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US immigration lawyers, talent managers, and creators say influencers and OnlyFans models now dominate O-1B visas, which are reserved for “exceptional” artists (www.ft.com)
2026-1-5 Immigration

'Fish Mouth' Filter Removes 99% of Microplastics From Laundry Waste (news.slashdot.org)
2026-1-5

A Drug-Resistant 'Superbug' Fungus Infected 7,000 Americans in 2025 (science.slashdot.org)
2026-1-5 U.S.

How a crew of crypto-focused hackers moved from SIM swap attacks to coordinated, violent home invasions and kidnappings, targeting small-time crypto investors (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-5

Microsoft's Risky Bet That Windows Can Become The Platform for AI Agents (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-1-5 Microsoft AI

Trump Organization's $499 Smartphone Delayed Again, Now Until the End of January (mobile.slashdot.org)
2026-1-5 Trump

Sources: Palo Alto Networks is in talks to acquire Israeli cybersecurity startup Koi for $400M; Koi has raised $48M to date (www.calcalistech.com)
2026-1-5 Israel Startup

Archboot Adds COSMIC Desktop as a New Install and Rescue Option (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-1-5

Sources: Cisco is in advanced talks to acquire cybersecurity company Axonius for $2B; Axonius has raised ~$700M and was valued at $2.6B during earlier rounds (www.calcalistech.com)
2026-1-5 Cisco

Xreal unveils the $449 1S, a pair of AR glasses with 1200p, 700 nits brightness, 52 degree FOV, and 16:10 aspect ratio; the 1S can convert any 2D video into 3D (www.theverge.com)
2026-1-5 AR

Hands-on with Xreal's Neo, a $99 battery pack and mini-dock that acts as a passthrough converter so the company's glasses can work with the Nintendo Switch (www.cnet.com)
2026-1-5 Nintendo Battery

Furiosa's Energy-Efficient 'NPU' AI Chips Start Mass Production This Month, Challenging Nvidia (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-1-5 Energy AI Nvidia

This platform gives you access to 25+ AI models for life for $79 (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-5 AI

A profile of June Paik, CEO of Seoul-based chip startup FuriosaAI, valued at ~$700M, whose AI chip dubbed “RNGD” is slated to enter mass production this month (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-5 Startup AI

The US Effort to Break China's Rare-Earth Monopoly (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-1-5 China

Reddit Surges in Popularity to Overtake TikTok in the UK - Thanks to Google's Algorithm? (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-1-4 Google Algorithm Reddit

Tech workers in Silicon Valley are increasingly experimenting with gray-market peptide drugs from China, legal for personal use, for improving focus and more (www.nytimes.com)
2026-1-4 China

Reddit surpasses TikTok as the fourth most-visited social media service in the UK, likely driven by changes to Google's search algorithms and AI deals (www.theguardian.com)
2026-1-4 Google AI Algorithm Reddit

EU officials and policymakers say the EC will intensify its enforcement of the DMA and DSA in 2026, a move expected to renew clashes with US Big Tech and Trump (www.ft.com)
2026-1-4 Trump

Filing: West Co, founded by Biz Stone and Evan Sharp, raised $29M; it launched the invite-only social app Tangle, “designed for intentional living”, in November (www.ft.com)
2026-1-4

New Tesla Video Shows Tesla Semi Electric Truck Charging at 1.2 MW (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-1-4 Tesla

What Happened When Alaska's Court System Tried Answering Questions with an AI Chatbot? (science.slashdot.org)
2026-1-4 AI chatbot

Fueled partly by US tech companies, governments worldwide are racing to deploy GenAI in schools and universities, even as agencies such as UNICEF urge caution (www.nytimes.com)
2026-1-4

Google's $250M Deal with California to Fund Newsrooms May Be Stalled (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-1-4 Google California

Hackers claim to hack Resecurity, firm says it was a honeypot (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-4

Has Microsoft Discontinued Offline Activation of Windows? (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-1-4 Microsoft

The US Invaded Venezuela and Captured Nicolás Maduro - But ChatGPT and Perplexity Disagree (slashdot.org)
2026-1-4 Venezuela

A new Polymarket account bet $30K on Maduro's capture just hours before Trump's announcement, renewing questions on insider information in prediction markets (www.axios.com)
2026-1-4 Trump

SpaceX Lowering Orbits of 4,400 Starlink Satellites for Safety's Sake (science.slashdot.org)
2026-1-4 SpaceX

A look at AVA, an AI chatbot developed by Alaska's court system to provide aid in the probate process, which has been plagued by delays and hallucinations (www.nbcnews.com)
2026-1-4 AI chatbot

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