• A 1,000-mile cloud on Mars may reveal physics never seen in nature
• Ice sheet expansion may have started 2,000 years ago, but we canceled that
• NASA updates lander plans for Moon landings, finally solves long-festering Orion issue
• Hegseth warns prediction market bets warp military judgment, endanger troops
• Updated Google privacy policy says your Gmail might be used for advertising
• Inside the Pentagon, the pressure is on to find a home for a new spaceport
• Spotify ramps up policy enforcement on family plans
• Crows can evaluate visual info twice as fast as mammals
• Intel gets waiver after worries fuzzy US ban on foreign-made robots may hit fabs
• RFK Jr.’s vaccine injury clinic could damage NIH hospital, board warns
• Knicks sent employees fake offer of championship rings in phishing test: Report
• Everybody panic: A Valve developer said "HLX" in public
• The reactor meant to showcase nuclear’s comeback keeps hitting problems
• Ukraine learns to fight without Starlink as Musk plays politics with satellites
• Review: Crystal Lake suffers a bit from its obsession with Pam Voorhees
• Rocket Report: SpaceX says no thanks to military launches; Spanish rocket nearly ready
• Switch 2 security takes a hit as hackers unlock homebrew access
• Moderna and Merck say their mRNA cancer vaccine cut death, recurrence by 42%
• Latest estimate for Starship launches required to support a Moon landing? 22.
• Comcast loses more customers, claims other ISPs' cheap prices are "irrational"
| • Meta plans to raise $95B to finance its AI expansion, including a $35B underwritten equity offering, backed by cornerstone investors Nvidia, AMD, and Broadcom (Tim Bradshaw/Financial Times)
• The public internet model is effectively dead due to saturation, algorithmic aggregators, and AI security vulnerabilities, and that may open new possibilities (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)
• Ray-Ban Meta Audio glasses review: no camera is a bonus for some, good audio quality, and Meta AI works well, but lingering privacy concerns and fairly pricey (Samantha Kelly/Bloomberg)
• Modern AI panic reflects "cognitive mercantilism", a zero-sum worldview where intelligence is hoarded as a scarce supply-side commodity managed by elites (Venkatesh Rao/Contraptions)
• Volkswagen's China unit and Xpeng secure approvals to trial autonomous driving systems on public roads in China; VW is testing Level 3 and Xpeng Level 4 (Bloomberg)
• A look at OpenAI's and Anthropic's aggressive price cuts between June and October, driven by low switching costs and heavy competition from open-weight models (Max Woolf's Blog)
• A look at TSMC's initial Phoenix fab, which has achieved chip output rates comparable to its Taiwan facilities, as its Taiwanese engineers teach US workers (New York Times)
• Filing: Chinese PCB maker Dongshan raised ~$1.3B in Hong Kong's biggest IPO in nearly two months, pricing shares at ~$11, or 35% below its Friday Shenzhen close (Bloomberg)
• Elvis Presley's rightsholders sue Anthropic over 274 songs allegedly used to train its models, seeking $41M+; Anthropic says it disagrees and will defend itself (Derrick Bryson Taylor/New York Times)
• Alphabet, Amazon, and Microsoft are expected to report double-digit gains in revenue this week, as investors grow impatient with AI capex and seek returns (Bloomberg)
• Inside Slack's Salesforce culture clash: Benioff had ~1 hour with CEO Butterfield pre-deal and didn't use Slack; Butterfield quit after a Davos celebrity panel (Johnny Rodgers/Building Slack)
• A profile of former Google VP and Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, whose startup Dazzle is building an AI assistant to help non-tech enthusiasts with mundane tasks (Alexandra Alter/New York Times)
• India's chip design startups near production with government support, but low volumes, high fab costs, and supply chain bottlenecks hinder commercialization (Ananta Agarwal/Nikkei Asia)
• Amazon Bee Frontier review: a simple $75 AI wearable that excels at always-on listening, summarizing conversations, and suggesting follow-up actions (M.G. Siegler/Spyglass)
• A look at Toyota's robotics expansion, including its Walden spinoff and a $6.4B annual plan to deploy 400K factory robots, as it competes with Tesla and China (Financial Times)
| • iFixit's teardown of the iPhone Duo shows potential causes for cracked screens
• Fitbit Air vs. Whoop: Which screenless fitness tracker is better for you?
• Can you run regular Ethernet cables outside?
• Which Android phone is the closest equivalent to the iPhone Duo?
• Why Google chrome is always using so much RAM
• Most Windows users are seriously underusing this powerful desktop feature
• Does TSA actually allow AirTags in your luggage? Here's what the rules say
• Don't throw away your old, unsupported Nest gadgets — Do this instead
• Your devices could be on the wrong Wi-Fi band, and it's slowing them down
• What does the bell icon mean on your CarPlay screen?
• The most unexpected everyday tool can be found on your phone
• Even the best mesh Wi-Fi system can be easily improved with a simple cable
• What features do you lose if you use Apple AirPods with a Samsung Galaxy phone?
• 8BitDo's latest button-only arcade controller is now up for pre-order
• The internet needs IPv6 and so does your home network
• Here's how much PlayStation Plus cost in 2010 vs. 2026
• 4 Ray-Ban Meta privacy settings you should change before wearing them
• Get the ultimate security for your MacBook by changing these privacy settings
• Why are earbuds usually cheaper than headphones?
• Samsung probably isn't rebranding One UI as Galaxy OS
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