Security expert Bruce Schneier ‘guarantees’ governments are bulk spying with AI
From PRISM to AI, mass surveillance has only grown more powerful. Bruce Schneier warns the post-Snowden world may be entering an even darker phase.
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How Beekeeper optimized user personalization with Amazon Bedrock
This post is cowritten by Mike Koźmiński from Beekeeper. Large Language Models (LLMs) are evolving rapidly, making it difficult for organizations to select the best model for each specific use case, optimize prompts for quality and cost, adapt to changing model capabilities, and personalize responses for different users. Choosing the “right” LLM and prompt isn’t … Read more
Sentiment Analysis with Text and Audio Using AWS Generative AI Services: Approaches, Challenges, and Solutions
This post is co-written by Instituto de Ciência e Tecnologia Itaú (ICTi) and AWS. Sentiment analysis has grown increasingly important in modern enterprises, providing insights into customer opinions, satisfaction levels, and potential frustrations. As interactions occur largely through text (such as social media, chat applications, and ecommerce reviews) or voice (such as call centers and … Read more
Anker’s new AeroFit Pro 2 earbuds are already $30 off
We saw a ton of cool new products at CES 2026, but not all of them made the cut when it came to deciding what was best of show. One of those products that we nevertheless think holds promise is Anker’s AeroFit Pro 2, which are wireless earbuds that can double as open-ear headphones. You … Read more
Architecting TrueLook’s AI-powered construction safety system on Amazon SageMaker AI
This post is co-written by TrueLook and AWS. TrueLook is a construction camera and jobsite intelligence company that provides real-time visibility into construction projects. Its platform combines high-resolution time-lapse cameras, live video streaming, and AI-powered insights to help teams monitor progress, improve accountability, and reduce risk across the entire project lifecycle. TrueLook used Amazon SageMaker … Read more
The HackerNoon Newsletter: Meet Saaniya Chugh – HackerNoon Writing Course Guest Speaker (1/9/2026)
How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, January 9, 2026? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, Steve Jobs announced the iPhone at the Macworld convention in 2007, Connecticut became the fifth state to join the United States of America in 1788, The government of … Read more
Meet Saaniya Chugh – HackerNoon Writing Course Guest Speaker
Tell Us A Bit About Yourself I’m Saaniya Chugh, a Senior Technical Consultant at ServiceNow with a background in IT service management, digital transformation, and AI-driven automation. Over the last decade, I’ve worked across consulting, strategy, and leadership roles, helping organizations harness technology in meaningful ways. Alongside my professional journey, I’m passionate about writing and … Read more
Ripple Gets Green Light From FCA to Scale Crypto Payments in the UK
Ripple secured regulatory approval to scale its payments business from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
You can break apart and share this 10K power bank like a KitKat bar
The Champ Stack 10K is one of the first power banks you can safely break in two. | Image: Nimble Accessory maker Nimble announced a new power bank at CES 2026 that will appeal to anyone who’s had to reluctantly share or loan their portable charger to someone else. The Champ Stack 10K looks like … Read more
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Altcoins Defy Bitcoin Slump as XRP, Solana Notch Double-Digit Gains
Experts note altcoins’ superior performance compared to Bitcoin is driven by ETF narratives and markets awaiting key U.S. economic data.
Bitcoin price clings to $90K as traders eye US Supreme Court tariff ruling
Bitcoin traders avoided taking positions amid sideways BTC price action, while markets waited for a decision on US trade tariffs by the Supreme Court.
Tether said to have invested up to $50 million in crypto lender Ledn at $500 million valuation
The stablecoin issuer’s previously undisclosed investment valued the lender at about $500 million, according to a person familiar with the transaction.
CES 2026 was awash in bodily fluids
Mira is a hormone testing kit that I tried out ahead of CES 2026. I had to pee in that cup. This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest phones, smartwatches, apps, and other gizmos that swear they’re going to change your … Read more
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Registered crypto companies must reapply for approval, UK regulator says
The FCA said firms wishing to undertake crypto-related activity will be need to be authorized when a new regime starts in October 2027.
The Vergecast Live at CES 2026: What is the point of a robot that falls over?
This year’s CES was an odd one. This is a conference usually dominated by futuristic, expensive TVs and futuristic, expensive cars, but those things weren’t what dominated CES 2026. Instead, Las Vegas was filled with new ideas about old gadgets and showed us a whole lot of really impressive hardware waiting on software to catch … Read more
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Index Trades Flat as Polygon Gains 11.2%
Polkadot (DOT) dropped 1.4% and Ripple (XRP) fell 0.9% from Thursday.
Kia’s EV2 is its smallest and most affordable EV for Europe
Kia unveiled the EV2, a small and affordably priced electric vehicle built for the European market. The EV2 made its debut at the Brussels Auto Show, where executives touted it as its “most compact” EV to date. Of course, it was another in a long line of affordable, capable, and impressively designed EVs that won’t … Read more
X restricts Grok’s image generation to paying subscribers only after drawing the world’s ire
Elon Musk’s AI company has restricted Grok’s controversial AI image-generation feature to only paying subscribers on X, after the tool invited heated criticism from across the world for letting users generate sexualized images of women and children.
Bitcoin RSI hints at $105K BTC price rebound as bull signals multiply
Bitcoin RSI flipped bullish on several timeframes, leading one trader to a $105,000 BTC price target within “three to four weeks.”
U.S. added 50,000 jobs in December as unemployment rate fell to 4.4%
Bitcoin continued to hold just above $90,000 in the minutes following the report.
All the tech trends we saw at CES 2026
A close up photo of an Asus monitor showing its RGB stripe sub pixel layout. CES is a lot — a deluge of consumer tech surrounded by lots of bad carpeting. The Verge’s on-the-ground team of super nerds covered so many new products and technologies that it’s understandable if it was all a little overwhelming. That’s why … Read more
Ripple scores UK regulatory approval via local subsidiary
Ripple’s UK subsidiary gained regulatory approval as an Electronic Money Institution to provide payment services, but faces limits on certain crypto activities.
No, Grok hasn’t paywalled its deepfake image feature
Elon Musk’s X has partially restricted access to Grok’s image editing capabilities amid growing backlash to the flood of nonconsensual, sexualized deepfakes of adults and minors generated by the platform. As of this writing, it no longer generates images as @grok replies for free, but Grok’s image editing tools remain readily available for any X … Read more