• DJI launches the lightweight RS 5 camera gimbal for video creators

    January 29, 2026

    DJI just revealed the RS 5 camera gimbal, a new entry in its long-standing Ronan Series. The RS 5 is lightweight, at around three pounds, with a maximum payload of nearly seven pounds. This gimbal offers what DJI calls “enhanced intelligent subject tracking.” The tracking with some of the company’s older offerings, so any improvement will be icing on the cake. A new tracking module lets videographers frame live footage and follow subjects directly from an included touchscreen, all without having to fiddle with the actual camera. DJI The tracking module also offers the ability to follow more than people.…

  • ServiceNow inks another AI partnership, this time with Anthropic

    January 29, 2026

    ServiceNow announced a deal with major AI player Anthropic just a week after it announced a partnership with OpenAI. Enterprise workflow software company ServiceNow has entered into a multi-year deal with AI research lab Anthropic on Wednesday. This partnership involves further embedding of Anthropic’s AI models into ServiceNow’s platform for its customers and bringing Anthropic’s AI to its employees. ServiceNow declined to clarify the duration of the partnership or the monetary size of the deal. This deal entails making Anthropic’s Claude model family the preferred AI models across ServiceNow’s AI-driven workflow products. Claude is now also the default model powering…

  • Up to 87 percent off ProtonVPN, Surfshark, ExpressVPN, NordVPN and more

    January 29, 2026

    If one of your New Year’s resolutions was to improve your cybersecurity, it’s not too late. Most of the holiday deals are over by now, but plenty of services are still offering excellent prices. With access to a virtual private network (VPN), you can keep your activity hidden from your ISP and any advertisers it may sell that data to — all while streaming sporting events and TV dramas from all across the globe. We strongly recommend using a VPN, but if you jump on the very first deal you see, you might get stuck with a substandard app. It’s…

  • Tesla profit tanked 46% in 2025

    January 29, 2026

    Tesla’s profit fell 46% in 2025 compared to the prior year, as CEO Elon Musk assumed a role in the Trump administration and federal electric vehicle subsidies were killed off by Congress, causing sales to plummet. The electric vehicle company reported Wednesday that it recorded just $3.8 billion in profit across 2025, its lowest tally in years. Total revenue from car sales fell 11% year-over-year, too. Tesla already revealed that it shipped 1.63 million cars globally across 2025. That marks the second year in a row that its sales have declined, after Musk spent years promising average annual growth of…

  • The best ereaders for 2026

    January 29, 2026

    Color is the buzziest feature in ereaders right now, but is it necessary? It makes the covers more fun, and readers of comics and graphic novels will appreciate the added hues (though they may be happier with an E Ink tablet for better image detail). Color is just one factor to consider when picking out the best ereader. The lights, screen quality, housing and buttons make a difference too. Then there’s the software: Do you want to stay in the Kindle ecosystem or get a device that can handle lots of apps? We tested more than a dozen ereaders to…

  • AI security startup Outtake raises $40M from Iconiq, Satya Nadella, Bill Ackman, and other big names

    January 29, 2026

    Outtake, which makes an agentic cybersecurity platform to help enterprises detect, investigate, and take down identity fraud, has raised a $40 million Series B round of funding. While that might not sound like a lot given the huge sums some AI companies are raising, the names involved in this financing reads like a tech industry who’s who. The round was led by Iconiq’s Murali Joshi, who helped lead the firm’s investments in companies like Anthropic, Datadog, Drata, 1Password, among others. Angels who invested include Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella; Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora; Pershing Square Holdings CEO Bill Ackman;…

  • The best laptops you can buy in 2026, tested and reviewed

    January 29, 2026

    Choosing the best laptop can be a bit of a challenge, especially when “good enough” now covers everything from entry-level Chromebooks for college students to premium machines built for serious multitasking and heavier creative work. Specs can blur together fast, but a few basics still matter, like processing power, battery life and whether you’re getting enough storage for the long haul. For many people, that means looking for something that lands in the sweet spot with modern ports, a solid display and at least a 512GB SSD so you’re not juggling external drives a month after you bring your new…

  • Deezer makes it easier for rival platforms to take a stance against AI-generated music

    January 29, 2026

    Last year, Deezer introduced an AI detection tool that automatically tags fully AI-generated music for listeners and removes it from algorithmic and editorial recommendations. The company announced on Thursday that it’s now making the tool available to other streaming platforms in an effort to help address the rise of AI and fraudulent streams, as well as promote transparency within the music industry and make sure human artists still get the recognition they deserve. Alongside the move, Deezer reported that 85% of streams from fully AI-generated tracks are deemed fraudulent. Notably, the service now receives 60,000 AI tracks per day, totaling…

  • Google DeepMind Unveils AlphaGenome: A Unified Sequence-to-Function Model Using Hybrid Transformers and U-Nets to Decode the Human Genome

    January 29, 2026

    Google DeepMind is expanding its biological toolkit beyond the world of protein folding. After the success of AlphaFold, the Google’s research team has introduced AlphaGenome. This is a unified deep learning model designed for sequence to function genomics. This represents a major shift in how we model the human genome. AlphaGenome does not treat DNA as simple text. Instead, it processes 1,000,000 base pair windows of raw DNA to predict the functional state of a cell. Bridging the Scale Gap with Hybrid Architectures The complexity of the human genome comes from its scale. Most existing models struggle to see the…

  • Nissan Australia replaces managing director

    January 29, 2026

    Nissan Oceania will have a new boss from April 2026, after Andrew Humberstone was confirmed to be returning to Nissan in Europe after two years in the top job locally. Mr Humberstone, who has been managing director of Nissan Oceania since April 2024, will be replaced by Steve Milette, effective April 1, 2026. Mr Milette is currently Nissan North America’s division vice president for dealer network development, customer resources, training and customer experience. He previously headed up Nissan’s Canadian division for more than five years. It’s yet another leadership change across the Australian car industry, with new bosses at MG,…