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  • Trump administration’s legal setbacks are good news for offshore wind — and the grid | TechCrunch

    The Trump administration suffered a series of legal setbacks this week after judges allowed work to restart on several offshore wind farms under construction on the East Coast. The Department of the Interior had ordered a stop to five projects totaling 6 gigawatts of generating capacity in December, citing national security concerns. The judicial orders read more

    Trump administration’s legal setbacks are good news for offshore wind — and the grid | TechCrunch
  • Oshen built the first ocean robot to collect data in a Category 5 hurricane  | TechCrunch

    Anahita Laverack was set on becoming an aerospace engineer, but her career took a different turn after a realization at an autonomous robotics challenge inspired her to launch Oshen, a company that builds fleets of robots that collect ocean data. In 2021, Laverack, a storied sailor, decided to build and enter a robot in the read more

    Oshen built the first ocean robot to collect data in a Category 5 hurricane  | TechCrunch
  • Musk wants up to $134B in OpenAI lawsuit, despite $700B fortune | TechCrunch

    Elon Musk wants a jaw-dropping $79 billion to $134 billion in damages from OpenAI and Microsoft, claiming the AI company defrauded him by jettisoning its nonprofit mission, Bloomberg first reported. The figure comes from expert witness C. Paul Wazzan, a financial economist whose bio says he has been deposed nearly 100 times and testified at read more

    Musk wants up to 4B in OpenAI lawsuit, despite 0B fortune | TechCrunch
  • Why Weve Tried to Replace Developers Every Decade Since 1969

    The Pattern That Frustrates Everyone 07.12.2025, By Stephan Schwab Every decade brings new promises: this time, we’ll finally make software development simple enough that we won’t need so many developers. From COBOL to AI, the pattern repeats. Business leaders grow frustrated with slow delivery and high costs. Developers feel misunderstood and undervalued. Understanding why this read more

    Why Weve Tried to Replace Developers Every Decade Since 1969
  • Top Stories: Apple Creator Studio, Google Gemini-Powered Siri, and More

    We have our first Apple product announcement of 2026, and it’s a software subscription known as Apple Creator Studio featuring Apple’s video, audio, and image editing apps, as well as some AI-powered features and premium content for iWork apps and Freeform. In other news this week, Apple made it official that next-generation Siri will leverage read more

    Top Stories: Apple Creator Studio, Google Gemini-Powered Siri, and More
  • Hot or Not? My Thoughts on the Reddit-Obsessed Paris Hilton Cookware

    The chef’s knife is better, which admittedly is not saying much. It’s very rocky and lightweight. I prefer a heavier knife, especially considering how slippery the handle feels. But I was able to slice through my pile of chives, plus garlic and onions. That’s the best assessment I can give: I was able to use read more

    Hot or Not? My Thoughts on the Reddit-Obsessed Paris Hilton Cookware
  • US Hackers Reportedly Caused a Blackout in Venezuela

    Now The New York Times has cited unnamed US officials confirming that the blackout was in fact caused by a cyberattack, the first time the US government has ever been publicly reported to have carried out such a hacking operation. US forces also used hacking capabilities to disable Venezuelan air defense radar ahead of the read more

    US Hackers Reportedly Caused a Blackout in Venezuela
  • I’ve Tested Countless Mesh Systems. Here Are the Routers I Recommend

    Performance was consistently good throughout my home, with some of the fastest speeds I have recorded at close and medium range. My top pick, the Orbi 770 Series, outperformed the BE67 in some scenarios. By default, the 6-GHz band is a separate SSID named _6GHz, and MLO is switched off. I joined with my Pixel read more

    I’ve Tested Countless Mesh Systems. Here Are the Routers I Recommend
  • Gear News of the Week: Kia Shows off the EV2, and Fujifilm Debuts New Instax Cameras

    It might seem strange to buy a camera that can only shoot black-and-white when you can take the output of a color sensor and convert it to black and white afterward. But having shot with both the K-3 monochrome and the Leica M10 Monochrome, I can vouch that there is definitely a better tonal range read more

    Gear News of the Week: Kia Shows off the EV2, and Fujifilm Debuts New Instax Cameras
  • Et Tu, South Africa?

