Tech

Smartwatches Help Detect Abnormal Heart Rhythms 4x More Often In Clinical Trial (science.slashdot.org)
2026-1-24

A look at Kalshi and Polymarket's rise; reports say Polymarket had 491K monthly active traders in December 2025, and <0.04% of addresses took 70% of profits (www.nytimes.com)
2026-1-24

OpenAI and longtime US government contractor Leidos announce a partnership to roll out generative and agentic AI tools for specific missions at federal agencies (fedscoop.com)
2026-1-24 AI

Study Shows How Earthquake Monitors Can Track Space Junk Through Sonic Booms (science.slashdot.org)
2026-1-24

Sources: the Trump administration dismissed two Commerce Department officials, who focused on Chinese tech threats, raising concerns about a softening stance (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-24 Trump China

Memo: TikTok CEO Shou Chew hailed the establishment of the TikTok USDS JV as “great news”, and said the app is used by 200M US users and 7.5M US businesses (www.businessinsider.com)
2026-1-24

Intel's stock, riding high for months after the US government took a 10% stake, crashed 17% on Jan. 23, after the company flagged continued operational issues (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-24 Intel

Sources: Grab's planned acquisition of GoTo has hit a snag over Indonesian carrier Telkomsel's unwillingness to sell its ~2% stake in GoTo at current valuations (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-24 Indonesia

Google acquires Common Sense Machines, whose AI models create 3D assets from 2D images, and was last valued at $15M after raising $10M from a16z and others (www.theinformation.com)
2026-1-24 Google AI Asset

New Filtration Technology Could Be Gamechanger In Removal of PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' (science.slashdot.org)
2026-1-24

California Becomes First State To Join WHO Disease Network After US Exit (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-1-24 California

TikTok users in the US were presented with a new privacy policy; the changes were part of the app's ownership transition and now allow precise location tracking (www.wired.com)
2026-1-24

Campaigner Launches $2 Billion Legal Action In UK Against Apple Over Wallet's 'Hidden Fees' (news.slashdot.org)
2026-1-24 Apple

Justice Department Opens Criminal Probe Into Silicon Valley Spy Allegations (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-1-24

Court filing: SEC drops a case against Gemini Trust, founded by the Winklevoss twins, major Trump donors; the case stemmed from Gemini Earn's implosion (www.nytimes.com)
2026-1-24 Trump

TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-1-24

Google Photos' latest generative AI-powered feature, “Me Meme”, lets users create memes from their own images, launching first in the US (techcrunch.com)
2026-1-24 Google AI

ShinyHunters claim to be behind SSO-account data theft attacks (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-24

White House Labels Altered Photo of Arrested Minnesota Protester a 'Meme' (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-1-24

PowerShell Architect Retires After Decades At the Prompt (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-1-24

Microsoft Gave FBI a Set of BitLocker Encryption Keys To Unlock Suspects' Laptops (it.slashdot.org)
2026-1-24 Microsoft FBI

Solos Technology sues Meta and EssilorLuxottica, alleging they willfully violated several patents that cover “core technologies in the field of smart eyewear” (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-24

Source: Greenoaks, one of Brex's top investors, will return twice its investment after Capital One's Brex acquisition for $5.15B in a half-cash, half-stock deal (www.theinformation.com)
2026-1-24

Toilet Maker Toto's Shares Get Unlikely Boost From AI Rush (slashdot.org)
2026-1-24 AI

Sources: the US DOJ opened a criminal probe and sent out grand-jury subpoenas in recent weeks over allegations that Deel recruited a spy inside rival Rippling (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-24

Sources: China deepens its probe into Meta's Manus acquisition in December to investigate cross-border currency flows, tax accounting, and overseas investments (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-24 China Tax

The Great Graduate Job Drought (slashdot.org)
2026-1-24

Malicious AI extensions on VSCode Marketplace steal developer data (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-24 AI

Sources: Richard Socher's Recursive is in talks to raise hundreds of millions at a $4B pre-money valuation to build self-improving superintelligent AI (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-24 AI

Source: Databricks obtained $1.8B in fresh debt and now has over $7B in debt ahead of a potential IPO; it raised $4B+ in December at a $134B valuation (www.cnbc.com)
2026-1-24 IPO

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