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Tuesday, January 13, 2026

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Zhipu AI launches open‐sourced multimodal model trained entirely on Huawei chips (6)

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US Eases Nvidia Export Rules for H200 Chips to China (12) hot

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Netflix Pursues All‐Cash Bid for Warner Bros Assets (5)

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Starlink Internet Access in Iran Amid Nationwide Blackout (15) hot

Free access fuels protest connectivity
Regime jamming and crackdown on Starlink signals
Activists bypass blackout using Starlink resilience
Overall blackout narrative affecting millions

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FCC Ends Verizon’s 60-Day Phone Unlock Mandate (10) hot

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Senate Passes DEFIANCE Act Protecting Deepfake Victims (11) hot

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Apple Rolls Out New Firmware Update for AirPods Pro 3 (4)

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Google Updates Veo 3.1 to Enable Vertical Videos and 4K Upscaling (16) hot

Vertical video innovation
4K upscaling and Ingredients enhancements
Integrated dynamic upgrades

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Apple Taps Google Gemini to Power Enhanced Siri Features (11) hot

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Microsoft Pledges to Cover Full Energy Costs for AI Data Centers (22) hot

Safeguarding community electric bills amid AI expansion
Enhancing local sustainability with water, jobs, and more
Navigating political pressure and regulatory demands

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Polygon Labs invests $250M in stablecoin payments through key acquisitions (9)

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Apple rolls out unified Creator Studio subscription for creatives (35) hot

Apple Creator Studio launch overview
Pixelmator Pro iPad transition highlights
Impact on free and legacy apps

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Meta Shifts Gears from Metaverse to AI, Slashing Reality Labs Jobs (21) hot

Meta Layoffs: Shift from Metaverse to AI
VR Studio Shutdowns: Retiring VR amid pivot

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Deepgram Achieves Unicorn Status with $130M Funding Boost (8)

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Slackbot Transforms into a Full-Fledged AI Workplace Assistant (12) hot

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UK biotech Nuclera secures Series C funding for advanced protein research (5)

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Anthropic launches Cowork AI tool for non-coders (12) hot

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Senate crypto bill limits stablecoin rewards amid regulatory shakeup (11) hot

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Touchwaves raises €1.5M for next‐gen wearable tech with NATO ties (4)

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SK Hynix Unveils $13B Investment in New Advanced Chip Packaging Plant (8)

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Bricks.sh Lands €1.6M Pre‐Seed to Accelerate AI Internal Tools Expansion (5)

In Detail Full day, Tuesday, January 13, 2026, Timezone: America/Chicago

China’s Zhipu Unveils New AI Model Trained on Huawei’s Chips

Luz Ding / bloomberg - Chinese AI startup Knowledge Atlas Technology JSC Ltd. released a new multimodal model that it says is the country’s first to be fully trained using domestic chips, in a sign of progress toward meeting Beijing’s goal of reducing reliance on American techn…

#ai #startups #hardware #semiconductors #ml #opensource #china #chips #genai #huawei

China's Z.AI Releases First Major AI Image Generation Model Trained Without American Chips

7 wks / decrypt / Jose Antonio Lanz

Zhipu AI breaks US chip reliance with first major model trained on Huawei stack

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China’s Zhipu Introduces Latest AI Model Powered by Huawei Chips - Bitget

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China’s Zhipu Unveils New AI Model Trained on Huawei’s Chips

7 wks / bloomberg / Luz Ding

Zhipu AI and Huawei Open-Source SOTA Multimodal Model Trained Entirely on Chinese Chips - Pandaily

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zai-org/GLM-Image · Hugging Face

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Washington Opens the Door on Nvidia Chips. Beijing Starts Closing It.

Marcus Schuler / implicator - Washington spent years blocking Nvidia's advanced chips from China. Tuesday, the Trump administration approved H200 exports with a 25% government cut. By afternoon, Beijing told its own companies to hold off.

