2026 May Be the Year of the Mega I.P.O. 14. January 2026 (20:55) If SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic go public, they will unleash gushers of cash for Silicon Valley and Wall Street.(New York Times)
Can A.I. Generate New Ideas? 14. January 2026 (20:03) Systems like OpenAI’s GPT-5 are accelerating research in math, biology and chemistry. But there is a debate over whether it can do that work on its own.(New York Times)
AI’s Hacking Skills Are Approaching an ‘Inflection Point’ 14. January 2026 (20:00) AI models are getting so good at finding vulnerabilities that some experts say the tech industry might need to rethink how software is built.(Wired)
Verizon Outage Knocks Out US Mobile Service, Including Some 911 Calls 14. January 2026 (19:54) A major Verizon outage appeared to impact customers across the United States starting around noon ET on Wednesday. Calls to Verizon customers from other carriers may also be impacted.(Wired)
Toby Kiers, World Champion of Mycorrhizal Fungus 14. January 2026 (17:25) This year’s recipient of the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement talks about “punk science,” microbial economics and thinking like a mycorrhizal fungus.(New York Times)
