Tech

Grid operator PJM plans to require large data centers to either bring their own power generation or curtail electricity use to prevent a large-scale outage (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-17

Judge Orders Anna's Archive To Delete Scraped Data (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-1-17

Sources: suppliers of parts for Nvidia's H200 chips have paused production after Chinese customs officials blocked shipments of the AI processors (www.ft.com)
2026-1-17 China AI Nvidia

Patch Tuesday Update Makes Windows PCs Refuse To Shut Down (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-1-17

The US EPA rules that xAI acted illegally by using dozens of methane gas turbines to power its Colossus 1 and Colossus 2 data centers in the Memphis area (www.theguardian.com)
2026-1-17

Sources: leaders at Thinking Machines Lab confronted Barret Zoph over an alleged relationship with another employee, who is no longer at the lab, in summer 2025 (www.wired.com)
2026-1-17

Trump Wants Tech Companies To Foot the Bill For New Power Plants (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-1-17 Trump

Anthropic makes Claude Cowork available to $20/month Pro subscribers, after launching it for Max users, and says Pro users may hit their usage limits sooner (www.engadget.com)
2026-1-17

Supreme Court Hacker Posted Stolen Government Data On Instagram (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-1-17 Instagram Hacker

California's AG sends a cease-and-desist letter to xAI, demanding the company halt the generation and distribution of non-consensual intimate images and CSAM (www.axios.com)
2026-1-17 California

ChatGPT Go subscription rolls out worldwide at $8, but it'll show you ads (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-17

Google says it's appealing the US v. Google ruling that found it has an illegal search monopoly and asks a court to pause some of the remedies during the appeal (www.theverge.com)
2026-1-17 Google

Cloudflare Acquires Team Behind Open Source Framework Astro (news.slashdot.org)
2026-1-17 Open Source

OpenAI says its new ChatGPT ads won't influence answers (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-17

Sources: Anchorage Digital, the first federally chartered US digital asset bank, is seeking to raise $200M to $400M, ahead of a possible IPO in 2027 (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-17 IPO Asset

Canada Reverses Tariff On Chinese EVs (news.slashdot.org)
2026-1-17 China Canada

Sources: Google is in talks with broadband operator Radiate to set up a JV to hold their fiber assets; Stonepeak Partners will invest $1B to support the deal (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-17 Google Asset

TSMC Says AI Demand Is 'Endless' After Record Q4 Earnings (slashdot.org)
2026-1-17 AI 4Q

Claude Code represents a “ChatGPT moment repeated” and an “extinction-level event” for horizontal software companies focused on human-oriented consumption (www.fabricatedknowledge.com)
2026-1-17

StealC hackers hacked as researchers hijack malware control panels (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-17

Britain Has 'Moved Away' From Aligning With EU Regulation, Financial District's Ambassador Says (news.slashdot.org)
2026-1-17 U.K.

Sources: ElevenLabs seeks to raise hundreds of millions at a valuation of $11B, four months after a secondary share sale that valued it at $6.6B (www.ft.com)
2026-1-17

Microplastics From Washing Clothes Could Be Hurting Your Tomatoes (science.slashdot.org)
2026-1-17

Some top California Democrats join Governor Gavin Newsom in opposing a ballot initiative led by a healthcare union seeking a one-time 5% tax on $1B+ in assets (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-17 Tax Democrat Asset California

PhD Students' Taste For Risk Mirrors Their Supervisors' (news.slashdot.org)
2026-1-17

FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson says the agency is examining Big Tech's acqui-hires to make sure “they are not an attempt to get around” its merger review process (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-17

TikTok has launched a standalone micro drama app, PineDrama, in the US and Brazil, offering vertical serialized shows for free without ads or paywalls for now (www.businessinsider.com)
2026-1-17 Brazil

Partly AI-Generated Folk-Pop Hit Barred From Sweden's Official Charts (entertainment.slashdot.org)
2026-1-17 AI Sweden

Black Basta boss makes it onto Interpol's 'Red Notice' list (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-17

Ads Are Coming To ChatGPT in the Coming Weeks (slashdot.org)
2026-1-17

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