Last month, the Supreme Court’s Republican majority reinstated Texas’s Republican gerrymander after a lower federal court struck it down. The plaintiffs in that case presented considerable evidence that Texas’s gerrymander was enacted, at least in part, to racially gerrymander some parts of the state. But the Court’s Republican majority deemed this evidence insufficient. Now, the […]

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
A co-creator of the dark web marketplace Empire Market pleads guilty to US drug conspiracy charges for facilitating $430M in illegal transactions in 2018-2020  —  A Virginia man who co-created Empire Market, one of the largest dark web marketplaces at the time, pleaded guilty Monday …

I am not, by any definition, a coder, but when I started seeing people's vibe-coded smart home projects all over my social feeds this month, I was intrigued. From a "master command center" built on a Lutron system to AI controlling a smart oven, people were unleashing AI in their smart homes, using Claude Code […]

If past timing is any indication, Samsung is likely to hold its next Unpacked event in late February. However, we’re not expecting the company to shake up its earbuds lineup until the summer — the winter keynote is typically reserved for smartphone announcements — which makes today’s discount on the Galaxy Buds FE far more […]

Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
Decagon, which offers AI-powered customer service agents, raised a $250M Series D led by Coatue and Index Ventures at a $4.5B valuation, up from $1.5B in June  —  Decagon AI Inc., a customer support startup, has raised $250 million in a new round of funding that triples its valuation to $4.5 billion …