Bench shuts down, leaving thousands of businesses without access to accounting and tax docs | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
FTC launches probe of Microsoft over bundling (arstechnica.com)
Tech In Plain Sight: Incandescent Bulbs (hackaday.com)
Humanoid robots set for widespread use in 2025 (caliber.az)
Does current AI represent a dead end? (www.bcs.org)
The Paper Passport Is Dying (www.wired.com)
The CAP Theorem of Clustering: Why Every Algorithm Must Sacrifice Something (blog.codingconfessions.com)
Roasted Christmas Spam from Muhu.ai (soatok.blog)
The influencer lawsuit that could change the industry (www.theverge.com)
Elon Musk's xAI raises $6B to build more powerful AI supercomputers (www.tomshardware.com)
2024 Was the Year the Bottom Fell Out of the Games Industry (www.wired.com)
The Ugly Truth About Spotify Is Finally Revealed (www.honest-broker.com)
Asus bombards Windows 11 with christmas.exe malware-like Christmas wreath banner (www.windowslatest.com)
Metaverse hype fizzles out as Korean tech giants pull plug (koreajoongangdaily.joins.com)
Brazil shuts BYD factory site over 'slavery' conditions (www.bbc.com)
YouTube is cracking down on clickbait (www.theverge.com)
WhatsApp scores historic victory against NSO Group in long-running spyware hacking case | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Discord sued by users claiming Nitro subscription is too difficult to cancel (www.dexerto.com)
Fan-less cooling solution for laptops up to 40W launched (www.tomshardware.com)
Device uses movement of ions to generate airflow without any moving parts like in iPads and MacBook Air.
X jacks up Premium+ prices 37.5%, hits some markets harder (techcrunch.com)
Possible ban on Chinese-made drones dismays U.S. scientists (www.science.org)
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Watching the Generative AI Hype Bubble Deflate (ash.harvard.edu)
Scottish Government bans use of WhatsApp for official business (www.scotsman.com)
Startup set to brick $800 kids robot is trying to open source it first (arstechnica.com)
TIL in 2012 NASA's messenger mission found icy glaciers on mercury (cosmosmagazine.com)
