Looking Back, Moving Forward: Our Journey and Plans for 2025

Co-founder Anton Pronkin originally shared this letter on our community forum. In it, he expands on Anytype’s history and our priorities for this year. Its relevance is broad, so we’re also publishing it here. This year has been the most exciting in Anytype& | Continue reading


@blog.anytype.io | 27 minutes ago

Triller launches a tool to back up users’ TikToks ahead of the U.S. ban deadline

Triller, a would-be competitor to TikTok, is hoping to capitalize on the potential for a TikTok ban in the U.S. by pitching to creators to move their content from the popular short-form video app to its own. The company has now launched a website, SaveMyTikToks.com, which promise … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 47 minutes ago

Confessions of a Big Tech recruiter

In today’s episode of The Pragmatic Engineer, I’m joined by Blake Stockman, former tech recruiter at Google, Meta, Uber, and YC. | Continue reading


@newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com | 59 minutes ago

How to use GitHub Copilot: What it can do and real-world examples

How Copilot can generate unit tests, refactor code, create documentation, perform multi-file edits, and much more. The post How to use GitHub Copilot: What it can do and real-world examples appeared first on The GitHub Blog. | Continue reading


@github.blog | 1 hour ago

Tonal’s new strength training system arrives with refreshed hardware and new workouts

The post-pandemic years haven’t been especially kind to connected fitness. As bigger names like Peloton and Mirror have struggled, however, plenty of smaller firms like Tonal are still going strong. At CES 2025 on Wednesday, the Bay Area firm announced the arrival of its new stre … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 1 hour ago

Portable mini projector stands on its own with tri-fold hinge

Entertainment technology brand Aurzen has launched an interesting take on the pico projector. Rather than having to carry a tripod in your bag, the Zip sports a tri-fold form factor that pulls out to a Z shape for positioning ease. Continue Reading Category: Home Entertainment, C … | Continue reading


@newatlas.com | 1 hour ago

How Britain got its first internet connection – by the late pioneer who created the first password on the internet

Plugging it in... technicians at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the mid-1970s. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory British computer scientist and Internet Hall of Fame inductee Peter Kirstein died in January 2020 at the age of 86, after a nearly 50-year career at UC … | Continue reading


@theconversation.com | 1 hour ago

Boston Dynamics settles patent suit with military robotics firm Ghost

Roughly two and a half years after their patent battle began, Boston Dynamics and Ghost Robotics have settled the dispute on reasonably amicable terms. The robotics firms on Wednesday issued a joint release announcing the end of the dispute. “We are pleased to resolve this disput … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 1 hour ago

Amazon deal of the day: The USB-C Apple Pencil is back down to just $69

The best Amazon deals on Jan. 8 include the Apple Pencil USB-C, Eufy 11S Max, Tile Pro, Fire Max 11, and JBL 770NC headphones. | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 1 hour ago

Dont be surprised when eBay listings pop up on Facebook Marketplace

Meta is testing eBay integration on Facebook Marketplace amid antitrust scrutiny. | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 1 hour ago

Former Huami employees launch SATELLAI, a satellite pet tracker, at CES 2025

With the smart pet wearable market estimated at $1.72 million in 2024, a new startup in the pet tech space is entering the scene with a dog tracker and collar that can directly link with satellite tracking without needing an LTE signal. At CES 2025, SATELLAI presented its pet tra … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 1 hour ago

Japan says Chinese hackers targeted its government and tech companies for years

The years-long hacking spree targeted government organizations as well as companies across Japan. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 1 hour ago

On Los Angeles Wildfires

Here is the FIRMS map of the Los Angeles fires, as of 7:50am Pacific time: The VIIRS and MODIS satellites pass over about once every 100 minutes. Neither has picked up on the Woodley fire yet. That one is in the Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area, which is the northwest side of the … | Continue reading


@doc.searls.com | 1 hour ago

Omi, a competitor to Friend, wants to boost your productivity using AI and a ‘brain interface’

San Francisco startup Based Hardware announced the launch of a new AI wearable, Omi, to boost productivity during the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas this week. The device can be worn as a necklace where Omi’s AI assistant can be activated by saying “Hey Omi.” The startup a … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 2 hours ago

Mono XL defies genres on outstanding debut “Haze Collector” and leaves a lasting impression

Mono XL's signature moves of blending big new wave synths with indietronica sensibility is highlighted even more by how immersive this album is. | Continue reading


@lessthan1000followers.com | 2 hours ago

Will genome editing transform our children's health? Some have doubts

A team of scientists claims that the risk of common conditions like heart disease could be slashed by editing people's genomes at the embryo stage - but other biologists strongly disagree | Continue reading


