The U.S. has granted TSMC, Samsung, and SK hynix new annual permits to ship U.S.-made chip equipment to their factories in China, allowing production to continue while Washington keeps tight controls on advanced chipmaking tools.
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A tech writer reports that turning a secondary monitor vertical more than doubled how much text he could see at once (269 vs 115 words), making AI chats and other text apps easier to use and cutting down on scrolling.
President Trump’s 2025 pardons have reshaped U.S. policy toward Bitcoin, including clemency for Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht, whose case centered on early bitcoin transactions, signaling a softer federal stance toward the cryptocurrency’s past use.
PlayStation 5’s hardware security keys have reportedly leaked, giving hackers the codes used to check the console’s boot software. Because the keys are built into the chip, existing PS5 consoles may be vulnerable to future jailbreaks that Sony cannot fix by update.
Strategy shares just saw their first six‑month losing streak since adopting a Bitcoin treasury strategy in 2020, even as the company kept buying BTC. Over the same period, Bitcoin’s price fell much less than the stock.
A viral video shows a Unitree G1 humanoid robot, controlled by a man in a motion capture suit, accurately copying his moves with a neural network motion system—highlighting how quickly robot agility and human-like movement are advancing.
Bitcoin’s usual strong year-end run reversed in 2025, with BTC down about 23% since October after a $19 billion liquidation wave. ETF inflows and looser policy failed to lift prices, and some bitcoin-heavy companies may now become forced sellers.
OpenAI plans to let adult users generate erotica with ChatGPT starting early 2026, becoming the first major AI company to officially allow sexual content, as it forms an external council to study the impact of erotic chats on users.
Spot Bitcoin ETFs drew in about $21.4B in 2025, making up roughly 67% of nearly $32B invested in crypto ETFs, with most going to BlackRock’s IBIT. However, BTC ETF inflows were below the $35.2B seen in 2024 and turned negative in Q4 2025.
The UK now forces cryptocurrency exchanges to share detailed user account and transaction data with tax authorities, aiming to recover unpaid taxes from crypto investors. The new rules took effect 1 January and non‑compliant platforms face fines.
A new test of Shark’s latest cordless vacuum finds its smart screen and controls confusing, with unclear symbols, delayed startup, and hidden mode switching, raising concerns about how user-friendly today’s advanced home gadgets really are
Linux distro Zorin OS reports over 1M downloads just a month after its latest release, with nearly 800,000 installs coming from Windows users as support for Windows 10 winds down and people look for a way to keep older PCs running.
Bitcoin ended 2025 lower than it began, the first time it has fallen in the year after a halving. The move breaks from past post-halving years, when BTC usually finished higher, and has sparked debate over whether the traditional four-year cycle still applies.
Experts say VPN services must boost tools that hide traffic from government blocks, make apps simpler for beginners, and publish clearer data and open-source code as more countries copy China-style internet controls in 2026.
Researchers propose Recursive Language Models, a way for AI models to read and reason over much longer inputs by breaking them into pieces and calling themselves on each part. This lets them handle prompts far beyond their usual limit while improving answer quality.
Amid the AI startup surge, more young founders are dropping out of college and even touting their dropout status at Y Combinator Demo Days, fearing that finishing a degree will make them miss a key window to build AI companies.
MicroStrategy is projected to hold about 672,497 BTC by the end of 2025, as Michael Saylor keeps adding to the company’s Bitcoin reserves, showing ongoing corporate interest in holding Bitcoin as a long-term asset.
Amir Zaidi, the policymaker who helped launch regulated Bitcoin futures in the US, has returned to the CFTC as chief of staff, as the agency prepares new rules for digital assets and a bigger role in overseeing Bitcoin markets.
Netflix released the feature-length series finale of Stranger Things on its streaming platform and in theaters, marking the end of the sci-fi show after five seasons without advance press screeners.
US Rep. Warren Davidson warns new US stablecoin rules could support a surveillance-style digital dollar and digital IDs, saying this threatens private use of money and goes against Bitcoin’s original role as open, peer-to-peer digital cash.