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LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Mohamed Salah continued his rehabilitation at Liverpool by scoring for the team for the first time since the start of November in a Champions League thrashing of Qarabag on Wednesday.The Egypt winger curled home a shot at a free kick in the 50th minute to put Liverpool 3-0 up at Anfield, with the English club en route to finishing in the top eight of the standings and qualifying directly to the round of 16.AdvertisementSalah’s future at Liverpool, where he has starred since 2017, was plunged into doubt when he said in early December that he’d been…

Google is launching a new “auto browse” feature inside Chrome that can perform multi-step tasks on your behalf. The Gemini AI-powered capability is coming to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers in the US, and can do things like research hotel and flight costs, schedule appointments, fill out online forms, manage subscriptions, and more.Google says that while using auto browse, Gemini can identify decorations inside of a photo you’re looking at, find similar items on the web, add them to your cart, apply discount codes, all while staying within your budget. If a task requires you to log into an…

I am not, by any definition, a coder, but when I started seeing people’s vibe-coded smart home projects all over my social feeds this month, I was intrigued. From a “master command center” built on a Lutron system to AI controlling a smart oven, people were unleashing AI in their smart homes, using Claude Code to build tools that would normally take weeks to create by hand. The barrier between “I wish this existed” and “I made it” suddenly looked remarkably thin. So, what did I wish existed in my home? A decent smart home dashboard that lets me control…

The Houston Rockets have been one of the best teams in the NBA at home this season. They’ve had no problem on their own court against the San Antonio Spurs for several campaigns.Houston (28-16) hopes both trends continue when it takes on San Antonio (31-15) at 9:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday at the Toyota Center. The Rockets have gone 16-3 at home in 2025-26 and have won four straight in their own building. They haven’t lost there to the Spurs since Dec. 19, 2022, winning each of the last six meetings.The Rockets have won five of their last six overall…

On Wednesday, the Department of Homeland Security published new details about Mobile Fortify, the facial recognition app that federal immigration agents use as a method to identify people in the field, undocumented immigrants and United States citizens alike. The details, including the company behind the app, were published as part of DHS’s 2025 AI Use Case Inventory, which federal agencies are required to release periodically.The inventory includes two entries for Mobile Fortify—one for Customs and Border Protection, another for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)—and says the app is in the “deployment” stage for both. CBP says that Mobile Fortify became…

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday voted to take a break from a recent run of interest rate cuts, as the central bank navigates questions about its independence and awaits a new leader.Meeting market expectations, the central bank’s Federal Open Market Committee voted to keep its key interest rate in a range between 3.5%-3.75%. The decision put a halt to three consecutive quarter percentage point reductions, billed as maintenance moves to guard against potential downturns in the labor market.In voting to hold the line, the committee raised its assessment of economic growth. It also eased its concerns about the labor market…

When you need a moment to yourself, how do you decompress? For many people these days, the answer to that question is “sauna.” Whether it’s hopping in a traditional sauna, or going for a more high-tech infrared sauna sesh, the benefits of sauna use are well documented. “Beyond the immediate feeling of calm, regular sauna use has been linked in long-term studies to cardiovascular support and reduced stress,” explains Andrea Trillo, marketing director of Aire Ancient Baths. “At Aire Ancient Baths, we see the sauna not just as a wellness tool, but as a ritual, one that creates space to…

Organic food company Once Upon a Farm, known for its baby food and kids’ snacks, is resuming its IPO plans, per an SEC filing and Reuters. The company had initially planned to hold its IPO last year, though it paused it amid the government shutdown. But it filed an updated S-1 on Tuesday, which offered a price range of $17-$19 a share, indicating that the process has resumed, perhaps signaling that the overall IPO market is starting to thaw. The company is expected to make its debut on February 6, according to IPO Scoop. Once Upon a Farm was founded…

Jan 28, 2026, 09:00 AM ETProjecting high school basketball prospects will always be an imperfect exercise. Rankings are built on evaluation and projection, but a myriad of unpredictable factors will impact a player’s ultimate outcome.Take, for example, two players from this year’s midseason impact freshmen list. Vanderbilt’s Aubrey Galvan and Maryland’s Addi Mack were unranked on the girls’ SCNext 100 coming out of high school. Now, they and other freshmen like Cearah Parchment (Illinois) and Kennedy Henry (Villanova) are outperforming their high school rankings.Taking a step further back, sophomores Liv McGill (Florida), Britt Prince (Nebraska), Dani Carnegie (Georgia) and Ava…

Meta announced Wednesday that it will charge developers for running chatbots on WhatsApp in regions where regulators are forcing the company to allow them. The move comes after the company’s ban on third-party chatbots on WhatsApp took effect on January 15.  For now, Meta will charge developers in Italy, where the country’s competition watchdog asked the company to suspend its policy last December. The company said that the new pricing for non-template responses will begin on February 16. Meta plans to charge $0.0691/ €0.0572 / £0.0498 per message to developers for AI responses. This could result in steep bills for developers…