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Saturday, January 10, 2026

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Instagram data breach fuels surge in password reset scam alerts (24) hot

Data Breach & Dark Web Exposure
Password Reset Scam Warnings
Instagram Response & Fixes
Other: Account Lockouts

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SpaceX obtains FCC nod for next-generation satellite constellation expansion (12) hot

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Elon Musk to unveil open-source X algorithm code in seven days (9)

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Indonesia blocks Grok over non-consensual deepfakes (26) hot

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Tennessee Orders Crypto.com and Polymarket to Cease Sports Betting Operations (7)

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User’s Bold Switch from Windows to Linux Yields Unexpectedly Positive Results (10) hot

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Chinese open‐source AI models outpacing US rivals in cost and performance (9)

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AI memory shortages driving dramatic surge in RAM prices (11) hot

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Meta seals nuclear power deals to energize AI data centers (6)

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CES 2026 Unveils Diverse Innovations from Smart Eyewear to Robotics Wonders (50) hot

Smart Eyewear: Breakthrough glasses challenging industry giants
Robotics & Home Helpers: Robots wow and assist everyday life
PC & Gaming Innovations: Next-gen computing and gaming devices revealed
Miscellaneous & CES Recaps: Diverse gadgets, recaps and innovations round-up

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Leaked Pricing Reveals a Steep Cost Tag for Steam Machine Console (4)

In Detail Full day, Saturday, January 10, 2026, Timezone: America/Chicago

An Instagram data breach reportedly exposed the personal info of 17.5 million users

Jackson Chen / engadget - If you received a bunch of password reset requests from Instagram recently, you're not alone. As reported by Malwarebytes, an antivirus software company, there was a data breach revealing the "sensitive information" of 17.5 million Instagram users. Malwar…

#cybersecurity #dataprivacy #meta #internet #cybercrime #scam #privacy #instagram #digitalprivacy

Data Breach & Dark Web Exposure (6)
Instagram Response & Fixes (2)
Other: Account Lockouts (1)
Password Reset Scam Warnings (4)
All Other Stories

SpaceX Just Received Approval For 15,000 “Next-Gen Satellites”

Rohail Saleem / wccftech - In a notable development that would significantly expand its constellation of satellites, SpaceX has just received approval from the FCC to operate up to 15,000 next-gen satellites Brendan Carr: "The FCC authorization is a game-changer for enabling next-g…

#techpolicy #space #aerospace #technology #telecommunications #elonmusk #fcc #satellite #starlink

FCC authorizes 7,500 more Starlink satellites for SpaceX

7 wks / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

FCC approves extra 7,500 satellites

7 wks / advanced-television / Editor

FCC approves 7,500 additional Starlink Gen2 satellites — service will benefit from higher throughput and lower latency worldwide

7 wks / tomshardware

Iran Shuts Down Starlink Internet for First Time

7 wks / ycombinator

SpaceX gets FCC approval to launch 7,500 more Starlink satellites

7 wks / reddit / /u/Logical_Welder3467

Iranian regime tries to shut down Starlink

7 wks / ycombinator

The Federal Communications Commission has given SpaceX approval to launch another 7,500 of its second generation Starlink satellites.

7 wks / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

It remains way past time to stop letting corporations unilaterally make a mess of the sky. QT The Verge @verge@mastodon.social 2026 January 10 The FCC is letting SpaceX launch 7,500 more Starlink satellites www.theverge.com/news/860210/... mastodon.onl

7 wks / bsky / @michael-w-busch.bsky.social / michael-w-busch.bsky.social

SpaceX gets FCC approval to launch 7,500 more Starlink satellites

7 wks / techcrunch / Anthony Ha

The FCC is letting SpaceX launch 7,500 more Starlink satellites

7 wks / theverge / Terrence O’Brien

SpaceX Just Received Approval For 15,000 “Next-Gen Satellites”

7 wks / wccftech / Rohail Saleem

SpaceX can deploy 7,500 more Starlink Gen2 satellites with FCC approval

7 wks / engadget / Mariella Moon

Elon Musk Says X to Make Its Algorithm Open Source in Seven Days

Vincent Lee / bloomberg - Social media platform X will open its new algorithm to the public in seven days, Elon Musk said on Saturday, including the code used to decide what posts and advertisements are recommended to users.

