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The Fastest Human Spaceflight Mission In History Crawls Closer To Liftoff(2026-01-20 00:00:14)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Preparations for the first human spaceflight to the Moon in more than 50 years took a big step forward this weekend with the rollout of the Artemis II rocket to its launch pad. The rocket reached a top speed of just 1 mph on the four-mile, 12-ho...
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Nvidia Contacted Anna's Archive To Secure Access To Millions of Pirated Books(2026-01-19 20:00:14)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: NVIDIA executives allegedly authorized the use of millions of pirated books from Anna's Archive to fuel its AI training. In an expanded class-action lawsuit that cites internal NVIDIA documents, several book authors claim (PDF) that the trillion...
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WhatsApp Texts Are Not Contracts, Judge Rules in $2M Divorce Row(2026-01-19 15:00:05)

A British painter who argued that her ex-husband had signed over their $2 million north London home through WhatsApp messages has lost her High Court appeal after the judge ruled that the sender's name appearing in a chat header does not constitute a legal signature. Hsiao-mei Lin, 54, presented m...
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IMF Warns Global Economic Resilience at Risk if AI Falters(2026-01-19 10:00:12)

The "surprisingly resilient" global economy is at risk of being disrupted by a sharp reversal in the AI boom, the IMF warned on Monday, as world leaders prepared for talks in the Swiss resort of Davos. From a report: Risks to global economic expansion were "tilted to the downside," the fund said in ...
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More US States are Putting Bitcoin on Public Balance Sheets(2026-01-19 05:00:04)

An anonymous reader shared this report from CNBC: Led by Texas and New Hampshire, U.S. states across the national map, both red and blue in political stripes, are developing bitcoin strategic reserves and bringing cryptocurrencies onto their books through additional state finance and budgeting mea...
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