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Republicans attack ‘woke’ Netflix — and ignore YouTube
- Emma Roth
- Feb 5, 2026
When Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos entered the Senate office building on Tuesday, he got thrown a curveball. What started as a standard antitrust hearin...
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X's latest Community Notes experiment allows AI to write the first draft
- Karissa Bell
- Feb 5, 2026
X is experimenting with a new way for AI to write Community Notes. The company is testing a new "collaborative notes" feature that allows human writer...
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Iron Lung’s path to theaters was unique, even if the movie isn’t
- Andrew Webster
- Feb 5, 2026
As a movie, Iron Lung is occasionally thrilling but mostly forgettable. It's a small-budget horror flick that has some cool ideas and pulls them off i...
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The price of Bitcoin drops below $65,000
- Stevie Bonifield
- Feb 5, 2026
On Thursday, Bitcoin's value fell over 10 percent in a single day, dropping to around $64,000, the lowest it has been since the 2024 Presidential elec...
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ICE and CBP’s Face-Recognition App Can’t Actually Verify Who People Are
- Dell Cameron, Maddy Varner
- Feb 5, 2026
ICE has used Mobile Fortify to identify immigrants and citizens alike over 100,000 times, by one estimate. It wasn't built to work like that—and only...
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Everything we know about Valve's new Steam Machine
- Ian Carlos Campbell
- Feb 5, 2026
The Steam Machine is back from the dead. Not as a Valve-supported program for manufacturers to create living room PCs, but instead a home console sibl...
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Prime members can play Alan Wake 2 for free on Luna
- Will Shanklin
- Feb 5, 2026
If you haven't yet played Alan Wake 2, here's your chance to immerse yourself in its terrors for free. Prime members can play it this month on Amazon'...
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Meta is giving its AI slop feed an app of its own
- Ian Carlos Campbell
- Feb 5, 2026
Meta is developing a standalone app for Vibes, its feed of AI-generated videos, according to reports from TechCrunch and Platformer. Vibes was introdu...
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Project Hail Mary is getting its own LEGO set
- Lawrence Bonk
- Feb 5, 2026
The upcoming science fiction film Project Hail Mary is getting a LEGO set. This is fascinating because LEGO typically makes sets based on long-standin...
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Zuckerberg considered changing how Meta studies social issues after research got it in trouble
- Lauren Feiner
- Feb 5, 2026
One day after The Wall Street Journal published a blockbuster story about Meta's own dismal findings about teen girls' mental health on Instagram, CEO...
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The CIA stops publishing The World Factbook
- Anna Washenko
- Feb 5, 2026
The US Central Intelligence Agency is ending one of its popular services, The World Factbook. Over the decades, this reference has provided readers wi...
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One of the best laptop power banks available is cheaper than ever
- Sheena Vasani
- Feb 5, 2026
If you often travel with your gadgets, a fast, reliable portable battery like Anker’s Laptop Power Bank is a worthwhile purchase. Right now, you can b...