#software #opensource #techpolicy #aiethics #media #censorship #contentmoderation #elonmusk #algorithm

Musk vows to open source X algorithm in 7 days amid EU scrutiny

7 wks / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Musk Says X Will Open Source Its New Algorithm

7 wks / pymnts / PYMNTS

Elon Musk promises to open-source X's algorithm in the next few days

7 wks / techspot

Elon Musk to open source X algorithm in 7 days amid global scrutiny

7 wks / scmp

Elon Musk: X's New Algorithm Will Be Made Open Source in Seven Days

7 wks / slashdot / EditorDavid

Elon Musk says X's new algorithm will be made open source next week

7 wks / engadget / Cheyenne MacDonald

Musk says he’s going to open-source the new X algorithm next week

7 wks / theverge / Terrence O’Brien

Elon Musk Says In One Week He Will Fully Reveal Why Your X Timeline Is… Like That

7 wks / gizmodo / Mike Pearl

Elon Musk Says X to Make Its Algorithm Open Source in Seven Days

7 wks / bloomberg / Vincent Lee

Indonesia blocks Grok over non-consensual, sexualized deepfakes

Anthony Ha / techcrunch - Indonesian officials said Saturday that they are temporarily blocking access to xAI’s chatbot Grok.

#techpolicy #aiethics #genai #government #asia #censorship #contentmoderation #xai #grokai #digitalprivacy

Indonesia and Malaysia block Grok over sexualized deepfakes

7 wks / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

Grok Limits Image Generation On X To Premium Users, But Use For Non-Consensual Deepfakes Still Widespread

7 wks / medianama / Prabhanu Kumar Das

Musk’s Grok blocked by Indonesia, Malaysia over sexualized images in world first

7 wks / reddit / /u/cnn

Malaysia, Indonesia become first to block Musk's Grok over AI deepfakes

7 wks / npr / The Associated Press

It begins. www.cnbc.com/2026/01/12/m...

7 wks / bsky / @joyouspanther.bsky.social / joyouspanther.bsky.social

Malaysia, Indonesia become first to block Musk’s Grok over AI deepfakes

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Malaysia and Indonesia block Elon Musk's Grok due to obscene, non-consensual content

7 wks / cnbc

‘The Humiliation Is the Point’: Women Speak Out Over Sexualized Grok Images

7 wks / reddit / /u/Disastrous_Award_789

Malaysia and Indonesia block X over failure to curb deepfake smut

7 wks / reddit / /u/Logical_Welder3467

Malaysia and Indonesia block Musk's Grok over sexually explicit deepfakes

7 wks / bbc

Malaysia and Indonesia block X over failure to curb deepfake smut

7 wks / theregister / Simon Sharwood

Epic Games CEO Defends Grok AI After It's Used To Create Illegal Child Abuse Content And Deepfakes

7 wks / reddit / /u/PeanutCheeseBar

U.S. Senators Ask Cook and Pichai to Remove X and Grok From App Store and Play Store

7 wks / senate / John Gruber

Indonesia and Malaysia block Grok access, UK threatens ban as explicit deepfake problem grows

7 wks / mashable

Grok Deepfaked Renée Nicole Good’s Body Into a Bikini

7 wks / reddit / /u/Salt-Harvester

UK, Canada and Australia in talks to ban X over explicit Grok AI trend

7 wks / reddit / /u/Well_Socialized

Musk’s Grok AI Blocked in Indonesia, Malaysia Over Sexual Images

7 wks / bloomberg / Soraya PermatasariRam Anand

Grok Is Generating Sexual Content Far More Graphic Than What's on X

7 wks / reddit / /u/Well_Socialized

Indonesia Blocks Elon Musk’s Grok AI For Explicit Deepfake Abuse

7 wks / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Indonesian officials said Saturday that they are temporarily blocking access to xAI’s chatbot Grok.

7 wks / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Indonesia has the balls. Does anyone else? gizmodo.com/indonesia-re...

7 wks / bsky / @kolchak.bsky.social / kolchak.bsky.social

Indonesia blocks Grok over non-consensual, sexualized deepfakes

7 wks / reddit / /u/Well_Socialized

Indonesia blocks Grok over non-consensual, sexualized deepfakes

7 wks / techcrunch / Anthony Ha

The Fourth Most Populous Country in the World Just Reportedly Blocked Grok

7 wks / gizmodo / Mike Pearl

X’s half-assed attempt to paywall Grok doesn’t block free image editing

7 wks / reddit / /u/mepper

Indonesia temporarily blocks access to Grok over sexualised images

7 wks / reddit / /u/moeka_8962

Tennessee orders Kalshi, Polymarket and Crypto.com to cease sports betting contracts

Francisco Rodrigues / coindesk - The firms, federally regulated by the CFTC, were told to shut down Tennessee-based activity, refund deposits, and void open contracts by Jan. 31.

