• Anthropic brings agentic plug-ins to Cowork

    January 30, 2026

    Earlier this month, Anthropic launched Cowork, a new agentic tool designed to take the benefits of its AI coding assistant Claude Code and transform it into a more general-use tool that non-coders could benefit from. Now Anthropic has launched a new feature within Cowork to make it even more powerful for enterprise users. Behold, the plug-in. The idea behind plug-ins is simple: They are designed to automate “specialized” tasks within a company’s various departments. Whether that function is drafting content for the marketing department, reviewing risks in documents for a firm’s legal team, or drafting responses for customer support, the plug-in…

  • Google’s Project Genie lets you create your own 3D interactive worlds

    January 30, 2026

    This past summer, Google DeepMind debuted Genie 3. It’s what’s known as a world world, an AI system capable of generating images and reacting as the user moves through the environment the software is simulating. At the time, DeepMind positioned Genie 3 as a tool for training AI agents. Now, it’s making the model available to people outside of Google to try with Project Genie. To start, you’ll need Google’s $250 per month AI Ultra plan to check out Project Genie. You’ll also need to live in the US and be 18 years or older. At launch, Project Genie offers…

  • Bluesky issues its first transparency report, noting rise in user reports and legal demands

    January 30, 2026

    Bluesky released its first transparency report this week documenting the actions taken by its Trust & Safety team and the results of other initiatives, like age-assurance compliance, monitoring of influence operations, automated labeling, and more. The social media startup — a rival to X and Threads — grew nearly 60% in 2025, from 25.9 million users to 41.2 million, which includes accounts hosted both on Bluesky’s own infrastructure and those running their own infrastructure as part of the decentralized social network based on Bluesky’s AT Protocol. During the past year, users made 1.41 billion posts on the platform, which represented 61%…

  • The first season of Amazon’s Fallout show is now free on Youtube

    January 30, 2026

    Fallout’s second season is coming to a close, and it’s been well the wait. But if a reluctance to add yet another subscription to your streaming rotation means you haven’t watched Amazon’s surprisingly excellent adaptation yet, you might be interested to know that the company is currently releasing season one for free on the YouTube channel. Whether driven by Amazon wanting even more people to watch what has become one of its biggest TV stories, or a move that speaks to how few people are actually signed up for Prime Video, it’s good news for anyone who hasn’t seen the…

  • The best sales on OLEDs and other smart TVs ahead of kickoff

    January 30, 2026

    Whether you’re having people over to watch the Patriots and the Seahawks battle it out in Super Bowl 2026, or you’re more interested in the Bad Bunny halftime show, your TV will be an important part of the puzzle of putting together an excellent big-game party. If you’ve been thinking about upgrading your current TV, now’s a decent time to do it. The weeks leading up to the Super Bowl are typically awash with TV deals to consider. Generally, TV prices steadily decrease after a new model comes out. Some 2026 TV models were announced at CES and are forthcoming…

  • Last 24 hours to grab your +1 pass at 50% off to Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch

    January 30, 2026

    This is it. The clock is running out. With demand surging and early inventory nearly gone, tonight is your last chance to lock in record-low pricing for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 and secure a +1 pass at 50% off while limited passes remain. If Disrupt has been on your must-attend list, now is the moment to act. Save up to $680 on your pass and bring a +1 for half the price before this offer disappears. This pricing ends tonight, January 30, at 11:59 p.m. PT, or the moment the last +1 pass sell out. No extensions. No exception. Register now to secure yours with the lowest-priced offer. What Disrupt delivers year after year…

  • What do prediction markets like Kalshi cost us?

    January 30, 2026

    Somehow, we live in a world where people can bet on practically anything using sites like Polymarket and Kalshi. In this episode, Devindra and Engadget Senior Reporter Karissa Bell dive into the world of prediction markets. How did we get here? And is endless betting having an effect on the real world? Also, we chat about the new American version of TikTok, which stumbled during its first weekend with a litany of errors and reported censorship. Subscribe! Topics Who’s going to buy the Samsung Galaxy Z Tri-fold for $2900? – 1:18 Tesla is killing off the Model X and S…

  • Apple’s new iPhone and iPad security feature limits cell networks from collecting precise location data

    January 30, 2026

    A new security feature rolled out to select models of the latest iPhones and iPads this week will make it more difficult for law enforcement, spies, and malicious hackers to obtain a person’s precise location data from their phone provider. According to Apple, the new feature, when enabled, limits the precision of location data that iPhones and cellular-enabled iPads share with the customer’s cell carrier. Sharing a less-precise location, such as the general neighborhood rather than a street address, will help to protect the device owner’s privacy, the company claims.  Apple said switching on the feature does not affect the…

  • 2026 Volkswagen Golf GTI Edition 50 review: Quick drive

    January 30, 2026

    To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Golf GTI, Volkswagen has launched a limited-build model called the Edition 50 with more power than any of its predecessors.  While not yet 100 per cent confirmed for the Australian market, fans of the badge should start saving, as it won’t come cheap. Not only that, but the standard Edition 50 is really just a GTI Clubsport with a little more performance, so buyers will need to fork out for the Performance Package upgrade to unleash the full Nurburgring record-breaking potential of the car.  That probably won’t matter to those that can afford…

  • DeepSeek reportedly gets China’s approval to buy NVIDIA’s H200 AI chips

    January 30, 2026

    The Chinese government has given DeepSeek its approval to purchase NVIDIA’s H200 AI chips, according to Reuters. ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent have also reportedly received permission from Beijing to buy a total of 400,000 H200 GPUs. Reuters says Chinese authorities are still finalizing the conditions they’re imposing on the companies to be able to proceed with their orders, so it may take a while before they’re able to receive their shipments. In addition, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang told reporters that his company has yet to receive orders from the aforementioned firms and that he believed China is still finalizing their…