Google Guys Say Bye to California
Sergey Brin is joining his Google co-founder, Larry Page, in reducing ties to the state where they built their fortunes.
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Amazon Wants To Know What Every Corporate Employee Accomplished Last Year
Amazon is now requiring its corporate employees to submit a list of three to five accomplishments that represent their best work as part of an overhauled performance review process, according to Business Insider, which cites internal documents. The company’s internal Forte review system previously asked employees softer questions like “When you’re at your best, how do you contribute?” but the...
Silicon Valley Billionaires Panic Over California’s Proposed Wealth Tax
Larry Page’s apparent Florida move highlights how seriously the ultra-rich are taking a one-time tax aimed at extreme wealth inequality.
Send To Kindle from Microsoft Word is Discontinued
Microsoft is discontinuing its Send to Kindle integration in Word, ending a feature that allowed Microsoft 365 subscribers to send documents directly to their Kindle e-readers and preserve complex formatting through fixed layouts. The company updated its documentation to announce that beginning February 9th, 2026, the Send to Kindle feature will no longer work across Web, Win32, and Mac...
X Didn’t Fix Grok’s ‘Undressing’ Problem. It Just Makes People Pay for It
X is only allowing “verified” users to create images with Grok. Experts say it represents the “monetization of abuse”—and anyone can still generate images on Grok’s app and website.
Why Care About Debt-to-GDP?
Abstract of a paper on NBER: We construct an international panel data set comprising three distinct yet plausible measures of government indebtedness: the debt-to-GDP, the interest-to-GDP, and the debt-to-equity ratios. Our analysis reveals that these measures yield differing conclusions about recent trends in government indebtedness. While the debt-to-GDP ratio has reached historically high...
Google’s Ex-CEO Backs Start-Up Approach to Big Telescopes for Space and Astronomy
Eric and Wendy Schmidt are backing a start-up-like approach to building a giant space telescope and powerful ground observatories.
Could egg defect breakthrough help stop the ‘horrible IVF rollercoaster’?
Results of research offer hope to older women – but it will be several years at least before technique is approved
Human eggs ‘rejuvenated’ in an advance that could boost IVF success rates
It is a rollercoaster of emotional extremes that will be familiar to many who have gone through IVF treatment: hope and joy turns to despair and back again. This is especially true for women over 35, the age...
Elon Musk’s A.I. Is Generating Sexualized Images of Real People, Fueling Outrage
Late Thursday, Mr. Musk’s chatbot, Grok, limited requests for A.I.-generated images on X to paid subscribers of the social media site amid an outcry from victims and regulators.
Record Ocean Heat is Intensifying Climate Disasters, Data Shows
The world’s oceans absorbed yet another record-breaking amount of heat in 2025, continuing an almost unbroken streak of annual records since the start of the millennium and fueling increasingly extreme weather events around the globe. More than 90% of the heat trapped by humanity’s carbon emissions ends up in the oceans, making ocean heat content one of the clearest indicators of the climate...
Cango Inc. Secures $10.5 Million Investment from EWCL to Accelerate Growth
DALLAS, Dec. 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Cango Inc. (NYSE: CANG) (“Cango” or the “Company”), a leading Bitcoin miner leveraging its global operations to develop an integrated energy and AI compute platform, announced that Enduring Wealth Capital Limited (“EWCL”) increased its investment in the Company with a US$10.5 million commitment. EWCL will subscribe for additional Class […]
The South African billionaire who used tech to build the country’s largest bank
Capitec co-founder and South African billionaire Michiel le Roux says he could never have foreseen the success the bank has had.
AI hardware booms at CES, but consumer adoption is uncertain
Physical AI dominated CES this week, yet questions persist over affordability, usefulness and mass market demand.
Great support from South Africa’s mobile operators
MyBroadband found that it was possible to get through to a human customer support agent on all the mobile networks in around 2 minutes.
Volvo Recalls 372 EX30s In South Africa Over Battery Fire Risk
The National Consumer Commission has issued a recall for 372 Volvo EX30 vehicles in South Africa due to a potential battery fault. The recall affects certain 2024-2026 EX30 models sold in Gauteng from December 29, 2025. According to Volvo, the high-voltage battery in these cars may, in rare cases, overheat when charged above a certain […]
Grok’s Undressing Scandal + Claude Code Capers + Casey Busts a Reddit Hoax
“This is a story about how a tool can be used to try to affect politics and in particular to minimize women, denigrate them and push them out of the conversation.”
Conservative Lawmakers Want Porn Taxes. Critics Say They’re Unconstitutional
Alabama passed a 10 percent porn tax last year, as Utah and Pennsylvania eye similar bills. Half the country has enacted age-verification laws to prevent minors from viewing porn.
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‘Physical AI’ Is Coming for Your Car
What the latest tech-marketing buzzword has to say about the future of automotive.
Burtran Nano-Oxy Smart Air Purifier: Safe Sleep?
This negative-oxygen-ion-generating purifier claims to create a “forestlike atmosphere” in your bedroom.
Bad news for matrics implicated in exam breach
Umalusi CEO Mafu Rakometsi has warned that the learners involved in the 2025 matric exam leak could face severe consequences.
Wholesale And Retail SETA Funds 50 SA Students To Study E-commerce In China
Johannesburg – A selected group of 50 South African students is travelling to study e-commerce in China. The graduates selected from 21 Technical, Vocational and Education Training (TVET) colleges will receive training in e-commerce and global exposure in international retail standards and trade trends. The students will depart from OR Tambo International Airport on Monday, […]