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Friday, January 09, 2026

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Amazon Eyes Big-Box Retail Expansion with Chicago Supercenter Plan (5)

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Gmail Rolls Out Gemini-Powered AI Features in Major Update (5)

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Italy Fines Cloudflare for Refusing to Filter Pirate Sites (4)

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Larian Studios clarifies its no-AI stance for upcoming Divinity (4)

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BNY Launches Tokenized Deposit Service for Institutional Clients (4)

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Ripple Secures FCA Approval to Boost UK Crypto Expansion (11) hot

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Apple Warns of Home App Upgrade Deadline for Legacy Smart Homes (4)

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OpenAI and SoftBank Invest $1B in SB Energy for AI Infrastructure (7)

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DeepSeek Set to Launch Next-Generation V4 AI Model With Enhanced Coding Capabilities (5)

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Apple’s innovative display tech to power both iPhone Fold and Air 2 designs (8)

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X’s Grok deepfake scandal fuels controversial paywall moves on X (42) hot

Monetization and Paywall Tactics
Regulatory and Political Backlash
Deepfake Sexual Abuse Outcry
Other Scandals and Technical Woes

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Kia Unveils Budget-Friendly EV2 Compact SUV at Brussels Motor Show (8)

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Rain Secures $250M Funding Boost, Nears $2B Valuation (5)

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Xbox’s beloved Avowed game now lands on PS5 in bold cross‑platform twist (6)

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Healthcare voice AI startup Tucuvi secures significant Series A funding (5)

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Meta secures multiple nuclear energy deals for powering AI data centers (22) hot

Meta's Nuclear Energy Deal Announcements
Stocks Surge as Meta Seals Nuclear Pacts
Meta Partners with High-Profile Nuclear Startups and Investors
Other Tech Giants Strike Innovative AI Energy Deals

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Snowflake acquires Observe to boost AI-powered operational observability (8)

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Grok AI Editor Restricts Features Amid Deepfake and Sexual Content Concerns (30) hot

Monetization measures restrict free access
Government, regulatory scrutiny intensifies
Sexual deepfakes and abuse scandals
Other analysis

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NASA Expedites ISS Crew Return Due To Medical Emergency (8)

In Detail Full day, Friday, January 09, 2026, Timezone: America/Chicago

Amazon is planning a Super Amazon-mart store near Chicago

Stevie Bonifield / theverge - Amazon could be taking another, even bigger swing at physical stores, this time with a Walmart-like supercenter. On Tuesday, the Orland Park Plan Commission in the Chicago suburb Orland Park, Illinois voted 6-1 to approve Amazon's proposal to develop 35 a…

#ecommerce #amazon #business #walmart #jobs #supplychain #us #economy #delivery

Amazon Plans Massive Superstore Larger Than a Walmart Supercenter Near Chicago

7 wks / slashdot / EditorDavid

Amazon Plans to Build Big-Box Store Near Chicago

1 month / pymnts / PYMNTS

Amazon is planning a Super Amazon-mart store near Chicago

1 month / theverge / Stevie Bonifield

Amazon plans first big-box retail store in Chicago suburb

1 month / cnbc

Amazon is apparently planning a big box store in the Chicago suburbs

1 month / engadget / Ian Carlos Campbell

Biggest change to Gmail in 20 years

news.com.au - Google has unveiled it will incorporate new AI tools to its popular email platform in a significant update that will impact billions of users. There are mixed reactions.

#ai #google #aiethics #genai #apps #ux #technology #assistant #updates #gemini

3 Uncomfortable Truths About Using Google Gemini

7 wks / bgr

Alleviating email overload with AI has been on my personal wishlist for a very long time. Excited to see these features rolling out - powered by Gemini. A fantastic example of how AI can be helpful in everyday life!

