Tech

China Clamps Down on High-Speed Traders, Removing Servers (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-1-17 China

DoorDash Chief Revenue Officer Lee Brown is departing the delivery app company after less than six months; long-term VP Shanna Prevé will become CRO (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-17

Hard Drive Prices Have Surged By an Average of 46% Since September (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-1-17

ClickHouse, a Snowflake challenger that offers an OLAP database management system, raised $400M led by Dragoneer at a $15B valuation, up from $6.35B in May 2025 (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-17 Database

Code.org: Use AI In an Interview Without Our OK and You're Dead To Us (news.slashdot.org)
2026-1-17 Interview AI

Amazon Is Buying America's First New Copper Output In More Than a Decade (slashdot.org)
2026-1-17 U.S. Amazon

Source: Italian police searched the offices of the country's data protection agency, one of EU's most proactive regulators, as part of a corruption probe (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-16 Italy

Microsoft: Windows 11 update causes Outlook freezes for POP users (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-16 Microsoft

A more affordable way to edit PDFs is just $60 for lifetime access (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-16

Q&A with Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos about the WBD bid, Trump's involvement in the deal, maintaining a 45-day theatrical window for WBD releases, and more (www.nytimes.com)
2026-1-16 Trump Netflix

Cloudflare acquires AI data marketplace Human Native for an undisclosed sum, aiming to create a new system where AI developers pay creators for training content (www.cnbc.com)
2026-1-16 AI

Italy's competition regulator opens two investigations into Microsoft's Activision Blizzard over sales practices it claims were “misleading and aggressive” (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-16 Italy Microsoft

TikTok plans to roll out a new age detection system, which analyzes profile information to predict whether a user is under 13, across Europe in the coming weeks (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-16 Europe

Hackers now exploiting critical Fortinet FortiSIEM flaw in attacks (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-16

'Star Wars' Boss Kathleen Kennedy Steps Down From Lucasfilm (entertainment.slashdot.org)
2026-1-16

Cisco finally fixes AsyncOS zero-day exploited since November (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-16 Cisco

Microsoft: Some Windows PCs fail to shut down after January update (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-16 Microsoft

Critical WhisperPair flaw lets hackers track, eavesdrop via Bluetooth audio devices (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-16

US Carbon Pollution Rose In 2025, a Reversal From Prior Years (news.slashdot.org)
2026-1-16

A profile of Wikipedia as it faces challenges, including attacks from Elon Musk and the far right, reduced traffic due to AI, and legal challenges in India (www.ft.com)
2026-1-16 India AI Elon Musk Far-right

Sources: Chinese AI companies seek to rent compute in Southeast Asia and the Middle East for Nvidia Rubin access, as Zhipu and Alibaba warn of a widening US gap (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-16 China Alibaba Asia AI Nvidia Southeast Asia

Australia's eSafety Commissioner reports social media platforms “removed access” to ~4.7M accounts under its ban for under-16s, which took effect in December (www.nytimes.com)
2026-1-16 Australia Ban

New Webinar: Choose Your Own Investigation — Browser Attack Edition (pushsecurity.com)
2026-1-16 Browser

SiFive will integrate Nvidia's NVLink Fusion infrastructure with its RISC-V processor IP platforms, allowing SiFive silicon to communicate with Nvidia GPUs (www.forbes.com)
2026-1-16 Nvidia

Meta will discontinue Workrooms, its VR space for workers, on February 16; Quest headsets and Horizon services will not be sold to businesses as of February 20 (www.theverge.com)
2026-1-16 VR

California regulators unanimously voted in favor of Verizon's $10B Frontier acquisition; deliberations included Verizon committing to CA's DEI requirements (thedesk.net)
2026-1-16 California

Study Finds Weak Evidence Linking Social Media Use to Teen Mental Health Problems (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-1-16 Social Media

Sources: Trump and several state governors agree to direct grid operator PJM to hold an auction for tech companies to fund new power plants due to AI demand (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-16 Trump AI

YouTube revises policy to allow full monetization of nongraphic videos on sensitive issues including abortion, self-harm, suicide, and domestic and sexual abuse (www.tubefilter.com)
2026-1-16 YouTube

Amazon Is Making a Fallout Shelter Competition Reality TV Show (entertainment.slashdot.org)
2026-1-16 Amazon

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