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What to expect at CES 2026: laptops with new chips from Intel, Qualcomm, and AMD, more AI integrations, smart home robotics, smart glasses, and more (The Verge)

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Ilya Lichtenstein, sentenced in Nov. 2024 to five years in prison for hacking Bitfinex, has been released early due to First Step Act, Trump's prison-reform law (CNBC)

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California launched a free tool on January 1 that lets residents request the deletion of their personal data from over 500 registered data brokers (Michael Kan/PCMag)

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Comparing ChatGPT's mini-apps with native iOS apps: some like Uber, OpenTable, and TripAdvisor fell short with frequent error messages, but Instacart did well (Rolfe Winkler/Wall Street Journal)

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On top of nonconsensual porn images, X users seem to be using Grok to alter images to depict real women being sexually abused, humiliated, hurt, and even killed (Maggie Harrison Dupré/Futurism)

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Mumbai-based Knight Fintech, which builds core infrastructure that connects banks, lenders, platforms, and borrowers, raised $23.6M led by Accel (The Economic Times)

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Dungeons & Dragons creative team hires game designer James Haeck

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The best Game Pass games to play first in 2026

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xAI launches Grok Business, priced at $30 per seat/month, for SMBs, and Grok Enterprise, whose price is not listed publicly, for larger organizations (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)

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