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Chinese AI companies like Alibaba and Tencent are releasing new models and spending millions on “red envelope” freebies to woo users ahead of the Lunar New Year (asia.nikkei.com)
2026-2-10 China Alibaba AI Tencent

Armed gang stages daylight airport heist in South Africa (www.rt.com)
2026-2-10 Africa South Africa

Western spies involved in killing of Gaddafi's son – Afshin Rattansi (VIDEO) (www.rt.com)
2026-2-10

UK proposes North Sea drone fleet to target tankers – Sunday Times (www.rt.com)
2026-2-10 U.K. Drone

Prime suspect in shooting of Russian general admits working for Kiev (VIDEO) (www.rt.com)
2026-2-10 Russia

PitchBook: European VC investments rose 5% YoY to a post-pandemic high of €66B in 2025; AI-related deals accounted for 35%+, or €23.5B, up from €17.7B in 2024 (t.co)
2026-2-10 Europe AI

French President Emmanuel Macron says the US could retaliate against EU countries, including France and Spain, over plans to ban children from social media (t.co)
2026-2-10 France Ban Spain

Paris-based online corporate event booking marketplace Naboo raised a $70M Series B led by Lightspeed with participation from Notion Capital, ISAI, and Ternel (tech.eu)
2026-2-10 Paris

Deepfake Fraud Taking Place On an Industrial Scale, Study Finds (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-2-10

A court filing in the iyO-OpenAI trademark case reveals OpenAI won't use the name “io” for its AI device, which isn't expected to ship before February 2027 (www.wired.com)
2026-2-10 AI

An army of lawyers is advancing. Taiwan is the target (www.aspistrategist.org.au)
2026-2-10 Taiwan

As OpenAI prepares to retire 4o on February 13, sources say the company scrapped it partly because it struggled to contain 4o's potential for harmful outcomes (www.wsj.com)
2026-2-10

Electric Cars Are Making It Easier To Breathe, Study Finds (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-2-10

London-based Tem, which uses AI to optimize energy transactions for businesses, raised a $75M Series B led by Lightspeed, a source says at a $300M+ valuation (techcrunch.com)
2026-2-10 Energy AI London

Despite 4 Years of Mass-Layoffs at Alphabet & Amazon, Headcount Rose in 2025, Nearly Flat with Peak, as Hiring Continued (wolfstreet.com)
2026-2-10 Amazon Layoffs Alphabet

What Southeast Asia's platform-based credit boom doesn't show (www.lowyinstitute.org)
2026-2-10 Asia Southeast Asia

Kalshi Prediction Markets Match or Beat Traditional Forecasting Tools For Macro Indicators, NBER Study Finds (slashdot.org)
2026-2-10

OpenAI Responds to Critical Super Bowl Commercials by Putting Ads in ChatGPT (gizmodo.com)
2026-2-10

Coffee and Tea Over Decades: What a 43-Year Study Suggests About Memory and Dementia (www.universal-sci.com)
2026-2-10

In opening statements in New Mexico's suit against Meta, state prosecutors argue Meta misrepresented the safety of its platforms, as Meta's attorney pushes back (apnews.com)
2026-2-10 Mexico

Bookshelf: a return to Great Man historical writing for World War II (www.aspistrategist.org.au)
2026-2-10

India and Australia's trade deal remains half-finished (www.lowyinstitute.org)
2026-2-10 Australia India

Farcaster co-founders Dan Romero and Varun Srinivasan, along with the team at Merkle, join stablecoin startup Tempo after Merkle's sale of Farcaster to Neynar (www.theblock.co)
2026-2-10 Startup

Sources: the White House is drafting a voluntary pact seeking commitments from tech companies to ensure data centers don't raise electricity prices and more (www.politico.com)
2026-2-10

Meloni brands Olympic protesters ‘enemies of Italy' (www.rt.com)
2026-2-10 Italy

The US NLRB abandons its 2024 case accusing SpaceX of illegally firing eight engineers and signals it will steer clear of future cases against the company (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-10 SpaceX

Sources: the Trump administration plans to spare US hyperscalers from upcoming tariffs on chips; exemptions would be based on TSMC's US investment commitments (www.ft.com)
2026-2-10 Trump

Starmer's chief of staff resigns over Epstein scandal (www.rt.com)
2026-2-10

Has Singapore made itself indispensable as a gateway for Chinese AI? (www.lowyinstitute.org)
2026-2-10 China AI Singapore

Sources: crypto exchange Backpack, built by ex-FTX and Alameda leaders, is in talks to raise $50M at a $1B pre-money valuation, reports $100M+ in annual revenue (www.axios.com)
2026-2-10

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