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Source: Google DeepMind signs a licensing deal with Hume AI, which builds emotionally intelligent voice interfaces, to hire CEO Alan Cowen and ~7 top engineers (www.wired.com)
2026-1-22 Google AI

How Google, Huawei, Microsoft, and Nvidia, as well as startups and university research teams, spent millions of dollars to develop AI weather forecasting tools (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-22 Google Microsoft Startup AI Nvidia

Permalink to This week in AI updates: Google's UCP standard, a redesigned Slackbot, and more (January 16, 2026) (sdtimes.com)
2026-1-22 Google AI

Spotify Lawsuit Triggered Anna's Archive Domain Name Suspensions (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-1-22 Spotify

Unsealed docs: Spotify and labels sued Anna's Archive over plans to release scraped Spotify data; a US court grants a temporary order taking down some domains (torrentfreak.com)
2026-1-22 Spotify

Sources: AI chip startup SambaNova is seeking to raise $300M to $500M after talks to sell the company to Intel for about $1.6B, including debt, stalled (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-22 Intel Startup AI

Google Temporarily Disabled YouTube's Advanced Captions Without Warning (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-1-22 Google YouTube

Microsoft shares workaround for Outlook freezes after Windows update (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-22 Microsoft

YouTube CEO Acknowledges 'AI Slop' Problem, Says Platform Will Curb Low-Quality AI Content (news.slashdot.org)
2026-1-22 AI YouTube

YouTube CEO Neal Mohan publishes his annual letter, saying the platform wants to fight “AI slop” and strengthen parental tools, and teases Shorts updates (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
2026-1-22 AI YouTube

YouTube CEO Neal Mohan says creators can generate Shorts using their AI likenesses later in 2026, but offers few details, and touts AI tools like game makers (www.theverge.com)
2026-1-22 AI YouTube

The BBC confirms a “strategic partnership” with YouTube to produce exclusive content, including news and kids shows, a landmark deal for the UK broadcaster (variety.com)
2026-1-21 YouTube

Developer Rescues Stadia Bluetooth Tool That Google Killed (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-1-21 Google

Google says Gemini won't have ads, as ChatGPT prepares to add them (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-21 Google

Greg Peters says Netflix plans to bring new content types like video podcasts to its vertical video feed, and plans to roll out a new mobile UI later in 2026 (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
2026-1-21 Mobile Netflix

Netflix's ad revenue hit $1.5B in 2025, up by more than 2.5x vs. 2024, and viewing hours grew 2% YoY in H2, driven by a 9% rise in viewing of branded originals (deadline.com)
2026-1-21 Netflix

Netflix reports Q4 revenue up 18% YoY to $12B vs. $11.97B est., 325M paid subs, 2025 revenue up 16% to $45.2B, plans to increase content spend by 10% in 2026 (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-21 Netflix 4Q

Filings from Elon Musk's OpenAI lawsuit detail Microsoft's decade-long relationship with OpenAI, including plans for a new subsidiary during Sam Altman's firing (www.geekwire.com)
2026-1-21 Microsoft Elon Musk

NATO officials withholding intel from US over Greenland row – media (www.rt.com)
2026-1-21 Intel

Crypto News Outlet Cointelegraph Loses 80% of Traffic After Google Penalty For Parasitic Blackhat SEO Deal (news.slashdot.org)
2026-1-21 Google

Netflix adds a real-time voting feature for its Star Search reboot, available on mobile, smart TVs, and streaming devices, but not on a browser (techcrunch.com)
2026-1-21 Mobile Netflix Browser

Gemini AI assistant tricked into leaking Google Calendar data (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-21 Google AI

Microsoft PowerToys adds new CursorWrap mouse 'teleport' tool (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-21 Microsoft

Energy Costs Will Decide Which Countries Win the AI Race, Microsoft's Nadella Says (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-1-21 Microsoft Energy AI

Amazon CEO Jassy Says Tariffs Have Started To 'Creep' Into Prices (news.slashdot.org)
2026-1-21 Amazon

Humans&, founded by ex-Anthropic, xAI, and Google staff to build collaborative AI, raised a $480M seed from Nvidia, Jeff Bezos, and others at a $4.48B valuation (www.nytimes.com)
2026-1-21 Google AI Nvidia Jeff Bezos

Netflix and WBD say Netflix revised its WBD offer to an all-cash deal for $27.75/share, with the same $82.7B value; its original bid had $59B in debt financing (cnn.com)
2026-1-20 Netflix

Microsoft's Xbox Cloud Gaming May Soon Let You Stream Your Own Games for Free - If You Watch Ads (games.slashdot.org)
2026-1-20 Microsoft Xbox

Netflix Wants Plots Explained Multiple Times Because Viewers Are on Their Phones, Matt Damon Says (entertainment.slashdot.org)
2026-1-20 Netflix

The UK Gambling Commission says Meta is letting illegal gambling sites advertise on Facebook and Instagram, calling its ad library a “window into criminality” (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-20 Facebook Instagram

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