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Verizon says it is "aware of an issue impacting wireless voice and data services for some customers", as thousands of users report no cellular reception (Jacob Krol/TechRadar)
Jacob Krol / TechRadar : Verizon says it is “aware of an issue impacting wireless v…
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Elon Musk claims he was "not aware of any naked underage images generated by Grok" and that Grok was programmed to comply with the laws of any given country (Reuters)
Reuters : Elon Musk claims he was “not aware of any naked underage images generated…
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The US FCC waives a rule that forced Verizon to unlock phones 60 days after they are activated, which could make it harder for people to switch from Verizon (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica)
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica : The US FCC waives a rule that forced Verizon to unlock…
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A look at Confer, an open-source AI assistant project from Signal creator Moxie Marlinspike that is designed to provide end-to-end encryption for AI chats (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica : A look at Confer, an open-source AI assistant project f…
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Anthropic launches Cowork for Claude, built on Claude Code to automate complex tasks with minimal prompting, as a research preview for Claude Max subscribers (Webb Wright/ZDNET)
Webb Wright / ZDNET : Anthropic launches Cowork for Claude, built on Claude Code to…
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The UK plans to bring into force a law this week that will make it illegal to create non-consensual intimate images, as Ofcom investigates X (BBC)
BBC : The UK plans to bring into force a law this week that will make it illegal to…
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ATG, which is developing the AI-powered wealth strategist app Autonomous, emerges from stealth and raises a $15M pre-seed led by Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan (Geoff Weiss/Business Insider)
Geoff Weiss / Business Insider : ATG, which is developing the AI-powered wealth str…
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Tucuvi, which develops AI agents that check in with patients and escalate cases to human teams when needed, raised a $20M Series A, led by Cathay and Leadwind (John Reynolds/Tech.eu)
John Reynolds / Tech.eu : Tucuvi, which develops AI agents that check in with patie…
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Tel Aviv-based Torq, which operates an autonomous AI-powered security operations platform, raised $140M led by Merlin Ventures at a $1.2B valuation (Andrew Martin/Bloomberg)
Andrew Martin / Bloomberg : Tel Aviv-based Torq, which operates an autonomous AI-po…
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A look at the global AI adoption in 2025; use in the global north grew nearly twice as fast as the south; the UAE leads with 64% of working-age adults using AI (Microsoft Corporate Responsibility)
Microsoft Corporate Responsibility : A look at the global AI adoption in 2025; use …
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A look at Tether's role in Venezuela's economy, which puts it in a prime position to aid the U.S. as it seeks to find funds allegedly stolen by Maduro's regime (Vicky Ge Huang/Wall Street Journal)
Vicky Ge Huang / Wall Street Journal : A look at Tether's role in Venezuela'…
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Malwarebytes: a 2024 Instagram data breach exposed information on 17.5 million users, including emails, phone numbers, and physical addresses (Jackson Chen/Engadget)
Jackson Chen / Engadget : Malwarebytes: a 2024 Instagram data breach exposed inform…
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A profile of Grubhub parent Wonder, which has raised about $2B and is rolling out robotic meal-assembly tech acquired from Sweetgreen for $186M in November 2025 (Joshua Brustein/Bloomberg)
Joshua Brustein / Bloomberg : A profile of Grubhub parent Wonder, which has raised …
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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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