laws that will require, amongst others, mobile apps providing news to be licensed to do so and…
• Tencent to divest $3B worth of shares in Singapore's Sea (zdnet.com)
  Tencent's stake in Singapore-based e-commerce operator Sea will drop from 21.3% to 18.7%, and voting power reduced to less than 10%, follow…
• The Clarity Act clears one hurdle in the Senate, but hints at another: (theverge.com)
  In a 12-11 vote along party lines, the Senate Agriculture Committee, which regulates commodities, voted on Thursday to advance its portion…
• AMD's new Ryzen 6000 chips deliver faster processing, 2x faster graphics (zdnet.com)
  Announced at CES, the latest Ryzen chips for laptops are built using TSMC's 6nm process technology and feature AMD's "Zen 3+" core architec…
• This one’s for the lawyers. (theverge.com)
  Nintendo’s legal team is probably already keeping a close eye on Google’s Project Genie, a world model that Jay Peters used to build some v…
• Gavin Newsom wants to resurrect the EV tax credits that Trump killed. (theverge.com)
  California will outline its own $200 million EV incentive program next week, after officials meet with Detroit automakers to discuss the ne…
• Garmin Vivomove Sport review: An affordable hybrid watch with extensive health support (zdnet.com)
  Some people enjoy wearing standard watches and can even be found with a regular watch on one wrist and a fitness tracker on the other. The…
• Senate committee wants foreign interference social media reporting rules by next Australian election (zdnet.com)
  A Senate Select Committee received testimony prior to the new year that both government and social media platforms are unsure of how to go…
• CES 2022: Samsung Galaxy S21 FE revealed with flagship features and affordable price (zdnet.com)
  Samsung's Galaxy S20 FE was a fan favorite over the past year due to its affordable price and high-end features that made it clearly one of…
• Coinbase and Wall Street had some drama at Davos. (theverge.com)
  Apparently, JPMorgan Chase’s Jamie Dimon did not take kindly to Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong accusing them of ruining the Clarity Act, and…