@newscientist.com | 2 hours ago

Physicists discover that 'impossible' particles could actually be real

Every fundamental particle in the universe fits into one of two groups called fermions and bosons, but now it seems there could be other particles out there that break this simple classification and were once thought to be impossible | Continue reading


@newscientist.com | 2 hours ago

Punk and Emo fossils rock our ideas of how ancient molluscs looked

Two species of marine molluscs dating back about 430 million years have been named Punk and Emo for their outlandish spiky appearance | Continue reading


@newscientist.com | 2 hours ago

Sleeping pills disrupt how the brain clears waste

A common sleep medication prevents mice from effectively clearing away waste and toxins from their brain during sleep | Continue reading


@newscientist.com | 2 hours ago

We thought we knew emperor penguins – robots are proving us wrong

For decades, we studied only a tiny number of Antarctica's emperor penguins. Now robots and satellites are revealing surprising secrets about how they live | Continue reading


@newscientist.com | 2 hours ago

String Theory Can Be Proven Wrong, String Theorists Say

Science News, Physics, Science, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science | Continue reading


@backreaction.blogspot.com | 2 hours ago

Grove cuts clinical trial enrollment time with AI

Tran Le was an engineering student at Stanford University when she tried to enroll in a clinical trial for her chronic condition. Although she identified several promising trials, she found the sign-up process daunting — she had to have extensive email exchanges with clinical sit … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 2 hours ago

Score a 65-inch TCL Nxtframe TV at Best Buy for a whopping $800 off

As of Jan. 8, save $800 on the TCL NXTFRAME TV at Best Buy, which is down to $1,199.99 from its usual price of $1,999.99. | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 2 hours ago

Tom Minor explores 70s classic rock masterfully on debut album “Eleven Easy Pieces on Anger & Disappointment”

Eleven Easy Pieces On Anger & Disappointment is an extremely well-produced album, managing to merge and blend all of Tom Minor's different styles and influences with ease. | Continue reading


@lessthan1000followers.com | 2 hours ago

Microsoft rolls back its Bing Image Creator model after users complain of degraded quality

Ahead of the holidays, Microsoft said it was upgrading the AI model behind Bing Image Creator, the AI-powered image editing tool built into the company’s Bing search engine. Microsoft promised that the new model — the latest version of OpenAI’s DALL-E 3 model, code-named “PR16” — … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 2 hours ago

Why the “optimism bias” rules our hopes for the future

What actually is optimism? One approach is to consider it as a psychological trait — an individual personality characteristic that affects an individual’s behaviour, doesn’t change much over time, and is fairly consistent in most situations. All these are true of dispositional op … | Continue reading


@bigthink.com | 2 hours ago

Former CEO of MoviePass’ parent company pleads guilty to fraud over ‘unlimited’ plan

The former chief executive of the parent company of MoviePass, Theodore Farnsworth, pleaded guilty to charges of securities fraud and conspiracy after being accused of misleading investors over the service’s “unlimited plan.” Farnsworth also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 2 hours ago

Venâncio Mondlane is Mozambique’s political challenger: what he stands for

When people watched political debates on Soico TV, one of the most watched private channels in Mozambique, around 2010, they often saw a young forest engineer and bank employee who was able to brilliantly articulate the country’s problems. He was Venâncio Mondlane, a distant kins … | Continue reading


@theconversation.com | 2 hours ago

Facebook Marketplace to display eBay listings to appease EU regulators

Meta is set to start displaying eBay listings in its own Facebook Marketplace classifieds platform, in an effort to appease European regulators. Back in November, Meta was hit with a €798 million fine by the European Commission (EC) in Europe for breaching antitrust rules. The EC … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 3 hours ago

Garmin Connect experienced a major outage on Wednesday morning

Garmin smart watches around the world were more or less unusable early on Wednesday morning. | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 3 hours ago

Alliance between Meta and Trump is likely to create informational, economic and geopolitical conflicts around the world

Meta’s founder, Mark Zuckerberg, announced on Tuesday 7 a series of changes to the content moderation actions on his platforms Facebook, Instagram and Threads, eliminating fact-checkers, slowing down the processes of taking down potentially damaging content from the social fabric … | Continue reading


@theconversation.com | 3 hours ago

Healthcare analytics platform H1 has acquired Ribbon, backed by a16Z and General Catalyst

H1, a healthcare data analytics platform serving the pharmaceutical industry with data on over 10 million healthcare professionals, has acquired Ribbon, a startup that helps patients find doctors that are supported by their insurance. Financial terms of the deal have not been dis … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 3 hours ago

