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Ofcom opens an investigation under the OSA into Grok over the sexualized deepfakes of women and kids being generated on X and threatens it with a ban or a fine (www.ft.com)
2026-1-12 Ban

Global smartphone shipments rose 2% YoY in 2025, with Apple capturing the top position at a 20% share and 10% YoY growth, ahead of Samsung's 19% market share (counterpointresearch.com)
2026-1-12 Samsung Apple

EU membership could sweeten losses for Kiev – ex-foreign minister (www.rt.com)
2026-1-12 Europe

Paris-based autonomous drone maker Harmattan AI raised a $200M Series B led by Dassault at a $1.4B valuation, and aims to produce 10K drones per month in 2026 (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-12 AI Drone Paris

Sources and filings: Peter Thiel donated $3M to a group to beat California's wealth tax, the first of several expected major donations by tech leaders in 2026 (www.nytimes.com)
2026-1-12 Tax California

Trump declares ‘emergency' to protect Venezuelan oil funds held by US (www.rt.com)
2026-1-12 Trump

Ukrainian drones strike Russian apartment blocks (VIDEO, PHOTOS) (www.rt.com)
2026-1-12 Russia Drone Ukraine

Ukraine demands streaming services ban Russian music (www.rt.com)
2026-1-12 Russia Ban Ukraine

Musk accuses UK of drive to ‘suppress free speech' (www.rt.com)
2026-1-12 U.K.

US should have kidnapped Netanyahu instead of Maduro – Pakistani official (www.rt.com)
2026-1-12 Netanyahu

Britain and France want to ‘set Europe on fire' – Hungary (www.rt.com)
2026-1-12 France Europe U.K.

Nazi salutes and drug cartels: Dutch mercenary recounts service with Kiev's military (www.rt.com)
2026-1-12 Netherlands

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

Justice Department Subpoenas the Fed, Threatens Powell with Criminal Indictment. Powell Comes out Swinging. Stock Futures Tank (wolfstreet.com)
2026-1-12 Stock

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

EU must replace foreign policy chief – member state's PM (www.rt.com)
2026-1-12 Europe

US and Israel egging on foreign killers embedded in crowds – Iranian president (www.rt.com)
2026-1-12 Israel Iran

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

Thousands march in Minneapolis to protest ICE after Shooting (www.juancole.com)
2026-1-12

‘Neither Gaza nor Lebanon!' Iranian Unrest is about more than the Economy (www.juancole.com)
2026-1-12 Iran Lebanon

Could Trump's Diversion of Venezuelan Oil to US Save the Iranian Regime? (www.juancole.com)
2026-1-12 Trump Iran

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