Can’t upgrade your laptop to Windows 11? Asus joins Microsoft’s campaign urging you to buy a new Copilot+ PC, and I’m not sure that’s wise

The Pacific Palisades has hit the sports world, as Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick has been directly affected. Redick is a resident of the area, which was ravaged by wildfires on Tuesday. More than 13,000 buildings and 26,000 people are in the evacuation zone, which has been labeled… Read Details ⇢

A United States judge has temporarily blocked Special Counsel Jack Smith from releasing a report on his investigation into President-elect Donald Trump for his mishandling of classified documents. On Monday, Judge Aileen Cannon, the federal judge who presided over the now-dismissed case against Trump, directed the US Department of Justice… Read Details ⇢

Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need clues. What should you do once you’ve finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I’ve also got daily Strands… Read Details ⇢

Clean-up operation carried out by volunteers after the oil spill, in a photo published by Krasnodar Governor Veniamin Kondratiev on January 5. AP Blackened shores, slimy heaps carried by the current, hundreds of birds with oil-stained wings cleaned and cared for as best they could, trapped fish and poisoned porpoises,… Read Details ⇢

Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, abruptly announced it will get rid of independent fact checkers and replace them with a “community notes” system like the one used on X. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said there had been too much accidental censorship.  Rights groups accused him of currying favour with… Read Details ⇢

Mary Steenburgen isn’t holding back.  While explaining how she was wrong in her impression that her husband, Ted Danson, was a bit of a ladies’ man before they met, the “Book Club” actress admitted a detail about their sex life.  “I admired him so much as an actor, but I… Read Details ⇢

United States President-elect Donald Trump has hinted at possible military intervention in the Americas and the Middle East, as well as other items on his foreign policy agenda, during a wide-ranging news conference in Florida. Trump spoke from his Mar-a-Lago estate on Tuesday, a day after Congress officially certified his… Read Details ⇢

The new Samsung QN90F mini-LED is on display at CES 2025, and its immersive 115-inch screen is a magnificent sight. The QN90F is the successor to the Samsung QN90D, our pick as one of the best TVs for sports and gaming, though that series topped out at a “mere” 98-inch… Read Details ⇢

As residents fled, firefighters scrambled to corral flames churning along Los Angeles hillsides as winds gained strength Tuesday, January 7, across Southern California, where forecasters said “life-threatening, destructive” gusts could last for days while toppling trees, creating dangerous surf and bringing extreme wildfire risk to areas that haven’t seen substantial… Read Details ⇢