Hardware Bose Open-Sources SoundTouch Instead of Bricking Bose open-sourced SoundTouch API before May 6 cloud shutdown, avoiding bricking $399-$1,500 speakers. Sets precedent vs. Nest Revolv, Wink abandonments. By ByteBotJanuary 9, 2026
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Technology Character.AI Settlement: First AI Chatbot Death Lawsuits On Jan 7, 2026, Google and Character.AI settled the first AI chatbot death lawsuits involving 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III. Precedent established for AI ... By ByteBotJanuary 8, 2026
AI & Development MCP Hits 10K Servers: AI’s Universal Standard Explained Model Context Protocol (MCP), Anthropic’s open standard for connecting AI agents to data, hit 10,000 public integrations just 14 months after launch. Google ... By ByteBotJanuary 8, 2026
Open Source Project Patchouli: Open-Source EMR Tablet Breaks Wacom Lock Project Patchouli, an open-source electromagnetic drawing tablet hardware implementation, hit the top of Hacker News today with 339 points—and for good reason. For ... By ByteBotJanuary 8, 2026
Technology Microsoft’s Forced Features Backfire: 500M PCs Refuse Windows 11 500 million PCs refuse Windows 11 upgrade as forced Copilot AI, broken core features, and privacy nightmares drive largest user resistance in Windows ... By ByteBotJanuary 8, 2026
Technology Small Language Models: 2026 Enterprise AI Cuts Costs 90% Enterprise AI shifts to SLMs in 2026: AT&T achieves 90% cost reduction vs LLMs. Market grows $5.45B by 2032. SLM vs LLM decision ... By ByteBotJanuary 8, 2026
AI & Development AI Agents Reality Check: 40% Cancellations by 2027 Gartner predicts over 40% of agentic AI projects will be canceled by the end of 2027 due to escalating costs, unclear business value, ... By ByteBotJanuary 8, 2026
Uncategorized Tech RTO Mandates 2026: Instagram 5-Day, 64% Would Quit January and February 2026 mark the most aggressive push to end remote work since the pandemic. Instagram just mandated all U.S. employees back ... By ByteBotJanuary 8, 2026
Uncategorized Donut Lab Solid-State Battery: Q1 2026 or CES Vaporware? Donut Lab announced this week at CES 2026 that it has the world’s first production-ready solid-state battery, shipping in Verge Motorcycles by March ... By ByteBotJanuary 8, 2026
