Tech

Following UK CMA's proposals, Google says it is exploring controls to let websites opt out of AI Overviews and AI Mode (www.seroundtable.com)
2026-1-29 Google AI

The UK CMA proposes measures to let publishers opt out of content scraping for Google's AI Overviews and AI training without losing visibility in search results (www.theguardian.com)
2026-1-29 Google AI

FBI seizes RAMP cybercrime forum used by ransomware gangs (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-29 FBI

Empire cybercrime market owner pleads guilty to drug conspiracy (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-29 Conspiracy

Tim Berners-Lee Wants Us To Take Back the Internet (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-1-29

Canada says it is talking to Meta to restore news to Facebook and Instagram as the Online News Act is put on the table as part of trade negotiations with the US (www.theglobeandmail.com)
2026-1-29 Facebook Instagram Canada

What's the 'Best' Month for New Movies and Music? A Statistical Analysis (entertainment.slashdot.org)
2026-1-29

Google DeepMind researchers unveil AlphaGenome, an AI model trained on molecular data to predict 11 different genomic processes, such as gene splicing (www.nytimes.com)
2026-1-29 Google AI

430,000-Year-Old Wooden Tools Are the Oldest Ever Found (science.slashdot.org)
2026-1-29

30,000 More UPS Jobs On the Chopping Block as Amazon Era Ends (slashdot.org)
2026-1-29 Amazon

The 10 Unluckiest Days from Around the World (listverse.com)
2026-1-29

Slice, which uses AI agents to encode tax policies and legal rules across 60+ countries, raised a $25M Series A led by Insight, taking its total funding to $32M (www.thisweekinfintech.com)
2026-1-29 Tax AI

AI Is Rewriting Compliance Controls and CISOs Must Take Notice (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-29 AI

Outtake, which uses autonomous AI agents to help companies detect and remove cyberthreats, raised $40M led by Iconiq, after a $16.5M Series A in April 2025 (www.cnbc.com)
2026-1-29 AI

Adaptive6, which treats cloud cost inefficiencies as security vulnerabilities to help companies cut bills, raised a $28M Series A, for $44M in total funding (siliconangle.com)
2026-1-29

ESA astronomers say they used AI model AnomalyMatch to scan 100M image cutouts from the Hubble Legacy Archive in 2.5 days, finding ~1,400 “anomalous objects” (www.theverge.com)
2026-1-29 AI

Android's Full Desktop Mode Surfaces in Accidental Chromium Leak (slashdot.org)
2026-1-29 Android

SolarWinds warns of critical Web Help Desk RCE, auth bypass flaws (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-29

Tel Aviv-based Factify raised a $73M seed led by Valley Capital to develop an AI-native document standard intended to replace the legacy PDF format (www.forbes.com)
2026-1-29 AI

LinkedIn launches a new feature to let users display verified “vibe coding” and AI proficiency levels from third-party partners including Replit and Lovabl (www.engadget.com)
2026-1-29 LinkedIn AI

Snap launches a wholly-owned subsidiary called Specs Inc. for its upcoming AR glasses, in a bid to facilitate minority investment and offer distinct branding (www.theverge.com)
2026-1-29 AR

Spotify paid out $11B+ to the music industry in 2025, up 10% YoY, bringing its all-time payments to $70B, and now accounts for ~30% of recorded music revenue (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
2026-1-29 Spotify

Battery recycling and cathode production startup Redwood expands its Series E to $425M, sources say at a $6B valuation, adds Google as a new strategic investor (techcrunch.com)
2026-1-29 Google Startup Battery

Apple Creator Studio review: the subscription suite offers value, but lacks a photo management tool to rival Lightroom and lacks iOS support for flagship apps (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-29 IOS Apple

Hackers hijack exposed LLM endpoints in Bizarre Bazaar operation (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-29

Bluesky says it is working to make feeds more “live”, interactive, and timely during live events, and teases improvements to posting and follow suggestions (www.theverge.com)
2026-1-29

'Clawdbot' Has AI Techies Buying Mac Minis (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-1-29 AI

AI sales startup Clay launches its second employee tender offer in under nine months, valuing it at $5B, up from $3.1B in August and $1.5B in its May 2025 offer (www.nytimes.com)
2026-1-29 Startup AI

ADL study of Grok, ChatGPT, Llama, Claude, Gemini, and DeepSeek: Grok performed worst at identifying and countering antisemitic content, while Claude was best (www.theverge.com)
2026-1-29

This $1,099 Surface 3 Laptop is now only $380 in this refurbish deal (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-29

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