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A 60-year-old woman was found dead at Sugar Valley Lodge in Venango County over the weekend, and a 48-year-old fellow patient was taken into custody and charged with criminal homicide.

Google is rolling out AI features for Gmail, including Help Me Write and an AI Inbox that highlights prioritized messages and extracts to-dos; a reviewer tested them and found useful automation alongside occasional misclassifications.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is observed as a U.S. federal holiday on the third Monday in January; in 2026 it falls on Jan. 19. The holiday was created by law signed in 1983 and first observed in 1986.

On Jan. 17 NASA moved the 322-foot SLS rocket from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Complex 39B in a roughly 12-hour, four-mile rollout. The crewed Artemis II flight with four astronauts is scheduled no earlier than Feb. 6 and will follow prelaunch tests including a wet dress rehearsal.

NASA rolled its 322-foot Space Launch System rocket from Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building to the launch pad as crews prepare for a 10-day crewed lunar fly-around that could lift off as early as February pending a pad fueling test.

Google offers a Results About You page and browser removal options to request that personally identifiable information be removed from its search results; removal from search does not erase the original website content.

This week's tech roundup highlights Plezy, a new Plex client; Obsidian 1.11 across desktop and mobile; and Firefox 147, which adds an improved Picture-in-Picture mode.

The Dr. John P. Ruffing VMD Pet Food Pantry on Pittsburgh's North Side has paused operations after repeated thefts of donated food and heated supplies; volunteers will deliver to clients for the rest of the month while organizers reconsider the distribution model.

This roundup highlights Linux Mint 22.3 with Cinnamon 6.6 and the release of Wine 11, alongside Raspberry Pi hardware and software updates including Imager 2.0.4 and the AI HAT+ 2.

Nasser Al-Attiyah won the 2026 Dakar Rally for a sixth time, giving Dacia the overall victory ahead of Ford and Toyota; the event featured 10 different stage winners across five manufacturers.

Analysts point to updates to Alibaba's Qwen app and momentum at Alibaba Cloud as reasons for renewed confidence. The article mentions the Qwen app now handles over 400 daily tasks and reached 100 million monthly users.

Meta said about 10% of its Reality Labs team will be laid off starting Tuesday, and the company plans to reinvest the savings to support growth in wearables this year.

Ultrahuman is adding Migraine PowerPlug, a software feature built with Click Therapeutics that uses ring biometrics like sleep, HRV, stress and movement to surface migraine-related insights and pair them with guided activities; a pilot is planned with a wider launch scheduled for early 2026 in multiple regions.

1X announced a new "world model" it says will let its humanoid robot Neo learn from video the robot records, reducing reliance on human teleoperators; Neo is priced for consumers, expected to ship this year, and early units may still be teleoperated.

Google has started rolling out a way to change Gmail addresses and has published an English support page explaining the steps and limits. The feature is only available to some accounts for now, and Google says rollout will be gradual.

Australian officials say platforms deactivated roughly 4.7 million accounts belonging to users under 16 in the first month after a law requiring age checks took effect; the rule applies to ten major social platforms and includes fines for noncompliance.

Volvo has previewed the EX60, an all-electric version of the XC60, and estimates about 400 miles of range; full details will be revealed at a Jan. 21 livestream in Stockholm.

Hytale is a Windows game from Hypixel Studios that combines sandbox building, scripting and mini games with an adventure mode. Riot Games provided funding and later acquired Hypixel, and the game was released for Windows in 2021.

Malaysia and Indonesia have blocked access to Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok after regulators said it was used to create sexually explicit deepfakes of real people.

Authorities said a 17-year-old girl and two adults were found dead inside a Lakewood home Thursday morning near Lorelei Avenue and South Street.

A Unisys analysis finds businesses are moving from large, transformational AI projects to smaller, task-based integrations such as chatbots, coding agents, and service assistants, and the report says widespread AI-driven layoffs are not expected to materialize in 2026.

SYBO will release Subway Surfers City on February 26; the sequel introduces four unlockable neighborhoods, new abilities, and three game modes.

The author moved private projects off GitHub and now runs a self-hosted GitLab server at home to keep encryption keys and physical access under their control.

Anker's new Soundcore AeroFit Pro 2 earbuds launched last week and are listed at $150, $30 below the $180 launch price when using promo code WSTDA3875US at Anker.

Google updated Gemini's web My Stuff hub to separate creations into Documents and Media, and the redesign is rolling out on the web while mobile timing is unannounced.

Oracle is developing a large riverfront campus in Nashville with more than 2 million square feet of planned office space and is hiring more roles there than any other U.S. city, though it currently has about 800 staff in the city.

Wikipedia is marking its 25th anniversary with a mini docuseries that profiles eight volunteer editors and a digital time capsule; the site now hosts more than 65 million articles and receives nearly 15 billion views each month.

IBM announced IBM Sovereign Core, an AI-ready sovereign-by-design software for enterprises, governments and service providers; a tech preview starts in February and general availability is planned for mid-2026.

Three other Wise County teachers faced child-sex-related charges in recent years, and their cases include convictions and short sentences; coach Travis Turner was charged and has been missing while police have provided no substantive updates.

Tesla said it will stop selling its Full Self‑Driving (FSD) package as a one‑time purchase and will offer it only as a monthly subscription beginning Feb. 14, and the announcement comes as the company reports declining vehicle sales and ongoing work on robotaxi plans.