#fintech #crypto #government #sports #us #law #litigation #regulation #polymarket

Tennessee targets Kalshi, Polymarket, and Crypto.com over sports betting - Crypto Briefing

7 wks / cryptobriefing

Crypto Platforms Polymarket and Kalshi Hit With Cease-and-Desist Orders in Tennessee - CoinGape

7 wks / coingape

Polymarket faces first state-level cease-and-desist from Tennessee, weeks after US relaunch: report - The Block

7 wks / theblock

Polymarket faces first state-level cease-and-desist from Tennessee, weeks after US relaunch: report

7 wks / theblock / Zack Abrams

Tennessee orders Kalshi, Polymarket and Crypto.com to cease sports betting contracts - CoinDesk

7 wks / coindesk

Tennessee orders Kalshi, Polymarket and Crypto.com to cease sports betting contracts - Yahoo News New Zealand

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Tennessee orders Kalshi, Polymarket and Crypto.com to cease sports betting contracts

7 wks / coindesk / Francisco Rodrigues

I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great

ycombinator - Comments

#software #opensource #windows #microsoft #distributions #linux #ux #performance #productivity #operatingsystems

Gentoo Linux Plans Migration from GitHub Over 'Attempts to Force Copilot Usage for Our Repositories'

7 wks / slashdot / EditorDavid

I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too

7 wks / reddit / /u/testus_maximus

Replace the Retiring Windows XP with Linux

7 wks / ycombinator

Gentoo Linux 2025 Review

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I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too

7 wks / ycombinator

I replaced Windows with Linux and everything’s going great

7 wks / reddit / /u/jlpcsl

Four More Tech Bloggers are Switching to Linux

7 wks / slashdot / EditorDavid

RebelsTool Shows How Linux Still Unlocks AMD GPU Power Controls Windows Can’t

7 wks / wccftech / Sarfraz Khan

I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great

7 wks / ycombinator

I replaced Windows with Linux and everything’s going great

7 wks / theverge / Nathan Edwards

China's Open-Source AI Models Might Be Outpacing American Companies In Cost

slashgear - While companies like Google and OpenAI grab all the headlines, open-source Chinese AI models are getting faster, cheaper, and just as effective.

#ai #innovation #ml #opensource #china #genai #business #globalism #technology

China AI has ‘less than 20%’ chance to exceed US over next 3 to 5 years: Alibaba scientist

7 wks / scmp

China is closing in on US technology lead despite constraints, AI researchers say

7 wks / reddit / /u/esporx

Chinese AI leaders warn the US' lead is widening

7 wks / semafor / J.D. Capelouto

Chinese researchers diagnose AI image models with aphasia-like disorder, develop self-healing framework

7 wks / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

Chinese AI industry admits US remains ahead for now

7 wks / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

‘South Korea’s Google’ pitches AI alternative to US and China

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How the AI race could play out for the US, China and the world

7 wks / scmp

China's Open-Source AI Models Might Be Outpacing American Companies In Cost

7 wks / slashgear

China captured the global lead in open-weight AI development during 2025, Stanford analysis shows

7 wks / the-decoder / Jonathan Kemper

AI memory is sold out, causing an unprecedented surge in prices

cnbc - Three primary memory vendors — Micron, SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics — make up nearly the entire RAM market, and they're benefitting from this shortage.

#ai #semiconductors #chips #samsung #business #supplychain #pricing #skhynix #technology #memory

The Chinese Company Taking On the World’s Memory-Chip Giants

7 wks / wsj / Yang Jie

Micron Exclusive: Why Consumers Have Gotten the Memory Shortage Narrative All Wrong

7 wks / wccftech / Muhammad Zuhair

AI Is Causing a Memory Shortage. Why Producers Aren’t Rushing to Make a Lot More.

7 wks / wsj / Dan Gallagher

AI memory is sold out, causing an unprecedented surge in prices

7 wks / reddit / /u/Logical_Welder3467

This is Crazy Stuff: "We tracked ram (Memory)prices in 2025: This is what we Found and What you Should expect in 2026 - PC Build Advisor"

7 wks / reddit / /u/Beginning-Taro-2673

Samsung and SK Hynix are jacking up DRAM prices by as much as 70 percent

7 wks / reddit / /u/Shogouki

HP reportedly eyes Chinese suppliers for DRAM as global shortage sparks shake-up — analyst says memory chips are commodities that can easily be replaced

7 wks / reddit / /u/Stannis_Loyalist

HP reportedly eyes Chinese suppliers for DRAM as global shortage sparks shake-up — analyst says memory chips are commodities that can easily be replaced

7 wks / tomshardware

AI memory is sold out, causing an unprecedented surge in prices

7 wks / cnbc

FanXiang’s S690Q 4TB SSD Provides Some Relief To PC Builders And Console Owners, With Its SLC Cache & $329.99 Price On Amazon Attractive Points During The Ongoing Memory Crisis

7 wks / wccftech / Omar Sohail

Samsung and SK Hynix are jacking up DRAM prices by as much as 70 percent

7 wks / reddit / /u/imaginary_num6er

Meta lines up massive supply of nuclear power to energize AI data centers

techxplore - Meta has cut a trio of deals to power its artificial intelligence data centers, securing enough energy to light up the equivalent of about 5 million homes.

