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January 7, 2026, 4:25 AM
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xAI:
xAI raised a $20B Series E, exceeding its $15B targeted round size, with participation from Valor, Nvidia, and others, and says Grok 5 is currently in training  —  xAI is rapidly accelerating its progress in building advanced AI.  —  xAI completed its upsized Series E funding round …
Hugh Langley / Business Insider:
Filing: Larry Page moved assets out of California ahead of the proposed CA wealth tax, meeting an end-of-2025 deadline; a source said he has left the state  —  - Google cofounder Larry Page is cutting ties with California.  — A source said Page had already left the state.
Bloomberg:
Jensen Huang says he is “perfectly fine” with California's proposed tax on billionaires and plans to remain in the state; Nvidia is based in Santa Clara
Evan Halper / Washington Post:
How the huge data center buildout is heating up local politics in US towns across red and blue states on issues like water, electricity, and noise  —  As the buildout of AI infrastructure alarms communities, it is fast emerging as a potent electoral issue across the political divide.
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
Google will now publish new source code to the Android Open Source Project twice per year, down from releasing source code for every quarterly Android release  —  Google has announced that it will publish Android source code to AOSP in Q2 and Q4 of each year.  —  •
Allison Smith / Modern Retail:
Brands complain Amazon's “Buy for Me” AI-powered shopping tool features their products on Amazon without permission and shows descriptions with errors  —  Angie Chua has avoided selling on Amazon since she founded her Palm Springs, California-based stationery brand Bobo Design Studio in 2016.
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
In the first successful US prosecution of a spyware operator in 10+ years, pcTattletale's founder pleads guilty to promoting surveillance apps for unlawful uses  —  The founder of a U.S.-based spyware company, whose surveillance products allowed customers to spy on the phones and computers …
Bloomberg:
A look at Kalshi and Polymarket's lucrative shift toward sports, as high-profile real-world bets raise questions about access, integrity, and US CFTC regulation  —  Prediction platforms pitch themselves as tools for insight, but eye-catching bets on real-world events are raising questions about access, integrity and regulation.
Stu Woo / Wall Street Journal:
GWI: LinkedIn's 2025 revenue rose to $17B from $7B in 2020 as users doubled to 1.3B; 4.7% of US users checked more than once per day in 2025, from 3.9% in 2020  —  Data show people are scrolling longer on the site.  Its secret is a founding principle that curbs toxicity.  —  It isn't just you.
Stevie Bonifield / The Verge:
Meta unveils teleprompter and EMG handwriting features for Meta Ray-Ban Display and expands Pedestrian Navigation for the glasses to four new US cities  —  Ray-Ban Display users will soon be able to reply to texts with hand gestures. … The new EMG handwriting feature …
Steve Dent / Engadget:
Meta says it is pausing the release of its Ray-Ban Display glasses to the UK, France, Italy, and Canada due to “unprecedented demand and limited inventory”
Chris Welch / Bloomberg:
Motorola unveils the Razr Fold, its first book-style foldable phone, with a 6.6" front display and an 8.1" 2K LTPO inner screen, expected to launch this summer  —  Lenovo Group Ltd.'s Motorola unveiled its first folding phone that opens like a book or passport, a departure from the string …
Paige Smith / Bloomberg:
Dutch fintech Bunq applies to become a US bank; the OCC conditionally approved national trust bank charters for several crypto firms in 2025, including Circle  —  The Dutch fintech Bunq BV applied to become a US bank two years after rescinding a previous application under former President Joe Biden.
Bloomberg:
China unveils rules banning major platforms like Alibaba from forcing merchants into discounts or practices seen as disrupting market order, effective February  —  China unveiled broad regulations Wednesday that ban major platforms such as Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. from coercing online merchants …
Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE:
PitchBook-NVCA: global VC investments hit $512B in 2025 with AI accounting for 50%+; VC fundraising fell to a 10-year low of $118.6B, ~$100B less than in 2024  —  The global venture capital market hit its second-highest annual total on record in 2025, with the year seeing $512 billion in deal value …

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Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: Jasmine Crockett ejected an Atlantic reporter from an event and called police on a CNN reporter; the Atlantic's editor called the ejection unacceptable

Gary Baum / The Hollywood Reporter:
Source: Paramount is probing allegations that president Jeff Shell leaked details about its $7.7B deal with UFC a month before its August 2025 announcement

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
MS Now names Ali Velshi its chief data reporter, which will see him lead election results and polling on election nights for the cable channel

More News

Igor Bonifacic / Engadget:
Lenovo introduces Qira, a system-level, cross-device AI assistant for both its computers and Motorola smartphones, arriving later in Q1 2026
Marissa Newman / Bloomberg:
Mobileye is acquiring Israeli humanoid robot startup Mentee Robotics in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $900M; Mentee was founded in 2022 and has raised $50M
Kyle Orland / Ars Technica:
Nvidia brings its G-Sync Pulsar tech, which reduces motion blur by using a “rolling scan” scheme that briefly pulses the monitors' backlight, to four monitors
Corey Quinn / The Register:
Amazon raised AWS' EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML prices by ~15% on January 3, saying the adjustment “reflects the supply/demand patterns we expect this quarter”
Sam Rutherford / Engadget:
Asus redesigns the Zenbook Duo with a new “hideaway” hinge that shrinks the gap between the laptop's two 3K 144Hz Lumina Pro OLED displays to just 8.28 mm
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Meta names C.J. Mahoney, former Microsoft legal executive and deputy US Trade Representative during Trump's first term, as its chief legal officer

Earlier Picks

Dana Wollman / Bloomberg:
Chinese robot vacuum maker Roborock unveils the Saros Rover, a concept robot vacuum cleaner with two wheel-legs for climbing stairs, as robotics dominates CES
Zachary Skidmore / DatacenterDynamics:
Commonwealth Fusion Systems teams up with Nvidia and Siemens to build an AI digital twin of its SPARC fusion reactor, accelerating its push to commercial fusion
Dan Rys / Billboard:
UMG announces a partnership with Nvidia “to pioneer responsible AI for music discovery, creation, and engagement”, centered on Nvidia's Music Flamingo model
The Information:
LMArena, which runs leaderboards that rank AI models based on their performance, raised a $150M Series A led by Felicis and UC Investments at a $1.7B valuation
Mark Bergen / Bloomberg:
Accenture acquires UK-based AI startup Faculty, which works with the UK government, for an undisclosed sum; Faculty CEO Marc Warner will become Accenture's CTO
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