    Sometimes you wake up to news headlines that don’t make any sense. Take this one, for example: South Africa Axes Venice Biennale Proposal Centering Gaza Victims. You ask yourself: Wait a second, isn’t South Africa the same country that accused Israel of genocide at the International Court of Justice? Yes, it is, but it happens read more

    Et Tu, South Africa?
  • The 16 Best EVs Coming in 2026

    The usual bells and whistles such as electric windows and a central touchscreen are gone (instead you use your phone as the infotainment hub), and the truck comes unpainted in composite gray, but owners can personalize it with wraps. You can also add more than 100 custom accessories, from body panels and wheel options to read more

    The 16 Best EVs Coming in 2026
  • Apples Environmental Chief Lisa Jackson Retiring After 13 Years

    Apple recently announced that its environmental chief Lisa Jackson would be retiring this month, and today she was removed from the company’s leadership page. Since 2013, Jackson served as Apple’s Vice President of Environment, Policy, and Social Initiatives, reporting to Apple CEO Tim Cook. In this role, she oversaw Apple’s renewable energy and energy efficiency read more

    Apples Environmental Chief Lisa Jackson Retiring After 13 Years
  • These 5 Apple Products Will Reportedly Be Upgraded With OLED Displays

    Apple plans to upgrade the iPad mini, MacBook Pro, iPad Air, iMac, and MacBook Air with OLED displays between 2026 and 2028, according to DigiTimes. Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman previously reported that the iPad mini and MacBook Pro will receive an OLED display as early as this year, but he does not expect the MacBook Air read more

    These 5 Apple Products Will Reportedly Be Upgraded With OLED Displays
  • California AG sends Musk's xAI a cease-and-desist order over sexual deepfakes | TechCrunch

    Earlier this week, the California attorney general’s office announced that it was investigating xAI over reports that the startup’s chatbot, Grok, was being used to create nonconsensual sexual imagery of women and minors. On Friday, the government followed up by sending a cease-and-desist letter to the company, demanding that it take immediate action to stop read more

    California AG sends Musk's xAI a cease-and-desist order over sexual deepfakes | TechCrunch
  • Thinking Machines Cofounder’s Office Relationship Preceded His Termination

    Leaders at Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab confronted the startup’s cofounder and former CTO, Barret Zoph, over an alleged relationship with another employee last summer, WIRED has learned. That relationship was likely the alleged “misconduct” that has been mentioned in prior reporting, including by WIRED. To protect the privacy of the individuals involved, WIRED is read more

    Thinking Machines Cofounder’s Office Relationship Preceded His Termination
  • John Wilson’s Relentlessly Humane Vision of Black Life

    I was on my way to one of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s blockbuster exhibitions when something unexpected stopped me: John Wilson’s “Self-Portrait” (2002). This haunting, abraded pastel and paint work is part of the revelatory exhibition Witnessing Humanity: The Art of John Wilson. A longtime resident of Boston, a city that never developed an read more

    John Wilson’s Relentlessly Humane Vision of Black Life
  • Abubakar Abdullahi: Nigerian imam honoured for saving Christian lives dies aged 90

    A Nigerian imam who gained international recognition for saving hundreds of lives from a mainly Christian community during an outbreak of violence has died at the age of 90. Abubakar Abdullahi had been suffering from a heart condition and was being treated in hospital, where he died on Thursday night, his son confirmed to BBC read more

    Abubakar Abdullahi: Nigerian imam honoured for saving Christian lives dies aged 90
  • Supreme Court hacker posted stolen government data on Instagram | TechCrunch

    A hacker posted the personal data of several of his hacking victims on his Instagram account, @ihackthegovernment, according to a court document. Last week, Nicholas Moore, 24, a resident of Springfield, Tennessee, pleaded guilty to repeatedly hacking into the U.S. Supreme Court’s electronic document filing system. At the time, there were no details about the read more

    Supreme Court hacker posted stolen government data on Instagram | TechCrunch
  • Artist and Skateboarder Alexis Sablone Is Inducted Into the Skateboarding Hall of Fame

    Artist, designer, architect, and Olympian skateboarder Alexis Sablone has been inducted into the Skateboarding Hall of Fame. The SHoF announced its Class of 2026 inductees on its website and on social media on January 15. The group includes 18 figures who according to the SHoF “have shaped the culture, progression, and global impact of skateboarding.” read more

    Artist and Skateboarder Alexis Sablone Is Inducted Into the Skateboarding Hall of Fame
  • Five Art and Museum Events for MLK Day in NYC

    Guide Special collection tours at the Studio Museum in Harlem, Mayor Zohran Mamdani in a live reading of one of King’s sermons, and other programs. BAM VP of Creative Social Impact Coco Killingsworth at the 37th Annual Brooklyn Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on January 16, 2023 (photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images) Fifteen read more