#ai #semiconductors #techpolicy #china #chips #nvidia #gpu #stockmarket #supplychain #us

U.S. posts official H200 and MI325X AI GPU export rules to China, but with plenty of caveats — a string of requirments greatly limits the total number of GPUs that can be shipped to China

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US allows Nvidia to send advanced AI chips to China with restrictions

7 wks / techxplore

China Plays “Cat and Mouse” With NVIDIA Once Again By Reportedly Restricting H200 AI Chip Orders Flowing in the Region

7 wks / wccftech / Muhammad Zuhair

China may block US-approved imports of Nvidia H200 chips – report

7 wks / siliconrepublic / Ann O’Dea

US eases regulations on Nvidia H200 chip exports to China - WTVB

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Washington Opens the Door on Nvidia Chips. Beijing Starts Closing It.

7 wks / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Washington reportedly conditionally eases Nvidia H200 chip exports to China; market acceptance of US chips remains to be seen: expert - Global Times

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US Greenlights H200 Exports to China, Beijing Limits Imports - 조선일보

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US clears path for Nvidia to sell H200s to China via new rule - Moneycontrol

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NVIDIA can now sell AI chips to China as US eases export rules - Interesting Engineering

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Nvidia (NVDA) Stock: Slightly Surges as U.S. Eases Export Rules as China Weighs ‘Necessary Use’ Approval for H200 Chips

7 wks / parameter / Yasmin Werner

US Clears Path for Nvidia to Sell H200s to China Via New Rule

7 wks / bloomberg / Maggie EastlandIan King

Netflix reportedly looking to solidify its bid for Warner Bros. with all-cash offer

@MarketWatch / x - Netflix reportedly looking to solidify its bid for Warner Bros. with all-cash offer https://t.co/zh0tvWXHht— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) January 13, 2026

#movies #entertainment #netflix #antitrust #business #hbomax #acquisitions #media #tv

Netflix/Warner Bros expected to test CMA’s “wait and see” stance

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Netflix prepares all-cash bid to seal Warner Bros. deal

7 wks / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

Netflix reportedly looking to solidify its bid for Warner Bros. with all-cash offer

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Netflix preparing all-cash deal for Warner Bros to fend off Paramount

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Netflix Reportedly Eyeing Changing Accepted $82.7 Billion WBD Offer to All Cash

7 wks / mediaplaynews / Erik Gruenwedel

Starlink Users in Iran Get Free Internet Access, Nonprofit Says

Natallie Rocha / nytimes - Under a near-total communications blackout, users of Elon Musk’s satellite service have gotten online without paying, an organization that works on web access said.

#space #government #aerospace #broadband #internet #wireless #asia #censorship #elonmusk #starlink

Activists bypass blackout using Starlink resilience (3)
Free access fuels protest connectivity (5)
Overall blackout narrative affecting millions (1)
Regime jamming and crackdown on Starlink signals (6)

Activists bypass blackout using Starlink resilience

Iranians sidestep internet blackout with SpaceX’s Starlink

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How Iran switched off the internet — and Iranians fought back

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Starlink Powers Iranian Protests Amid Internet Blackout! - OpenTools

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Free access fuels protest connectivity

Free Starlink access for Iran seen as game changer for demonstrators

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Starlink provides free internet service in Iran amid communications blackout - United News of Bangladesh

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Iranians are getting free internet access via Elon Musk’s Starlink, a nonprofit said, as the government blocks connectivity amid protests. - facebook.com

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Starlink Users in Iran Get Free Internet Access, Nonprofit Says

7 wks / nytimes / Natallie Rocha

Musk Offers Free Starlink in Iran as Internet Blackout Persists

7 wks / bloomberg / Loni Prinsloo

Overall blackout narrative affecting millions

THE BLACKOUT: 90 million people. 121+ hours of silence. One nation erased from the internet. This is how they did it

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Regime jamming and crackdown on Starlink signals

Iran Shuts Down Musk's Starlink For First Time

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Iran uses Russian tech to jam Starlink as protests grow under blackout - Business Standard

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Iran deploys ‘kill switch’ to jam Starlink amid deepening digital blackout - Hum News English

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Why Starlink is Failing to Pierce Iran’s Total Internet Blackout

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Starlink tries to stay online in Iran as regime jams signals during protests

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Iran Is Hunting Down Starlink Users to Stop Protest Videos From Going Global

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FCC Ends Verizon's 60-Day Automatic Unlocking Requirement

iclarified - The Federal Communications Commission has officially waived a long-standing requirement that forced Verizon to automatically unlock mobile devices 60 days after activation. The ruling, released late yesterday, fundamentally alters the landscape for Verizo…

