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Ricursive Intelligence nabs $300M to speed up chip design with AI

Maria Deutscher / siliconangle - Ricursive Intelligence Inc., a startup that plans to use artificial intelligence to speed up chip development, has raised $300 million in funding at a $4 billion valuation. Lightspeed led the Series A investment. Recursive disclosed in its funding announc…

#ai #startups #innovation #semiconductors #ml #chips #business #finance #deeptech #technology

From Google’s AlphaChip to $4B: Ricursive becomes an AI chip-design unicorn

5 wks / techfundingnews / Vignesh R

Ricursive Intelligence Raises $300 Million Series A Funding

5 wks / finsmes / FinSMEs

AI chip startup Ricursive hits $4B valuation two months after launch

5 wks / techcrunch / Julie Bort

Ricursive Intelligence nabs $300M to speed up chip design with AI

5 wks / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Ricursive Intelligence Raises $300 Million To Accelerate AI Chip Design

5 wks / ventureburn / Clinton

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‘Humanity needs to wake up’ to dangers of AI, says Anthropic chief

ft - Dario Amodei posts 20,000-word essay detailing potentially catastrophic risks from powerful AI in years to come


Direct AI Risk Warnings

Anthropic CEO Amodei warns of AI’s fast-coming changes

5 wks / semafor / Tom Chivers

Anthropic CEO confronts AI's dangers

5 wks / therundown / Zach Mink

Anthropic's CEO Just Published a 38-Page Warning About AI. You Should Read It.

5 wks / implicator / Maria Garcia

Anthropic CEO warns humanity may not be ready for advanced AI

5 wks / siliconangle / James Farrell

Anthropic CEO Says AI Progress Is Outpacing Society’s Ability to Control It

5 wks / decrypt / Jason Nelson

‘Humanity needs to wake up’ to dangers of AI, says Anthropic chief

5 wks / ft

Anthropic CEO Worries Humanity May Not be ‘Mature’ Enough for Advanced AI

5 wks / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

Anthropic's CEO has a stark warning about AI

5 wks / qz / Shannon Carroll


Future AI Timelines

Morning Minute: Anthropic’s CEO Warns AGI May Be 1-2 Years Away

5 wks / decrypt / Tyler Warner

Anthropic's CEO Fears 2027. He's Building It Anyway.

5 wks / implicator / Marcus Schuler

AI Beats All Humans by 2030

5 wks / theresanaiforthat / There's An AI For That


Other Reactions and Formats

Anthropic CEO warns that AI could bring slavery, bioterrorism, and unstoppable drone armies. Im not buying it.

5 wks / mashable

Motherfucker you make cloud software! Shut the fuck up! You’re not making new life! Ahhhh I want this era to be over with so I don’t have to hear from that wobbling fuckwit Amodei ever again! [contains quote post or other embedded content]

5 wks / bsky / @edzitron.com

EPUB + PDFs for Dario Amodei's The Adolescence of Technology

5 wks / reddit / /u/phoneixAdi


Political & Regulatory Angles

Anthropic CEO warns democracies must protect themselves from their own AI

5 wks / the-decoder / Maximilian Schreiner

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Google will settle its Assistant spying lawsuit for $68 million

Stevie Bonifield / theverge - Google could owe you some money, now that it's moving to settle a class-action lawsuit over how it handled recordings captured when its devices were activated by something other than Google Assistant's actual trigger word, "Ok Google." German outlet VRT N…


Ad targeting and privacy implications

Google pays up to settle voice-activated ad targeting claims

5 wks / mumbrella / Eleanor Dickinson

Google Settles $68 Million Lawsuit Claiming It Recorded Private Conversations

5 wks / slashdot / BeauHD

Google agrees to $68 million settlement in voice assistant privacy lawsuit

5 wks / engadget / Anna Washenko


General lawsuit settlement details

Google agrees to $68 million settlement in voice assistant eavesdropping lawsuit

5 wks / techspot

Google Pays $68M to Settle Voice Assistant Spying Lawsuit

5 wks / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Google to pay $68 million to settle Google Assistant privacy lawsuit

5 wks / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

Google pays $68M to settle claims its voice assistant spied on users

5 wks / techcrunch / Lucas Ropek

Google agrees to $68m settlement over Google Assistant recording claims

5 wks / betanews / Wayne Williams

Google will settle its Assistant spying lawsuit for $68 million

5 wks / theverge / Stevie Bonifield

Google Agrees to Settle Class Action Lawsuit Targeting Voice Assistant

5 wks / pymnts / PYMNTS

Google to pay $68m to settle lawsuit claiming it recorded private conversations

5 wks / bbc

Alphabet (GOOGL) Stock: Google Settles Voice Assistant Privacy Lawsuit for $68 Million

5 wks / parameter / Trader Edge


All Other Stories

The tech giant did not admit wrongdoing in the case.

5 wks / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

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Target, UnitedHealth, 3M, General Mills CEOs finally spoke up about ICE after weeks of silence. Here’s what they said

Grace Snelling / fastcompany - For weeks, the leaders of Minnesota’s most prominent businesses have remained tight-lipped as thousands of ICE agents have flooded the Twin Cities, where those agents have raided residential neighborhoods, detained employees from local businesses, and tak…


Corporate Leaders Weigh In on ICE Crisis

'ICE is going too far': Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and more CEOs on Minnesota

5 wks / qz / Ben Kesslen

Shameful: Tech leaders react to ICE killing of Alex Pretti

5 wks / mashable

Minnesota CEOs’ call for ‘de-escalation’ isn’t enough. Here’s why.