#ai #cloud #innovation #meta #genai #energy #business #datacenter #environment #technology

Meta Announces Nuclear Energy Projects, Unlocking Up to 6.6 GW

7 wks / ycombinator

One-Minute Daily AI News 1/10/2026

7 wks / reddit / /u/Excellent-Target-847

Big Tech's AI boom is reviving America's nuclear power debate

7 wks / techspot

US wants to quadruple nuclear capacity by 2050, but past failures cast long shadows

7 wks / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

Meta lines up massive supply of nuclear power to energize AI data centers

7 wks / techxplore

Meta Signs Deals With Three Nuclear Companies For 6+ GW of Power

7 wks / slashdot / BeauHD

Chinese smart eyewear makers shine at CES with focus on challenging Meta

scmp - Dozens of Chinese makers of smart glasses dazzled the exhibition floor at the recent CES trade show in Las Vegas, where they showed lightweight, artificial intelligence-powered eyewear aimed at a category that has been largely defined by Meta Platforms’ R…

#robotics #automation #innovation #gaming #ar #wearables #mixedreality #technology #gadgets #smarthome

Miscellaneous & CES Recaps: Diverse gadgets, recaps and innovations round-up (14)
PC & Gaming Innovations: Next-gen computing and gaming devices revealed (8)
Robotics & Home Helpers: Robots wow and assist everyday life (4)
Smart Eyewear: Breakthrough glasses challenging industry giants (3)
All Other Stories

Miscellaneous & CES Recaps: Diverse gadgets, recaps and innovations round-up

Here’s the final episode of our CES coverage - an epilogue with Cory Doctorow, @funranium.bsky.social and @edwardongwesojr.com https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/better-offline/id1730587238?i=1000744624728 Linktr.ee/betteroffline

7 wks / bsky / @edzitron.com

These are the smart home gadgets that impressed me at CES 2026

7 wks / theverge / Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

CES 2026 epilogue recorded with Cory, Phil and Eddy, will be out in a few hours. An incredible show. Am already scheming for 2027. Sad it’s over but so proud of the work we put out and the people who worked on and off the mic.

7 wks / bsky / @edzitron.com

The CES companies hoping your brain is the next big thing in computing

7 wks / engadget / Daniel Cooper

Engadget Podcast: Best of CES 2026 and a chat with Pebble's founder

7 wks / engadget / Devindra Hardawar

The CES 2026 stuff I might actually buy

7 wks / theverge / David Pierce

Zettlab Brings its D4 and D6 AI NAS to CES 2026

7 wks / techpowerup

The Best Mobile Devices and Wearables at CES 2026 video

7 wks / cnet

This $2,000 Bitcoin mining water heater can pay for itself by slashing your energy bills, company claims — can rake in $1,000 a year in BTC, offset 80% of electricity and water costs

7 wks / tomshardware

Brew, smell, and serve: AI steals the show at CES 2026

7 wks / techxplore

CES 2026: Capture video with the AI-tracking, subscription-free XbotGo Falcon

7 wks / mashable

Here’s part 8 of this week’s Better Offline coverage of CES, featuring Cory Doctorow, @captain2phones.bsky.social, @cherlynn.bsky.social, @edwardongwesojr.com and @bishonentype.bsky.social https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/better-offline/id173058723

7 wks / bsky / @edzitron.com

The Best OLED and RGB LED TVs at CES 2026 video

1 month / cnet

These paper batteries made from plants want to replace AA and AAA cells

1 month / techspot

PC & Gaming Innovations: Next-gen computing and gaming devices revealed

Nvidia resets the economics of AI factories, again

7 wks / siliconangle / David Vellante and David Floyer

The 5 Things We Didn't Get at CES 2026: NVIDIA RTX 50 SUPER and Laptop SoC, AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2, Intel Arrow Lake Refresh and Arc B770

7 wks / techpowerup

Intel Core Ultra X9 388H "Panther Lake" iGPU Doubles AMD "Strix Point" Performance in Cyberpunk 2077

