Timef 01/30/2026

Today is the last day to lock in a +1 pass at 50% off to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, happening on October 13-15 in San Francisco. Register here.

See the Moon phase expected for January 30, 2025 as well as when the next Full Moon is expected.

Google platform YouTube introduced new parental controls letting families set daily limits or block Shorts for teens, amid concerns about phone time.

The notoriously challenging book is being re-released for its 30th anniversary. Its fandom is annoying, sure—but at least they read.

With impeccable accuracy and poise, Samsung’s midrange OLED dazzles on the little things.

Vic Michaelis talks 'Ponies,' and the stunt you didn't get to see.

Kermit the Frog appeared on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" to promote the return of "The Muppet Show".

"The Daily Show" host Desi Lydic has unpacked why Amazon may have spent $75 million on the "Melania" documentary.

Great keyboard technology inside a disappointing, conceptually flawed ceramic shell.

The Acer Nitro 49-inch curved gaming monitor drops to $599.99 at Amazon, its lowest price yet for a super ultra-wide setup.

Apple CEO Tim Cook said that demand for the iPhone was 'simply staggering' in the last quarter.

As of Jan. 30, the Lego Ideas The Insect Collection is on sale at Walmart for $62.96. This is $17.03 off its list price of $79.99.

Amazon drops the Magic: The Gathering Final Fantasy Play Booster Box to $162.52, taking $47 off its usual $209.70 list price.

In Minneapolis, it has become a battle of phone versus phone.

Virtually every aspect of your health can be traced back to your microbiome. But some tests are better than others.

What is NAD+? Here’s how it works in your body, why it matters, and if supplementation is worth the hype.

Turns out, red light isn’t just for your face. HigherDose’s Red Light Hat has given me the best hair and scalp I’ve had in years.

Find the best streaming deal at Amazon. Save 30% on the Roku Streaming Stick 4K at Amazon.

Even as Big Tech CEOs curry favor with President Trump, Silicon Valley employees are calling on their bosses to use their influence to help stop his immigration policies.

As of Jan. 30, Prime members can score the Dreame L40 Ultra Gen 2 robot vacuum and mop for $499.99 at Amazon, 23% off its list price of $649.99.

The Pokémon TCG Paldean Fates Great Tusk & Iron Treads Premium Collection is $45 off at Amazon for a limited time.

The best Super Bowl 2026 free food deals. How to get free food from Applebee's, Buffalo Wild Wings, Denny’s, Fazoli’s, and more.

For years, people from CEOs to novelists have taken tiny amounts of psychedelics to support well-being. New research shows that benefits for depression may be attributable to a placebo effect.

Stephen Colbert has called out Amazon and Jeff Bezos over the "Melania" documentary.

The New York Times' latest game, Pips, brings domino fun to your desktop. How to play Pips as well as hints in case you get stuck.

Agents use facial recognition, social media monitoring and other tech tools not only to identify undocumented immigrants but also to track protesters, current and former officials said.

The 2026 Grammys are set for Sunday, Feb. 1, on CBS. If you don't have cable, here are the best ways you can watch.

Anti-ice influencers are cleverly "swipefishing" their audiences after baiting them with gossipy slides in carousels.

OpenAI published a paper explaining how its AI agents are trained to avoid dangerous links and prompt injection attacks.

Debanking has long impacted adult workers, but recently, other people are also losing their accounts at financial institutions.

NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts will test the new Orion spacecraft on a high-speed journey around the moon. These are the big risks.

Watch Australian Open for free. Live stream Sabalenka vs. Rybakina in the 2026 Australian Open final online for free from anywhere in the world.

How to watch NHL for free. Live stream Chicago Blackhawks vs. Columbus Blue Jackets in the NHL for free.

Save content from streamers with Keeprix All-in-One Streaming Video Downloader, now for just $95.99 (reg. $159.99).

Brat summer forever? Aidan Zamiri's sharp comedy explores the perils of becoming popular.

Get five essential Microsoft apps for life with this Microsoft Office 2024 Home and Business for Mac or PC lifetime license, on sale now for $99.97 (reg. $249.99) through March 1.

Find the best MacBook Air deal. Save 15% on the 13-inch 2025 MacBook Air at Amazon.

Get the best TV deal at Amazon. Save 10% on the Amazon Fire TV 2-Series.

Jimmy Kimmel has mocked Amazon for reportedly spending $75 million on Melania Trump's new documentary.

Get the best gaming laptop deal. Save 28% on the Asus ROG Strix G16 at Amazon.

Connections: Sports Edition is a New York Times word game about finding common sports threads between words. How to solve the day's puzzle.

Answers to each clue for the January 30, 2026 edition of NYT's The Mini crossword puzzle.

With close to two decades of experience, these are the sex toys I have no trouble recommending to most people.

Prime Video is temporarily uploading all eight episodes of 'Fallout; Season 1 to its official YouTube account for free.

Watch Australian Open for free. Live stream Djokovic vs. Sinner in the 2026 Australian Open online for free from anywhere in the world.

