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• The F-16 Fighting Falcon celebrated the 50th anniversary of its maiden flight on January 20.
• The F-16 first graced the skies in 1974 at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
• The F-16 is still used in combat today, and is expected to be transferred to Ukraine this year.

The F-16 Fighting Falcon

Some of the biggest tech companies are being grilled on Wednesday by the US Senate Judiciary Committee at a hearing titled "Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis."

Meta's Mark Zuckerberg along with TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel, Discord CEO Jason Citron, and X CEO Linda Yaccarino are all on Capitol Hill representing their respective companies. The Senate subpoena

• The Trump campaign shrewdly worked to gain the backing of top Republicans early in the 2024 race.
• Before other GOP candidates had entered the primary, Trump was already working to cultivate support.
• Those early moves benefited Trump

By abandoning its deal to buy iRobot, Amazon has left the robot vacuum maker stuck under the couch.

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The most recent Star Wars films were famously divisive, with negativity spewed by toxic fans unfortunately grabbing most of the headlines. But some fans found things to love about the movies, like new favorite characters—something that continues to surprise star Daisy Ridley, who’ll soon play Rey Skywalker again on…

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After nearly 16 years in operation, Twitterrific was abruptly deactivated last year during Twitter’s unceremonious purging of third-party apps. Now, the app’s developer Iconfactory is raising funds on Kickstarter to create Project Tapestry, a new internet reader for the publicly accessible web. The iOS app will serve as a “universal, chronological timeline,”

Apple’s upcoming Vision Pro AR/VR headset will have a bunch of dedicated Microsoft 365 apps at launch on February 2, including Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote and Loop. Apple has long described the Vision Pro as primarily a productivity device, so the addition of Microsoft products should make users, well, more productive.

These aren’t just slapdash remakes of correlating iPads

• 'Big Short' traders told CNBC that investors are too complacent, although the economy is healthy.
• Steve Eisman sees little concern over today's economy, with consumer spending still strong.
• But traders should still keep their eyes on pockets of risk, such as commercial real estate, the others said.

There is little reason to be nervous about the US economy, though investors

The Xbox Design Lab is neat in that you can customize the colors of your controller pretty much however you like. Microsoft is offering players more customization options for their Xbox controller with the Vapor series. These six top case options have swirling color patterns that will provide your peripheral with your ideal look if you're aiming for that bowling ball aesthetic.

The variants

• Bloomberg has reported new details about what may have caused the Alaska Airlines door plug blowout.
• Unnamed sources say Boeing uses two systems to track the Max assembly, but they don't talk to each other.
• Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun emphasized a heightened focus on the door plug installation and inspection process.

New details have

Microsoft is starting to roll out a new design for its OneDrive cloud storage service for consumers. The software maker first unveiled a Fluent design refresh for OneDrive last year, and it will be available to all OneDrive personal users by the end of February.

“It’s both a visual and functional upgrade designed to help you get to your files quickly and