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Mac RumorsJan 20, 2026
New, Higher End AirPods Pro Coming This Year
Apple is planning to debut a high-end secondary version of AirPods Pro 3 this year, sitting in the lineup alongside the current model, reports suggest.


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Mac RumorsJan 20, 2026
iPhone Air to Get Minor Refresh This Year, Claims Leaker
Apple will launch a second-generation iPhone Air this year, despite reports that it has been delayed until 2027, according to the Weibo leaker known as Fixed Focus Digital.


Mac RumorsJan 20, 2026
Apple Releases New Firmware for iPad Pro and iPad Air Magic Keyboards
Apple today released new firmware for the Magic Keyboards designed for the iPad Pro and iPad Air. The firmware for the M4/M5 ?iPad Pro? model has a version number of 1872.544.772, up from the prior 0680.0220.0301 firmware, while the firmware for the M3 ?iPad Air? model has a version number of 1024.320.771, up from 0350.0135.0303.


CNET Most Popular ProductsJan 20, 2026
I Love My Air Fryer but I'll Never Put These 10 Foods in One Again
These foods wither and dry out in the air fryer.

SlashDotJan 20, 2026
Sony Is Ceding Control of TV Hardware Business To China's TCL


Mac RumorsJan 20, 2026
Amazon Takes Up to $174 Off Apple's M5 MacBook Pro
Amazon today has dropped the price of the new M5 MacBook Pro to $1,449.00, down from $1,599.00. This is the 10-Core model with 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD, and it's a solid second-best price on the M5 MacBook Pro.


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Woot's New Apple Sale Takes Up to $450 Off Studio Display and More (Mac Rumors)

EngadgetJan 20, 2026
Sony is handing control of its Bravia TV business to China's TCL
Sony is ceding control of its Bravia TV brand to China's TCL as part of a new "strategic partnership," the companies announced in a joint press release. The Japanese electronics giant plans to sell a majority 51 percent stake in its home entertainment arm to TCL, while retaining a 49 percent share. The joint venture is set to start operations in April 2027, pending regulatory and other approvals. 

The new combined business will sell TVs carrying Sony and Bravia branding while using TCL's display technology. The partnership will also leverage Sony's picture and audio expertise, supply chain management and other areas of expertise. For its part, TCL will contribute its vertical supply chain strength, global market presence and end-to-end cost efficiency. 

"By combining both companies' expertise, we aim to create new customer value in the home entertainment field," Sony CEO Kimio Maki said in a statement. "We expect to elevate our brand value, achieve greater scale and optimize the supply chain in order to deliver superior products and services to our customers," added TCL Electronics chairperson DU Juan. 

The news will come as a shock to some, particularly in Japan, as Sony has been strongly associated with high-quality TVs since the Trinitron days. However, it's currently fighting in a low-margin TV business full of formidable competitors including Samsung, LG, Hisense and TCL. The company has already sold off or closed other electronics operations, including PCs and tablets, and is barely hanging in with its smartphone business.

Sony effectively stopped making its own LCD and OLED panels some time ago, while TCL has increased its own production — having recently


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China's AI Boyfriend Business Is Taking On a Life of Its Own (Wired News)

Washington Post TechJan 20, 2026
Tech workers ask their bosses to lobby Trump over ICE crackdowns
A public letter signed by hundreds of tech workers said CEOs must "pick up the phone" to press Trump to pull back ICE deployments.

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They've outsourced the worst parts of their jobs to tech. How you can do it, too. (Washington Post Tech)

EngadgetJan 20, 2026
ExpressVPN deal: Two-year plans are up to 78 percent off right now
If you're looking to up your privacy game on the internet in the new year, you can do so for a little less than usual thanks to ExpressVPN's latest deal. Its two-year plans are up to 78 percent off right now: the Advanced tier is on sale for $101 for two years, plus four additional free months. That works out to $3.59 per month during the promotional period.

We've consistently liked ExpressVPN because it's fast, easy to use and widely available across a large global server network. In fact, it's our current pick for best premium VPN. One of the biggest drawbacks has always been its high cost, and this deal temporarily solves that issue.



In our review we were able to get fast download and upload speeds, losing only 7 percent in the former and 2 percent in the latter worldwide. We found that it could unblock Netflix anywhere, and its mobile and desktop apps were simple to operate. We gave ExpressVPN an overall score of 85 out of 100.

The virtual private network service now has three tiers. Basic is cheaper with fewer features, while Pro costs more and adds extra perks like support for 14 simultaneous devices and a password manager. Advanced sits in the middle and includes the password manager but only supports 12 devices.