#mobiletech #techpolicy #government #business #us #wireless #law #telecommunications #smartphone #fcc

FCC kills Verizon's 60-day phone unlocking rule after massive fraud spike

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Verizon (VZ) Stock: Shares Slide After FCC Waiver Amid Market Volatility

7 wks / parameter / Newton Kitonga

The FCC is letting Verizon lock your phone for more than 60 days - Android Police

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Verizon stock slides after FCC loosens phone-unlocking rule as fraud fight takes center stage - TechStock²

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Verizon customers will have to wait to unlock their phone going forward — here’s why - Tom's Guide

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FCC Ends Verizon's 60-Day Automatic Unlocking Requirement

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Verizon To Stop Automatic Unlocking of Phones as FCC Ends 60-Day Unlock Rule

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Verizon wins FCC waiver on unlocked phones - fiercewireless.com

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Verizon gets FCC permission to end 60-day phone unlocking rule

7 wks / theverge / Emma Roth

America’s biggest telecom company can now save hundreds of millions of dollars as FCC takes U-turn on sma - Times of India

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Senate passes Defiance Act for a second time to address Grok deepfakes

Ian Carlos Campbell / engadget - The Senate has passed the Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits (DEFIANCE ) Act with unanimous consent, according to the bill’s co-sponsor Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL). The bill lets the subjects of nonconsensual, sexually explicit deepfak…

#ai #techpolicy #aiethics #genai #politics #cybercrime #us #law #contentmoderation #digitalprivacy

After Grok's deepfake flood, Senate passes bill letting victims take creators to court

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Senate Passes a Bill That Would Let Nonconsensual Deepfake Victims Sue https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/01/13/2347221/senate-passes-a-bill-that-would-let-nonconsensual-deepfake-victims-sue?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

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Senate Passes a Bill That Would Let Nonconsensual Deepfake Victims Sue - Slashdot #sentiment analysis #ai #artificial intelligence #government

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yro.slashdot.org/story/26/01/...

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What can technology do to stop AI-generated sexualized images?

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Senate Passes a Bill That Would Let Nonconsensual Deepfake Victims Sue

7 wks / slashdot / BeauHD

Senate passes Defiance Act for a second time to address Grok deepfakes

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Senate passes a bill that would let nonconsensual deepfake victims sue / It comes amid the global uproar over X’s mass AI undressing of users on its platform.

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Senate passes a bill that would let nonconsensual deepfake victims sue

7 wks / theverge / Lauren Feiner

US Senate Unanimously Passes DEFIANCE Act as Grok Crisis Spurs Victim Protection Law

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X could face UK ban over deepfakes, minister says

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Apple Releases New Firmware for AirPods Pro 3

iclarified - Apple has released a firmware update for the AirPods Pro 3 today. The new version is 8B34, up from the 8B30 build released last month.Continue ReadingShare Article:Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Reddit, EmailFollow iClarified:Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Ne…

#wearables #apple #wireless #ux #airpods #gadgets #patching #updates #bugs #bluetooth

Apple Releases New AirPods Pro 3 Firmware Update

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AirPods Pro 3 just got a new firmware update

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Apple Releases New Firmware for AirPods Pro 3

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Apple Releases New AirPods Pro 3 Firmware Update

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Google’s update for Veo 3.1 lets users create vertical videos through reference images

Ivan Mehta / techcrunch - Google is now allowing users to create vertical videos using references image.

#ai #mobiletech #computervision #mobile #google #android #genai #camera #media #updates

Editor: I'm not sure social media can handle vertical Veo.

4K upscaling and Ingredients enhancements (4)
Integrated dynamic upgrades (6)
Vertical video innovation (5)
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4K upscaling and Ingredients enhancements

Pinned: We’ve made lots of improvements with Veo 3.1! It’s more expressive, supports portrait mode and SOTA video upscaling to 1080p and 4K. Rolling out starting today - try it in the @GeminiApp (for plus/pro/ultra users) and @FlowbyGoogle

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Google Updates Veo AI Video Generator With 4K Upscaling and Native Vertical Mode

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Google Enhances Veo 3.1’s Ingredients to Video with Expressiveness, Vertical Format, and 4K Upscaling

