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The 247th meeting of the American Astronomical Society #AAS247 is underway, coming with 8 press conferences - https://aas.org/meetings/aas247/press-kit#briefings - streaming on https://www.youtube.com/@AASPressOffice. There were already two yesterday:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gAjRP1xLtQ about Galaxies Big and Small, covering e.g. https://public.nrao.edu/news/hidden-giants-of-the-early-universe/ / https://news.ucmerced.edu/news/2026/astronomers-reveal-hidden-activity-early-universe’s-most-massive-galaxies / https://keckobservatory.org/aas247-magaz3ne/ and https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae1584 (The First RELHIC? Cloud-9 is a Starless Gas Cloud) -> https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasas-hubble-examines-cloud-9-first-of-new-type-of-object/ / https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Cloud-9_a_new_celestial_object_found_by_Hubble / https://public.nrao.edu/news/starless-dark-matter-failed-galaxy-near-m94/.
And https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvpDVq-7h6E about Stars and Their Behavior, covering e.g. https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.00470 (Betelgeuse: Detection of the Expanding Wake of the Companion Star) -> https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/cfa-scientists-detect-wake-betelgeuses-elusive-companion-star / https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasa-hubble-helps-detect-wake-of-betelgeuses-elusive-companion-star/ and https://aas.org/sites/default/files/2026-01/Steven and Tyler AAS Press Release.pdf and https://public.nrao.edu/news/alma-devours-cosmic-hamburger-reveals-potential-for-giant-planet-formation/

Nvidia brings its G-Sync Pulsar tech to four monitors, which reduces motion blur by using a "rolling scan" scheme that briefly pulses the monitors' backlight (Kyle Orland/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/01

Nvidia’s new G-Sync Pulsar monitors target motion blur at the human retina level
Four new monitors promise "effective motion clarity of a theoretical 1,000 Hz monitor."

Go #Montargis!
”Le Monde – Montargis au quotidien, ville de la « France du milieu », ni riche ni pauvre, ni rurale ni urbaine”

Montargis au quotidien, ville de la « France du milieu », ni riche ni pauvre, ni rurale ni urbaine
« Un jour à Montargis », épisode 1. Dans le cadre des élections municipales, « Le Monde » raconte deux semaines durant la vie de cette ville moyenne, sous-préfecture du Loiret, à travers les préoccupations, les problèmes et les plaisirs de ses habitants.

Sources: Will Welch is stepping down as editor of GQ to work in a new role with Pharrell, the musician and men's creative director of Louis Vuitton, in Paris (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/business/media/will-welch-gq-editor-depa…

Will Welch to Leave GQ After 7 Years as Its Top Editor
Mr. Welch worked to move the men’s magazine away from what he called “manly-man tropes.” His next role will be with Pharrell, the men’s designer of Louis Vuitton.

from my link log —
Using eBPF to load-balance traffic across UDP sockets with Golang.
https://vincent.bernat.ch/en/blog/2026-reuseport-ebpf-go
saved 2026-01-05

#thyssenkrupp Steel hat vier neue #Grünstrom-PPAs über insgesamt 230 GWh abgeschlossen, um seine #Tochterunternehmen mit Strom aus deutschen

Dekarbonisierung der Stahlproduktion: thyssenkrupp Steel schließt Grünstromlieferverträge über 230 GWh für Tochterunternehmen ab
Neu abgeschlossene Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) sichern Grünstrom für Tochtergesellschaften Nachhaltige Stromversorgung ist wichtiger Baustein der Dekarbonisierungsstrategie Grünstrom-Lieferverträge...

6G: Kommunikation, KI und Sensing als große Themen
6G soll vor allem drei große Änderungen bieten. Über den Nutzen für den durchschnittlichen Smartphone-Nutzer lässt sich diskutieren.
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Kommentar: Das MacBook Neo ist kein neues 12-Zoll-MacBook
Apple hat eine neue MacBook-Linie veröffentlicht. Letztlich ist es aber nur günstiger Wein in alten Schläuchen. Der Traum eines Ultraportablen bleibt unerfüllt.

Sources: OpenAI is working with G42 to build a ChatGPT version tuned for the UAE to accommodate local language, political outlook, and speech restrictions (Reed Albergotti/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/02/06/2026

Exclusive: OpenAI in talks with Abu Dhabi’s G42 to create specialized ChatGPT version for UAE
Chatbot would be fine-tuned for government use to accommodate local language and speech restrictions.