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Google on Wednesday announced the launch of an improved Trends Explore page. This page features Gemini-powered features that automatically identify and compare trends related to your search. This update is rolling out to desktops starting today. The Trends Explore page has long served as a valuable tool for content creators, journalists, and researchers, allowing them to easily analyze search interest for any topic over time, across regions, and by category. The new Gemini experience streamlines much of the manual work required to research trending topics, reduce research time, and uncover connections that users might otherwise miss. The redesigned Explore page…
Netflix likely to modify the offer of Warner Brothers Discovery The all-cash bid was made, CNBC’s David Faber reported Wednesday. In December, Netflix reached an agreement to acquire WBD’s streaming platform HBO Max and Warner Bros. movie studio for cash and stock. The transaction currently values WBD stock at $27.75 per share. This brings the transaction’s capital value to $72 billion and total enterprise value to approximately $82.7 billion. Bloomberg first reported this week that Netflix was considering adjusting its offer to be all-cash. Faber reported, citing sources familiar with the matter, that the revised proposal would allow WBD shareholders…
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on before signing a bill in the Oval Office of the White House on January 14, 2026, in Washington, DC.Brendan Smialowski AFP | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump said Wednesday that his administration would approve sales to China. NvidiaThe U.S. government will receive 25% of the sales of its artificial intelligence chip H200, the day after the U.S. government announced formal regulations. Unlike Nvidia’s previous chip for China, the H20, the H200 is a version of the company’s Hopper generation, which is also sold in the US and other markets. The H200 was not specifically designed…
The U.S. State Department said the freeze would affect nationals of Somalia, Haiti, Iran, Eritrea and other countries.Published January 14, 2026January 14, 2026Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareThe United States has announced it will suspend processing immigrant visas from 75 countries around the world, as President Donald Trump’s administration continues its widespread crackdown on immigration.The State Department announced Wednesday that it is suspending visa processing for countries where “immigrants deprive U.S. citizens of welfare benefits at unacceptable amounts.”Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of list”The freeze will remain in place until the United States can guarantee that new…
Luke Littler, Jan Van Veen and Luke Humphries have been awarded a first round berth at this year’s Bahrain Darts Masters, the first event of the 2026 World Series of Darts.World champion Littler was given a high-profile draw with 71-year-old Paul Lim as the first round headliner in a clash of youth and experience. Use Chrome Browser for a more accessible video player Highlights of the World Championship final between Luke Littler and Jan van Veen Second seeded Jean Van Veen will be looking for revenge in his match against Man Loc Leung (Hong Kong). The two faced each other…
Neel Somani, a software engineer, former quantitative researcher, and startup founder, was testing the math skills of OpenAI’s new models last weekend when he made an unexpected discovery. After pasting the problem into ChatGPT and letting it think for 15 minutes, I came back with a complete solution. He evaluated the proof and formalized it using a tool called Harmonic, and everything went well. “I was interested in establishing a baseline for when LLMs can effectively solve unsolved math problems compared to when they are struggling,” Somani said. What surprised me was that Frontier started to move forward little by…
When Gorick Ng was just starting out, he didn’t know the rules. He didn’t even know they existed. However, he soon realized that there are many “unspoken rules” that are essential to achieving career success.”My mother always said that getting ahead in the career requires hard work,” Ng writes in “Unspoken Rules: The Secret to Getting Your Career Started on the Right Way.” As it turns out, “my mother was wrong,” he added. Before becoming a best-selling author and career advisor at Harvard University, Mr. Ng was the son of a single mother and a first-generation college student. He attended…
Geopolitical tensions are rattling the cybersecurity tape, affecting club names Palo Alto Networks, CrowdStrike and Broadcom. But they don’t change our investment dogma. Reuters reported on Wednesday that Chinese authorities have told domestic companies to stop using cybersecurity software from a handful of U.S. and Israeli companies, including Palo Alto Networks, CrowdStrike, Fortinet and Broadcom subsidiary VMware. The Chinese government cited national security concerns, saying the software could collect sensitive information and send it overseas. The ban comes as the United States has tightened controls on the sale of advanced AI chips to China, citing concerns that they could be…
A person enters the One Franklin Square Building, home of the Washington Post, on June 21, 2024, in Washington.Alex Brandon | APFBI agents raided the home of a Washington Post reporter Wednesday as part of a leak investigation into a Pentagon contractor accused of sharing classified information, the Justice Department said.Hannah Natanson, who has been covering President Donald Trump’s changes to the federal government, had her cell phone and Garmin watch confiscated in a search of her Virginia home, the newspaper reported. Ms. Natanson has reported extensively on federal employees, recently publishing an article explaining how she obtained hundreds of…
Millions of Ugandans are set to vote Thursday in a key presidential rematch between the former pop star and the longtime authoritarian leader, who seeks to extend his nearly 40-year rule. In the previous matchup in the 2021 polls, President Yoweri Museveni, now 81, won a landslide victory. Singer-turned-politician Bobi Wine came in a distant second place. Mr Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, contested the results, claiming they were rigged. The 44-year-old former pop singer, who claims to have been beaten, tasered and tear-gassed during protests against Museveni, now rarely appears in public without wearing a bulletproof vest…