7 wks / techpowerup

Bolt Graphics claims 10x RTX 5090 path tracing performance, but proof is still pending

7 wks / techspot

j5create Shows Docks with Built-In Displays, 8K 144 Hz Support, and AI Meeting Tools at CES 2026

7 wks / techpowerup

Acemagic Shows AMD "Gorgon Point" and Intel "Panther Lake" Mini-PCs at CES 2026

7 wks / techpowerup

CES 2026 proved the PC industry is hosed this year

7 wks / reddit / /u/dapperlemon

Iqunix Previews Upcoming Q101 "Ultra-Lightweight" Magnesium Gaming Mouse at CES 2026

1 month / techpowerup

Robotics & Home Helpers: Robots wow and assist everyday life

The robots we saw at CES 2026: The lovable, the creepy and the utterly confusing

7 wks / engadget / Karissa Bell,Cheyenne MacDonald

We tried to get humanoid robots to do the laundry

7 wks / theverge / Verge Staff

Every single "the robots are here" story from CES is wrong

1 month / bsky / @edzitron.com

I met a lot of weird robots at CES — here are the most memorable

1 month / techcrunch / Lucas Ropek

Smart Eyewear: Breakthrough glasses challenging industry giants

Meta Announces New Smartglasses Features, Delays International Rollout Claiming 'Unprecedented' Demand'

7 wks / slashdot / EditorDavid

The best smart glasses of CES 2026

7 wks / mashable

Chinese smart eyewear makers shine at CES with focus on challenging Meta

1 month / scmp

All Other Stories

CES is over for another year, and it was full of products for Apple users. Here are the best items for your iPhone, Apple Watch, and Mac that appeared at the show in 2026.

7 wks / bsky / @appleinsider.com / appleinsider.com

[TechPowerUp] The 5 Biggest No-Shows of CES 2026

7 wks / reddit / /u/kikimaru024

AI pendants back in vogue at tech show after early setback

7 wks / techxplore

AI toys look for bright side after troubled start

7 wks / techxplore

The best hardware and accessories of CES 2026 for Apple users

7 wks / appleinsider

This TV Easily Self-Mounts To A Wall In Seconds (And It's Totally Wireless)

7 wks / slashgear

What we learned about Dolby Vision 2 at CES 2026

7 wks / digitaltrends

MetalPrinting Gauss MT90 3D printer offers office‑safe metal printing without powders — uses paste based metal extrusion (PME) tech

7 wks / tomshardware

Climbing Bots, Smart Bricks, Super-Bright TVs: The Best Stuff From Tech’s Biggest Gadget Show

7 wks / wsj / Nicole Nguyen

I went looking for weird phones and CES 2026 did not disappoint

7 wks / theverge / Allison Johnson

Did Intel Finally Get It Right? ⭐

7 wks / thurrott / Paul Thurrott

Best Robots at CES: Softer, Smarter, Wetter, Wilder video

7 wks / cnet / Jesse Orrall

AMD leaves the door open to experimental FSR Redstone support on RDNA 3

7 wks / tomshardware

I boxed a robot at CES. It wasn’t afraid to go low.

7 wks / fastcompany / Chris Morris

I Came to CES to Check Out Energy and Solar Power Innovations and Found That China Is Running Laps Around Us

7 wks / reddit / /u/FoxMeadow7

[CES] LG Innotek pushes shift toward high-performance portfolio

7 wks / co / Ha Neul-bit

Intel showed up for consumers at the 'Consumer Electronics Show;' AMD didn’t

7 wks / reddit / /u/Antonis_32

Before and after. See you in a year CES, best year yet, turns out the show was a huge hit, proud of this team and won’t stop going on about it for at least one more day

7 wks / bsky / @edzitron.com

Nvidia, Tesla chase same self-driving goal via different paths

7 wks / scmp

The Steam Machine's Price Might Have Just Leaked And It's Not What We Hoped For

slashgear - The has been a lot of buzz surrounding the Steam Machine console, and while nothing official has been released, we might have a good idea how much it will cost.

#hardware #gaming #entertainment #business #pricing #technology #gadgets #steam

Steam Machine pricing soars past PS5 Pro and Xbox Series X in new retailer listing — 1TB SKU shatters $1,000 barrier

7 wks / tomshardware

Valve just dropped a massive hint that the Steam Deck 2 could switch to Arm — here's why

7 wks / reddit / /u/Forsaken_Arm5698

The Steam Machine's Price Might Have Just Leaked And It's Not What We Hoped For

1 month / slashgear

You're Going To Hate How Much The Steam Machine Costs In This Leak

1 month / bgr

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