5 wks / fastcompany / Sarah Bregel

Tech's top CEOs mum after ICE killings, while leaders like Reid Hoffman, Yann LeCun speak out

5 wks / cnbc

Vancouver-based Hootsuite standing by ICE contract

5 wks / mobilesyrup / Jonathan Lamont

Target, UnitedHealth, 3M, General Mills CEOs finally spoke up about ICE after weeks of silence. Here’s what they said

5 wks / fastcompany / Grace Snelling

CEOs at Target, Best Buy, and more urge 'immediate deescalation of tensions' in Minnesota

5 wks / qz / Joseph Zeballos-Roig


Government and Legal Oversight in Motion

Judge Blocks DHS From Destroying Evidence From Alex Pretti’s Execution By Federal Officers

5 wks / techdirt / Tim Cushing

DHS keeps trying and failing to unmask anonymous ICE critics online

5 wks / ycombinator


Online and Social Media Outcry Amplifies Discontent

TikTok Data Center Outage Triggers Trust Crisis for New US Owners

5 wks / wired / Zeyi Yang, Vittoria Elliott

Redditors Are Mounting a Resistance Against ICE

5 wks / wired / Kat Tenbarge

Even the big dick subreddit is mad about ICE

5 wks / theverge / Mia Sato


Tech Workers Rally for CEO Action

Tech Workers Demand CEOs Use Their ‘Leverage’ to End ICE Violence

5 wks / gizmodo / Ece Yildirim

Tech employees demand their leaders take a stand against ICE

5 wks / theregister / Jessica Lyons

Tech workers call for CEOs to speak up against ICE after the killing of Alex Pretti

5 wks / techcrunch / Rebecca Bellan

Tech workers urge CEOs to condemn ICE

5 wks / reddit / /u/Calvinball_24


All Other Stories

The technical failure coincided with TikTok’s ownership transition, leading users to question whether videos criticizing ICE raids in Minnesota were being intentionally censored. www.wired.com/story/tiktok...

5 wks / bsky / @wired.com / wired.com

"TikTok Data Center Outage Triggers Trust Crisis for New US Owners. The technical failure coincided with TikTok’s ownership transition, leading users to question whether videos criticizing ICE raids in Minnesota were being intentionally censored.&quo

5 wks / bsky / @socialmedialab.ca / socialmedialab.ca

That evening, Apple CEO Tim Cook was at the White House for a screening of the first lady’s new documentary, according to multiple media outlets. www.cnbc.com/2026/01/26/a...

5 wks / bsky / @pigeonson.bsky.social / pigeonson.bsky.social

Tech leaders are beginning to speak out after the killing of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis. But CEOs at some of the biggest tech companies have remained silent... by Jennifer Elias & Lola Murti @cnbc.com www.cnbc

5 wks / bsky / @lorak.bsky.social / lorak.bsky.social

“Fuck ICE first, second, third, and fourth. Then worry about fucking me,” a Reddit post reads.

5 wks / bsky / @theverge.com / theverge.com

Literally the first piece of news I read today was about r/massivecock and I’m like “is this real or should I go back inpatient”

5 wks / bsky / @lukesteuber.com / lukesteuber.com

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Apple Releases New 'Black Unity' Band for Apple Watch

iclarified - Apple today unveiled the Apple Watch Unity Connection Braided Solo Loop, a new special-edition band released in honor of Black History Month. The accessory incorporates the red, black, and green colors of the Pan-African flag. Continue ReadingShare Articl…

#wearables #apple #fashion #culture #community #technology #gadgets #watch #applewatch

Apple Drops iOS 26.2.1 and Surprise Updates for Older iPhones and iPads

5 wks / iphoneincanada / John Quintet

Apple Releases New 'Black Unity' Band for Apple Watch

5 wks / iclarified

Apple’s New 2026 Black Unity Watch Band Is Officially Here

5 wks / iphoneincanada / Nehal Malik

Apple Introduces New Black Unity Apple Watch Band

5 wks / macrumors / Hartley Charlton

Back to Top / Monday, January 26, 2026, 11:21 am / permalink 18407 / 4 stories in 5 wks


Windows 11’s Patch Tuesday nightmare gets worse — Microsoft says some PCs might not boot

/u/lurker_bee / reddit - submitted by /u/lurker_bee [link] [comments]

#software #windows #microsoft #technology #repair #patching #updates #bugs #operatingsystems

This Windows 11 Update Could Seriously Screw Up Your PC

5 wks / slashgear

Microsoft has released an emergency Windows 11 update to fix crashing apps

5 wks / digitaltrends

Windows 11's Patch Tuesday nightmare gets worse

5 wks / ycombinator

Some PCs can't boot after latest Windows 11 security update, no fix in sight —mostly affects 24H2 and 25H2 versions

5 wks / tomshardware

Microsoft probes Windows 11 boot failures tied to January security updates

5 wks / theregister / Carly Page

Microsoft’s first Windows 11 update of 2026 has been a mess

5 wks / theverge / Tom Warren

Microsoft releases emergency fix to Windows users to fix Outlook issues

5 wks / betanews / Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson

Microsoft issues cumulative fix for disastrous January security update

5 wks / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

Microsoft is investigating UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME error in Windows 11

5 wks / betanews / Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson

Windows 11’s Patch Tuesday nightmare gets worse — Microsoft says some PCs might not boot

5 wks / reddit / /u/lurker_bee

Microsoft suspects some PCs might not boot after Windows 11 January 2026 Update

5 wks / ycombinator

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Oracle and OpenAI scrap Texas data-center expansion; Meta eyes the spare capacity

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SoftBank seeks massive $40B loan to back OpenAI investment, courting big risk

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OpenAI launches Codex Security agent to automatically detect software vulnerabilities

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Google releases Workspace CLI enabling AI agents to access Gmail, Drive, Calendar

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