ChatGPT Health lets you connect medical records to an AI that makes things up
Seasonal Switch 2 sales show significant slowing as annual cycle sunsets
Trump withdraws US from world’s most important climate treaty
Former Google CEO plans to singlehandedly fund a Hubble telescope replacement
ChatGPT falls to new data-pilfering attack as a vicious cycle in AI continues
Google announces AI Overviews in Gmail search, experimental AI-organized inbox
Volvo says new EX60 has 400-mile range, charges up to 400 kW
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/01/volvo-says-new-ex60-has-400-mile-range-charges-up-to-400-kw/
A crew member’s “medical concern” foils a planned spacewalk outside the ISS
Ford is getting ready to put AI assistants in its cars
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/01/in-car-ai-assistant-coming-to-fords-and-lincolns-in-2027/
Samsung’s Ballie home robot, once promised for summer 2025, gets grim update
AI starts autonomously writing prescription refills in Utah
https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/01/utah-allows-ai-to-autonomously-prescribe-medication-refills/
Warner Bros. sticks with Netflix merger, calls Paramount’s $108B bid “illusory”
Bose open-sources its SoundTouch home theater smart speakers ahead of end-of-life
Expired certificate completely breaks macOS Logitech apps, user customizations
SteamOS continues its slow spread across the PC gaming landscape
Japanese nuclear plant operator fabricated seismic risk data
EVs remain a niche choice in the US, according to survey
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/01/evs-remain-a-niche-choice-in-the-us-according-to-survey/
New battery idea gets lots of power out of unusual sulfur chemistry
We have a fossil closer to our split with Neanderthals and Denisovans
Computer scientist Yann LeCun: “Intelligence really is about learning”