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OpenAI and SoftBank says they will each invest $500M in SB Energy to support the infrastructure company's growth as a data center developer and operator (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg : OpenAI and SoftBank says they will each invest $500M in SB Energy to su…
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The UK government says X restricting Grok's image creation to paid users is insulting as it just makes the ability to generate unlawful images a premium service (The Guardian)
The Guardian : The UK government says X restricting Grok's image creation to pa…
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The Golden Globes signs a deal with Polymarket, which will provide stats and predictions about the awards show at the official 2026 viewing party (Jordan Moreau/Variety)
Jordan Moreau / Variety : The Golden Globes signs a deal with Polymarket, which wil…
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Sources: OpenAI has been slow to expand in-app checkouts for ChatGPT as the startup and its partners Shopify and Stripe struggle to standardize merchant data (Ann Gehan/The Information)
Ann Gehan / The Information : Sources: OpenAI has been slow to expand in-app checko…
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ThreatModeler, which helps developers identify vulnerabilities in their applications, acquires IriusRisk, its largest competitor, a source says for $100M+ (Leo Schwartz/Fortune)
Leo Schwartz / Fortune : ThreatModeler, which helps developers identify vulnerabili…
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OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Health, which lets users import medical records and other data from health apps into ChatGPT, available to a small group via a waitlist (Ina Fried/Axios)
Ina Fried / Axios : OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Health, which lets users import medical …
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Docs: Character.AI and Google agree to settle lawsuits with families of teenagers who killed or harmed themselves after interacting with Character.AI's chatbot (Amrith Ramkumar/Wall Street Journal)
Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal : Docs: Character.AI and Google agree to sett…
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Cambodia extradites Chen Zhi, the chairman of online scam conglomerate Prince Group, to China; in October, the US DOJ seized $12B in bitcoin belonging to Chen (Gabriele Steinhauser/Wall Street Journal)
Gabriele Steinhauser / Wall Street Journal : Cambodia extradites Chen Zhi, the chai…
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Chinese robot vacuum maker Roborock unveils the Saros Rover, a concept robot vacuum with two wheel-legs to let it climb steps, as robotics dominates CES (Dana Wollman/Bloomberg)
Dana Wollman / Bloomberg : Chinese robot vacuum maker Roborock unveils the Saros Ro…
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Lego unveils the Smart Play platform, with a brick powered by a custom chip that connects to compatible minifigures and tags for interactive lights and sounds (Jeremy White/Wired)
Jeremy White / Wired : Lego unveils the Smart Play platform, with a brick powered b…
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A viral Reddit post by a purported developer alleging that a "major food delivery app" exploits drivers appears AI-generated; Uber and DoorDash deny the claims (Elissa Welle/The Verge)
Elissa Welle / The Verge : A viral Reddit post by a purported developer alleging th…
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Why Claude Code is much more than a coding agent: it is a general-purpose AI agent that can do almost anything on a computer with impressive capabilities (Shakeel Hashim/Transformer)
Shakeel Hashim / Transformer : Why Claude Code is much more than a coding agent: it…
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Plaud launches the $179 Plaud NotePin S AI recorder, similar to the $159 NotePin but with a button, alongside a new desktop app for recording meeting audio (Dominic Preston/The Verge)
Dominic Preston / The Verge : Plaud launches the $179 Plaud NotePin S AI recorder, …
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US immigration lawyers, talent managers, and creators say influencers and OnlyFans models now dominate O-1B visas, which are reserved for "exceptional" artists (Ian Hodgson/Financial Times)
Ian Hodgson / Financial Times : US immigration lawyers, talent managers, and creato…
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How a crew of crypto-focused hackers moved from SIM swap attacks to coordinated, violent home invasions and kidnappings, targeting small-time crypto investors (Austin Carr/Bloomberg)
Austin Carr / Bloomberg : How a crew of crypto-focused hackers moved from SIM swap …
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