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Hubble Space Telescope reveals why some stars refuse to grow old
Posted on Thursday January 22, 2026
In the most extensive ultraviolet study of blue stragglers ever performed, an international research team used NASA's and ESA's Hubble observatory to survey 48 globular clusters scattered across the Milky Way.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Hyundai's humanoid robot plans trigger union warnings of mass job losses
Posted on Thursday January 22, 2026
Hyundai Motor Group showed off Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot at CES earlier this month. The company said it plans to build a factory capable of producing 30,000 robots annually by 2028 and to begin deploying humanoid robots at its Georgia plant that same year, with plans to roll them out...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Ubisoft is hitting reset again: cancels games, closes studios, and delays releases
Posted on Thursday January 22, 2026
Ubisoft plans to overhaul its internal structure over the coming months and years and significantly revise its release lineup. Intensifying its focus on open-world games, live-service titles, and player-facing generative AI, the company has delayed seven games and cancelled six, including the long-in-development remake of Prince of Persia: The Sands...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Stranger Things and NFL games pushed streaming to record highs on Christmas Day
Posted on Thursday January 22, 2026
Nielsen says (via The Hollywood Reporter) that US streaming figures for December 25 beat the previous 2024 record, also set on Christmas Day, by 3.9 billion minutes.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
This robotic hand can crawl away from its arm to grab things
Posted on Thursday January 22, 2026
Unlike traditional robotic grippers fixed to stationary arms, this dual-mode manipulator functions both as a conventional end effector and as an independent mobile tool. Once undocked, it can navigate toward objects on its own, using a coordination system that lets each digit crawl and reorient in multiple directions.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Apple thinks its wearable AirTag-sized AI pin can succeed where others failed
Posted on Thursday January 22, 2026
News that Apple is working on an AI gadget was first reported by The Information. The device is described as resembling a flat, circular disk with an aluminum and glass shell – a thicker AirTag, essentially.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Nvidia has overtaken Apple as TSMC's largest customer, Jensen Huang says
Posted on Thursday January 22, 2026
Huang made the remark about TSMC during an interview on the A Bit Personal with Jodi Shelton podcast. When the host referred to TSMC founder Morris Chang's recollection that a young Huang once promised to become one of the foundry's biggest clients, Huang laughed and said, "Morris will be happy...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
OpenAI confirms its first consumer AI device is coming this year, and it may be earbuds
Posted on Wednesday January 21, 2026
Speaking to Axios at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, OpenAI's chief global affairs officer, Chris Lehane, said the upcoming device is one of the company's top priorities and remains on track for a launch in the second half of the year.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Kioxia warns NAND flash chip supply will remain tight amid AI surge
Posted on Wednesday January 21, 2026
Kioxia is working to significantly enhance storage performance for AI workloads in the enterprise market. Unfortunately for individual consumers, that same focus is driving up prices for traditional storage products.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Snap settles landmark lawsuit over claims its app harmed teen mental health
Posted on Wednesday January 21, 2026
A California lawsuit accused Snap of designing Snapchat to encourage compulsive use among teenagers, contributing to mental health harms over years of engagement. The case involves a teen identified as K.G.M., whose lawyers argued that Snap engineered features such as infinite scroll, autoplay, and algorithmic recommendations to maximize time on...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »