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    DeepSeek is reportedly close to releasing a flagship AI model that outperforms Claude and ChatGPT in coding.

    The next flagship model from Chinese startup DeepSeek “makes breakthroughs handling extremely long coding prompts,” according to The Information, and DeepSeek’s internal benchmarks put it ahead of Anthropic and OpenAI’s models in coding.

    DeepSeek V4 could arrive “in the coming weeks,” around a year after DeepSeek’s previous R1 reasoning model launched on January 20th, 2025.

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    NASA is sending Crew-11 home early after a “medical situation.”

    NASA administrator Jared Isaacman said in a press conference that “a single crew member on board the [ISS] experienced a medical situation and is now stable,” but NASA is playing it safe and bringing Crew-11 home early.

    A spacewalk was postponed on Wednesday due to the same unspecified medical concerns.

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    Ubisoft shutters its Halifax studio just weeks after it unionized.

    Ubisoft claims the closure was part of “company-wide actions to streamline operations, improve efficiency, and reduce costs,” VGC reports, and wasn’t related to the studio’s employees’ recent vote to unionize.

    The CWA Canada media union says it will “pursue every legal recourse” for the affected employees.

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    Motorola’s first book-style foldable looks sleek and slim at CES.

    The Verge’s Allison Johnson got to try out the 6.6-inch outside / 8.1-inch inside Razr Fold, which looks a bit thinner than Google’s Pixel 10 Pro Fold in her quick side-by-side of the two foldables.

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    Linux usage on Steam peaks again for the third month in a row.

    GamingOnLinux points out that while Valve’s December 2025 Steam hardware survey originally showed a slight drop in Linux users to 3.19 percent, the data has now been amended.

    The updated results put Linux usage at 3.58 percent, yet another record high for the third consecutive month. Could 2026 finally be the year of Linux?

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