Tech

How Bright Headlights Escaped Regulation (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-1-8

Local governments across China are funding dozens of “robot training centers”, where human trainers mimic movements like folding clothes to teach the robots (restofworld.org)
2026-1-8 China Robot

The US FCC exempts some new models of foreign-made drones and critical components from an import ban, announced in December 2025, until the end of 2026 (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-8 Drone Ban

Samsung says Ballie, a robot announced six years ago but never released, is an “active innovation platform” within the company helping inform other products (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-8 Samsung Robot

Sources: to hedge against Beijing approval risk, Nvidia is requiring Chinese customers to pay upfront for H200 chips, with no cancellations, refunds, or changes (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-8 China Nvidia

Ubisoft closes its mobile-focused Halifax studio weeks after majority of the workers voted to unionize, as CWA Canada says it is “demanding information” (www.gamedeveloper.com)
2026-1-8 Mobile Canada

Grok's website and app are being used to produce extremely graphic, sometimes violent, sexual imagery of adults that is far more explicit than images on X (www.wired.com)
2026-1-8

Microsoft's chief scientist Eric Horvitz warns that the US' cuts to academic research funding could push talent abroad and hand rivals an edge in the AI race (www.ft.com)
2026-1-8 Microsoft AI

Chinese AI company Zhipu opened up 3.3% in its Hong Kong trading debut after raising ~$558M in its IPO at a valuation of about $6.55B (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-8 China Hong Kong IPO AI

Japan's Nuclear Watchdog Halts Plant's Reactor Safety Screening Over Falsified Data (slashdot.org)
2026-1-8 Japan

Sources: OpenAI last fall set aside RSUs worth 10% of the company, which was valued in October at $500B; it has already awarded about $80B in vested equity (www.theinformation.com)
2026-1-8 Equity

AI Chip Frenzy To Wallop DRAM Prices With 70% Hike (news.slashdot.org)
2026-1-8 AI

Ford plans to launch an AI voice assistant on its apps this year before expanding to its vehicles in 2027, and aims to debut Level 3 autonomous driving in 2028 (www.theverge.com)
2026-1-8 AI Ford

Arm creates a “Physical AI” unit to focus on robotics and automotive sectors, as part of a reorganization that includes “Cloud and AI” and “Edge” business units (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-8 AI Robot

Google and Character.AI Agree To Settle Lawsuits Over Teen Suicides (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-1-8 Google AI

Samsung expects Q4 operating profit up 208% YoY to ~$13.8B, vs. ~$12.3B est., and revenue up 23% to ~$64.2B, as demand for AI servers lifted memory chip prices (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-8 Samsung AI 4Q

Trump family's World Liberty Financial says its entity World Liberty Trust has applied for a US banking license, which would let it issue the USD1 stablecoin (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-8 Trump

OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Health, Encouraging Users To Connect Their Medical Records (science.slashdot.org)
2026-1-8

California Lawmaker Proposes a Four-Year Ban On AI Chatbots In Kids' Toys (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-1-8 AI chatbot Ban California

OpenAI says ChatGPT won't use your health information to train its models (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-8

New GoBruteforcer attack wave targets crypto, blockchain projects (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-8 Blockchain

Sources: Larry Page bought two Miami estates in December and January for a combined $173.4M; Sergey Brin is also said to be in discussions to buy a Miami home (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-8

JPMorgan Chase Reaches a Deal To Take Over the Apple Credit Card (news.slashdot.org)
2026-1-8 Apple JPMorgan

Bose Open-Sources Its SoundTouch Home Theater Smart Speakers Ahead of End-of-Life (news.slashdot.org)
2026-1-8

WhatsApp rolls out new group chat features: member tags that show user roles, text stickers generated from any word, and custom event reminders (techcrunch.com)
2026-1-8 WhatsApp

Alphabet surpassed Apple in market cap for the first time since 2019 after its shares closed up 2.5% on Wednesday, valuing it at $3.89T vs. Apple's $3.85T (www.barrons.com)
2026-1-8 Apple Alphabet

Critical jsPDF flaw lets hackers steal secrets via generated PDFs (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-8

Lux Capital raised $1.5B for its ninth fund, the largest in its history, to back companies focusing on fields like breakthrough science and national security (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-8

Warner Bros Rejects Revised Paramount Bid, Sticks With Netflix (news.slashdot.org)
2026-1-8 Netflix

ChatGPT is losing market share as Google Gemini gains ground (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-8 Google

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