Tech

Nuclear Weapons Are Now ESG Compliant (news.slashdot.org)
2026-1-15

Source: Microsoft quietly becomes one of Anthropic's top clients and was recently on pace to spend nearly $500M/year for Anthropic to power Microsoft products (www.theinformation.com)
2026-1-15 Microsoft

Tel Aviv- and Boston-based IO River, which lets users manage multiple CDN and edge networks, raised a $20M Series A led by Venture Guides and New Era (www.axios.com)
2026-1-15

Never-Before-Seen Linux Malware Is 'Far More Advanced Than Typical' (it.slashdot.org)
2026-1-15 Linux

UK police say they banned Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from a soccer match in 2025 after Copilot hallucinated a fake West Ham-Maccabi match in an intelligence report (www.theverge.com)
2026-1-15 Intelligence

Pittsburgh-based Skild AI, which makes robotics foundation models, raised a $1.4B Series C at a $14B valuation, up from $4.5B after raising $300M in June 2025 (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-15 AI Robot

Airbnb hires Meta executive Ahmad Al-Dahle, who led generative AI and the Llama team after working at Apple, as its CTO, as it aims to integrate AI in its app (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-15 AI Airbnb Apple

Polymarket is hosting a growing number of contracts related to military conflicts, including China invading Taiwan; possible US strikes in Iran has $18M+ volume (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-15 China Taiwan Iran

Sources: McKinsey pilots an overhaul in how it recruits its next generation, asking candidates to use its AI tool Lilli to analyze a case study during a test (t.co)
2026-1-14 AI

Alpaca, which builds software to let companies offer stocks, ETFs, and other financial instruments, raised a $150M Series D led by Drive at a $1.15B valuation (fortune.com)
2026-1-14 ETF

Cloud marketplace Pax8 accidentally exposes data on 1,800 MSP partners (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-14

Pok Pok offers educational screen play for life for just $60 (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-14

Sources: Chinese chip designer Montage, a Shanghai-listed company valued at $22B, plans a Hong Kong IPO that could raise $900M+, backed by Alibaba and JPMorgan (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-14 China Hong Kong IPO Alibaba JPMorgan Shanghai

Victorian Department of Education says hackers stole students' data (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-14 Education

Sources: Chinese authorities told domestic companies to stop using cybersecurity software made by ~12 US and Israeli companies due to national security concerns (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-14 China Israel

How Ireland, an early data center winner, missed out on much of the current AI boom, hampered by creaking infrastructure and a strained electricity grid (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-14 AI Ireland

Ahead of WEF 2026, the IMF urges governments to step up support for young workers displaced by AI, arguing candidates could use AI “rather than compete with it” (www.ft.com)
2026-1-14 AI IMF

China's market regulator says it is investigating Trip.com, the country's largest online travel agency, over alleged antitrust conduct, without offering details (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-14 China

US Big Tech companies have been on an energy-related hiring spree; Workforce.AI says Microsoft has hired 570+ people with energy-related expertise since 2022 (www.cnbc.com)
2026-1-14 Microsoft Energy AI

UK satellite company Open Cosmos wins a highly contested Ka-band spectrum license, used for high-speed internet, beating companies backed by Peter Thiel (www.ft.com)
2026-1-14

NASA, Department of Energy To Develop Lunar Surface Reactor By 2030 (science.slashdot.org)
2026-1-14 Energy NASA

Microsoft: Windows 365 update blocks access to Cloud PC sessions (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-14 Microsoft

In South Korea's competition to develop an indigenous AI model, three of the five finalists used foreign open-source code, which they argue is practical (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-14 Korea AI

Highlights from IEDM 2025: 3D NAND is suddenly relevant again, interconnect metals beyond copper are emerging, 2D materials that could replace silicon, and more (newsletter.semianalysis.com)
2026-1-14

The UK government drops plans for mandatory digital IDs to work in the country, marking a reversal from when the UK first announced the policy in September 2025 (www.bbc.com)
2026-1-14

An interview with IMG President Adam Kelly on streaming platforms' increasing share of sports media rights, live sports as an antidote to AI content, and more (www.ft.com)
2026-1-14 Interview AI

Monroe University says 2024 data breach affects 320,000 people (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-14

Q&A with Reid Hoffman on wanting Silicon Valley to speak out against the Trump administration, AI regulation, the role of AI in art and creativity, and more (www.wired.com)
2026-1-14 Trump AI

Analysis: DeepSeek's hedge fund parent High-Flyer posted 56.6% average returns across its quant funds in 2025, boosting potential cash available for DeepSeek (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-14

India lacks specific policies or zoning regulations for overseeing quick commerce dark stores, which are projected to hit 5,000 to 5,500 by FY2026 end, per HSBC (economictimes.indiatimes.com)
2026-1-14 India HSBC

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