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Rage bait, goblin mode … do words of the year have any real value?

Yesterday at 12:39 PM, via The Guardian

Analysis shows obscure and barely-used choices, drawn from online slang, do not stand the test of time

If you have seen a news story declaring 2025’s chosen “word of the year” in recent weeks, you might be forgiven for asking yourself: what, another one?

Depending on which dictionary you turn to, the chosen term this year was either Collins’ “vibe coding”, “parasocial” from Cambridge...

Discovering the Dimensions of a New Cold War

Yesterday at 12:00 PM, via Wired

The United States’ plan for dealing with Putin’s Russia and Xi’s China remains ill-defined among a shifting global order. That must change.

Denmark’s Main Postal Carrier Ends Letter Delivery

Yesterday at 12:00 PM, via Slashdot

PostNord is ending letter delivery in Denmark after a 90%+ collapse in mail volume. It marks the first known case of a national postal carrier abandoning letters entirely — a symbolic milestone of a fully digitized society that’s sparking nostalgia even among people who stopped sending mail years ago. The New York Times reports: Denmark has had a postal service for more than 400 years. But a...

After the ETF is launched, the price of XRP may rise to $1,000—a short-term increase of up to 210%.

Yesterday at 10:10 AM, via Tech Financials

Recently, several cryptocurrency analysts have expressed an increasingly optimistic outlook on XRP’s future performance. As market expectations surrounding the potential launch of an XRP ETF continue to grow, some observers believe that XRP could experience a short-term price increase of up to 210%. In the medium to long term, more ambitious projections have even discussed […]

Israel Deploys World’s First Drone Defense Laser

Yesterday at 09:00 AM, via Slashdot

Israel has operationally deployed Iron Beam, a 100,000-watt laser air-defense system capable of shooting down drones, rockets, and mortars at negligible per-shot cost. According to Tom’s Hardware, it marks the first real-world deployment of a high-energy laser as part of a modern, multi-layered missile defense network. From the report: The Iron Beam is a short-range line-of-sight laser...

Google Workspace Promo Code: Up to 14% Off in 2026

Yesterday at 08:00 AM, via Wired

Boost your productivity and save with exclusive Google Workspace coupons from WIRED. Get up to 14% off plans for three months, including Starter, Standard, and Plus tiers.

Why is the Market Down Today? 5 Reasons to Buy Digitap ($TAP) Instead

Yesterday at 07:00 AM, via Tech Financials

The cryptocurrency market experienced another uneasy episode after Christmas, with most tokens sliding. At the end of every year, liquidity is thin, the risk appetite is weak, and investor confidence is tested considerably. The situation was worsened by the Trust Wallet breach, which resulted in $7 million in user losses.   Market downturns may cause panic […]

City Power’s IT systems suffer outages

Yesterday at 06:34 AM, via ITWeb

The system disruption affects the logging of service queries, outage reports, dispatching of technical teams, and access to customer account information.

Xgram.io Enhances Secure and Private Cryptocurrency XMR to USDT Swaps

Yesterday at 06:14 AM, via Tech Financials

Xgram.io, a leading non-custodial multichain cryptocurrency exchange platform specializing in instant and private swaps, today highlighted its robust support for secure exchanges between Monero (XMR) and Tether (USDT). As demand grows for privacy-focused digital asset transactions in the fintech sector, Xgram.io continues to deliver reliable, user-controlled solutions that prioritize security...

Cheap Solar Is Transforming Lives and Economies Across Africa

Yesterday at 05:30 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: South Africans … have found a remedy for power cuts that have plagued people in the developing world for years. Thanks to swiftly falling prices of Chinese made solar panels and batteries, they now draw their power from the sun. These aren’t the tiny, old-school solar lanterns that once powered a lightbulb or TV in rural communities....

‘Foreign Tech Workers Are Avoiding Travel To the US’

Yesterday at 04:02 AM, via Slashdot

In an opinion piece for Computerworld, columnist Steven Vaughan-Nichols argues that restrictive visa policies and a hostile border climate under the Trump administration are driving foreign tech workers, researchers, and conference speakers away from the U.S. The result, he says, is a gradual shift of talent, events, and long-term innovation toward more welcoming regions such as Europe, Canada,...

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