1 month / x / @demishassabis

Biggest change to Gmail in 20 years

1 month / news.com.au

Gmail gets Gemini, but falls short of true agentic AI

1 month / semafor / Rachyl Jones

Gmail launches AI inbox and overviews with Gemini

1 month / mashable

Italy Fines Cloudflare 14 Million Euros For Refusing To Filter Pirate Sites On Public 1.1.1.1 DNS

BeauHD / slashdot - An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Italy's communications regulator AGCOM imposed a record-breaking 14.2 million-euro fine on Cloudflare after the company failed to implement the required piracy blocking measures. Cloudflare argued tha…

#techpolicy #government #internet #europe #law #censorship #contentmoderation #cloudflare #regulation #copyright

Italy Fines Cloudflare 14 Million Euros For Refusing To Filter Pirate Sites On Public 1.1.1.1 DNS

1 month / slashdot / BeauHD

Cloudflare defies Italy’s Piracy Shield, won’t block websites on 1.1.1.1 DNS

1 month / arstechnica / Jon Brodkin

Cloudflare CEO on the Italy Fines

1 month / ycombinator

Italy Fines Cloudflare €14 Million for Refusing to Filter Pirate Sites on Public 1.1.1.1 DNS

1 month / reddit / /u/CandidAd9457

'Baldur's Gate 3' Game Studio Says 'Divinity' Won't Include AI-Generated Art

Jason Nelson / decrypt - Larian Studios head Swen Vincke said the upcoming RPG Divinity will not use generative AI art, though the studio still sees benefits to the tech.

#ai #gaming #entertainment #aiethics #genai #creativity #media #copyright

'Baldur's Gate 3' Game Studio Says 'Divinity' Won't Include AI-Generated Art

1 month / decrypt / Jason Nelson

'There is not going to be any GenAI art in Divinity': BG3 studio Larian draws line in the sand

1 month / reddit / /u/MetaKnowing

Baldur’s Gate 3 studio says it won’t use AI for concept art or writing

1 month / theverge / Ash Parrish

Larian Studios Will “Refrain From Using GenAI Tools” to Develop Concept Art, But Will Still Try Apply GenAI Tools Elsewhere

1 month / wccftech / David Carcasole

World's largest custodial bank BNY to offer tokenized deposits for institutional investors

Aoyon Ashraf / coindesk - The initiative mirrors deposit balances on a private blockchain to speed up settlement and unlock liquidity.

#blockchain #innovation #fintech #crypto #digitaltransformation #banking #finance #payments #wallet

BNY Enables Tokenized Deposits for Financial Institutions and Digital-Native Companies

1 month / pymnts / PYMNTS

World's largest custodial bank BNY to offer tokenized deposits for institutional investors

1 month / coindesk / Aoyon Ashraf

BNY Debuts Tokenized Deposits for Institutions and 'Digital Natives'

1 month / decrypt / André Beganski

BNY activates tokenized deposit service for payments and collateral

1 month / theblock / Brian Danga

Ripple Secures FCA Authorization, Boosting UK Expansion

Ekemini / ventureburn - Ripple just got the green light from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which is a big deal for its push into Europe. With this approval, Ripple can now expandThe post Ripple Secures FCA Authorization, Boosting UK Expansion appeared first on Vent…

#blockchain #fintech #crypto #business #uk #payments #law #wallet #regulation

U.Today Crypto Digest: Ripple Gets Major EU License Approval, Shiba Inu (SHIB) Price Teases 22% Golden Cross Breakout, Bitwise Launches Chainlink (LINK) ETF - U.Today

7 wks / u

Ripple dips on Thursday as European licensing gains momentum - FXStreet

7 wks / fxstreet

Ripple secures EU EMI license in Luxembourg after UK FCA nod — what it means for XRP utility and price - MSN

7 wks / msn

Ripple Secures Initial EMI Approval in Luxembourg, Eyes EU Expansion - The Crypto Times

7 wks / cryptotimes

Ripple Turbocharges Cross-Border Payments in Europe After Luxembourg Nod - Coinpaper

7 wks / coinpaper

XRP ETFs hit record weekly volume as bitcoin, ether funds face $750 million in combined outflows

7 wks / theblock / Zack Abrams

Ripple Secures Electronic Money Institution License and Crypto Asset Registration in UK

1 month / pymnts / PYMNTS

Ripple Secures FCA Authorization, Boosting UK Expansion

1 month / ventureburn / Ekemini

The Daily: Cathie Wood says US government may soon start buying bitcoin, Ripple secures FCA authorization, and more