The Basic plan is $78 right now for 28 months, down from $363, and the Pro plan is $168, down from $560. That's 78 percent and 70 percent off, respectively. All plans carry a 30-day mo


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One year of access to Monarch Money's budgeting app is down to $50 right now (Engadget)

ResearchBuzzJan 20, 2026
Pacific Salmon Explorer, OpenAI, Anna's Archive, More: Tuesday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, January 20, 2026
NEW RESOURCES CBC: ‘First of its kind' database for Yukon salmon looks at chinook and chum more extensively. "The organization's latest assessment of Yukon salmon conservation units, outlined in their Pacific Salmon […]

CNET Most Popular ProductsJan 20, 2026
Change These 5 Settings on Your Sony TV Now
Sony TVs can deliver a really great picture, but only if you change some important settings

CNET NewsJan 20, 2026
The Best Way to Get the Cleanest Teeth With an Electric Toothbrush
Don't make these mistakes when brushing your teeth.

ResearchBuzzJan 20, 2026
OpenSlopware, Internet Archive, Google, More: Tuesday ResearchBuzz, January 20, 2026
NEW RESOURCES The Register: Not hot on bots, project names and shames AI-created open source software. "The splendidly-named ‘OpenSlopware' was, for a short time, a list of open source projects using LLM […]

GizmodoJan 20, 2026
Amazon CEO Says Tariff Price Increases Likely to Hit Your Wallet This Year
Tariffs are starting to "creep in" to product prices as companies' efforts to absorb price increases run out.

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Amazon CEO Jassy Says Tariffs Have Started To 'Creep' Into Prices (SlashDot)
Tariffs starting to bump up product prices, Amazon CEO tells CNBC (Yahoo Technology)

Wired NewsJan 20, 2026
Jimmy Wales Will Never Edit Donald Trump's Wikipedia Page: He ‘Makes Me Insane'
On this week's episode of The Big Interview podcast, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales talks about maintaining neutrality in an online ecosystem increasingly hostile to facts.

Yahoo TechnologyJan 20, 2026
Solayer unveils $35 million fund for real-time DeFi, AI and tokenization apps on infiniSVM


Yahoo TechnologyJan 20, 2026
Nvidia, Tesla lead tech stocks lower as Trump trade war threats rattle market


CNET NewsJan 20, 2026
Champions League Soccer: Livestream Real Madrid vs. Monaco Live From Anywhere
Kylian Mbappe faces his old club as Los Blancos looks to cement its place in the top eight.

CNET NewsJan 20, 2026
This Is the Most Important Tool for Making Great Coffee, an Expert Explains
For brewing professional-level coffee at home, a few essential tools are required. An expert told me about the most important one.

CNET Most Popular ProductsJan 20, 2026
Resident Evil Village, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Lead Stacked PS Plus Games for January
The Exit 8, Darkest Dungeon II and Expeditions: A Mudrunner Game will also make their way to PS Plus.

GizmodoJan 20, 2026
Elon Musk Jumps Into the Race to Replace Mitch McConnell
The multibillionaire took a break from being the most hated man in America. He's back.

EngadgetJan 20, 2026
This Audible deal ends soon: Get three months of access for only $3
One way to read more in the new year is to incorporate audiobooks as part of your reading habit. Audible is having a sale right now that makes that easier and cheaper to do: you can get three months of access for only $1 per month, or a total of $3. The promotion runs through January 21.

An Audible subscription grants one audiobook per month to keep. This can be selected from a massive catalog of new releases and bestsellers. The collection here has just about everything.



However, it's easy to plow through a single book in a month. Users also get streaming access to thousands of curated titles. Think of it l


CNET NewsJan 20, 2026
Sony and TCL Are Teaming Up to Make TVs
TCL would be in control, but Sony's Bravia brands would still be a thing.

Yahoo TechnologyJan 20, 2026
Indian AI startup Emergent raises $70 million in round led by SoftBank, Khosla Ventures


EngadgetJan 20, 2026
The Morning After: Elon Musk wants a $134 billion payout from OpenAI and Microsoft
Part of a lawsuit accusing OpenAI of abandoning its non-profit status claims Musk is owed anywhere from $79 billion to $134 billion in damages for the "wrongful gains" of OpenAI and Microsoft.

Musk claims in the filing that he's entitled to a chunk of the company's recent $500 billion valuation, after contributing $38 million in "seed funding" during the AI company's early years. It wasn't just money — according to the filing, Musk helped advise on key employee recruitment, introductions with business contacts and startup advice.

If this sounds familiar, it's because the lawsuit dates back to March 2024. It's still going.

