Tech

Microsoft Admits Windows 11 Has a Trust Problem, Promises To Focus on Fixes in 2026 (it.slashdot.org)
2026-1-30 Microsoft

These refurbished Lenovo Chromebooks are only $80 in this deal (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-30 Lenovo

Why Private Equity Is Suddenly Awash With Zombie Firms (news.slashdot.org)
2026-1-30 Equity

Marquis blames ransomware breach on SonicWall cloud backup hack (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-30

Match Group breach exposes data from Hinge, Tinder, OkCupid, and Match (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-30

Social media app UpScrolled hits #1 on Apple's US app store following allegations that TikTok suppresses anti-ICE videos; its founder says it crossed 1M users (www.forbes.com)
2026-1-30 Apple

Appfigures: Sora's app downloads dropped 32% month-over-month in December and 45% in January to 1.2M; consumer spending on the app fell 32% MoM as of January (techcrunch.com)
2026-1-30

Source: SpaceX and xAI are in talks to merge ahead of a planned IPO this year; under the proposed deal, shares of xAI would be exchanged for shares in SpaceX (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-30 IPO SpaceX

OpenAI has hired 7+ employees from AI coding startup Cline, including Nik Pash, who left Cline after posting “imagine the smell” on X regarding an xAI hackathon (www.theinformation.com)
2026-1-30 Startup AI

Apple's Second-Biggest Acquisition Ever Is a Startup That Interprets Silent Speech (apple.slashdot.org)
2026-1-30 Startup Apple

Apple acquires Q.ai, whose tech can analyze facial expressions and could enable non-verbal discussions with AI assistants; sources: the deal values Q.ai at ~$2B (www.ft.com)
2026-1-30 AI Apple

Massive AI Chat App Leaked Millions of Users Private Conversations (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-1-30 AI

A coalition of music publishers, including UMG, filed a second lawsuit against Anthropic, seeking $3B over allegations of copyright infringement of 20k+ songs (www.musicbusinessworldwide.com)
2026-1-30

Google launches Project Genie, which lets users create interactive worlds using Genie 3, Nano Banana Pro, and Gemini, for Google AI Ultra subscribers in the US (www.theverge.com)
2026-1-30 Google AI

Deezer makes its AI music detection tool available for businesses to buy and says daily deliveries of AI tracks averaged 60K in January, ~39% of total uploads (www.theverge.com)
2026-1-30 AI

Xbox Hardware Revenue Craters 32% (games.slashdot.org)
2026-1-30 Xbox

Windows 11 Has Reached 1 Billion Users Faster Than Windows 10 (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-1-30

Ten Bizarre Visions of 2026 from Fiction (listverse.com)
2026-1-30

Talos, which develops digital asset trading infrastructure, raised a $45M extension from Robinhood and others to its $105M Series B, at a $1.5B valuation (www.coindesk.com)
2026-1-30 Asset

Russia says a crypto regulatory framework will come into force July 1, 2027; it will ban privacy coins like monero and cap retail investor purchases at ~$4K (www.coindesk.com)
2026-1-30 Russia Retail Ban Monero

Waymo Robotaxi Hits a Child Near an Elementary School in Santa Monica (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-1-30

Google expands Gemini's hands-free conversational capabilities to walking and cycling modes in Google Maps, available on iOS and rolling out on Android (techcrunch.com)
2026-1-30 Android IOS Google

Aisuru botnet sets new record with 31.4 Tbps DDoS attack (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-30

Not a Kids Game: From Roblox Mod to Compromising Your Company (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-30

New Microsoft Teams feature will let you report suspicious calls (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-30 Microsoft

Seven of the World's Ten Best-Selling Smartphones in 2025 Were iPhones (mobile.slashdot.org)
2026-1-30

Nvidia launches a native GeForce NOW app for Linux, starting with Debian-based Ubuntu, after releasing a Steam Deck app in 2025; in a hands-on, it works well (www.windowscentral.com)
2026-1-30 Linux Ubuntu Nvidia

Waymo says a robotaxi struck a child at 6MPH near an elementary school in Santa Monica on January 23, resulting in minor injuries; the NHTSA opens a probe (techcrunch.com)
2026-1-30

France fines unemployment agency €5 million over data breach (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-30 France Unemployment

Nothing CEO Says Company Won't Launch New Flagship Smartphone Every Year 'For the Sake of It' (mobile.slashdot.org)
2026-1-30

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