World's first ePaper InkPoster displays art in vivid color

Digital reader outfit PocketBook has designed what's billed as the world's first ePaper color poster/art display, and has partnered with E Ink and Sharp to bring it to life. The InkPoster comes in three sizes and employs two screen technologies. Continue Reading Category: Around … | Continue reading


@newatlas.com | 3 hours ago

The dangers of keeping epidemiology the “hidden science”

In February 2003, Carlo Urbani encountered a mysterious virus in Vietnam. A physician-epidemiologist well-regarded for his diagnostic skills, Urbani was asked to come to the French Hospital of Hanoi to see a patient named Jonny Chen, an American businessman who had grown seriousl … | Continue reading


@bigthink.com | 3 hours ago

Edtech giant PowerSchool says hackers accessed personal data of students and teachers

The Bain Capital-owned edtech giant says hackers accessed its customer support portal using a "compromised credential." © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 3 hours ago

Thailand bans plastic waste imports, record year for UK wind power, AI spots unreported wildfire

Photo: Leonid Danilov/pexels (CC0) Today on Squirrel News, Thailand bans […] | Continue reading


@squirrel-news.net | 3 hours ago

Vay expands driverless car-sharing fleet in Las Vegas

Vay is hitting the accelerator on its driverless car-sharing service in Las Vegas. The Berlin-based startup, which uses teleoperations technology that lets humans pilot empty vehicles to customers, has been operating a small commercial fleet of retrofitted Kia e-Niro vehicles in … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 4 hours ago

How Byron Katie accidentally discovered joy in the darkest of times

It can be overwhelming to navigate the pains of life, but the iconic self-help author believes you can find yourself by answering just four questions Pain is an inevitable part of life. But perhaps could suffering be optional if we’re empowered with the right tools. “The cause of … | Continue reading


@bigthink.com | 4 hours ago

Segway Xyber is a wickedly quick e-bike

Segway launched a bunch of new products at CES, including the extremely quick Segway Xyber e-bike. | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 4 hours ago

EU court fines European Commission for breaching its own data privacy laws

The EU court said the bloc's executive authority violated a citizen's rights by transferring some of his personal data to the U.S. without proper safeguards. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 4 hours ago

Quoting Andriy Burkov

One agent is just software, two agents are an undebuggable mess. — Andriy Burkov Tags: ai-agents, ai | Continue reading


@simonwillison.net | 4 hours ago

Los Angeles’ Ferocious Fires

Current conditions: It is 27 degrees Fahrenheit in Dallas, Texas, and snow is expected • The whole of England is under a cold weather health warning until Sunday • A water boil advisory is in effect for Richmond, Virginia, after a winter storm cut power to the city’s water treatm … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 4 hours ago

How extensions trick CWS search

A few months ago I searched for “Norton Password Manager” in Chrome Web Store and got lots of seemingly unrelated results. Not just that, the actual Norton Password Manager was listed last. These search results are still essentially the same today, only that Norton Password Manag … | Continue reading


@palant.info | 4 hours ago

📕 I mildly recommend: Life as No One Knows It (members post)

A new book explaining assembly theory, a new way of thinking about the question of "what is life?" | Continue reading


@birchtree.me | 4 hours ago

Logging off life but living on: How AI is redefining death, memory and immortality

'Gone but not forgotten' could become a big understatement in the age of AI. Marina113/iStock via Getty Images Imagine attending a funeral where the person who has died speaks directly to you, answering your questions and sharing memories. This happened at the funeral of Marina S … | Continue reading


@theconversation.com | 4 hours ago

3 ways Trump’s EPA could use the language of science to weaken pollution controls

Environmental issues were conspicuously absent from the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign, but moves by President-elect Donald Trump’s first administration and his leadership picks for his next administration offer clues to what may be ahead. They point to a second Trump administra … | Continue reading


@theconversation.com | 4 hours ago

Interior secretary manages vast lands that all Americans share − and can sway the balance between conservation and development

Visitors trek the Sand to Snow National Monument in Southern California, a popular area for camping, hiking, hunting and other activities. Bob Wick, BLM/Flickr The Department of the Interior was created in 1849 as the United States was rapidly expanding and acquiring territory. I … | Continue reading


@theconversation.com | 4 hours ago

Selfish or selfless? Anti-natalists say they’re going child-free to protect the kids they won’t have

In anti-natalists' eyes, not having children is the ethical choice. Iryna Tolmachova/iStock via Getty Images Plus In the first few days after Donald Trump’s election in November 2024, purchases of emergency contraceptives spiked, with two companies reporting sales about 1,000% hi … | Continue reading


@theconversation.com | 4 hours ago