— Mat Smith

The other big stories (and deals) this morning ASUS changes mind, will continue selling the RTX 5070 Ti after all

Musk claims Tesla will restart work on its Dojo supercomputer

Microsoft issues emergency fix after update stops some Windows 11 devices from shutting down



EngadgetJan 20, 2026
Earth is having some issues, so let's enjoy the Webb telescope's new nebula image
Sometimes, you just need to give your mind a little vacation. And these days, outer space sounds like as good a destination as any. Thankfully, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is here to give us a dazzling new image of the Helix Nebula.

Discovered in the early 19th century, the Helix Nebula resides in the constellation Aquarius. (Cue The 5th Dimension.) At about 655 light-years away, it's one of Earth's closest planetary nebulae. When zoomed farther out, it's easy to see why it's been nicknamed the Eye of God or Eye of Sauron. This 2004 image from the Hubble telescope illustrates that.

A wider view of the same nebula from 2004NASA / ESA / C.R. O'Dell (Vanderbilt University) / M. Meixner / P. McCullough / G. Bacon ( STSI)What we're seeing in the nebula is, in a sense, a moment of death that lays the groundwork for a new birth. The dying star (out of frame in the closer new image) sheds its outer layers. As expelled gas and dust cool, they provide raw material that could someday form new stars and perhaps planetary systems.

The new image from Webb's NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) provides a much closer, higher-resolution view.



CNET How ToJan 20, 2026
Follow This Strategy to Lose Fat and Build Lean Muscle During 2026
This method is known as body recomposition, and here's what you need to do to be successful.

CNET Most Popular ProductsJan 20, 2026
I Scanned My Brain With Headphones to Gauge My Stress While Gaming
Gamers might soon be able to scan their brains using specialized commercial headphones to get midmatch snapshots of mental performance.

CNET Most Popular ProductsJan 20, 2026
A Spelunking Trip Turns Deadly in This Claustrophobic Indie Horror Film
In The Descent, an outdoor adventure goes terribly wrong for six friends who enter caves looking for fun but find murderous creatures within the depths.

GizmodoJan 20, 2026
Ads in Xbox Game Pass Were Inevitable
Microsoft's first cloud-based game streaming service could be its first crack at ads in Game Pass.

SlashDotJan 20, 2026
'Just Because Linus Torvalds Vibe Codes Doesn't Mean It's a Good Idea'


CNET Most Popular ProductsJan 20, 2026
Xbox Game Pass Subscribers Can Play This Award Winning Resident Evil Game Now
Subscribers can play several other games, including Star Wars Outlaws, on Game Pass now.

New York Times TechJan 20, 2026
An A.I. Start-Up Says It Wants to Empower Workers, Not Replace Them
Founded by researchers from Anthropic, Google and xAI, the new company, Humans&, is already valued at $4.48 billion.

CNET How ToJan 20, 2026
5 Clever Alternatives to Voice Assistants in Your Smart Home
Not crazy about talking to Siri, Alexa or Gemini? You can easily create a voice assistant-free smart home with these tricks.

CNET Most Popular ProductsJan 20, 2026
No Code, All Vibes: 6 Vibe Coding Tips I Learned From Building Apps With Just Words
If you're new to vibe coding, these tips might help you on your journey to creating apps with natural language.

CNET Most Popular ProductsJan 19, 2026
I'm a Fitness Expert and These Are My Go-To Pieces of Fitness Tech for 2026
Ready to commit to your health goals this year? These are the products I actually use and recommend.

Washington Post TechJan 19, 2026
How tech billionaires spurred an exodus of rich people from California
Industry leaders long critical of San Francisco have fueled an online campaign against a proposed billionaire tax, prompting some of California's richest to relocate.

SlashDotJan 19, 2026
The World's Longest-Running Lab Experiment Is Almost 100 Years Old


SlashDotJan 19, 2026
OpenAI CFO Says Annualized Revenue Crosses $20 Billion In 2025


ResearchBuzzJan 19, 2026
Hannah More, Firefox, YouTube, More: Monday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, January 19, 2026
NEW RESOURCES BBC: Writer's poems helped boost the abolition campaign. "Letters written by a prominent abolitionist are being digitised, filling in a ‘massive bit of the jigsaw' in the abolition campaign history, […]

Gizmag Emerging TechJan 19, 2026
'World's smallest' ergonomic horizontal mouse can be used almost anywhere
Even a device as simple as a computer mouse still has plenty of room for improvement. Modern versions are becoming lighter, more ergonomic, and often even look nothing like their traditional counterparts. The NanoFlow i2 Air incorporates some revolutionary features and is now available for backing on Kickstarter.