7 wks / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Google upgrades Veo 3.1 with Ingredients and 4K upscaling

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Integrated dynamic upgrades

Google rolls out big upgrades to AI video generator, Veo - Neowin

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Google Deepmind updates Veo 3.1 with reference image function for more dynamic videos - the-decoder.com

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Google’s updated Veo model can make vertical videos from reference images with 4K upscaling

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Google’s updated Veo model can make vertical videos from reference images with 4K upscaling - Ars Technica

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Google Deepmind updates Veo 3.1 with reference image function for more dynamic videos

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Google’s New Veo 3.1 Update Includes Ingredients to Video Tool for Social Media - TechEBlog -

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Vertical video innovation

Google upgrades Veo 3.1 with native vertical video generation

7 wks / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Google’s Veo just got better at making videos for your social feeds

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Google Veo 3.1 AI Update Creates Dynamic Vertical Videos for Social Media - Букви

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Google’s update for Veo 3.1 lets users create vertical videos through reference images

7 wks / techcrunch / Ivan Mehta

Google’s Veo now turns portrait images into vertical AI videos

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Apple Turns to Google Gemini to Power AI Enhanced Siri

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Apple has announced a multi-year partnership with Google to power Siri using Gemini AI, launching with iOS 26.4 in March or April 2026 for approximately $1 billion annually.The post Apple Turns to Google Gemini to Power AI Enhanced Siri appeared first on …

#ai #voice #apple #google #genai #ios #assistant #gemini

New report sheds light on how Gemini fits into Apple’s Siri revamp

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Apple to Use Google’s Gemini AI in Siri and Future AI Models: What This Means

7 wks / medianama / Chaitanya Kohli

Google Gemini-Powered Siri Will Reportedly Have These 7 New Features

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Google Gemini-Powered Siri Will Reportedly Have These 7 New Features

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Apple Didn't Partner With Google. It Surrendered to It.

7 wks / implicator / Harkaram Grewal

Gemini-trained Apple Intelligence will work like other LLMs, says unsurprising report

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Apple just straight up robbed Google

7 wks / fastcompany / Mark Wilson

Elon Musk Slams Apple-Google AI Deal as ‘Unreasonable’ Power Grab

7 wks / eweek / Aminu Abdullahi

Kuo: Apple's AI Deal With Google Is Temporary and Buys It Time

7 wks / macrumors / Hartley Charlton

Apple's Google AI Deal Was Driven by Urgent WWDC Pressure [Kuo]

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Apple Turns to Google Gemini to Power AI Enhanced Siri

7 wks / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Microsoft Vows to Pay Full Cost of AI Data Centers After White House Pressure

James Maguire / techstrong - Microsoft has moved to blunt growing public opposition to its expanding data-center footprint, pledging to absorb the full cost of the electricity, water use, and local taxes associated with its AI infrastructure. The commitments mark the company’s most s…

#ai #cloud #techpolicy #microsoft #energy #business #datacenter #environment #azure #community

Enhancing local sustainability with water, jobs, and more (5)
Navigating political pressure and regulatory demands (4)
Safeguarding community electric bills amid AI expansion (9)
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Enhancing local sustainability with water, jobs, and more

Microsoft responds to backlash with new data center promises

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Microsoft plan aims to protect energy and water in data center rollout

7 wks / techzine / Berry Zwets

Microsoft details plan to prevent its data centers from straining power, water resources

7 wks / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Microsoft to overhaul AI data center building with community-first approach — says it will 'be a good neighbor' to communities, cover energy cost increases, and replenish water

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Microsoft scrambles to quell fury around its new AI data centers

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Navigating political pressure and regulatory demands

Microsoft vows to limit data center energy costs

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Big Tech wants more data centers. Everyone else wants lower bills

7 wks / qz / Shannon Carroll

Microsoft vows to ‘pay its way’ as it seeks to defuse data centre backlash

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Microsoft Vows to Pay Full Cost of AI Data Centers After White House Pressure

7 wks / techstrong / James Maguire

Safeguarding community electric bills amid AI expansion

Microsoft announces glut of new data centers but says it won’t let your electricity bill go up

7 wks / techcrunch / Lucas Ropek

Microsoft vows to cover full power costs for energy-hungry AI data centers

7 wks / arstechnica / Benj Edwards

Microsoft says will foot AI's massive power bill

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Microsoft pledges to cover data center power costs as community pushback grows

