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One of the world's leading communities for tech for good. Founded at stanford.edu in 2008. nytimes.com featured. Helped launch diasporafoundation.org and WeVoyce.com
Google rolls out an AI Inbox view for Gmail, showing users to-dos and summaries of topics rather than a traditional email list, first for U.S. “trusted testers”
Google is taking over your Gmail inbox with AI
AI Mode but for Gmail.
www.theverge.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Google rolls out an AI Inbox view for Gmail, showing users to-dos and summaries of topics rather than a traditional email list, first for U.S. “trusted testers”
How Ralph Wiggum went from 'The Simpsons' to the biggest name in AI right now venturebeat.com/tech... via VentureBeat
January 8, 2026 at 10:00 PM
How Ralph Wiggum went from 'The Simpsons' to the biggest name in AI right now venturebeat.com/tech... via VentureBeat
Why Venezuela’s political shock had MercadoLibre’s stock rallying
Why Venezuela’s political shock had MercadoLibre’s stock rallying
Donald Trump’s capture of Nicolás Maduro has fueled speculation that the Latin American e-commerce company will gain from a political change in Venezuela.
restofworld.org
January 8, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Why Venezuela’s political shock had MercadoLibre’s stock rallying
Congress ctrl-Zs bulk of proposed cuts to NASA science www.theregister.com/... via The Register
Congress ctrl-Zs bulk of proposed cuts to NASA science
: Fate of Shuttle Discovery remains conspicuously unaddressed in FY2026 agreement text
www.theregister.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Congress ctrl-Zs bulk of proposed cuts to NASA science www.theregister.com/... via The Register
X AI chatbot Grok faces potential bans - here's why
Elon Musk's AI Chatbot Grok Is Facing Potential Bans - Here's Why - BGR
Elon Musk's X (formerly Twitter) is under potential legal scrutiny over harassment facilitated through Grok, the social media site's AI companion.
www.bgr.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:00 PM
X AI chatbot Grok faces potential bans - here's why
New battery idea gets lots of power out of unusual sulfur chemistry
New battery idea gets lots of power out of unusual sulfur chemistry
Rather than being used as a storage material, the sulfur gives up electrons.
arstechnica.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:00 PM
New battery idea gets lots of power out of unusual sulfur chemistry
Commons women and equalities committee to stop using X amid AI-altered images row
Commons women and equalities committee to stop using X amid AI-altered images row
Exclusive: Move follows outcry over use of Grok to digitally remove clothing from images of women and children
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Commons women and equalities committee to stop using X amid AI-altered images row
Warner Bros. Discovery rejects Paramount’s bid again, calls it a ‘leveraged buyout’ techcrunch.com/2026/... via @techcrunch
Warner Bros. Discovery rejects Paramount's bid again, calls it a 'leveraged buyout' | TechCrunch
The studio's board unanimously rejected Paramount Skydance's revised $108.4 billion bid, calling the proposal a "leveraged buyout" that would saddle the company with $87 billion in debt.
techcrunch.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Warner Bros. Discovery rejects Paramount’s bid again, calls it a ‘leveraged buyout’ techcrunch.com/2026/... via @techcrunch
WheelMove gives manual wheelchairs the power and height to handle rough terrain
WheelMove gives manual wheelchairs the power and height to handle rough terrain
The motorized add-on lifts a wheelchair's front caster wheels and has five speed options for powered driving.
www.engadget.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:00 PM
WheelMove gives manual wheelchairs the power and height to handle rough terrain
Is your AI assistant creating a recursive security loop? thenewstack.io/is-yo... via @thenewstack | The sophistication that makes LLM-based agents able to identify nuanced patterns also makes them vulnerable to the same tactics they’re trained to catch
Is Your AI Assistant Creating a Recursive Security Loop?
The sophistication that makes LLM-based agents able to identify nuanced patterns also makes them vulnerable to the same tactics they’re trained to catch.
thenewstack.io
January 8, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Is your AI assistant creating a recursive security loop? thenewstack.io/is-yo... via @thenewstack | The sophistication that makes LLM-based agents able to identify nuanced patterns also makes them vulnerable to the same tactics they’re trained to catch
X has become a top site for images of people that have been non-consensually undressed by AI, according to a third-party analysis, with thousands of instances each hour over a day earlier this week www.bloomberg.com/ne...
January 8, 2026 at 1:01 PM
X has become a top site for images of people that have been non-consensually undressed by AI, according to a third-party analysis, with thousands of instances each hour over a day earlier this week www.bloomberg.com/ne...
Generative AI and the future of databases
Generative AI and the future of databases
Google Cloud’s lead engineer for databases discusses the challenges of integrating databases and LLMs, the tools needed to overcome these challenges, and how AI-native databases will help bridge the gap.
www.infoworld.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Generative AI and the future of databases
Countries are outlawing online gambling ads. Meta is selling them anyway
Countries are outlawing online gambling ads. Meta is selling them anyway
A Rest of World analysis found Meta is disregarding local laws and the company’s own guidelines in at least 13 countries.
restofworld.org
January 7, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Countries are outlawing online gambling ads. Meta is selling them anyway
Researchers poison stolen data to make AI systems return wrong results www.theregister.com/... via @theregister
Researchers poison stolen data to make AI results wrong
: Wanted: Chief Disinformation Officer to pollute company knowledge graphs
www.theregister.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Researchers poison stolen data to make AI systems return wrong results www.theregister.com/... via @theregister
Can a nuclear meltdown be stopped?