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eWeekJan 19, 2026
OpenAI's Revenue Climbs Past $20B as Compute Expansion Powers Rapid Growth
AI firm says annualized revenue topped $20 billion in 2025 as compute rose to 1.9 GW. A broader infrastructure push and ad tests aim to fund growth.

The post OpenAI's Revenue Climbs Past $20B as Compute Expansion Powers Rapid Growth appeared first on eWEEK.



Major GeeksJan 19, 2026
Windows Backup & Restore Tool 1.0
Windows Backup & Restore Tool is a sophisticated yet user-friendly software solution designed for efficient data backup and restoration. This versatile tool operates seamlessly within both the familiar Windows operating environment and the specialized WinPE (Windows Preinstallation Environment), making it suitable for a variety of scenarios. [License: Open Source | Requires: 11|10|8|7 | Size: 415 KB ]

SlashDotJan 19, 2026
Germany's EV Subsidies Will Include Chinese Brands


Yahoo TechnologyJan 19, 2026
Elon Musk says that in 10 to 20 years, work will be optional and money will be irrelevant thanks to AI and robotics


EngadgetJan 19, 2026
NBA League Pass deal: Get access for the rest of the season for up to 55 percent off
Basketball fans can save on NBA League Pass right now, which lets you catch a bunch of out-of-market NBA games via streaming. The League Pass Premium subscription is on sale for $75, down from the usual $160, and League Pass Standard is marked down to $50 from $110. Considering we're almost halfway though the season, the discount makes sense and is a good deal for anyone who wants to keep a close eye on the rest of the games to be played this year.

The Standard plan includes commercials and support for only one device at a time, while the Premium tier offers no commercials, in-arena streams during breaks in the game, offline viewing of full games and concurrent streams on up to three devices at once.



Last year, League Pass added mult


CNET Most Popular ProductsJan 19, 2026
Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Tuesday, Jan. 20
Here are the answers for The New York Times Mini Crossword for Jan. 20.

SlashDotJan 19, 2026
Threads Usage Overtakes X On Mobile


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CNET NewsJan 19, 2026
The Biggest Aurora of 2026 (So Far) Is Coming Tonight: Here's How and Where to See It
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting a G4-level geomagnetic storm after a long-duration solar flare erupted a couple of days ago.

New York Times TechJan 19, 2026
Elon Musk Spends $10 Million to Help Nate Morris in Kentucky Senate Race
Elon Musk, the world's richest person, backed Nate Morris, a Republican businessman, in the primary race to succeed Senator Mitch McConnell in Kentucky.

Gizmag Emerging TechJan 19, 2026
Affordable electric enduro wants to replace 450cc four-strokes
Talaria might be a Chinese company, but it's done more for the dirt bike segment than most European and American companies. Its low-cost dirt bikes have popped up as viable alternatives to the likes of SurRon, Cake, and Segway. This one, though, promises to take on 450cc gas four-strokes.

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EngadgetJan 18, 2026
Disney and Hulu deal: Get one month of the bundle for only $10
The peak time for deals on streaming services — the holiday shopping season — has come and gone, but Disney is back with a fresh offer for the new year. New and eligible returning subscribers can get one month of the ad-supported Disney Hulu bundle for just $10. That's $3 off the usual monthly rate for the bundle, and more than 58 percent off if you consider the prices for each service individually (Disney at $12 per month and, separately, Hulu also at $12 per month).

We'd be remiss if we didn't mention that this isn't quite as good as the Black Friday deal we saw last year, which offered the same bundle for $5 per month for one year. However, if you missed that offer or just want to try out Disney and Hulu for a brief period of time, this is a good way to do so.



Disney and Hulu make one of the most balanced streaming pairs available, blending family-friendly favorites with


EngadgetJan 18, 2026
New users can get a year of one of our favorite budgeting apps for only $50
A new year is the perfect time to get your spending in order, and if you're not trying to build your own spreadsheet, budgeting apps are one of the best ways to do it. To save yourself some money in the process, you can pick up a year-long subscription to Monarch Money, one of Engadget's favorite budgeting apps, for just $50 if you use code NEWYEAR2026 at checkout and you're a new subscriber. That's a 50 percent discount on the service's normal $100 price.

Monarch Money makes for a capable and detailed budgeting companion. You can use the service via apps for iOS, Android, iPadOS or the web, and Monarch also offers a Chrome extension that can sync your Amazon and Target transactions and automatically categorize them. Like other budgeting apps, Monarch Money lets you connect multiple financial accounts and track your money based on where you spend it over time. Monarch offers two different approaches to tracking budgeting (flexible and category budgeting) depending on what fits your life best, and the ability to add a budget widget on your phone so you can know how you're tracking that month.



