$20 million lost in 'jackpotting' ATM malware attacks in 2025, FBI reports — scheme forces machines to spit out cash, targets banks and ATM operators
tomshardware - The FBI released a public warning, saying that ATM "jackpotting" incidents have exponentially increased in 2025.
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OpenAI Announce Partnerships With TCS, JioHotstar, MakeMyTrip at the India AI Impact Summit 2026
Azdhan / medianama - OpenAI revealed its plans to expand beyond Delhi at the AI IMpact Summit by setting up new offices in Bengaluru & Mumbai, and partnering with companies like TCS, Pine Labs, JioHotStar, MakeMyTripThe post OpenAI Announce Partnerships With TCS, JioHotstar, …
- Governments and panels debate AI control, safety and policy (4)
- India's homegrown AI: startups chase global breakthrough (3)
- OpenAI and Big Tech announce major India deals and remarks (5)
- Other: color, infrastructure, payments and law enforcement (5)
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OpenAI and Big Tech announce major India deals and remarks
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Inside the meeting: White House favors some stablecoin rewards, tells banks it's time to move
Jesse Hamilton / coindesk - Sources familiar with the talks on stablecoin yields say the White House urged bankers to get on board with a deal that lets the market structure bill advance.
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US Plans Online Portal To Bypass Content Bans In Europe and Elsewhere
BeauHD / slashdot - The U.S. State Department is reportedly developing a site called freedom.gov that would let users in Europe and elsewhere access content restricted under local laws, "including alleged hate speech and terrorist propaganda," reports Reuters. Washington vie…
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NASA chief classifies Starliner flight as "Type A" mishap, says agency made mistakes
Eric Berger / arstechnica - "The most troubling failure revealed by this investigation is not hardware."
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New York drops plan to legalize robotaxis in setback for Waymo
Andrew J. Hawkins / theverge - New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) dropped her proposal to allow robotaxi companies to launch commercially in cities other than New York City, citing a lack of support among state legislators, Bloomberg reports today. The move is a blow to Waymo and other…
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West Virginia sues Apple over iCloud child porn hosting
appleinsider - West Virginia's attorney general believes iCloud is the greatest platform ever made to distribute child porn, and is the first government to sue Apple after a previous class action failed.Apple is under fire over its handling of CSAM on iCloud serversThe …
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New law requires tech firms to take down non-consensual images within 48 hours
Oscar Hornstein / uktech - News laws requiring tech platforms to take down intimate images shared without the consent of the subject within 48 hours are set to come into effect. Through an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill, online platforms could face fines of up to 10% of t…
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Modi pitches India as global artificial intelligence hub at AI summit
abcnews - Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pitched India as a major hub for artificial intelligence, built at home and used worldwide
- Banking and payments: NPCI’s FiMI and AI fraud defenses (2)
- Industrial AI arms race: Tata, Reliance, NVIDIA build compute backbone (7)
- Modi's MANAV: India’s sovereign AI strategy and policy push (3)
- Summit drama: Gates exit and cold CEOs signal tensions (5)
Banking and payments: NPCI’s FiMI and AI fraud defenses
Industrial AI arms race: Tata, Reliance, NVIDIA build compute backbone
Modi's MANAV: India’s sovereign AI strategy and policy push
Summit drama: Gates exit and cold CEOs signal tensions
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Hyperliquid Launches Policy Center With $29 Million Backing to Advocate for DeFi in DC
André Beganski / decrypt - The organization is led by industry veteran Jake Chervinsky and backed with $29 million worth of HYPE.
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Saudi Arabia’s AI venture Humain invests $3bn in Elon Musk’s xAI
ft - Investment that deepens ties with billionaire is part of country’s goal to diversify economy
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Texas sues TP-Link over China links and security vulnerabilities
Dan Robinson / theregister - State disputes the company's claim that its routers are made in Vietnam TP-Link is facing legal action from the state of Texas for allegedly misleading consumers with "Made in Vietnam" claims despite China-dominated manufacturing and supply chains, and fo…
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Dutch defense chief claims F-35 could be "jailbroken like an iPhone" to bypass US approval
techspot - In an interview with NR Nieuwsradio, Tuinman was asked if the F-35's software could be altered by European forces without the United States' consent should they lose the US as an ally – a prospect that has been repeatedly raised as tensions between the co…
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Tesla Drops 'Autopilot' From California Marketing to Avoid 30-Day Sales Ban, DMV Says
Maria Garcia / implicator - Tesla removed Autopilot from California marketing, settling a DMV case filed in 2021. California accounts for nearly a third of Tesla's U.S. sales.
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Palantir is caught in the middle of a brewing fight between Anthropic and the Pentagon
Rebecca Heilweil / fastcompany - A dispute between AI company Anthropic and the Pentagon over how the military can use the company’s technology has now gone public. Amid tense negotiations, Anthropic has reportedly called for limits on two key applications: mass surveillance and autonomo…
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Tesla’s 45 Austin Robotaxis now have 14 crashes on the books since launching in June
Max Knoblauch / sherwood - Tesla submitted five new crash reports in January involving its Austin Robotaxi fleet, Electrek reports.
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CFTC's Selig opens legal dispute against states getting in way of prediction markets
Jesse Hamilton / coindesk - Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Mike Selig fired a legal warning shot defending his agency's jurisdiction over the event contract space.
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These are the countries moving to ban social media for children
Aisha Malik / techcrunch - Australia was the first country to issue a ban in late 2025, aiming to reduce the pressures and risks that young users may face on social media, including cyberbullying, social media addiction, and exposure to predators.
- Australia's ban: reports show harms for disabled and isolated youth (2)
- Parliamentary push: UK and allies seek age-based social limits (7)
- Platforms and studies: age checks, user exodus, and Meta research (2)
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Australia's ban: reports show harms for disabled and isolated youth
Parliamentary push: UK and allies seek age-based social limits
Platforms and studies: age checks, user exodus, and Meta research
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Pentagon Selects SpaceX for $100 Million Drone Swarming Competition
Trader Edge / parameter - TLDR SpaceX and xAI selected for Pentagon’s $100 million autonomous drone technology competition Six-month contest launched January 2026 to develop voice-command systems for multiple drones SpaceX acquired xAI before entering competition and ahead of plan…
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UK thermal intelligence startup SatVu secures €34 million to scale multi-satellite constellation
David Cendon Garcia / eu-startups - SatVu, a London-based thermal intelligence company that reveals operational activity and infrastructure performance from space, has closed a €34 million (£30 million) funding round bringing its total equity funding to €68 million (£60 million), as it acce…
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