AI & RoboticsNews

Google previews new Gemini features for TV at CES 2026

January 6, 2026
Google believes AI can improve the TV-watching experience, which is why it brought its Gemini AI to Google TV devices in November. At CES 2026 in Las Vegas, the company is now showing off a series of new Gemini features that will soon arrive on the TV, making it possible for viewers to deep-dive into topics, search for and “reimagine” their personal photos and videos with AI, and…
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NewsPhotography

This is the camera I almost bought in 2025 (but didn’t)

January 6, 2026
It’s only natural for us photographers to fantasize about upgrading to that new shiny piece of camera kit, with all the latest bells and whistles, that is inevitably way out of budget. As somebody who loves street photography, I’ve been searching for what seems like forever to find the best compact camera for those impromptu moments. Whether I’m popping out to the shops, meeting friends in…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Success! High-speed wireless charging gets real at Purdue University

January 6, 2026
For the first time in the US, a battery-electric semi truck has successfully been charged at highway speeds, and without wires thanks to a new, patent-pending system designed by a team of Purdue University engineers with support from Cummins. First announced last April as a joint project between Purdue and Cummins, the project electrified a quarter-mile long segment of US Highway 52/US Highway…
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DefenseNews

Thailand’s tilt toward China tests treaty alliance with US

January 6, 2026
BANGKOK — On paper, the U.S. security alliance with Thailand is one of the strongest in Asia, dating back seven decades and backed up by military exercises each year with thousands of troops from both countries and many others. Thailand’s drift toward China over the past…
DefenseNews

Trump’s Venezuela takeover fuels fresh angst about a US Greenland grab

January 6, 2026
COLOGNE, Germany — As European governments grapple to understand the implications of a proclaimed U.S. takeover of Venezuela over the weekend, renewed fears here swirl around President Donald Trump’s threats to make the Danish territory of Greenland part of the United States. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen released a statement on Sunday after The Atlantic published an interview with…
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