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"What Lin and Cursor achieved was to show that an AI agent can generate millions of lines of code that’s lifted from other projects, and that don’t compile, let alone work."
(Original title: Cursor lies about vibe-coding a web browser with AI)
https://pivot-to-ai.c…

Cursor lies about vibe-coding a web browser with AI
Here’s an awesome tweet from Michael Truell, CEO of Anysphere, who make vibe code editor Cursor: [Twitter, archive] We built a browser with GPT-5.2 in Cursor. It ran uninterrupted for one week. It&…

The European Commission claims €80B of €120B in post-EU Chips Act investments remain on track, despite the stalled GlobalFoundries-STMicro project in France (Virginie Malingre/Le Monde)
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/article/2…

Europe's relentless semiconductor decline
Microchips: The Oil of the 21st Century' (3/5). When the Chips Act, the plan by the 27 European Union member states to reduce their dependence on the US and China for semiconductors, came into force in 2023, the goal initially appeared 'out of reach.

The gun lobby is spending millions to protect its power
while young people are fighting for their lives.
As the year ends, we need to meet this moment with real urgency.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗥𝗔 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀
— and gun violence won’t pause for the holidays.
Our movement can’t slow down either.
Your donation fuels rapid-response organizing,
expands our Action Hub,
and helps young people push for real accountability in 2026.
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March For Our Lives
Since 2018, we’ve mobilized millions of young people to demand what is rightfully ours: A future free of gun violence.

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#EarlierWithJoolsHolland
- Jools with some of his most-loved recordings
Jools is joined by the singer, songwriter and pianist Jon Regen.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002lnjy

🎧 Earbuds can be used to monitor brain health
#sensors

Earbuds can be used to monitor brain health
An international research team has uncovered the next frontier in monitoring brain health, and the key is in technology that millions of people are already using every day—earbuds. The world-first study found that commercially available earbuds have the capability to detect and classify brain activity, simply by measuring subtle changes in users' hearing. The team used acoustic sensors in earphones to assess cognitive load—the mental effort that shapes learning, task performance and early c…

Der Offshore-Windpark #HeDreiht von #EnBW hat mit der ersten eingespeisten Kilowattstunde Strom einen wichtigen Meilenstein erreicht.
Die 15-MW-Anlage von #Vestas versorgt mit einer Rotorumdrehung re…

EnBW He Dreiht: Erste Anlage produziert Strom | EnBW
Die erste 15-MW-Windkraftanlage des derzeit größten deutschen Offshore-Windparks in der Nordsee produziert Strom.

US court filings detail Anthropic's Project Panama, an effort to "destructively scan" up to 2M books with a hydraulic "cutting machine" led by an ex-Google exec (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/01/2…

Inside one company’s secret plan to ‘destructively scan every book in the world’
Court filings reveal how AI companies raced to obtain more books to feed chatbots, including by buying, scanning and disposing of millions of titles.

"Climate change is shrinking children’s height - and humidity is making things worse"
#Climate #ClimateChange #Children

How climate change could stunt millions of children’s growth
Researchers have warned of the unexpected consequences of extremely hot, humid conditions during pregnancy.

US court filings detail Anthropic's Project Panama, an effort to "destructively scan" up to 2M books with a hydraulic "cutting machine" led by an ex-Google exec (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/01/2…

Inside one company’s secret plan to ‘destructively scan every book in the world’
Court filings reveal how AI companies raced to obtain more books to feed chatbots, including by buying, scanning and disposing of millions of titles.

How the explicit deepfake ecosystem evolved from images to high-quality video; an analysis shows 1.4M Telegram accounts signed up to 39 deepfake creation bots (Matt Burgess/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/deepfake-nudify-technology-is-getting-…

Deepfake ‘Nudify’ Technology Is Getting Darker—and More Dangerous
Sexual deepfakes continue to get more sophisticated, capable, easy to access, and perilous for millions of women who are abused with the technology.