1 month / theblock / James Hunt

Ripple secures FCA authorization, clearing path for UK expansion

1 month / theblock / Sarah Wynn

Ripple wins UK regulatory approval from Financial Conduct Authority

1 month / coindesk / Jamie Crawley

Apple Warns Users of Impending Deadline to Update Apple Home

iclarified - Apple is sending out an urgent warning to users still running the legacy architecture within the Home app, notifying them that support for the older version will officially end on February 10, 2026. The company advises that failing to migrate to the new a…

#apple #ios #apps #ux #technology #updates #smarthome

Apple Reminding Users of Pending Home App Upgrade Requirement

1 month / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

Apple Warns Users of Impending Deadline to Update Apple Home

1 month / iclarified

Apple confirms February 10 deadline for Home architecture upgrade

1 month / appleinsider

Apple Reminding Users of Pending Home App Upgrade Requirement

1 month / macrumors / Eric Slivka

OpenAI and SoftBank announce $1 billion investment in SB Energy as part of massive AI buildout

cnbc - OpenAI and SoftBank agreed to invest $1 billion into a SoftBank-backed energy provider as the companies prepare for a massive buildout of AI data centers.

#ai #cloud #fintech #openai #genai #energy #business #datacenter #technology #softbank

OpenAI invests $500M in SoftBank’s SB Energy unit

1 month / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

OpenAI and SoftBank Bet $1B on SB Energy to Power AI Data Centers

1 month / parameter / Yasmin Werner

OpenAI and SoftBank to invest $1bn in energy and data centre supplier

1 month / ft

OpenAI and SoftBank Commit $1 Billion to SB Energy, Launching 1.2 GW Stargate Site in Texas

1 month / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

OpenAI and SoftBank announce $1 billion investment in SB Energy as part of massive AI buildout

1 month / cnbc

OpenAI, SoftBank to Invest $1 Billion in SB Energy

1 month / wsj / Katherine Hamilton

OpenAI, SoftBank Invest $1 Billion in Stargate Partner SB Energy

1 month / bloomberg / Michelle MaShirin GhaffaryBrian Eckhouse

DeepSeek to Unfurl AI Model with Enhanced Coding Capabilities in February: Report

Jon Swartz / techstrong - DeepSeek is preparing to launch its next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) model, V4, in mid-February, according to a report in The Information, citing two people with direct knowledge of the company's plans. The upcoming release marks the Chinese s…

#ai #startups #software #ml #deepseek #genai #deeptech #developertools

New Deepseek technique balances signal flow and learning capacity in large AI models

7 wks / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

Insiders Say DeepSeek V4 Will Beat Claude and ChatGPT at Coding, Launch Within Weeks

1 month / decrypt / Jose Antonio Lanz

DeepSeek to Unfurl AI Model with Enhanced Coding Capabilities in February: Report

1 month / techstrong / Jon Swartz

DeepSeek to release V4 AI model with powerful coding capabilities in February

1 month / techzine / Berry Zwets

DeepSeek Reveals R1 Model Architecture Secrets Ahead of V4 Model Launch

1 month / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Apple To Use This Display Tech On The iPhone Fold And The iPhone Air 2

Rohail Saleem / wccftech - Apple appears to be opting for a clever hack to make the displays on the upcoming iPhone Fold and the iPhone Air 2 both thinner and brighter at the same time, unlocking a whole new tier of display-based efficiency. Apple to use Samsung's Color Filter on E…

#mobiletech #innovation #apple #iphone #ux #technology #gadgets #oled #smartphone #foldable

iPhone Fold: What it could look like, how much it will cost, and when it will launch

1 month / appleinsider

Apple Targets 2027 for Ultra-Thin iPhone Refresh With New OLED Tech [Report]

1 month / iclarified

iPhone Air 2 could get two of the most requested feature upgrades - 9to5Mac

1 month / 9to5mac

Apple To Use This Display Tech On The iPhone Fold And The iPhone Air 2

1 month / wccftech / Rohail Saleem

iPhone Air 2 could get thinner & brighter screen because of iPhone Fold tech

1 month / appleinsider

iPhone Fold to Pave Way for Thinner, Brighter Display on iPhone Air 2

1 month / macrumors / Tim Hardwick

iPhone Air 2 anniversary edition to borrow Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra's design surprise - Notebookcheck

