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Google says it needs more time to upgrade Assistant to Gemini on most Android devices; Google previously planned to complete the transition by the end of 2025 (Mariella Moon/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/ai/google-assista

Google Assistant will stick around a bit longer than expected for some Android users
Google has announced that it needs a bit more time to make Gemini the new default digital helper for most of its users.

A huge impact 4.3 billion years ago partially melted the Moon's mantle & made it lopsided
https://skywriter.blue/@coreyspowell.bsky.social/3meoshhxwic2u

The UK's NCSC has launched some great ads to get businesses to sign up for its Cyber Essentials certification.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKggNJSqatI

Losar (Tibetan new year) and Ramadan both start with the new moon on Wednesday.
There was a substantial and diverse Muslim community in Tibet, including ethnically Tibetan Muslims as well as Uighur and Kashmiri traders.

Little to no active faulting likely at Europa’s seafloor today: #Europa: https://www.reuters.com/science/study-casts-doubt-potential-life-jupiters-moon-europa-2026-01-06/

Multiple Ecco the Dolphin games in development, new website launched #EccoTheDolphin

Multiple Ecco the Dolphin games officially in development
“Several new Ecco the Dolphin products and games” are officially in development, developer A&R Atelier announced. A&R Atelier is a studio founded in Half Moon Bay, California …

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #RoundMidnight
Azamiah:
🎵 New Moon
#Azamiah
https://open.spotify.com/track/1qRP7btviLVpl1fONIMvYt

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MiddayShow
Duran Duran:
🎵 New Moon on Monday
#DuranDuran
https://nelsonxzombiesquad.bandcamp.com/track/duran-duran-new-moon-on-monday-nelson-x-zombiesquad-remix-extended-mix
https://open.spotify.com/track/74tXc7WOWxEDZahXcyPG9D
🎶 show playlist 👇
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/55kiq57r1ErxcYnr6B3P6g
🎶 KEXP playlist 👇
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Thanks to The New World Paper, I'm listening to Mong Tong, a Taiwanese ambient band that uses a Creative Commons Licence, the album is Sun Moon Darkness.
It's very cool and rhythmic.
A long way from the romantic ballads of the early 90's in Piano Bars.
#Music #NewMusic<…

Soft velvet shadows
Wolf moon on fresh fallen snow
A hopeful new year.
#dailyhaikuprompt - wolf moon
#haiku
#poem

"Another threat to reefs: Microplastic chemicals may harm coral reproduction"
#CoralReef #Microplastics #Plastic

Another threat to reefs: Microplastic chemicals may harm coral reproduction
As the sliver of a new moon shines over Kāneʻohe Bay, Oʻahu, millions of tiny orbs ascend from a reef and swirl in the water column. These spheres are bundles of coral eggs and sperm responding to lunar cycles and chemical cues in the water that tell them when to fertilize and where to settle […]

xAI all-hands meeting: Elon Musk tells staff that xAI needs a factory on the moon to build AI satellites and a massive catapult to launch them into space (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/technology/elon-musk-lunar-factory.html

NASA began a two-day practice countdown Saturday
leading up to the fueling of its new moon rocket,
a crucial test that will determine when four astronauts blast off on a lunar flyby.
Already in quarantine to avoid germs,
Commander Reid Wiseman and his crew will be the first people to launch to the moon since 1972.
They will monitor the dress rehearsal from their Houston base before flying to Kennedy Space Center once the rocket is cleared for flight.
The 3…

NASA begins a practice countdown for its first moonshot with astronauts in more than 50 years
NASA has begun a two-day practice countdown for its first moonshot with astronauts in 53 years

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MorningShow
Duran Duran:
🎵 New Moon on Monday
#DuranDuran
https://nelsonxzombiesquad.bandcamp.com/track/duran-duran-new-moon-on-monday-nelson-x-zombiesquad-remix-extended-mix
https://open.spotify.com/track/0SmEW4XcBuQPsOx5AgjjSV
🎶 show playlist 👇
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🎶 KEXP playlist 👇
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