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Google's Aluminium OS accidentally leaks, showing ChromeOS-Android fusion in action for the first time
Posted on Thursday January 29, 2026
The bug report has since become unavailable to the public, but 9to5Google managed to copy it and save the clips. The footage, totaling around two and a half minutes, doesn't reveal much, but Aluminium certainly resembles the fusion of ChromeOS and Android that Google described last September.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Ubisoft's problems deepen as unions call international strike over job cuts and return-to-office mandate
Posted on Thursday January 29, 2026
Ubisoft announced last week that it will restructure its internal operations in the coming months, refocusing its strategy around open-world games, live-service titles, and player-facing generative AI. The changes include delays to seven projects and the cancellation of six others, among them Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Microsoft's Xbox struggles continue as console sales fall 32% and first-party games underperform
Posted on Thursday January 29, 2026
In its second-quarter results for financial year 2026, which ended December 31, 2025, Microsoft wrote that Gaming revenue decreased by $623 million to $5.99 billion, or 9%. The drop was driven by the 32% decline in Xbox hardware, as well as a small dip in Xbox content and services.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
New York startup builds foam-covered humanoid inspired by WALL-E, not Terminator
Posted on Thursday January 29, 2026
Founded in stealth in New York's Flatiron District, Fauna Robotics spent two years building Sprout as a different kind of platform – one that treats robots not as laborers but as companions and collaborators. Its debut this week marks the company's attempt to define a new category of "approachable" humanoids:...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Nine out of ten DuckDuckGo users don't want AI anywhere near their search
Posted on Wednesday January 28, 2026
DuckDuckGo recently asked its community whether they actually wanted AI baked into their web browsing experience. The response was loud and clear: an overwhelming majority said no. Now, the company says it's going to honor that choice by offering two different versions of its search experience. Even so, power users...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
ASML slashes 1,700 jobs even as demand for chipmaking machines hits record highs
Posted on Wednesday January 28, 2026
CEO Christophe Fouquet framed the restructuring as an effort to make ASML more agile. Roughly four percent of the company's global workforce – about 1,700 positions – will be cut, primarily affecting managerial and support roles in the Netherlands, with smaller reductions in the US.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Screenshot utility ShareX adds AI image analysis
Posted on Wednesday January 28, 2026
ShareX is a popular Windows utility for screenshot capture and screen recording. Version 19.0 introduces a new AI analyze image tool with support for GPT and Gemini. The update also upgrades to FFmpeg 8.0.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Neural network detects 800+ rare cosmic phenomena in historical Hubble archives
Posted on Wednesday January 28, 2026
A study demonstrates that AI can be harnessed for scientific discovery. The neural network in question, named AnomalyMatch, was used to detect hundreds of previously unknown anomalies in our local universe. Researchers first tested it on the historical Hubble dataset, but the AI is expected to reveal even more cosmic...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Crypto laundering surged to $82 billion last year and the numbers keep rising
Posted on Wednesday January 28, 2026
The data represents a staggering leap from 2020, when illicit crypto laundering totaled just $10 billion globally. By contrast, last year's total reached $82 billion, driven largely by the rise of specialized Chinese-language "guarantee platforms" and related laundering services operating across Telegram, payment processors, and over-the-counter markets.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
After 70 years of false starts, fusion energy is finally gaining momentum
Posted on Wednesday January 28, 2026
The machines at their center, called tokamaks, have evolved from experimental curiosities into instruments capable of sustaining confined plasma – matter so hot it mimics the interior of stars – for record periods of time.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »