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Google acquires Common Sense Machines, whose AI models create 3D assets from 2D images, and was last valued at $15M after raising $10M from a16z and others (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/exclusive-google-acquires-3d-im…

Exclusive: Google Acquires 3D Image Generator Startup
Google has acquired Common Sense Machines, a Cambridge, Mass.,-based startup developing generative artificial intelligence models to create three-dimensional assets from two-dimensional images, a Google spokesperson confirmed. The deal closed this week, according to the spokesperson. The spokesperson declined to provide a price. The company had around a dozen employees, according to its

Unfall-Notruf: Netzbetreiber schalten Next Generation eCall für LTE scharf
Das europaweite Notrufsystem für Fahrzeuge funkt jetzt in Deutschland auch im 4G- und 5G-Netz. Grund: In den kommenden Jahren werden die GSM-Netze abgeschaltet.

🦾 Shapeshifting materials could power next generation of soft robots
https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-shapeshifting-materials-power-generation-soft.html

Shapeshifting materials could power next generation of soft robots
McGill University engineers have developed new ultra-thin materials that can be programmed to move, fold and reshape themselves, much like animated origami. They open the door to softer, safer and more adaptable robots that could be used in medical tools that gently move inside the body, wearable devices that change shape on the skin or smart packaging that reacts to its environment.

"What I’m saying is generative AI is a deeply expensive edging machine, but for your life."
Garbage Day nails it.
(Original title: Generative AI is an expensive edging machine)
https://www.garbageday.email/p/generative-ai-is-an-expensive-ed…

Generative AI is an expensive edging machine
Read to the end for insider trading and money laundering

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Generation X:
🎵 Ready, Steady, Go
#GenerationX
https://officialreadysteadygo.bandcamp.com/track/guns-down-to-the-next-generation
https://open.spotify.com/track/0iWYn1WluRvVSstCWTfyUb

Moment of Gratitude, this time for GitHub.com
I have been having fun with claude-code and have been using github in ways I did not know existed (like hosting docker images), and so easy! (and, I think, for free)
Thank you GitHub!
https://brewster.kahle.org/2026/02/01…

On Thermo-Electric Generator (TEG) For Ground-Source Heat (2015) - Find out if this potential tiny source of DC electric power from mid-winter ground heat added to my solar PV. Is London cold enough? #microgen #offGrid -

On Thermo-Electric Generator (TEG) For Ground-Source Heat (2015)
Find out if this potential tiny source of DC electric power from mid-winter ground heat added to my solar PV. Is London cold enough? #microgen #offGrid

I keep on thinking about this so often, now mostly about how the word has been co-opted & abused by contemporary "AI"... Just refound the link (from 2012):
Generative vs generated
https://www.anomalogue.com/2012/05/01/generative-vs-generated/

Generative vs generated
A generative idea is worth much more than a generated idea. * Generative ideas are perceived only indirectly in the ideas they generate — if the generative idea is perceived at all. Most peop…

On Thermo-Electric Generator (TEG) Power From Ground-Source Heat - Find out if this potential tiny source of DC electric power from mid-winter ground heat added to my solar PV. Is London cold enough? #microgen #offGrid -

On Thermo-Electric Generator (TEG) Power From Ground-Source Heat
Find out if this potential tiny source of DC electric power from mid-winter ground heat added to my solar PV. Is London cold enough? #microgen #offGrid

Adobe updates Acrobat to add new AI features, including presentation generation, file editing, and creating podcast summaries from docs stored in Adobe Spaces (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/21/adobe-acr…

Adobe Acrobat now lets you edit files using prompts, generate podcast summaries | TechCrunch
Adobe is adding AI tools to Acrobat, including the ability to generate podcast summaries of files, create presentations, and a way for users to edit files using prompts.