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Apps for boycotting American products surge to the top of the Danish App Store

Posted on January 21, 2026 by Techme101

Two origin ID apps, NonUSA and Made O’Meter, are seeing downloads surge as Europeans boycott US-made goods.

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Irony alert: Hallucinated citations found in papers from NeurIPS, the prestigious AI conference

Posted on January 21, 2026 by Techme101

Research from startup GPTZero points to the impossible problem prestigious conferences face in the age of AI slop.

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Blue Origin’s satellite internet network TeraWave will move data at 6Tbps

Posted on January 21, 2026 by Techme101

The network will be designed for enterprise, data center, and government customers and could offer an alternative to SpaceX’s Starlink service.

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Zipline charts drone delivery expansion with $600M in new funding

Posted on January 21, 2026 by Techme101

The startup plans to expand to at least four new U.S. states in 2026.

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Threads rolls out ads to all users worldwide

Posted on January 21, 2026 by Techme101

Ads on Threads will roll out gradually to users over the coming months, Meta says.

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YouTube TV’s multiview is getting a huge upgrade, letting viewers mix and match channels

Posted on January 21, 2026 by Techme101

Soon, YouTube TV will allow viewers to customize the multiview feature to watch any four channels they want side by side.

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YouTube will soon let creators make Shorts with their own AI likeness

Posted on January 21, 2026 by Techme101

YouTube Shorts viewers might soon see AI versions of their favorite creators when scrolling through their feeds.

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OpenAI aims to ship its first device in 2026, and it could be earbuds

Posted on January 21, 2026 by Techme101

The AI startup is on track to announce its first hardware device in the second half of this year, OpenAI Chief Global Affairs Officer Chris Lehane said during an interview Davos.

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Adobe Acrobat now lets you edit files using prompts, generate podcast summaries

Posted on January 21, 2026 by Techme101

Adobe is adding AI tools to Acrobat, including the ability to generate podcast summaries of files, create presentations, and a way for users to edit files using prompts.

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NYT Games’ Scrabble-like game Crossplay is a dream come true

Posted on January 21, 2026 by Techme101

This new Scrabble inspired game is a distraction-free alternative to ad-loaded competitors like Words With Friends.

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