GamingNews

'It's Such a Miracle It Lasted That Long' — Fans Bid Farewell as Nintendo Deletes Animal Crossing: New Horizons Japanese Adults-Only Island

January 19, 2026
This week, Nintendo finally removed an infamous, adults only-themed island from Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Existing since 2020, the suggestive fan creation was almost as old as the game, and gained much attention from Japanese streamers for its distorted, humorous world view and huge level of detail. Despite years of work being deleted, the island’s creator expressed gratitude to both…
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CryptoNews

XRP Drops Hard as Key Zone Breaks During Broad Crypto Sell-Off

January 19, 2026
XRP slid sharply below key support as a broad crypto sell-off intensified, wiping out leveraged positions, driving extreme oversold signals, and exposing mounting macro and regulatory stress that continues to weigh on digital asset prices. XRP Breaks Below $2.00 as Selling…
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Ark’s Cathie Wood: Bitcoin’s Calm Is Misread as ‘Coiled Spring’ Economy Prepares to Snap

January 19, 2026
Bitcoin’s stagnant price obscures a deep repricing underway as structural supply constraints collide with a looming productivity boom, positioning the cryptocurrency to absorb outsized wealth creation, according to ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood. Bitcoin’s Flat Price Masks a Massive Repricing, Says ARK’s Cathie Wood Market narratives often misread consolidation as weakness, but ARK Invest CEO…
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NewsSpace

Jupiter has more oxygen than the sun, new simulations reveal

January 19, 2026
Deep beneath Jupiter’s stormy skies lies a crucial clue to how all the planets in our solar system formed. In a new study, scientists used advanced computer models to peer beneath Jupiter’s dense swirling cloud tops and tackle a question that has lingered for…
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After a month of no answer, NASA will try hailing its silent MAVEN Mars orbiter today

January 19, 2026
After waiting out a planned two-week communication blackout, NASA is set to listen again for a Mars orbiter that abruptly went silent more than a month ago. The renewed contact attempt for the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution mission, or MAVEN, comes after the end of a solar conjunction today (Jan. 16) — a period when the sun sits between Earth and Mars and charged solar particles can…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Trump administration wants tech companies to buy $15B of power plants they may not use

January 19, 2026
The Trump administration wants the largest electricity grid to add $15 billion worth of new power generation – and he wants tech companies to pay for it, even if they don’t need the capacity. The White House and the governors of several states in the region want grid operator PJM to hold an auction for 15-year contracts for new generating capacity. The administration said it wants tech…
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