Can A Nuclear Meltdown Be Stopped? - BGR
Nuclear power has a lot of potential, but many fear the dangers of nuclear meltdowns. Fortunately, some new reactors might make that possibility even slimmer.
www.bgr.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Can a nuclear meltdown be stopped?
Appeals court agrees that Congress blocked cuts to research costs arstechnica.com/scie... | The Trump admin can’t arbitrarily set university reimbursements to a low flat rate
Appeals court agrees that Congress blocked cuts to research costs
The Trump admin can't arbitrarily set university reimbursements to a low flat rate.
arstechnica.com
January 7, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Appeals court agrees that Congress blocked cuts to research costs arstechnica.com/scie... | The Trump admin can’t arbitrarily set university reimbursements to a low flat rate
Wave of Grok AI fake images of women and girls appalling, says UK minister www.theguardian.com/... | Liz Kendall calls on X to ‘deal with this urgently’ while expert criticizes ‘worryingly slow’ government response
Wave of Grok AI fake images of women and girls appalling, says UK minister
Liz Kendall calls on X to ‘deal with this urgently’ while expert criticises ‘worryingly slow’ government response
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Wave of Grok AI fake images of women and girls appalling, says UK minister www.theguardian.com/... | Liz Kendall calls on X to ‘deal with this urgently’ while expert criticizes ‘worryingly slow’ government response
California lawmaker proposes a four-year ban on AI chatbots in kid’s toys techcrunch.com/2026/... via @techcrunch
California lawmaker proposes a four-year ban on AI chatbots in kids' toys | TechCrunch
“Our children cannot be used as lab rats for Big Tech to experiment on,” Senator Steve Padilla said. He just introduced a bill to ban AI chatbots in toys until safety regulations are developed.
techcrunch.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:00 PM
California lawmaker proposes a four-year ban on AI chatbots in kid’s toys techcrunch.com/2026/... via @techcrunch
Meta has delayed the international rollout of its display glasses www.engadget.com/soc... | The reason is 'unprecedented demand and limited inventory,' the company said
Meta has delayed the international rollout of its display glasses
Meta is pausing release of its Ray-Ban Display smart glasses to the UK, France, Italy and Canada due to "unprecedented demand and limited inventory."
www.engadget.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Meta has delayed the international rollout of its display glasses www.engadget.com/soc... | The reason is 'unprecedented demand and limited inventory,' the company said
What it takes to scale AI agents in production thenewstack.io/what-... via @thenewstack | It’s not about picking the smartest model, but building a governed playbook required to scale from pilot to production without drowning in glue code
What It Takes To Scale AI Agents in Production
It’s not about picking the smartest model, but building a governed playbook required to scale from pilot to production without drowning in glue code.
thenewstack.io
January 7, 2026 at 2:00 PM
What it takes to scale AI agents in production thenewstack.io/what-... via @thenewstack | It’s not about picking the smartest model, but building a governed playbook required to scale from pilot to production without drowning in glue code
Google will now publish new source code to the Android Open Source Project twice a year, down from releasing source code for each quarterly Android release
Breaking: Google will now only release Android source code twice a year
Instead of four times a year, Google will now only release Android source code to AOSP twice a year, once in Q2 and again in Q4.
www.androidauthority.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Google will now publish new source code to the Android Open Source Project twice a year, down from releasing source code for each quarterly Android release
6 incredibly hyped software trends that failed to deliver www.infoworld.com/ar... | beware the marketing angle; #bigdata and #genAI are not fails
6 incredibly hyped software trends that failed to deliver
In hindsight, what were we thinking?
www.infoworld.com
January 6, 2026 at 10:00 PM
6 incredibly hyped software trends that failed to deliver www.infoworld.com/ar... | beware the marketing angle; #bigdata and #genAI are not fails
The day the cloud went out restofworld.org/2026... | Entrepreneurs and tech workers from around the world describe how they navigated the many cloud outages in 2025
The day the cloud went out
Entrepreneurs and tech workers from around the world describe how they navigated the many cloud outages in 2025.
restofworld.org
January 6, 2026 at 9:00 PM
The day the cloud went out restofworld.org/2026... | Entrepreneurs and tech workers from around the world describe how they navigated the many cloud outages in 2025
Gmail preparing to drop POP3 mail fetching www.theregister.com/... via @theregister | It's January 2026, and Google is finding innovative new ways to make one of its services worse
Gmail preparing to drop POP3 mail fetching
: It's January 2026, and Google is finding innovative new ways to make one of its services worse
www.theregister.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Gmail preparing to drop POP3 mail fetching www.theregister.com/... via @theregister | It's January 2026, and Google is finding innovative new ways to make one of its services worse
What is the point of streaming devices if you buy a Smart TV?
What Is The Point Of Streaming Devices If You Buy A Smart TV? - BGR
It's common for tech consumers to assume all smart TVs are capable of the same functionalities as standalone streaming devices. Not so in all instances.
www.bgr.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:00 PM
What is the point of streaming devices if you buy a Smart TV?