1 month / notebookcheck

From 17e to iPhone Fold: Apple kicks off a new era of innovation in 2026 - Báo VietNamNet

2 months / vietnamnet

The U.S. government is punting on Grok’s undressing issue

Rebecca Heilweil / fastcompany - Grok’s digital undressing scandal is horrifying. In recent days, countless women, including the mother of one of Elon Musk’s children, have found AI-generated and nonconsensual sexual images of themselves propagating across the web. According to one analy…

#ai #techpolicy #aiethics #genai #business #contentmoderation #xai #elonmusk #grokai #digitalprivacy

Deepfake Sexual Abuse Outcry (4)
Monetization and Paywall Tactics (8)
Other Scandals and Technical Woes (5)
Regulatory and Political Backlash (14)
All Other Stories

Deepfake Sexual Abuse Outcry

Why Elon Musk is laughing off Grok’s flood of deepfake AI porn

7 wks / fastcompany / Jay Willis

Grok Is Being Used to Mock and Strip Women in Hijabs and Sarees

1 month / wired / Kat Tenbarge

The latest on Grok’s gross AI deepfakes problem

1 month / theverge / Verge Staff

Elon Musk's Grok Faces Backlash Over Nonconsensual AI-Altered Images

1 month / cnet / Gael Cooper

Monetization and Paywall Tactics

X Restricts Grok's Image Generation to Paid Users After Global Backlash

1 month / reddit / /u/i-drake

Elon Musk Moves to Monetize Grok Deepfake Abuse, UK Calls It Insulting

1 month / gizmodo / Bruce Gil

X’s half-assed attempt to paywall Grok doesn’t block free image editing

1 month / arstechnica / Ashley Belanger

Masterful Gambit: Musk Attempts to Monetize Grok's Wave of Sexual Abuse Imagery

1 month / reddit / /u/Well_Socialized

X Didn't Fix Grok's ‘Undressing’ Problem. It Just Makes People Pay for It

1 month / wired / Matt Burgess

No, Grok hasn’t paywalled its deepfake image feature

1 month / reddit / /u/Well_Socialized

Grok image generation is now paywalled on X amid AI "undressing" deepfake controversy

1 month / techspot

Limiting Grok AI image edits to paid users 'insulting' to victims, says UK Govt.

1 month / reddit / /u/Negative_Round_8813

Other Scandals and Technical Woes

Just like its dad, Grok keeps failing up

7 wks / qz / Shannon Carroll

Grok Is In Massive Trouble

1 month / theresanaiforthat / There's An AI For That

Why AI could mark the end of Big Tech's invincibility

1 month / semafor / Reed Albergotti

AI-coded malware arrives on the Mac through fake Grok AI app

1 month / appleinsider

The Grok Disaster Isn't An Anomaly. It Follows Warnings That Were Ignored.

1 month / techpolicy

Regulatory and Political Backlash

Elon Musk’s Grok AI Blocked in Indonesia Over Sexualized Content

7 wks / bloomberg / Soraya Permatasari

‘Abhorrent’: PM slams Elon Musk’s Grok

7 wks / news.com.au

X could be banned in UK amid sexualised AI images concerns

1 month / reddit / /u/PaiDuck

Is Apple’s ‘Safe’ App Store a Myth? Senators Want X Booted Over Grok Deepfakes

1 month / idropnews / Jesse Hollington

Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards / X’s deepfake porn feature clearly violates app store guidelines. Why won’t Apple and Google pull it?