7 wks / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

Microsoft's Brad Smith pushes Big Tech to 'pay our way' for AI data centers amid rising opposition

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Microsoft Has a Plan to Keep Its Data Centers From Raising Your Electric Bill

7 wks / wired / Molly Taft

Microsoft says communities won't see energy price hikes near data centers as utility costs rise

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Microsoft Pledges Full Power Costs, No Tax Breaks in Response To AI Data Center Backlash

7 wks / slashdot / msmash

Microsoft Vows to Pay Utility Rates to Cover Data Center Costs

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Microsoft is the latest tech giant promising to address frustrations among local communities around its data centers. It has made five pledges today to address concerns that have stymied plans to build out new AI data centers www.theverge.com/news/861080/

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NEW: As public backlash against data centers grows, Microsoft (sounding to my ear a bit like a baseball team that wants a new publicly-financed stadium) says it has a plan to keep its data centers from driving up electric bills in surrounding areas. @moll

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big tech companies are taking note of the backlash to data centers — and they, w/ the help of the Trump administration, are promising to be good neighbors first up is Microsoft, which announced a series of commitments this morning - some of Microsoft’s

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Polygon Labs spends $250 million to acquire Coinme and Sequence, ‘foundational’ elements of its Open Money Stack

Daniel Kuhn / theblock - Sequence offers smart wallet routing for "1-click" cross-network transfers, while Coinme has secured U.S. money-transmitter licenses.

#startups #blockchain #fintech #crypto #decentralisation #banking #business #payments #acquisitions #wallet

Polygon Labs Boosts Stablecoin Payments via Coinme, Sequence

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South Korean financial giant KB files patent for stablecoin credit card

7 wks / theblock / Danny Park

Polygon buys blockchain startup Sequence to power its stablecoin push

7 wks / betakit / Alex Riehl

Polygon Labs Spends $250M to Challenge Stripe in Crypto Payments

7 wks / parameter / Maxwell Mutuma

Polygon Labs To Acquire Coinme & Sequence For $250 Mn+

7 wks / inc42 / Lokesh Choudhary

Polygon Labs Bolsters Stablecoin Payments Push, Acquiring Coinme and Sequence

7 wks / decrypt / André Beganski

Polygon Makes $250 Million Investment in Stablecoin Payments

7 wks / pymnts / PYMNTS

Polygon Labs spends $250 million to acquire Coinme and Sequence, ‘foundational’ elements of its Open Money Stack

7 wks / theblock / Daniel Kuhn

Crypto infrastructure firm pushes deeper into stablecoin payments with $250 million deal

7 wks / coindesk / Margaux Nijkerk

Apple bundles creative apps such as Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro into a single subscription

Kris Holt / engadget - Apple has been putting more onus on its services for the past several years — the company makes tens of billions of dollars in revenue from that side of the business, which it claimed had a record year in 2025. Apple is nudging a little more in that direc…

#apple #business #apps #ipad #creativity #music #macos #technology #productivity

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Impact on free and legacy apps (2)
Pixelmator Pro iPad transition highlights (3)
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Meta Cuts 1,500 Reality Labs Jobs as AI Takes Priority

eWEEK Staff / eweek - The cuts represent roughly 10% of the division's workforce and signal Meta's accelerating pivot away from its metaverse ambitions toward AI dominance.The post Meta Cuts 1,500 Reality Labs Jobs as AI Takes Priority appeared first on eWEEK.

#ai #vr #meta #genai #business #jobs #layoffs #spatialcomputing

Meta Layoffs: Shift from Metaverse to AI (15)
VR Studio Shutdowns: Retiring VR amid pivot (5)
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Meta Layoffs: Shift from Metaverse to AI

How Meta's Latest Job Cuts Compare to Recent Broader Tech Sector Layoffs

7 wks / decrypt / Vince Dioquino

Meta’s metaverse dream fades as 1,000 employees are let go

7 wks / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Meta begins job cuts as it shifts from Metaverse to AI devices

7 wks / techxplore

Meta lays off more than 1,000 employees from metaverse division

7 wks / mashable

Meta is Cutting 10% of its Reality Labs Workforce as it Shifts its Focus to Mobile and Wearables

