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Why won’t anyone stop ICE from masking?
- Sarah Jeong
- Jan 25, 2026
Americans do not like masked secret police. There is really no other way to put it. The reasons why are manifold: accountability, trust in law enforce...
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Sony’s first clip earbuds don’t quite hit the mark
- John.Higgins
- Jan 25, 2026
The Sony LinkBuds Clip are the company's first clip earbuds. They follow the innovative donut-hole LinkBuds and LinkBuds Open and, like their predeces...
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The great e-bike crackdown has begun
- Andrew J. Hawkins
- Jan 25, 2026
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the e-bike movement, follow Andrew J. Haw...
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The day of the second killing
- Gaby Del Valle
- Jan 25, 2026
Steven Garcia, as told to Gaby Del Valle: I was in the middle of a frozen lake when I got the notification from the Minnesota Star Tribune that there...
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Microsoft handed the government ecryption keys for customer data
- Terrence O’Brien
- Jan 24, 2026
The FBI went to Microsoft last year with a warrant, asking them to hand over keys to unlock encrypted data stored on three laptops as part of an inves...
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Report reveals that OpenAI's GPT-5.2 model cites Grokipedia
- Jackson Chen
- Jan 24, 2026
OpenAI may have called GPT-5.2 its "most advanced frontier model for professional work," but tests conducted by the Guardian cast doubt on its credibi...
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Google says it's working to fix Gmail issue that's led to flooded inboxes and increased spam warnings
- Cheyenne MacDonald
- Jan 24, 2026
If your Gmail inbox is all out of whack today, you're not alone. Gmail users have been encountering issues with the automatic filters that keep their...
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MicroSD Express cards and Anker’s travel adapter rule the deal roost this week
- Brandon Widder
- Jan 24, 2026
Welcome to the weekend, friends! We’re still in a bit of a deals lull before the Presidents Day and V-Day sales begin, the bulk of which we anticipate...
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US Congress members call for 'thorough review' of EA's $55 billion sale
- Jackson Chen
- Jan 24, 2026
Before Electronic Arts goes private in a groundbreaking sale, some US lawmakers are pleading for some federal oversight. Democratic members of the US...
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Gmail’s spam filter and automatic sorting are broken
- Terrence O’Brien
- Jan 24, 2026
Some Gmail users have noticed that promotional emails that normally go to their own siloed tab have started flooding their inbox. Reports have been hi...
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ICE has killed another person in Minneapolis
- Terrence O’Brien
- Jan 24, 2026
Federal agents in Minneapolis repeatedly punched a man, forced him to the ground, and then shot him multiple times. The man was later pronounced dead....
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NTSB will investigate why Waymo's robotaxis are illegally passing school buses
- Jackson Chen
- Jan 24, 2026
Waymo has caught the attention of the National Transportation Safety Board as the federal agency launched an official investigation into the company f...