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Substack has carved out a massive niche for itself as the “quiet corner” of the internet—the place you go to escape the noise of social media and actually read. It is where you sip your morning coffee while scrolling through a thoughtful newsletter from your favourite writer. But with the surprise launch of its new beta TV app, the platform is making a bold play to leave your inbox and claim a spot in your living room, right next to the titans like Netflix, Hulu, and YouTube. The app, which has just rolled out for Apple TV and Google TV,…

Microsoft has issued an unusual public advisory telling users to uninstall the Windows 11 January 2026 security update (KB5074109) after widespread reports that it is causing serious system and application issues. The update, which began rolling out automatically on January 13 and advances affected systems to OS Build 26200.7623 or similar releases, has been linked to problems including Outlook Classic freezing, black screens, and app crashes. Outlook is not working.KB5074109 This is the cause.Microsoft, do something about it.#Microsoft— 喘息登山者 (@hapico0109) January 20, 2026 The hardest hit appear to be users of Outlook Classic who rely on POP email accounts or…

General Motors’ effort to bring back the Chevrolet Bolt EV as an affordable electric vehicle is already facing a roadblock. Although the refreshed 2027 Chevy Bolt EV has just started arriving at U.S. dealerships with a sub-$30,000 price tag, Bloomberg reports that GM officials now say the new model will be in production for only about 18 months before the line winds down around mid-2027. This shift comes as GM continues reshuffling its manufacturing footprint, with its Fairfax Assembly plant in Kansas City, Kansas, set to switch from Bolt EV output to other vehicles, including gas-powered models and a relocated…

Spending time chatting with AI assistants like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, or similar systems might be more than just a tech habit. A new study published in JAMA Network Open suggests that people who use AI chatbots daily are more likely to report moderate depressive symptoms compared with those who interact with them less frequently. Researchers found a roughly 30% higher odds of at least moderate depression among regular users, though they are careful to emphasize that this link is an association, not proof that chatbot use causes depression. This finding comes from a national survey of nearly 21,000…

Nintendo is back with another delightfully wacky product for your home. While not nearly as practical as Alarmo, the $100 alarm clock loaded with five Nintendo-themed alarm packs, the new Talking Flower aims to win you over in a different way, by cheering you up with a steady stream of quirky, Mario-inspired quips. Nintendo first teased the Talking Flower during a Nintendo Direct showcase last September. The company has now shared more details about the product, and confirmed when it will officially go on sale. Based on the flowers in the Super Mario Bros. Wonder game, the Talking Flower is…

This post is brought to you in paid partnership with Apollo.io January is the season for audits. We audit our finances, our habits, and our wardrobes. But for anyone running a revenue team, the most critical audit you can perform right now is on your software stack. Most sales operations are messy. You have one tool for data, another for email sequencing, a third for call recording, and a CRM that holds it all together. It is expensive, inefficient, and creates friction where there should be flow. Apollo.io offers the antidote: a single, all-in-one Go-To-Market (GTM) platform that allows you…

AMD appears to be working on a refreshed version of its Ryzen AI MAX 400 family, codenamed “Gorgon Halo”. According to recent leaks by VideoCardz, this next-gen refresh targets faster performance for Ryzen-powered machines, especially those focused on AI workloads and integrated graphics. The rumored Gorgon Halo series would essentially be a clock-bumped iteration of the current Strix Halo-branded processors, with the same core counts but higher boost speeds on both the CPU and Radeon iGPU sides. Additionally, it’ll also add support for faster LPDDR5X-8533 memory to further improve responsiveness and performance under AI-heavy workloads. What the Gorgon Halo refresh…

23 January 2026, Abu Dhabi – Yango Group, in collaboration with INSEAD and Polynome, will host an invitation-only executive workshop at Machines Can Think 2026, the UAE’s premier AI summit, focused on how AI is being implemented in practice across the UAE’s public and semi-government sectors. The workshop will take place on January 26 in Abu Dhabi at Park Hyatt Saadiyat, from 11:20 AM to 1:00 PM. AI is becoming central to how governments and organisations operate in the UAE, driven by strong national ambition and large-scale investment. Through the UAE’s 2031 AI Strategy, the country is working toward the goals of…

AI coding work is shifting fast, and the upside isn’t landing evenly. A study published in Science suggests AI-assisted coding is now woven into everyday software creation on GitHub. The authors tracked Python development over time and used a purpose-built detector to flag code that likely came from generative assistants such as ChatGPT or GitHub Copilot. For early-career developers, the signal is messy. Newer programmers lean on these tools more, yet the clearest performance gains show up among veterans. In other words, AI tends to reward people who already know how to steer it. How the study tracked AI code…

Dubai, UAE – 23 January 2026 – Snowflake, the AI Data Cloud company, has announced the general availability of Snowflake’s AI Data Cloud on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Middle East (UAE) Region, enabling customers to unlock deeper data insights powered by AI to drive business innovation. The regional cloud expansion builds on the strong partnership momentum between Snowflake and AWS, with Snowflake doubling its transaction growth in AWS Marketplace YoY to exceed $2 billion in global sales in a calendar year. The UAE has been one of the countries to most decisively embrace AI as a driver of economic growth, with its National AI…