7 wks / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Meta Lays off VR Staff to Focus on AI

7 wks / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

Meta layoffs today: Facebook parent reportedly slashing hundreds of workers from Reality Labs VR division

7 wks / fastcompany / Michael Grothaus

Meta confirms Reality Labs layoffs and shifts to invest more in wearables

7 wks / theverge / Stevie Bonifield

Meta to Cut 10% of Reality Labs Workforce as Metaverse Vision Faces Reckoning

7 wks / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Meta refocuses on AI hardware as metaverse layoffs begin

7 wks / engadget / Devindra Hardawar

Meta Begins Job Cuts as It Shifts From Metaverse to AI Devices

7 wks / slashdot / msmash

Meta Cuts 1,500 Reality Labs Jobs as AI Takes Priority

7 wks / eweek / eWEEK Staff

Meta Begins Job Cuts as It Shifts From Metaverse to AI Devices

7 wks / bloomberg / Kurt Wagner

Meta to lay off hundreds in Reality Labs amid shift from metaverse to AI

7 wks / techspot

Meta Cutting Reality Labs Workforce by 10%

7 wks / pymnts / PYMNTS

VR Studio Shutdowns: Retiring VR amid pivot

Meta Closes Three VR Studios As Part of Its Metaverse Cuts

7 wks / slashdot / BeauHD

Meta's VR layoffs, studio closures underscore Zuckerberg's massive pivot to AI

7 wks / cnbc

Meta has closed three VR studios as part of its metaverse cuts

7 wks / engadget / Karissa Bell

Meta’s metaverse layoffs apparently include some of its VR studios

7 wks / theverge / Jay Peters

Meta Shuts Down Deadpool VR Studio Twisted Pixel and Asgard’s Wrath Studio Sanzaru Games Amidst 10% Cut to Reality Labs Division

7 wks / wccftech / David Carcasole

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Meta is laying off about 10% of its Reality Labs metaverse division, and the cuts include closing down some of its VR gaming studios. Twisted Pixel Games, Sanzaru Games, and Armature Studio are all being closed down

7 wks / bsky / @tomwarren.co.uk / tomwarren.co.uk

Real-time voice AI unicorn Deepgram raises $130M to streamline human-to-machine interactions

Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - Real-time voice artificial intelligence startup Deepgram Inc. has reasons to think the new year could be a good one after raising $130 million in funding at a $1.3 billion valuation. It also unveiled its latest acquisition, buying an AI-native voice start…

#ai #startups #vc #ml #voice #business #deeptech #acquisitions #technology

Voice AI Deepgram Hits $1.3B Unicorn Status with $130M Funding

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Deepgram Acquires OfOne to Bring Voice AI to Drive-Thru Restaurants

7 wks / techstrong / Mike Vizard

Deepgram Raises $130M in Series C Funding

7 wks / finsmes / FinSMEs

Deepgram is raising its Series C round at a $1.3 billion valuation.

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

Deepgram Hits Unicorn Status at $1.3bn With $130m Raise as Voice AI Goes Mainstream - Tekedia

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Real-time voice AI unicorn Deepgram raises $130M to streamline human-to-machine interactions

7 wks / siliconangle / Mike Wheatley

Voice AI Deepgram hits unicorn status with $130M raise led by AVP

7 wks / techfundingnews / Sofia Chesnokova

Deepgram raises $130M at $1.3B valuation and buys a YC AI startup

7 wks / techcrunch / Ivan Mehta

Slack’s automated bot is getting an upgrade into an AI workplace helper

Steven Melendez / fastcompany - If you’re a Slack user, you’re probably familiar with Slackbot as a good-natured—if annoying—assistant that delivers notifications, reminders, and keyword-based automatic responses within the workplace chat app. But for organizations with paid Slack plans…

#ai #automation #saas #enterprise #anthropic #genai #business #apps #assistant #instantmessaging

Slack launches AI-powered Slackbot for Business+ orgs

7 wks / testingcatalog / Erin

Your Slack Is Infected With an AI Agent Now https://gizmodo.com/your-slack-is-infected-with-an-ai-agent-now-2000709707

7 wks / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

Your Slack Is Infected With an AI Agent Now gizmodo.com/your-slack-i...

