#bbc.com. #Jan.20.2026 × UK households to get £15bn for solar and green tech to lower energy bills. The government has announced the details of its long-awaited Warm Homes Plan which promises to cut energy bills.
#Science #Tech × #United Kingdom #Europe
#wired.com. #Jan.20.2026 × ‘Veronika’ Is the First Cow Known to Use a Tool. This is the first recorded instance of a bovine using tools from her environment to relieve an itch—leaving scientists astonished.
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#wired.com. #Jan.20.2026 × ICE Details a New Minnesota-Based Detention Network That Spans 5 States. Internal ICE planning documents propose spending up to $50 million on a privately run network capable of shipping immigrants in custody hundreds of miles across the Upper Midwest.
#Tech × #USA #North America
#bbc.com. #Jan.20.2026 × Cow astonishes scientists with rare tool use. The discovery suggests cows may have far greater cognitive abilities than previously assumed.
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#bbc.com. #Jan.20.2026 × How would a social media ban for under-16s work?. BBC technology editor Zoe Kleinman explains.
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#wired.com. #Jan.20.2026 × Jimmy Wales Will Never Edit Donald Trump’s Wikipedia Page: He ‘Makes Me Insane’. On this week’s episode of ‘The Big Interview’ podcast, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales talks about maintaining neutrality in an online ecosystem increasingly hostile to facts.
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#wired.com. #Jan.20.2026 × She Was Given Up by Her Chinese Parents—and Spent 14 Years Trying to Find a Way Back. More and more Chinese adoptees in the US are trying to reunite with their birth parents. For Youxue, it took more than a decade, and a remarkable coincidence.
#Tech × #China #USA #Asia #North America
#wired.com. #Jan.20.2026 × 23 Ways You’re Already Living in the Chinese Century. The robotics explosion. The energy revolution. The cultural takeover. It’s everything you wanted for the United States—but done better in China.
#Tech × #China #USA #Asia #North America
#wired.com. #Jan.20.2026 × Thousands of Companies Are Driving China’s AI Boom. A Government Registry Tracks Them All. How the Cyberspace Administration of China inadvertently made a guide to the country’s homegrown AI revolution.
#Business #Tech × #China #Asia
#wired.com. #Jan.20.2026 × He Went to Prison for Gene-Editing Babies. Now He’s Planning to Do It Again. Chinese scientist He Jiankui wants to end Alzheimer’s and thinks Silicon Valley is conducting a “Nazi eugenic experiment.”
#Science #Tech × #China #Asia
#wired.com. #Jan.20.2026 × Your First Humanoid Robot Coworker Will Probably Be Chinese. Explosive acceleration, limited dexterity, eyes in the back of its head. What could possibly go wrong?
#Business #Tech × #China #Asia
#wired.com. #Jan.20.2026 × You’ve Never Heard of China’s Greatest Sci-Fi Novel. Millions of words. Thousands of authors. The Morning Star of Lingao is barely known outside China—but it contains the secret to the country’s modernization and malaise.
#Science #Tech × #China #Asia
#wired.com. #Jan.20.2026 × China’s AI Boyfriend Business Is Taking On a Life of Its Own. Gen Z women in China are all in on digital companionship—even setting up dates with real-world versions of their AI boyfriends.
#Tech × #China #Asia #Gen Digital
#wired.com. #Jan.20.2026 × How China’s ‘Crystal Capital’ Cornered the Market on a Western Obsession. Decades ago, Donghai was a backwater county. Today, thanks to an army of 24/7 livestreamers, it orchestrates a multibillion-dollar global industry.
#Tech × #China #Asia
#wired.com. #Jan.20.2026 × Chinese EV Batteries Are Eating the World. China’s lithium batteries aren’t always “made in China.” Companies like BYD and CATL are building factories on nearly every continent.
#Tech × #China #Asia
#wired.com. #Jan.20.2026 × China’s Renewable Energy Revolution Is a Huge Mess That Might Save the World. A global onslaught of cheap Chinese green power is upending everything in its path. No one is ready for its repercussions.
#Tech × #China #Asia
#bbc.com. #Jan.20.2026 × Are 'tech dense' farms the future of farming?. A host of technology is on offer to farmers, promising to raise farming yields and lower food prices.
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#bbc.com. #Jan.19.2026 × UK to consult on social media ban for under 16s. The government said it expected schools to be "phone-free by default" as a result of the announcement.
#Education #Tech × #United Kingdom #Europe
#bbc.com. #Jan.19.2026 × Thorpeness homeowners getting money for demolition, says council. Four homes in the village have been torn down this winter alone, with more potentially at risk.
#Science #Tech × #United Kingdom #Europe
#spiegel.de. #Jan.19.2026 × Former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz: An Alliance of the Illiberal Right with Tech?. former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz is traveling the world as a businessman. And he is making sure to maintain his close ties to those with power. Might he be considering a return to politics?
#Politics #Tech × #Germany #Austria #Europe
#wired.com. #Jan.19.2026 × The Search for Alien Artifacts Is Coming Into Focus. From surveys of the pre-Sputnik skies to analysis of interstellar visitors, scientists are rethinking how and where to look for physical traces of alien technology.
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#wired.com. #Jan.19.2026 × Dumbphone Owners Have Lost Their Minds. All my Gen Z friends want to ditch their smartphones. It’s cool. They’re cool. But there’s more at stake than they think.
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#wired.com. #Jan.19.2026 × Capturing the Moment a White Dwarf Exploded. A research team has successfully imaged a nova in high resolution—and the images suggest that the nova was not a single, impulsive explosion.
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