1 month / reddit / /u/MarvelsGrantMan136

Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards

1 month / theverge / Elizabeth Lopatto

Grok and X should be suspended from Apple, Google app stores, Democratic senators say

1 month / cnbc

Senators urged Apple and Google to remove X and Grok from app stores over sexual deepfakes

1 month / reddit / /u/Well_Socialized

US Senators from the Democratic Party Urge Apple and Google to Remove X and Grok from App Stores Following Grok Generating Illegal Sexual Images at Scale

1 month / reddit / /u/CandidAd9457

Senators tell Apple to remove X & Grok from App Store because of AI-generated child porn

1 month / appleinsider

U.S. Senators Ask Apple and Google to Remove X and Grok Apps Over Sexualized Image Generation

1 month / macrumors / Eric Slivka

The U.S. government is punting on Grok’s undressing issue

1 month / fastcompany / Rebecca Heilweil

Democrats ask Apple and Google to remove X’s undressing bot from their app stores / Grok’s nonconsensual deepfakes violate the app stores’ terms of service, the senators argue.

1 month / reddit / /u/MarvelsGrantMan136

Democrats ask Apple and Google to remove X’s undressing bot from their app stores

1 month / theverge / Lauren Feiner

All Other Stories

Elon Musk needed three years to transform Twitter from maybe the world’s most important news source and a vital tool for real-world change into a weird right-wing AI slop machine generating on-demand bespoke nonconsensual porn. A real innovator in the spa

7 wks / bsky / @jaywillis.net / jaywillis.net

A substantial number of AI images generated or edited with Grok are targeting women in religious and cultural clothing. www.wired.com/story/grok-i...

1 month / bsky / @wired.com / wired.com

New from @kattenbarge.bsky.social: X influencers are using Grok to unveil Muslim women in hijabs and show them being beaten by men. Women in sarees are also being stripped: www.wired.com/story/grok-i...

1 month / bsky / @manishakrishnan.bsky.social / manishakrishnan.bsky.social

www.theverge.com/news/859715/...

1 month / bsky / @djnoneya.bsky.social / djnoneya.bsky.social

Mosyle has identified a macOS malware campaign that uses generative AI-assisted code and spreads through a fake AI app download.

1 month / bsky / @appleinsider.com / appleinsider.com

The message also includes a link pushing people toward the social media platform’s $395 annual subscription tier. In one test of the system requesting Grok create an image of a tree, the system returned the same message.

1 month / bsky / @wired.com / wired.com

The apparent change comes after days of growing outrage against and scrutiny of Musk’s X and xAI, the company behind the Grok chatbot. www.wired.com/story/x-didn...

1 month / bsky / @wired.com / wired.com

The companies face an increasing number of investigations from regulators around the world over the creation of nonconsensual explicit imagery and alleged sexual images of children.

1 month / bsky / @wired.com / wired.com

Neither X nor xAI, the Musk-owned company behind Grok, has confirmed that it has made image generation and editing a paid-only feature. An X spokesperson acknowledged WIRED’s inquiry but did not provide comment ahead of publication. Read the full story:

1 month / bsky / @wired.com / wired.com

I would much rather have RAM than an AutoHarass Gold subscription www.wired.com/story/x-didn...

1 month / bsky / @subzerofrog.bsky.social / subzerofrog.bsky.social

www.wired.com/story/x-didn... Seriously!

1 month / bsky / @beavington.bsky.social / beavington.bsky.social

Kia’s EV2 is its smallest and most affordable EV for Europe

Andrew J. Hawkins / theverge - Kia unveiled the EV2, a small and affordably priced electric vehicle built for the European market. The EV2 made its debut at the Brussels Auto Show, where executives touted it as its "most compact" EV to date. Of course, it was another in a long line of …

#innovation #cars #business #environment #europe #batteries #automotive #ev

Kia's Newest SUV Is A Stylish, Affordable Subcompact You Can't Have - CarBuzz

1 month / carbuzz

Kia Introduces EV2 as City-Friendly Electric SUV at 2026 Brussels Motor Show - Motor Illustrated

1 month / motorillustrated

Kia’s EV2 is its smallest and most affordable EV for Europe

1 month / theverge / Andrew J. Hawkins

Kia EV2: The Most Affordable Kia EV Is A Small SUV With 278 Miles Of Range - inkl

1 month / inkl

Kia's budget EV2 arrives with up to 240 miles of range

1 month / engadget / Steve Dent

Kia Unveils EV2 Globally: Brand's Smallest Electric Car With Up To 448 km Range - DriveSpark