7 wks / bsky / @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social / jenlucpiquant.bsky.social

Salesforce makes revamped Slackbot generally available

7 wks / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Your Slack Is Infected With an AI Agent Now

7 wks / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

Salesforce releases new AI slackbot based on Anthropic's Claude

7 wks / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Salesforce unveils Slackbot, a new AI agent that allows users to complete tasks across multiple enterprise applications from Slack.

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

Slack’s automated bot is getting an upgrade into an AI workplace helper

7 wks / fastcompany / Steven Melendez

Salesforce Converts Slackbot into an Personal AI Agent

7 wks / techstrong / Mike Vizard

Salesforce releases updated Slackbot powered by Anthropic's AI model

7 wks / cnbc

Slackbot is an AI agent now

7 wks / techcrunch / Rebecca Szkutak

Slack revamps Slackbot: The battle for the business AI assistant has begun

7 wks / techzine / Coen van Eenbergen

Nuclera Raises $87M Series C To Advance Antibody Research

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Biotech firm Nuclera has raised an additional $12 million increasing its total Series C funding to $87 million. The extension round was led by Elevage Medical Technologies and Jonathan Milner with participation from existing investors including British Bu…

#startups #innovation #biotech #science #health #business #uk #biology #pharmaceuticals #research

Tech.eu #Europe #EU #Tech

7 wks / bsky / @betadevelopment.bsky.social / betadevelopment.bsky.social

Nuclera Raises $87M Series C To Advance Antibody Research

7 wks / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

UK biotech Nuclera extends Series C to $87M to speed up protein discovery

7 wks / techfundingnews / Abhinaya Prabhu

UK’s Nuclera brings Series C funding to €74 million following €10 million extension for its eProtein Discovery system

7 wks / eu-startups / David Cendon Garcia

Nuclera extends Series C funding to $87M to accelerate antibody engineering work

7 wks / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

Anthropic’s Cowork brings developer-grade AI agents to non-coders

Emre Çıtak / dataconomy - Anthropic expanded its agentic AI lineup with the debut of Cowork, a tool designed to bring the sophisticated capabilities of Claude Code to a much broader, less technical audience. Integrated directly into the Claude Desktop app, Cowork serves as a more …

#ai #startups #automation #anthropic #genai #apps #technology #assistant #productivity #developertools

Claude Cowork nukes every startup playbook

7 wks / substack / John Hwang

Anthropic Claude wants to be your helpful colleague, always looking over your shoulder

7 wks / theregister / Thomas Claburn

Anthropic Launches Cowork, Bringing Claude’s Agentic AI to Non-Developers

7 wks / techstrong / James Maguire

An AI Answered a Question About 1834. It Was Right.

7 wks / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Anthropic's Claude Cowork was built in under two weeks using Claude Code to write the code

7 wks / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Anthropic launches Cowork, Claude Code for non-coding work

7 wks / siliconrepublic / Suhasini Srinivasaragavan

AI Agents: Anthropic Launches Claude Cowork With Advanced File-Editing Capabilities for Mainstream Users

7 wks / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Claude recently dropped Cowork, and this feels like a real step forward.

7 wks / reddit / /u/Shot-Hospital7649

Anthropic's new Cowork feature brings Claude Code's agent capabilities to people who don't write code

7 wks / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Anthropic’s Cowork brings developer-grade AI agents to non-coders

7 wks / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

Anthropic’s Cowork turns Claude into your hands-on digital teammate

7 wks / digitaltrends

Anthropic introduces Cowork for general knowledge work

7 wks / techzine / Mels Dees

Senate unveils updated market structure bill limiting stablecoin rewards on idle holdings

Timmy Shen and Sarah Wynn / theblock - The bill seeks to bar digital asset providers from paying interest just for holding a stablecoin, but would allow activity-based rewards.

