Meta-Owned Threads Overtakes X in Daily Mobile Usage
PYMNTS / pymnts - Meta-owned social media platform Threads is reportedly surpassing X in terms of mobile usage. Threads now has more daily usage on mobile devices than Elon Musk’s X, TechCrunch reported Sunday (Jan. 18), citing data from Similarweb. Meta introduced Threads…
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Back to Top / Monday, January 19, 2026, 1:20 am / permalink 18152 / 13 stories in 6 wks
Micron (MU) Stock: Edges Lower on Warning of Prolonged HBM and DRAM Shortages
Newton Kitonga / parameter - TLDRs; Micron says AI-driven memory shortages could last well beyond 2026, pressuring near-term sentiment. High-bandwidth memory demand is crowding out supply for PCs, smartphones, and automakers. Massive US and Asia investments aim to rebalance DRAM and …
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Vanagon Ventures Raises €20M To Support Europe’s Deep-Tech Pre-Seed Startups
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Vanagon Ventures, a Munich-based venture capital firm, has announced the final close of its €20 million Fund I, created specifically to support deep tech and AI startups at the pre-seed and seed stages. Vanagon intends to invest up to €500,000 per company…
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Ethereum transactions hit record as staking exit queue drops to zero
Shaurya Malwa / coindesk - The record jump comes as Ethereum’s validator exit queue has dropped to zero while entry queues remain long.
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Microsoft Forced to Issue Emergency Out-of-Band Windows Update
EditorDavid / slashdot - The senior editor at the blog Windows Central decries two serious Windows issues "that were not spotted by Microsoft during testing, and are so severe that the company has now issued an emergency fix to address the problems."Microsoft's first update for W…
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Back to Top / Sunday, January 18, 2026, 2:20 pm / permalink 18144 / 17 stories in 6 wks
GPT-5.2 Pro for solving another open Erdős problem. Going to be a wild year for mathematical and scientific advancement!
@gdb / x - GPT-5.2 Pro for solving another open Erdős problem. Going to be a wild year for mathematical and scientific advancement!Neel Somani (@neelsomani)I've solved a second Erdos problem (#281) using only GPT 5.2 Pro - no prior solutions found.Terence Tao calls …
Back to Top / Saturday, January 17, 2026, 11:20 pm / permalink 18140 / 6 stories in 6 wks
AMD Expected To Focus More On RX 9070 XT Than Its Non-XT Variant As It Needs Less Price Adjustments
Sarfraz Khan / wccftech - Similar to NVIDIA, AMD may prioritize some RDNA 4 GPU models over others to reduce the impact of high DRAM sourcing costs. AMD is Reportedly in a Difficult Position and May Not Sustain a Good Supply for Radeon RX 9070 as the XT Variant is Easier for Price…
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Claude Is Taking the AI World by Storm, and Even Non-Nerds Are Blown Away
Bradley Olson / wsj - Developers and hobbyists are comparing the viral moment for Anthropic’s Claude Code to the launch of generative AI.
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Intel's upcoming Core Ultra 9 mobile CPU outperforms most desktop counterparts in new benchmark — Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus nearly matches flagship Core Ultra 9 285K in single-threaded performance
tomshardware - Intel's mainstream Arrow Lake lineup is due for a refresh later this year, and while we've already seen a lot about the desktop parts, the first mobile SKU has just appeared on PassMark with some impressive scores to boot. It beats every x86 laptop proces…
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Wikipedia is now 25 years old — world’s 7th most popular website now has over 7 million English articles and 7 billion monthly visitors
tomshardware - Wikipedia is 25. Founded on this day in 2001, this community contributor driven site has convincingly usurped what were once the default general reference works of choice, like Encyclopædia Britannica and Microsoft Encarta.
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One iPhone 18 Pro Prototype Is Rumored To Be Tested With A Corner-Positioned Front-Facing Camera, With Apple Pushing All Face ID Components Behind The OLED
Omar Sohail / wccftech - Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max could be the very first devices to drop the pill-shaped cutout in favor of a punch-hole front-facing camera, with all Face ID components placed behind the OLED panel as the company pushes closer and closer towar…
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Musk's $134 Billion OpenAI Lawsuit Is About Control, Not Cash
Marcus Schuler / implicator - The world's richest man wants $134 billion from OpenAI for a $38 million donation. The math is absurd. That's the point. As trial approaches, unsealed documents reveal both sides have something to hide.
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Fired Thinking Machines Co-Founder Had Undisclosed Relationship With Colleague
Keach Hagey / wsj - Barret Zoph, who was also chief technology officer, rejoined OpenAI, along with fellow co-founder Luke Metz.
Back to Top / Friday, January 16, 2026, 7:21 pm / permalink 18100 / 4 stories in 7 wks
Micron (MU) Stock: Soars 7% as $100B NY Megafab Breaks Ground and Sparks U.S. Chip Revival
Yasmin Werner / parameter - TLDR Micron stock jumped nearly 8% after breaking ground on its $100B New York chip site The Syracuse-area megafab will host four plants, with first production targeted for 2030 Federal and state incentives helped anchor one of the largest U.S. chip proje…
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Inside Montreal’s Massive New Apple Store: Why This Opening is Different
John Quintet / iphoneincanada - Apple officially opened its expanded retail location on Sainte-Catherine Street West today, a move that significantly grows its footprint in Montreal. The new shop is more than double the size of the previous location and is the result of years of plannin…
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TSMC Says AI Demand Is 'Endless' After Record Q4 Earnings
BeauHD / slashdot - An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: On Thursday, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) reported record fourth-quarter earnings and said it expects AI chip demand to continue for years. During an earnings call, CEO C.C. Wei t…
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You're Going To Get Less For Your iPhone Trade-Ins Now
slashgear - Trading in your iPhone is a great way to subsidize your next iPhone, but Apple's trade in values have declined recently. Here's how much you can expect to get.
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Samsung Reportedly Ahead of Schedule with M6 MacBook Pro/Max OLED Panel Production
techpowerup - Samsung Display's "Cinematic Experience" OLED experience could make its way to premium Apple laptop pastures. According to fresh inside track info—courtesy of a yeux1122 blog post—the South Korean behemoth's Asan site-based 8.6-generation OLED production …
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AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 “Dual 3D V-Cache” CPU Benchmarked, Faster Than Ryzen 9950X3D In Both Single & Multi-Core Tests While Packing 192 MB of L3 Goodness
Sarfraz Khan / wccftech - The fastest X3D processor was just benchmarked on Geekbench again, delivering superb single and multi-core performance. AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Delivers 7% Higher Single-Core and Multi-Core Performance in Geekbench vs Ryzen 9950X3D The upcoming Zen 5 flagshi…
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ChatGPT Introduces Lower-Priced Subscription Tier With These Features
Joe Rossignol / macrumors - OpenAI today announced that its lower-priced ChatGPT Go subscription tier is now available worldwide, with U.S. pricing set at $8 per month.ChatGPT Go provides expanded access to ChatGPT's latest model, GPT‑5.2 Instant, with 10× more messages, file upload…
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