Hints and answers to today's Hurdle all in one place.

Episode 4 of "The Pitt" reveals where Tracy Ifeachor's character wound up.

Connections is a New York Times word game that's all about finding the "common threads between words." How to solve the puzzle.

The NYT Strands hints and answers you need to make the most of your puzzling experience.

Here's the answer for "Wordle" #1686 on January 30 as well as a few hints, tips, and clues to help you solve it yourself.

The profitable life-insurance platform was one of the first major tech companies to test the 2026 public markets.

The probe, announced via podcast, has been widely criticized.

Growth in regions like China and India are credited with pushing Apple's phone sales higher than ever.

One intrepid Morgan Stanley analyst dared to ask how Apple will make money on its AI investments. The answer will not shock you.

A WIRED analysis of nearly 1,400 Friday showtimes of Melania found only two with no tickets available. Both are before 3 pm.

This merger would bring the Grok chatbot, Starlink satellites, and SpaceX rockets together under one corporation.

Hackers claimed they hacked and stole Match Group data.

Google is bringing a new auto browse feature to Chrome powered by Gemini.

On this episode of Uncanny Valley, we dive into the news that's held our attention this week: ICE activity as it's been unfolding in Minnesota.

If a deal materializes, it would mean Amazon is backing competing startups in the race for AI supremacy.

As of Jan. 29, the Beats Studio Pro are marked down to $249.99 at Amazon, 29% off their list price of $349.99.

Make your computer feel brand new for just $19.97 with this Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019 for Windows license.

Medium gives its employees the option to take the day off to protest on Friday.

New phone designs, coupled with robust holiday spending, continued to lift iPhone sales in the quarter and boosted revenue.

Microsoft says its own chip leapfrogs those made by other cloud providers like Amazon and Google. But it needs more.

OpenAI’s discussions with Microsoft, Nvidia, Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds and others could value it at $750 billion or more.

The fintech giant said it plans to "seek recoupment of any expenses" from its firewall provider SonicWall after a 2025 data breach exposed customer firewall configurations.

Google DeepMind has released Project Genie, a new AI model that can build interactive virtual worlds. It's available now in the United States.

With Microsoft spending many billions on data centers, and rumors that no one is using its AI, CEO Satya Nadella shared some usage numbers.

This merger would bring the Grok chatbot, Starlink satellites, and SpaceX rockets together under one corporation.

Across Instagram and Facebook, AI-generated videos show people of color putting ICE agents in their place. Are they cathartic or just adding to a stew of misinformation?

Ai-Da Robot became the first humanoid robot to design a building with a modular Space Pod concept for Moon and Mars bases, featured at the Utzon Center in Denmark.

As the world’s largest companies pour hundreds of billions of dollars into large language models, San Francisco-based Logical Intelligence is trying something different in pursuit of AI that can mimic the human brain.

Q.ai is an Israeli startup specializing in imaging and machine learning, particularly technologies that enable devices to interpret whispered speech and enhance audio in noisy environments.

The Anker Soundcore Aeroclip boast great sound without cutting you off from the outside world.

Cryptocurrencies took a big hit on Thursday with Bitcoin reaching its lowest point of the year so far.

WIRED asked an active military officer to break down immigration enforcement actions in Minneapolis and elsewhere.

Waymo has worked for years to gain access to SFO.

As of Jan. 29, get over $1,000 off the Anker Solix F2000 at Amazon.

The 11-inch M5 iPad Pro is on sale at Amazon for $899, down from the list price of $999. That's a 10% discount.

Starting Thursday, Google AI Ultra subscribers in the U.S. can play around with Project Genie, which is powered by a combination of Google’s latest world model Genie 3, its image generation model Nano Banana Pro, and Gemini. 

The Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Select is on sale for just $19.99 with an on-page coupon. That's 50% off its list price.

Sign up for alerts on the official 'Heated Rivalry' fleece coming soon from Province of Canada.

AI chat toy company Bondu left its web console almost entirely unprotected. Researchers who accessed it found nearly all the conversations children had had with the company's stuffed animals.

Samsung's rumored 'Wide Fold' phone could be out before the end of the summer, according to a Korean news report.

Apple's new AirTag 2 is here. Here are all the new features, compared to the original.

Sora's mobile app downloads fell 45% in January, and consumer spending dropped.

Folks using third-party browsers can reportedly no longer play YouTube sound in the background.

Originally, these music publishers had filed a lawsuit against Anthropic over its use of about 500 copyrighted works.

As of Jan. 29, get the JBL Charge 4 for its lowest price ever.

A.I. companies are buying up memory chips, causing the prices of those components — which are also used in laptops and smartphones — to soar.

The rivals made billions of dollars in the business over the past year, showing other companies that Nvidia isn’t the only game in town.

The Apple AirPods 4 with noise cancellation are on sale for only $119 at Amazon and Walmart. That's a 34% discount.

Beijing reportedly approved the sale of hundreds of thousands of Nvidia H200 chips to Chinese AI companies—the culmination of a dramatic shift in US tech policy.