Disney says Josh D’Amaro will replace Bob Iger as CEO
Emma Roth / theverge - Disney has picked a successor for longtime CEO Bob Iger. On Tuesday, the entertainment giant announced that its theme parks head, Josh D'Amaro, will take over as CEO on March 18th, 2026. Rumors about Iger's replacement have been swirling for more than a y…
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Amazon Inadvertently Announces Cloud Unit Layoffs In Email To Employees
BeauHD / slashdot - Amazon appears to have prematurely acknowledged layoffs inside AWS after an internal email referencing "organizational changes" and "impacted colleagues" was mistakenly sent to cloud employees. CNBC reports: "Changes like this are hard on everyone," Colle…
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‘Humanity needs to wake up’ to dangers of AI, says Anthropic chief
ft - Dario Amodei posts 20,000-word essay detailing potentially catastrophic risks from powerful AI in years to come
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Back to Top / Monday, January 26, 2026, 5:20 pm / permalink 18420 / 15 stories in 5 wks
Senate Ag Committee’s sweeping crypto market structure bill faces ethics amendment ahead of next week’s hearing
Sarah Wynn / theblock - Ahead of a hearing next week to debate and vote on a sweeping crypto bill, members filed several changes to the legislation.
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Deepinder Goyal Resigns As Eternal Group CEO, Albinder Dhindsa To Take The Reins
Amit Singh / medianama - Zomato’s founder Deepinder Goyal is stepping down as Group CEO at Eternal, starting February 1, 2026. Albinder Dhindsa, who currently…The post Deepinder Goyal Resigns As Eternal Group CEO, Albinder Dhindsa To Take The Reins appeared first on MEDIANAMA.
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Fired Thinking Machines Co-Founder Had Undisclosed Relationship With Colleague
Keach Hagey / wsj - Barret Zoph, who was also chief technology officer, rejoined OpenAI, along with fellow co-founder Luke Metz.
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Ripple CEO Breaks Silence on Coinbase’s Sudden Withdrawal from Key Bill
Maxwell Mutuma / parameter - TLDR Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse expressed surprise over Coinbase’s strong rejection of the Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act. Garlinghouse acknowledged the concerns raised by Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong regarding tokenized stocks and stablecoin rewards.…
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UK government exempting itself from flagship cyber law inspires little confidence
Connor Jones / theregister - Ministers promise equivalent standards just without the legal obligation ANALYSIS From May's cyberattack on the Legal Aid Agency to the Foreign Office breach months later, cyber incidents have become increasingly common in UK government.…
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John Ternus Could Be the Next Apple CEO
Usman Qureshi / iphoneincanada - Apple has stepped up succession planning as Cook’s leadership enters a transition phase and John Ternus is viewed as a top candidate.The post John Ternus Could Be the Next Apple CEO first appeared on iPhone in Canada.
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Musk, OpenAI lawyers trade barbs as lawsuit heads to trial
cnbc - Microsoft is also a defendant in the case, with Musk alleging the company aided and abetted OpenAI's breach of fiduciary duty.
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Zcash developer team behind ECC quits after governance clash with Bootstrap board
Shaurya Malwa / coindesk - ECC's CEO, Josh Swihart, claims the team was forced to leave because of changes that made their work untenable.
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Grok AI Sparks International Investigations After Creating Explicit Images of Children
eWEEK Staff / eweek - Elon Musk's initial reaction sparked additional controversy when he responded with laughing emojis to AI-generated bikini images.The post Grok AI Sparks International Investigations After Creating Explicit Images of Children appeared first on eWEEK.
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Worn Down by Worry, Parents Look Longingly at Australia’s Social Media Ban
Adam Satariano and Lynsey Chutel / nytimes - After the country barred children under 16 from using social media, many parents have been asking whether similarly tough action is needed in their own countries.
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Reddit Files Lawsuit Against Australia’s Social Media Ban
Usman Qureshi / iphoneincanada - Reddit has sued Australia’s government over the new under-16 social media ban, arguing it violates free speech and privacy rights.The post Reddit Files Lawsuit Against Australia’s Social Media Ban first appeared on iPhone in Canada.
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OpenAI tests "Confessions" to uncover hidden AI misbehavior
Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - OpenAI is testing a new method to reveal hidden model issues like reward hacking or ignored safety rules. The system trains models to admit rule-breaking in a separate report, rewarding honesty even if the original answer was deceptive.The article OpenAI …
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The Battle Over Africa's Great Untapped Resource: IP Addresses
EditorDavid / slashdot - In his mid-20s, Lu Heng "got an idea that has made him a lot richer," writes the Wall Street Journal. He scooped up 10 million unused IP addresses, mostly form Africa, and then leases them to companies, mostly outside Africa, "that need them badly."[A]rou…
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Cryptographers Cancel Election Results After Losing Decryption Key
BeauHD / slashdot - The International Association of Cryptologic Research (IACR) was forced to cancel its leadership election after a trustee lost their portion of the Helios voting system's decryption key, making it impossible to reveal or verify the final results. Ars Tech…
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Trump’s AI Preemption Order Sparks MAGA Revolt and $42.5 Billion Funding Threat
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - President Trump has escalated the fight over AI regulation, threatening to withhold $42.5 billion in funding to block state laws despite GOP opposition.The post Trump’s AI Preemption Order Sparks MAGA Revolt and $42.5 Billion Funding Threat appeared first…
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Larry Summers Resigns From OpenAI’s Board
Mike Isaac / nytimes - Mr. Summers’ departure from the artificial intelligence company’s board followed revelations of his communications with the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
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Anthropic's CEO is 'deeply uncomfortable' being one of the only people deciding AI's future
Joseph Zeballos-Roig / qz - Amodei has cultivated a reputation for being alarmist about the prospect of AI unleashing major disruptions in the U.S. economy and wiping out half of entry-level white-collar jobs in next five years
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