#blockchain #fintech #crypto #techpolicy #decentralisation #banking #politics #government #finance #law

Senate Agriculture Committee reschedules its own crypto bill hearing to Jan. 27

7 wks / coindesk / Nikhilesh De

How a battle with bankers tarnished crypto's market structure bill near the finish line

7 wks / coindesk / Jesse Hamilton

Senate Banking Committee’s crypto market structure bill text sets up showdown over stablecoin rewards

7 wks / theblock / Sarah Wynn

As America nears 250, financial freedom shouldn’t be up for debate

7 wks / coindesk / Summer Mersinger

Bank of Thailand monitors USDT ‘grey money’ trades: report

7 wks / theblock / Brian Danga

Credit unions reject stablecoin rewards, bitcoin traders look to inflation data: Crypto Daybook Americas

7 wks / coindesk / Omkar Godbole

Senate Unveils Legislation Covering Stablecoin Rewards

7 wks / pymnts / PYMNTS

Banks Win Key Battle as Crypto Bill Bars Stablecoin Interest Payments

7 wks / decrypt / Vismaya V

Senate crypto bill moves forward but many issues still to solve

7 wks / semafor / Eleanor Mueller

Senate unveils updated market structure bill limiting stablecoin rewards on idle holdings

7 wks / theblock / Timmy Shen and Sarah Wynn

Sneak preview of Senate's unfinished crypto market structure bill shows DeFi protected

7 wks / coindesk / Jesse Hamilton

Touchwaves Raises €1.5M For Next-Generation Wearable Technology

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Touchwaves, a Dutch deeptech startup and spin-off from TNO, has raised €1.5 million in a pre-seed funding round. The round was led by SecFund, which supports startups and scale-ups addressing innovation needs of the Dutch Ministry of Defence, in collabora…

#startups #vc #innovation #wearables #defensetech #government #deeptech #europe #technology

Tech.eu #Europe #EU #Tech

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Touchwaves Raises €1.5M For Next-Generation Wearable Technology

7 wks / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

Touchwaves lands €1.5M for next-gen wearable tech for NATO

7 wks / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

Ex-TNO team Touchwaves raises €1.5M to put ‘sixth sense’ haptics in NATO cockpits

7 wks / techfundingnews / Vignesh R

SK Hynix to invest $13 billion in new plant amid memory chip shortage

cnbc - South Korea's SK Hynix will invest 19 trillion Korean won into a new advanced packaging plant, as the company attempts to meet growing memory demands.

#semiconductors #chips #investment #business #supplychain #asia #skhynix #manufacturing #technology #memory

SK Hynix's $13B packaging facility promises more HBM for the AI bubble

7 wks / theregister / Tobias Mann

SK Hynix Announces Mega Investments to Enter Advanced Packaging Business as AI Demand Forces It to Take Production Into Its Own Hands

7 wks / wccftech / Muhammad Zuhair

PC Market Grew Almost 10% Last Quarter But Only Because Everyone Is Rushing To Counter The Looming Memory Crisis

7 wks / wccftech / Hassan Mujtaba

SK Hynix expands capacity with $12.9B investment in South Korea

7 wks / techzine / Mels Dees

SK hynix to pour W19tr into advanced packaging for HBM chips

7 wks / co / Ha Neul-bit

SK Hynix to invest $13 billion in new plant amid memory chip shortage

7 wks / cnbc

SK hynix aims for full-cycle HBM hub in Cheongju with new back-end fab

7 wks / co / Kang Yoon-seung

SK Hynix Plans to Invest $13 Billion in New Chip Packaging Plant

7 wks / bloomberg / Yoolim LeeSeyoon Kim

Bricks.sh Secures €1.6M Funding In Pre-Seed Round

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - AI-native internal tool builder Bricks.sh has raised €1.6 million in a pre-seed round led by Primo Capital, with participation from Octopus First Cheque Fund, Eden Ventures, Vesper Holding, and Vento. The round also featured angel investors such as Gianlu…

#ai #startups #automation #saas #enterprise #genai #business #europe #productivity #developertools

With a third of developer time spent on internal tools; Milan’s Bricks.sh raises €1.6 miliion to automate admin panels

7 wks / eu-startups / David Cendon Garcia

Bricks.sh Raises €1.6M in Pre-Seed Funding

7 wks / finsmes / FinSMEs

Bricks.sh Secures €1.6M Funding In Pre-Seed Round

7 wks / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

Bricks.sh secures €1.6M pre-seed to expand AI-native internal tools

7 wks / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

Bricks.sh’s 3-click AI builder just raised €1.6M to automate admin panels for non-tech teams

7 wks / techfundingnews / Vignesh R

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