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Oliver Zhou, founder of Common Gap and Deep24
  • Common Gap connects high school graduates with startup jobs for paid gap year experiences.
  • The program targets ambitious teens interested in taking a year off before or during college.
  • Startups will pay gap year takers at least $75,000 annually, with some offers exceeding $100,000.

The college application season is well underway, and high school


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Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang speaks during Nvidia Live at CES 2026 ahead of the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 5, 2026. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images)
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang
  • Nvidia's $20 billion Groq deal signals an important shift in the AI market.
  • AI workloads are moving from model training to real-time inference as the main focus.
  • Specialized inference chips like Groq's LPUs offer speed and efficiency over traditional GPUs.

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Jay Parikh, CoreAI and engineering manager
Jay Parikh, CoreAI and engineering manager
  • Microsoft is reshuffling teams to bolster its GitHub software development platform.
  • It's part of a plan to overhaul GitHub to compete with AI coding tools, recent meeting audio shows.
  • GitHub faces new AI rivals such as Cursor and Claude Code as developer preferences shift.

Microsoft wants to overhaul GitHub to compete with AI coding rivals and


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Looking for something great to watch at home? Streaming subscribers are spoiled for choice between Hulu, Netflix, HBO Max, Disney+, Apple TV, Prime Video, Shudder, Paramount+, Peacock, and more. And that's before you even look at the vast libraries of movies and television programs within each streamer!

Don't be overwhelmed or waste an hour scrolling through your services to determine what to watch


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RocX at CES Unveiled

Generative AI platforms, AI assistants, AI-powered everything can be found at CES 2026.

But, the best AI use cases I've come across at the show are more practical applications of AI, like the RocX camera from a startup called Farseer. 

The RocX is a long-distance view AI tracking camera. AI-tracking systems for cameras are really starting to take off lately. AI tracking basically enables cameras to


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Chandra X-ray Observatory watching a supernova unfold

Astronomers have turned a famous star explosion into a 25‑year time‑lapse, using a NASA telescope to watch the superheated gas race through space and slam into its surroundings. 

The new study using the Chandra X-ray Observatory tracks how different parts of the shockwave slow down in different directions, turning this 400‑year‑old relic into a laboratory for how supernovas work.

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Xiaomi SU7

Xiaomi SU7, the company's first electric sedan originally launched in 2023, has gotten its first refresh — and it's an important one.

On Wednesday, the company started taking pre-orders for the new SU7. Starting at ¥229.900 ($32,856), it's slightly pricier than the original variant, which retails for roughly $31,000.