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Ireland Wants To Give Its Cops Spyware, Ability To Crack Encrypted Messages (it.slashdot.org)
2026-1-22 Ireland

Fake Lastpass emails pose as password vault backup alerts (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-22

Anthropic overhauled Claude's “Constitution” to enable the AI to generalize and apply broad principles rather than mechanically follow specific rules (fortune.com)
2026-1-22 AI

Meta plans to expand ads on Threads to all users globally starting next week; Threads began testing ads in the US and Japan a year ago (techcrunch.com)
2026-1-22 Japan

Google Temporarily Disabled YouTube's Advanced Captions Without Warning (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-1-22 Google YouTube

How Ukraine and Russia rely on the same Chinese drone suppliers, whose tech is vital to the war; China has banned sensitive drone tech exports to both countries (t.co)
2026-1-22 Russia China Drone Ukraine

Sony launches the $230 LinkBuds Clip, open-style earbuds that sit outside the ear canal, with IPX4 water resistance and a 9 hour battery life, available now (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-22 Battery Sony

Japan Restarts World's Largest Nuclear Plant as Fukushima Memories Loom Large (slashdot.org)
2026-1-22 Japan

Microsoft shares workaround for Outlook freezes after Windows update (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-22 Microsoft

Comic-Con Bans AI Art After Artist Pushback (slashdot.org)
2026-1-22 AI

AheadComputing, which develops a breakthrough RISC-V CPU architecture for AI, raised a $30M Seed2 led by Eclipse, Toyota, and Cambium, for $53M in total funding (siliconangle.com)
2026-1-22 AI Toyota

Tesla hacked, 37 zero-days demoed at Pwn2Own Automotive 2026 (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-22 Tesla

This 2-in-1 ASUS Chromebook is just $150 for a few more days (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-22

Hackers exploit security testing apps to breach Fortune 500 firms (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-22

GitLab warns of high-severity 2FA bypass, denial-of-service flaws (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-22

YouTube CEO Acknowledges 'AI Slop' Problem, Says Platform Will Curb Low-Quality AI Content (news.slashdot.org)
2026-1-22 AI YouTube

Upscale AI, which is building AI networking infrastructure, raised $200M led by Tiger, Premji Invest, and Xora Innovation at a $1B valuation to take on Cisco (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-22 AI Cisco

Adobe updates Acrobat to add new AI features, including presentation generation, file editing, and creating podcast summaries from docs stored in Adobe Spaces (techcrunch.com)
2026-1-22 AI Adobe

Sources: Elon Musk is pushing for a SpaceX IPO by July, seems eager to beat OpenAI and Anthropic to market, and views it as a way to help xAI catch its rivals (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-22 IPO Elon Musk SpaceX

YouTube CEO Neal Mohan publishes his annual letter, saying the platform wants to fight “AI slop” and strengthen parental tools, and teases Shorts updates (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
2026-1-22 AI YouTube

YouTube CEO Neal Mohan says creators can generate Shorts using their AI likenesses later in 2026, but offers few details, and touts AI tools like game makers (www.theverge.com)
2026-1-22 AI YouTube

CEOs Say AI is Making Work More Efficient. Employees Tell a Different Story. (slashdot.org)
2026-1-22 AI

Verizon Wastes No Time Switching Device Unlock Policy To 365 Days (mobile.slashdot.org)
2026-1-22

European VC funding rose 9% YoY to hit $58B in 2025, below North America's 46% YoY rise; AI led with $17.5B, followed by biotech's $13.4B and hardware's $10.8B (news.crunchbase.com)
2026-1-22 Europe U.S. AI Biotech

At Davos, Jensen Huang says AI is already bringing economic benefits and needs more investment, and an “AI bubble comes about because the investments are large” (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-22 AI Davos

Salt Lake City-based Zanskar, which uses AI to find overlooked geothermal fields to boost US electricity supply, raised $115M, taking its total funding to $180M (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-22 AI

OpenEvidence, which is building “ChatGPT for doctors”, raised $250M led by Thrive and DST at a $12B valuation, up from $6B in October and $1B in February 2025 (www.cnbc.com)
2026-1-22

Sensor Tower: consumers spent $85B on apps globally in 2025, up 21% YoY, and, in a first, more money went on non-game mobile apps than on games, driven by GenAI (techcrunch.com)
2026-1-21 Mobile Sensor

The BBC confirms a “strategic partnership” with YouTube to produce exclusive content, including news and kids shows, a landmark deal for the UK broadcaster (variety.com)
2026-1-21 YouTube

Lightning AI merges with data center operator Voltage Park to create an “AI cloud” with a $2.5B valuation, managing 35,000+ Nvidia GPUs across six data centers (www.forbes.com)
2026-1-21 AI Nvidia

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