1 month / drivespark

Kia EV2 Compact Electric SUV Debuts in Brussels - The EV Report

1 month / theevreport

Kia unveils EV2 compact SUV at Brussels Motor Show

1 month / co / Chang Dong-woo

Rain Raises $250 Million to Scale Platform for Launching Stablecoin Cards

PYMNTS / pymnts - Rain raised $250 million in a Series C funding round to scale its infrastructure for stablecoin payments and add new capabilities and products. The round boosted Rain’s valuation to $1.95 billion, which is 17 times higher than its valuation 10 months ago,…

#startups #vc #blockchain #fintech #crypto #banking #business #payments #wallet

Stablecoin payment card startup Rain reels in $250M

1 month / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Rain Raises $250 Million to Scale Its Global Stablecoin Infrastructure

1 month / ventureburn / Clinton

Rain Raises $250 Million to Scale Platform for Launching Stablecoin Cards

1 month / pymnts / PYMNTS

Rain valuation nears $2 billion after $250 million Series C raise for stablecoin payments firm

1 month / theblock / Brian Danga

Rain Raises $250M in Series C Funding

1 month / finsmes / FinSMEs

Xbox’s Avowed is coming to PS5, and you can pre-order it today

digitaltrends - Avowed is coming to PlayStation 5 on February 17, 2026, and pre-orders are live now. Here’s the price, what’s confirmed so far, and why Standard may be the smarter pick.The post Xbox’s Avowed is coming to PS5, and you can pre-order it today appeared first…

#gaming #microsoft #entertainment #playstation #business #xbox #sony #videogames

Obsidian’s Avowed is the next Xbox game to come to PS5

1 month / mobilesyrup / Bradly Shankar

Avowed is the Next Xbox Game Coming to PS5 on February 17

1 month / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Avowed is the latest Xbox exclusive to jump ship to PS5

1 month / theshortcut / Adam Vjestica

Xbox’s Avowed is coming to PS5, and you can pre-order it today

1 month / digitaltrends

Xbox is bringing Avowed to PS5

1 month / engadget / Kris Holt

Avowed Lands on PS5 February 17, 2026, While the Anniversary Update Drops on All Platforms

1 month / wccftech / Alessio Palumbo

Healthcare Voice Tech Startup Tucuvi Raises $20M To Improve Care

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Tucuvi, a Spanish voice technology startup for healthcare, has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round. Designed to support and execute clinical decisions during patient phone calls its solution offers a new approach to managing healthcare workflow…

#ai #startups #digitalhealth #voice #health #business #europe #technology

HealthTech Tucuvi raised €17 mn to scale certified voice AI in healthcare - Beinsure

1 month / beinsure

Spain’s HealthTech startup Tucuvi raises €17 million to scale LOLA voice AI, reporting up to 80% automation in nursing follow-up

1 month / eu-startups / David Cendon Garcia

Tucuvi Raises $20M in Series A Funding

1 month / finsmes / FinSMEs

Healthcare Voice Tech Startup Tucuvi Raises $20M To Improve Care

1 month / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

Startup Strikes $20M Deal to Enhance Healthcare with AI - cointurk finance

1 month / coin-turk

Meta signs nuclear energy deals to power Prometheus AI supercluster

cnbc - Meta said it secured agreements with energy companies Vistra, TerraPower and Oklo, which are all working on nuclear power technologies.

#climate #ai #cloud #meta #energy #stockmarket #business #datacenter #environment #technology

Meta Partners with High-Profile Nuclear Startups and Investors (2)
Meta's Nuclear Energy Deal Announcements (14)
Other Tech Giants Strike Innovative AI Energy Deals (1)
Stocks Surge as Meta Seals Nuclear Pacts (4)
All Other Stories

