TSMC says AI demand is “endless” after record Q4 earnings
TSMC posted net income of NT$505.7 billion (about $16 billion) for the quarter, up 35 percent year over year and above analyst expectations. Revenue hit $33.7 billion, a 25.5 percent...
X is down for some – here’s everything we know about the outage
Refresh 2026-01-16T16:19:20.541Z Considering many of the posts appearing in our timelines are from over an hour ago, or in some cases longer, it does appear that X is playing catch-up...
NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, January 17 (game #685)
Looking for a different day?A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while...
Airbnb seemingly confirms Apple’s self-driving car — and what it reveals about Apple’s AI shift, and Airbnb’s future
Airbnb’s CTO hiring news seemingly confirms Apple’s long-rumored self-driving car projectIt adds context to Apple’s broader AI strategy, especially with the Google partnership newsIt also shows off Airbnb's AI ambitions,...
Quordle hints and answers for Friday, January 16 (game #1453)
Looking for a different day?A new Quordle puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others...
Wikipedia will share content with AI firms in new licensing deals
The cost of “free” knowledge The push for paid licensing follows years of rising infrastructure costs as AI companies scraped Wikipedia content at an industrial scale. In April 2025, the...
NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, January 16 (game #684)
Looking for a different day?A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while...
A single click mounted a covert, multistage attack against Copilot
Microsoft has fixed a vulnerability in its Copilot AI assistant that allowed hackers to pluck a host of sensitive user data with a single click on a URL. The hackers...
Texas judge throws out second lawsuit over CrowdStrike outage
CrowdStrike has been granted a motion to dismiss a consumer class action lawsuit brought by shareholders who were affected by the now-infamous 19 July 2024 outage – prompted by...
Bandcamp bans purely AI-generated music from its platform
On Tuesday, Bandcamp announced on Reddit that it will no longer permit AI-generated music on its platform. “Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI...