The MetroCard Dies at Midnight and New York Will Never Be Quite the Same
New York MetroCard sales end at midnight December 31 after 32 years as the MTA fully transitions to OMNY contactless payment. Existing cards still work into 2026.
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Wednesday, January 28, 2026
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- Iran Death Toll Hits 116 as Regime Cuts Internet, Threatens US and Israel
- Russia Deploys New Hypersonic Missile in Massive Ukraine Attack, Flies at 10 Times Speed of Sound
- ICE Agent Shoots and Kills Mother of Three in Minneapolis, FBI Blocks State Investigation
- One Year Later: LA’s Palisades and Eaton Fires Still Haunt Survivors as Rebuild Crawls Forward
- GOP Congressman Doug LaMalfa Dies at 65, California District Mourns 14-Year Representative
Technology
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Micron Hit All-Time Highs and the AI Memory Shortage Isn’t Going Away
Micron hits all-time high of $294 as AI memory shortage drives HBM sold out through 2026. Company forecasts market growing 40% annually to $100 billion by 2028.
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Andrew Ng Says AI Is Highly Limited and Wont Replace Humans Anytime Soon
Right then. Andrew Ng has gone and said something rather sensible about AI which feels almost revolutionary these days. The
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Why Composability is Key to Scaling Digital Twins
Right then. If youve spent any time around enterprise technology circles lately youve probably heard the term “digital twins” thrown
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Turkmenistan Legalizes Crypto Mining — Yes, Turkmenistan, Just Go With It
Right, so Turkmenistan has legalised cryptocurrency mining and exchanges. First proper day of 2026 and the news cycle’s already doing
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SpaceX Starlink Satellite Breaks Apart Creating Debris Field at 418km Orbit
SpaceX has had its first significant on-orbit anomaly with a Starlink satellite and now there’s debris floating around at 418
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California Judge Rules Tesla Autopilot Marketing Is Deceptive and Everyone Acts Surprised
A California administrative law judge has ruled that calling something “Full Self-Driving” when it cannot in fact drive itself is
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Jared Isaacman Is Now NASA Administrator and SpaceXs Competitors Should Be Nervous
Right then. So a billionaire who has flown to space twice on SpaceX rockets is now running the agency that
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MIT Tech Review Lists 8 Worst Technologies of 2025 and Elon Musk Appears Twice
Right so MIT Technology Review has published their annual “worst technologies” list and its absolutely brutal. In the best possible
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Broadcoms AI Chip Sales Double But Wall Street Still Threw a Tantrum
Wall Street had another one of its famous meltdowns last week and this time Broadcom was the punching bag. The
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