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Google’s ‘dark web report’ feature will no longer be available starting in February

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Google has revealed that its “dark web report” feature will be discontinued starting February 16, 2026. Launched initially about a year and a half ago, this tool aimed to help users monitor their personal information on the dark web For some users, the dark web report seemed like a valuable tool, scanning various data breach … Read more

Trump is recruiting Big Tech workers for the government

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President Donald Trump will recruit workers from Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and other tech giants to form the US Tech Force, a new program that aims to “modernize the federal government,” according to an announcement on Monday. Under the new program, Trump plans to hire around 1,000 technology specialists to work across federal agencies … Read more

How to Automate Exam Grading with RAG and CLIP

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Grading is the bottleneck of education. Teachers spend hundreds of hours manually reviewing descriptive answers, checking diagrams, and deciphering handwriting. It’s subjective, exhausting, and prone to inconsistency. While Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) are easy to automate, Descriptive and Diagrammatic answers have always been the “final boss” for EdTech. Most existing solutions rely on simple keyword matching (TF-IDF) … Read more

DeFi Crypto Mutuum Finance (MUTM) Advances With V1 Launch in Focus Ahead of Q1 2026

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In the DeFi sector, attention usually increases when a project moves from preparation into visible execution. This transition phase often happens quietly at first, then accelerates as milestones come into view. Mutuum Finance (MUTM) is now entering that window. With its V1 launch scheduled and development activity continuing, the project is shifting from build-focused progress … Read more

Bungie’s delayed shooter Marathon launches in March

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Bungie’s Marathon, its upcoming extraction shooter that it delayed from a planned September release, will now launch in March 2026. The studio is “targeting” a price of $39.99, and “purchasing Marathon will give you full access to the game, including a roadmap of free gameplay updates as the year progresses,” according to a blog post. … Read more

Vibe Coding is a Technical Debt Factory

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I recently sat in a meeting where a Product Manager told me he had “vibe coded” a prototype over the weekend. He was ecstatic. He had spoken to a computer, told it his dreams, and the computer had spat out a working React application. He felt like a wizard. He felt like the future had … Read more

Lidar-maker Luminar files for bankruptcy

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Luminar, the lidar manufacturer that rode a wave of self-driving car hype to land deals with major automakers like Volvo and Mercedes-Benz, filed for bankruptcy Monday. The company has been mired in a legal fight with its founder and former CEO, Austin Russell, who was ousted earlier this year following an ethics inquiry. As part … Read more

Cadillac and Chevy are getting native Apple Music

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General Motors is adding native Apple Music to the infotainment systems of select 2025 model year Cadillac and Chevrolet vehicles, the company announced today. The news comes as the automaker is racing to add more native app experiences to some of its vehicles to make up for the absence of popular phone mirroring services like … Read more

Google’s turning off its dark web monitoring service that scoured data breaches for your info

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Google notified users in an email today that, beginning next month, it will stop sending its dark web reports, an opt-in feature that alerted users when Google detected their personal information on the dark web, as reported by 9to5Google. On January 15th, Google will stop scanning for that data, like contact info and home addresses, … Read more

Fallout season 2 is streaming one day early

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The second season of Fallout is debuting one day earlier than previously announced: the new season will now launch on Tuesday, December 16th at 9PM ET / 6PM PT on Prime Video, Amazon says. The season will have eight episodes that will premiere weekly on Wednesdays (besides this first episode), with the season finale airing … Read more