CNET NewsJan 17, 2026
La Liga Soccer: Stream Real Madrid vs. Levante Live From Anywhere
Los Blancos look to bounce back from their midweek cup disaster.

CNET NewsJan 17, 2026
Premier League Soccer 2026: Stream Nottingham Forest vs. Arsenal Live From Anywhere
It's a match with big implications for both ends of the table at the City Ground.

SlashDotJan 16, 2026
Trump Wants Tech Companies To Foot the Bill For New Power Plants


EngadgetJan 16, 2026
Canada cuts tariffs on Chinese EVs as part of new deal
Canada has agreed to drastically reduce its tariffs on imported Chinese EVs from 100 percent to 6.1 percent as part of a new deal between the two countries. In return, China will be reducing tariffs on Canadian canola seeds from 84 percent to about 15 percent.

The move is a break from the United States, which maintains a 100 percent tariff on EVs from China, effectively banning them in the country. Mexico currently tariffs the vehicles at 50 percent after increasing its rate last year.

Under the agreement, which Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called "preliminary," Canada will allow up to 49,000 Chinese EVs into the country, with that number rising to 70,000 after five years. Until now the three major North American trading partners had been aligned in trying to protect their domestic electric vehicle manufacturing. Chinese EV companies benefit from state subsidies, and as such can often be priced at a far better value than domestic alternatives.

"Our relationship has progressed in recent months with China. It is more predictable and you see results coming from that," Carney said to reporters. A warmer relationship may be forming in response to the Trump administration's


EngadgetJan 16, 2026
TikTok sued by former workers over alleged union-busting
You know things are messed up when a Big Tech company fights accusations of union-busting by insisting it was only AI layoffs. That's where things stand after a group of fired TikTok moderators in the UK filed a legal claim with an employment tribunal. The Guardian reported on Friday that around 400 TikTok content moderators who were unionizing were laid off before Christmas.

The workers were sacked a week before a vote was scheduled to establish a collective bargaining unit. The moderators said they wanted better protection against the personal toll of processing traumatic content at a high speed. They accused TikTok of unfair dismissal and violating UK trade union laws.

"Content moderators have the most dangerous job on the internet," John Chadfield, the national officer for tech workers at the Communication Workers Union (CWU), said in a statement to The Guardian. "They are exposed to the child sex abuse material, executions, war and drug use. Their job is to make sure this content doesn't reach TikTok's 30 million monthly users. It is high pressure and low paid. They wanted input into their workflows and more say over how they kept the platform safe. They said they were being asked to do too much with too few resources."

TikTok denied that the firings were union-busting, calling the accusations "baseless." Instead, the company claimed the layoffs were part of a restructuring plan amid its adoption of AI for content moderation. The company said 91 percent of transgressive content is now removed automatically.

The company first announced a restructuring exercise in August, just as hundre


Yahoo TechnologyJan 15, 2026
Post-quantum crypto startup Project Eleven raises $20 million in funding round


EngadgetJan 15, 2026
Samsung's refreshed Mobile Gaming Hub is trying to make it easier to discover new games
During CES 2026, Samsung unveiled plenty of new TVs, monitors and other hardware. However, the company is also looking to expand further into video games and has announced a significant refresh to its Gaming Hub on smartphones.

Engadget spoke with Samsung's Jong Woo, VP of Game Services, who explained that the update will offer more personalized, faster ways to play and place greater emphasis on up-and-coming titles. Now available on Galaxy devices, with further updates planned, the new hub wants to be a more active space for the latest mobile games.

"We believe that gamers want to find new content that is personalized to them," said the VP of Samsung Games Services. He continued: "We want to bring content to users and make it immediately available for them to play. We have instant plays where, through our cloud streaming technology, we can take Android-native games and put them in the cloud, so that when users want to try them, they don't have to go through the friction of downloading them first."

According to Samsung, the mobile Gaming Hub attracts over 160 million users across smartphones and other devices. However, the VP of Game Services at Samsung believes that, despite the vast library of games across many genres available to mobile users, "mobile game discovery is broken."

Samsung Initially, the mobile Gaming Hub was a supplemental app for all purchase


eWeekJan 13, 2026
‘Not Woke': Pentagon Embraces Elon Musk's Grok AI Despite Global Backlash
Pentagon adopts Elon Musk's Grok AI, fueling debate over ethics, anti-woke defense policy, and the future of AI in modern warfare.

The post ‘Not Woke': Pentagon Embraces Elon Musk's Grok AI Despite Global Backlash appeared first on eWEEK.


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