Meta Partners with High-Profile Nuclear Startups and Investors

Meta Is Making a Big Bet on Nuclear With Oklo

1 month / wired / Alexander C. Kaufman

Meta expands nuclear power ambitions to include Bill Gates’ startup

1 month / theverge / Jess Weatherbed

Meta's Nuclear Energy Deal Announcements

Meta Signs Deals With 3 Nuclear Energy Companies to Power Data Centers

1 month / pymnts / PYMNTS

Meta reacts to power needs by signing long-term nuke deals

1 month / theregister / Dan Robinson

Meta signs deals with three nuclear companies for 6-plus GW of power

1 month / techcrunch / Tim De Chant

Meta Signs Massive 6.6 GW Nuclear Deal to Power ‘Prometheus’ AI Supercluster

1 month / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Meta announces a slew of nuclear energy agreements

1 month / engadget / Andre Revilla

Meta’s AI data centers get nuclear boost equal to 5 million homes

1 month / qz / Niamh Rowe

Meta inks deals to supply a staggering 6 gigawatts in nuclear power for data center ambitions — enough wattage to supply 5 million homes

1 month / tomshardware

Meta signs three nuclear power deals to help support its AI data centers

1 month / techxplore

Meta signs three nuclear power deals to help support its AI data centers

1 month / go

Meta bets big on nuclear power with 6.6 gigawatt expansion plan

1 month / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

Meta strikes deals with nuclear start-ups to meet AI power demand

1 month / ft

Meta signs nuclear energy deals to power Prometheus AI supercluster

1 month / cnbc

Meta Unveils Sweeping Nuclear-Power Plan to Fuel Its AI Ambitions

1 month / wsj / Jennifer Hiller

Meta Signs Multi-Gigawatt Nuclear Deals to Power AI Data Centers

1 month / bloomberg / Will WadeRiley Griffin

Snowflake to acquire Observe observability platform

Aytun Çelebi / dataconomy - Snowflake signed a definitive agreement on January 8, 2024, to acquire Observe, an observability platform built on Snowflake databases since inception, pending regulatory approval. The deal aims to integrate Observe’s product for unified collection and st…

#ai #bigdata #cloud #analytics #datascience #ml #saas #devops #enterprise #acquisitions

Data Management News for the Week of January 9; Updates from Precisely, Promethium, Snowflake & More - solutionsreview.com

1 month / solutionsreview

5 Reasons Snowflake Acquiring Observe Sets the Tone For 2026 - The Futurum Group

1 month / futurumgroup

Snowflake Acquires Observe for $1B to Boost AI Observability, Cut Costs 60% - WebProNews

1 month / webpronews

5 Companies That Came To Win This Week - crn.com

1 month / crn

Snowflake to acquire AI observability startup Observe

1 month / techmonitor / Anwesha Pattanaik

Snowflake to acquire Observe observability platform

1 month / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

Snowflake buys Observe to tackle downtime for itself and customers

1 month / techzine / Erik van Klinken

Snowflake to Acquire Observe to Enable Faster Troubleshooting of AI Agents

1 month / pymnts / PYMNTS

Elon Musk's Grok AI image editing limited to paid users after deepfakes

bbc - It comes after government urged Ofcom to use all its powers – up to and including an effective ban – against X.

#ai #techpolicy #aiethics #genai #censorship #contentmoderation #xai #elonmusk #grokai #digitalprivacy

Government, regulatory scrutiny intensifies (4)
Monetization measures restrict free access (11)
Other analysis (1)
Sexual deepfakes and abuse scandals (8)
All Other Stories

Government, regulatory scrutiny intensifies

Canada’s AI minister condemns deepfake sexual abuse amid X nude images controversy

1 month / mobilesyrup / Bradly Shankar

EU and UK eye investigations into X over Grok’s lack of safeguards

1 month / dataconomy / Kerem Gülen

Grok told to cover up as UK weighs action over AI 'undressing'

1 month / theregister / Carly Page

Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot limits access to image generator that put women in bikinis

1 month / politico / Mathieu Pollet, Pieter Haeck

Monetization measures restrict free access

xAI Paywalls Grok Image Generation amid CSAM Outcry, UK Calls Move “Insulting”

1 month / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Grok says it has restricted image generation to subscribers after deepfake concerns. But has it?

