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YouTube’s top AI slop channels are disappearing

  • Technology
  • Emma Roth
  • Jan 28, 2026

YouTube appears to have taken down two of the most popular AI slop channels on its platform, along with several others. A report from Kapwing found that a channel called CuentosFacianantes no longer e...

I used Claude to vibe-code my wildly overcomplicated smart home

  • Technology
  • Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
  • Jan 28, 2026

I am not, by any definition, a coder, but when I started seeing people's vibe-coded smart home projects all over my social feeds this month, I was intrigued. From a "master command center" built on a...

The entry-level Samsung Galaxy Buds FE are on sale for $30 off right now

  • Technology
  • Brandon Widder
  • Jan 28, 2026

If past timing is any indication, Samsung is likely to hold its next Unpacked event in late February. However, we’re not expecting the company to shake up its earbuds lineup until the summer — the win...

Fed holds interest rates steady, taking a pause from rate cuts to assess the economy

  • Business
  • Scott Horsley
  • Jan 28, 2026
  • US

The central bank cut rates at its three previous meetings in an effort to support the job market. But with inflation still elevated, the Fed is cautious about additional rate cuts.

Spotify says it paid out $11 billion in royalties in 2025

  • Technology
  • Terrence O’Brien
  • Jan 28, 2026

Today, Spotify announced that it had paid out more than $11 billion to the music industry in 2025. It's an impressive-sounding number that's a full $1 billion more than it paid last year. And, accordi...

Process Zero II will let you do a little processing, if you want

  • Technology
  • Allison Johnson
  • Jan 28, 2026

Popular iPhone camera app Halide is debuting a major update today: Halide Mark III. It's been years in the making, and it'll be available as a "Public Preview," letting users get their hands on new fe...

The noise-canceling AirPods 4 are down to $120, one of their best prices yet

  • Technology
  • Sheena Vasani
  • Jan 28, 2026

The AirPods Pro 3 may be on sale for $199 ($50 off), but that’s still a lot of money. If you want noise cancellation for less, fortunately you can buy the AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation for...

Election Denier Tina Peters Was ‘Pardoned’ by Trump. She’s Still in Prison

  • Technology
  • David Gilbert
  • Jan 28, 2026

Former election clerk Tina Peters is a hero to conspiracy theorists, and even received an empty “pardon” from the president. Colorado's governor has held firm against commuting her sentence—so far.

Beyond Meat’s protein soda might be its last chance and best hope

  • Technology
  • Dominic Preston
  • Jan 28, 2026

Beyond Meat just launched a new product that's even further from meat than ever before: a protein soda. Beyond Immerse is the company's first product that makes no attempt to replicate meat whatsoever...

This soft humanoid robot is designed to be ‘physically safe and socially approachable’

  • Technology
  • Andrew Liszewski
  • Jan 28, 2026

A startup called Fauna Robotics has revealed a new humanoid robot called Sprout it's been developing over the past two years. Standing around 3.5-feet tall, Sprout's design, featuring a soft padded ex...

My favorite folding phone is the one that doesn’t exist yet

  • Technology
  • Allison Johnson
  • Jan 28, 2026

A book-style folding phone is a gadget that poses one radical idea: What if you always had a computer in your pocket? When you'd like to be writing a blog while your plane is taking off, and large ele...

This fanny pack robot helped me walk miles

  • Technology
  • Sean Hollister
  • Jan 28, 2026

Oops, I did it again: I wore an exoskeleton to the world's biggest tech show, walking the streets and casinos of Las Vegas with a robot powering my legs. I don't mean I briefly tried a new gadget ther...