Happy Saturday, folks! This week, Best Buy kicked off its so-called “Winter Sale,” introducing a whole host of price cuts that range from not-so-good to legitimately great, at least for this time of year. We’ll be publishing many of the highlights in a dedicated news […]
Year: 2026
Iran Protests Quelled Amid Deadly Crackdown, US Sanctions Expand, Global Tensions Rise – 1/17/2026, 12:25:06 PM
Iran Protests and Crackdown Iran’s protests appear quelled after a deadly crackdown, with no major unrest reported in Tehran or elsewhere for days amid an ongoing internet blackout.[1] A US-based rights group reports a death toll of 3,090, the highest in decades, verified by activists […]
Meta’s layoffs leave Supernatural fitness users in mourning
Supernatural has had its staff cut and won’t receive any more content updates.
Archaeologists find a supersized medieval shipwreck in Denmark
The sunken ship reveals that the medieval European economy was growing fast.
X is still having issues following an hour-long outage on Friday
On Friday morning, X and Grok went offline for users around the world on both the websites and apps. Outage reports began spiking on DownDetector around 10:00AM ET, while Cisco’s ThousandEyes outage map noted over 600 X servers around the world that were having problems. […]
Rackspace raises email hosting prices by as much as 706 percent
Rackspace tells Ars that hosted email is still a part of its “mission.”
Ads are coming soon to ChatGPT, starting with shopping links
ChatGPT will soon start showing you sponsored products or services if they’re related to your conversation. In an announcement on Friday, OpenAI says it will start testing ads in the coming weeks for logged-in users in the US who use the app for free or […]
RAM shortage chaos expands to GPUs, high-capacity SSDs, and even hard drives
GPU makers may prioritize more profitable models; large SSDs are harder to find.
NASA’s Crawler Gears Up for Historic Artemis II Moon Mission Rollout
NASA’s Crawler Preps for Artemis II Rollout: The Final Journey to the Launch Pad As NASA stands on the threshold of its most ambitious lunar mission in over five decades, one of the space agency’s most critical—yet often overlooked—pieces of equipment is preparing for its […]
Iran on Edge: Deadly Protests and US Military Moves Stir Global Tensions – 1/16/2026, 8:28:34 PM
Top world news headlines as of January 16, 2026, center on escalating tensions in Iran amid deadly protests, US military posturing, and global ripple effects, alongside developments in Myanmar, Gaza, Venezuela, and the Arctic. Iran Protests and International Response Nationwide anti-government protests in Iran, triggered […]