1 month / mashable

Elon Musk makes Grok's sexualized AI images a 'premium service' for X subscribers

1 month / qz / Niamh Rowe

X restricts Grok’s image generation to paying subscribers only after drawing the world’s ire

1 month / techcrunch / Ram Iyer

Musk's Grok chatbot restricts image generation after global backlash to deepfakes

1 month / go

Grok Restricts Image Generation After Backlash Over Explicit AI Imagery

1 month / eweek / eWEEK Staff

Grok turns off AI image generation for non-payers after nudes backlash

1 month / techxplore

Image editing on Grok limited on X after users prompt AI deepfakes

1 month / siliconrepublic / Suhasini Srinivasaragavan

Elon Musk's Grok AI image editing limited to paid users after deepfakes

1 month / reddit / /u/F0urLeafCl0ver

Elon Musk's Grok AI image editing limited to paid users after deepfakes

1 month / bbc

Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery

1 month / reddit / /u/qwerty_1965

Other analysis

Watch: Backlash against Musk's Grok AI explained

1 month / bbc

Sexual deepfakes and abuse scandals

How Elon Musk’s Grok spread sexual deepfakes and child exploitation images

1 month / ft

Masterful Gambit: Musk Attempts to Monetize Grok's Wave of Sexual Abuse Imagery

1 month / 404media / Samantha Cole

Grok, Elon Musk’s A.I., Is Generating Sexualized Images of Real People, Fueling Outrage

1 month / nytimes / Kate Conger and Lizzie Dearden

Elon Musk’s A.I. Is Generating Sexualized Images of Real People, Fueling Outrage

1 month / nytimes / Kate Conger,Lizzie Dearden

Grok’s Undressing Scandal + Claude Code Capers + Casey Busts a Reddit Hoax

1 month / nytimes / nytimes

Grok’s Undressing Scandal + Claude Code Capers + Casey Busts a Reddit Hoax

1 month / nytimes / Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Whitney Jones, Rachel Cohn, Vjeran Pavic, Katie McMurran, Dan Powell, Mar

Elon Musk’s xAI restricts Grok after outcry over sexualised images

1 month / ft

Musk’s Grok Limits Image Generation to Paid Users on X

1 month / bloomberg / Amy Thomson

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Honeypot trap set for any attorney general willing to use it: www.404media.co/x-premium-gr...

1 month / bsky / @danny.page / danny.page

In an attempt to push more people toward a paying subscription, Grok now refuses to generate images in replies. The paywall is pretty leaky, though.

1 month / bsky / @404media.co / 404media.co

the art of the possible

1 month / bsky / @mjgault.bsky.social / mjgault.bsky.social

After years of trying to push subscriptions with meaningless verifications and making X so toxic it bleeds users by the millions, Elon Musk might have found a way: by monetizing abuse at the source. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. @samleecole.bsky.soci

1 month / bsky / @404media.co / 404media.co

Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok has restricted access to a much-criticized deepfake generator on social media platform X following a surge of users creating nonconsensual nude images.

1 month / bsky / @politico.eu / politico.eu

According to #TheTwit restricting the access to the image generator that has created multiple sexual images to premium subscribers (that will cost you 8 bucks a month) will help “ensure responsible use“ while they “grow” the platform. I am curious as to

1 month / bsky / @porpentina2017.bsky.social / porpentina2017.bsky.social

NASA to bring ISS Crew-11 astronauts back to Earth earlier than planned after medical situation

cnbc - NASA earlier delayed a planned spacewalk with ISS Commander Mike Fincke and flight engineer Zena Cardman.

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NASA Suddenly Canceled Latest ISS Mission Due To Unforeseen Medical Concerns

1 month / bgr

NASA Orders ISS Medical Evacuation—but Here’s the Real Surprise

1 month / gizmodo / Ellyn Lapointe

NASA decides to bring Crew-11 home early after astronaut health scare

1 month / theregister / Richard Speed

NASA is ending Crew-11 astronauts' mission a month early

1 month / engadget / Mariella Moon

Image post - please click to view at origin

1 month / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

NASA orders “controlled medical evacuation” from the International Space Station

1 month / arstechnica / Stephen Clark

‘Serious medical condition’ prompts NASA to bring ISS crew home early

1 month / digitaltrends

NASA to bring ISS Crew-11 astronauts back to Earth earlier than planned after medical situation

1 month / cnbc

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