Bengals-Ravens on Thanksgiving: What We Learned from Cincinnati's 32-14 win https://www.nfl.com/news/bengals-ravens-on-thanksgiving-what-we-learned-from-cincinnati-s-32-14-win
A look at AI-powered tools and apps like Aira Explorer that are helping blind people access visual feedback about their bodies, sometimes for the first time (Milagros Costabel/BBC)
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260126-ai-mirrors-…
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #EasternEchoes
Chinese American Bear:
🎵 Forever Lover (永远的爱人)
#ChineseAmericanBear
https://chineseamericanbear.bandcamp.com/track/forever-lover
https://open.spotify.com/track/1osioxQykglfD6mNLzfwB1
FTC commissioner says online age verification ‘offers a better way’ to protect kids https://therecord.media/ftc-commissioner-age-verification-children-online
🍯 Changing sweet taste in diet does not affect sugar cravings or health, study suggests
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-sweet-diet-affect-sugar-cravings.html
France's CNIL fines Condé Nast €750K because vanityfair.fr placed cookies on user devices without proper consent, following a December 2019 complaint (CNIL)
https://www.cnil.fr/en/cookies-placed-without-consent-company-publi…
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Chinese American Bear:
🎵 Forever Lover (永远的爱人)
#ChineseAmericanBear
https://chineseamericanbear.bandcamp.com/track/forever-lover
https://open.spotify.com/track/1osioxQykglfD6mNLzfwB1
The EC says it got notification from Apple that Apple Ads and Apple Maps likely meet DMA thresholds; Apple says the services should not be called "gatekeepers" (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-co
Appfigures: Sora's app downloads dropped 32% month-over-month in December and 45% in January to 1.2M; consumer spending on the app fell 32% MoM as of January (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/29/openais-sora-app-is-struggli…