Moxie Marlinspike has a privacy-conscious alternative to ChatGPT

If you’re at all concerned about privacy, the rise of AI personal assistants can feel alarming. It’s difficult to use one without sharing personal information, which is retained by the model’s parent company. With OpenAI already testing advertising, it’s easy to imagine the same data collection that fuels Facebook and …

Read More »

Bison returning to parts of North America

Bison returning to parts of North America – CBS News Watch CBS News After decades of careful land management, bison are returning in small pockets across their historic North American range. Marissa Perlman reports.

Read More »

How YC-backed Bucket Robotics survived its first CES

The weather in Las Vegas wasn’t looking good. The plan had been that each employee of YC-backed Bucket Robotics would carry parts of their booth in their luggage to the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show. But CEO and founder Matt Puchalski didn’t want to take the chance that one (or all) of their flights would be delayed. So he rented a Hyundai Santa Fe and packed it up.  “It was… it was tight,” he …

Read More »

Impeachment: Drama as Fubara Says Rivers Lawmakers Sent Him Love Letter

Governor Fubara humorously claims lawmakers sent him a love letter amidst impeachment threats State Assembly vows to impeach Fubara over constitutional breaches despite presidential interventions Public reactions highlight division on Fubara’s leadership and support from President Tinubu Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers has been caught in a viral video claiming …

Read More »

Sequoia to invest in Anthropic, breaking VC taboo on backing rivals: FT

Sequoia Capital is reportedly joining a blockbuster funding round for Anthropic, the AI startup behind Claude, according to the Financial Times. It’s a move sure to turn heads in Silicon Valley. Why? Because venture capital firms have historically avoided backing competing companies in the same sector, preferring to place their …

Read More »

Threads edges out X in daily mobile users, new data shows

A report from market intelligence firm Similarweb suggests that Meta’s Threads is now seeing more daily usage than Elon Musk’s X on mobile devices. While X still dominates Threads on the web, the Threads mobile app for iOS and Android has continued to see an increase in daily active users …

Read More »