Tech

Meta says it shut down nearly 550K accounts in Australia to comply with its under-16 social media ban, including 330K Instagram and 173K Facebook accounts (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-12 Australia Facebook Instagram Ban

CES 2026 report: AI, autonomy, and robotic products are still finding their way, country-level booths are growing, Nvidia underpinned much of the show, and more (hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com)
2026-1-12 AI Robot Nvidia

A look at claims from Google and others about quantum computing breakthroughs over the past few months that helped boost quantum computing stocks in 2025 (www.ft.com)
2026-1-12 Google Quantum

Ubisoft Closes Game Studio Where Workers Voted to Unionize Two Weeks Ago (it.slashdot.org)
2026-1-12

Investigation: Google removed AI Overviews for two liver health queries after expert inaccuracy warnings, but slight keyword tweaks still trigger AI responses (www.theguardian.com)
2026-1-12 Google AI

Anthropic brings Claude to healthcare with HIPAA-ready Enterprise tools (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-12

CES 2026: how some companies are trying to make their AI products cute and relatable, from Lenovo's chatty motorized laptop to Sharp's ChatGPT-powered Poketomo (www.washingtonpost.com)
2026-1-12 AI Lenovo

President Trump says “we may speak to Elon” about using Starlink to restore the internet in Iran, after the state imposed an internet blackout amid protests (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-12 Trump Iran

A profile of China's CXMT, whose $4.2B IPO goal would rank among the century's biggest chip debuts, as the state-backed company faces US and South Korean curbs (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-12 China Korea IPO

How Long Does It Take to Fix Linux Kernel Bugs? (it.slashdot.org)
2026-1-12 Linux

Chinese AI executives say China is unlikely to eclipse the US in the AI race anytime soon, citing limited resources and US chip export curbs as key constraints (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-12 China AI

Amazon's AI Tool Listed Products from Small Businesses Without Their Knowledge (slashdot.org)
2026-1-12 Amazon AI

Naver, the largest South Korean buyer of Nvidia chips, is pitching its AI cloud services as an alternative for countries reluctant to use US or Chinese services (www.ft.com)
2026-1-12 China Korea AI Nvidia

Despite projections of memory shortages for PCs and phones, producers like Micron will proceed cautiously in adding new capacity, mindful of past downcycles (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-12

Qatar and UAE will join the Pax Silica coalition on January 12 and 15, respectively, expanding the US-led effort to secure AI and semiconductor supply chains (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-12 AI Qatar

A profile of SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell, who has worked at the company since 2002, and is known as a customer emissary and Musk translator (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-12 SpaceX

Finnish Startup IXI Plans New Autofocusing Eyeglasses (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-1-12 Startup Finland

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Says AI Doomerism Has 'Done a Lot of Damage' (slashdot.org)
2026-1-12 AI Nvidia

Anthropic announces Claude for Healthcare to offer HIPAA-ready tools for providers, insurers, and consumers, and expands its life sciences offerings (www.businessinsider.com)
2026-1-12

ATG, which is developing the AI-powered wealth strategist app Autonomous, emerges from stealth and raises a $15M pre-seed led by Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan (www.businessinsider.com)
2026-1-12 AI Y Combinator

How Many Years Left Until the Hubble Space Telescope Reenters Earth's Atmosphere? (science.slashdot.org)
2026-1-12

Walmart Announces Drone Delivery, Integration with Google's AI Chatbot Gemini (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-1-12 Google AI chatbot Drone Walmart

Tucuvi, which develops AI agents that check in with patients and escalate cases to human teams when needed, raised a $20M Series A, led by Cathay and Leadwind (tech.eu)
2026-1-12 AI

Gentoo Linux Plans Migration from GitHub Over 'Attempts to Force Copilot Usage for Our Repositories' (linux.slashdot.org)
2026-1-12 Linux GitHub

Instagram denies breach amid claims of 17 million account data leak (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-12 Instagram

Instagram says there was no breach and it fixed an issue that let an external party send password reset emails, after reports that 17.5M users' data was exposed (www.theverge.com)
2026-1-12 Instagram

Tel Aviv-based Torq, which operates an autonomous AI-powered security operations platform, raised $140M led by Merlin Ventures at a $1.2B valuation (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-12 AI

Personal Info on 17.5 Million Users May Have Leaked to Dark Web After 2024 Instagram Breach (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-1-12 Instagram Darknet

China Tests a Supercritical CO2 Generator in Commercial Operation (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-1-12 China

Walmart partners with Google to offer AI-enhanced shopping, allowing users to purchase Walmart and Sam's Club items directly on Gemini (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-12 Google AI Walmart

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