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Ofcom opens an investigation under the OSA into Grok over the sexualized deepfakes of women and kids being generated on X and threatens X with a ban or a fine — Media regulator threatens chatbot with ban or multimillion-pound fine — Ofcom, Britain's media regulator …
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X: @lewis_goodall and @ofcom
Bluesky: @goodlawproject.org, @jamesdaustin, @wanderinggaia, and @mattburgess1
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| Rachael Levy / Reuters: |
President Trump says “we may speak to Elon” about using Starlink to restore the internet in Iran, which has blocked the internet since January 8 amid protests — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he plans to speak with billionaire Elon Musk about restoring internet in Iran …
More: Forbes, Benzinga, The Cyber Express, Capacity, UPI, Beirmancapital, The Overspill, Radio & Television …, The Washington Free Beacon, Al Jazeera, CircleID, and France 24
X: @netblocks, @emilykschrader, @shashj, @victoriat_, @victoriat_, @shashj, @hdagres, @netblocks, @suppressednws1, @tparsi, @niohberg, @foxnews, @hamedstn, @cym27s, @nazaninnour, @netblocks, @yashar, and @peterfrankopan. Bluesky: @metacurity.com
| Eugene Kim / Business Insider: |
Anthropic debuts Claude for Healthcare, which offers HIPAA-ready tools for providers, insurers, and consumers, building on its Claude for Life Sciences offering — - Anthropic launched Claude for Healthcare to expand AI use in regulated medical industries.
More: Anthropic, eWeek, NBC News, BleepingComputer, The Economic Times, Silicon Republic, Help Net Security, SiliconANGLE, NDTV Profit, MedCity News, WebProNews, Yahoo Finance, The Information, Fierce Healthcare, Fortune, and Research & Development World
X: @andrewcurran_, @erictopol, and @mgalvosas
| Nasteho Said / Bloomberg: |
Meta says it shut down nearly 550K accounts in Australia to comply with its under-16 social media ban, including 330,639 Instagram and 173,497 Facebook accounts — Meta Platforms Inc. said it has shut down almost 550,000 accounts in Australia to comply with the country's landmark social media ban for children.| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Google unveils the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), a new open standard that lets AI agents work across different parts of the customer's buying process — Google today announced a new open standard, called the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) for AI agent-based shopping, at the National Retail Federation (NRF) conference.
More: The Keyword, WebProNews, Wall Street Journal, The Keyword, Google Developers Blog, AI News, InternetRetailing, Digit, The Stack, Analytics India Magazine, PYMNTS.com, TNGlobal, The Joy of Tech, SiliconANGLE, WinBuzzer, CNBC, PPC Land, Customer Experience News, and Search Engine Land
X: @sundarpichai, @ianandrewsdc, @rihardjarc, @ai_for_success, @antoniogm, @eric_seufert, @boringmarketer, @jadecole2112, @dr_gingerballs, @stocksavvyshay, @varunram, @benjamindekr, @tobi, @mweinbach, @owenslindsay1, @bigmeaninternet, @the_ai_investor, @rohanpaul_ai, @jonkarolczak, @omuinetimi, @gammichan, @mindset4money_x, @theakcube, @igrigorik, @aleyda, @0xsammy, @saboo_shubham_, @kukac24, @zephyr_z9, @natejhake, @andrewcurran_, @cyntro_py, and @nischalshetty
LinkedIn: Greg Fletcher, PhD, Marie Haynes, Daniel Hogben, Costa Kladianos, Maia Josebachvili, Vidhya Srinivasan, Stavan Parikh, and Lilian Rincon. Bluesky: @joyoftech. Forums: r/SEO
| Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: |
More: The Verge, Business Standard, South China Morning Post, Vogue, Search Engine Roundtable, Android Authority, BMI, NDTV Profit, Mumbrella, Blockchain.News, The Information, 9to5Google, Search Engine Journal, Retail TouchPoints, American Banker, The Aisle, and Yahoo Finance
| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
More: Moneycontrol, PCMag, Fortune, Tech Times, Tech in Asia, Retail Technology …, WebProNews, The Verge, Mashable, Axios, Engadget, UPI, and The Robot Report
| Jaewon Kang / Bloomberg: |
| New York Times: |
Sources and filings: Peter Thiel donated $3M to a group to beat California's wealth tax, the first of several expected major donations by tech leaders in 2026 — More large donations from wealthy Silicon Valley figures are expected as they try to marshal opposition to a proposed ballot measure …
More: Wall Street Journal and Issues & Insights
X: @refriedbrean, @austinahlman, @joffemd, @ptuomov, @naval, @hanlonbt, @garrytan, @loomdoop, @eytanelbaz, @nic_carter, @levyantoine, @andyfang, @asymmetricinfo, @linkofsunshine, @tbpn, @yuchenj_uw, @pmddomingos, @mattyglesias, @teddyschleifer, @teddyschleifer, @tayfromca, @chamath, @chamath, and @garrytan
Bluesky: @rmac and @scottdagostino.ca
Forums: r/InterstellarKinetics and r/politics
| Counterpoint Research: |
Global smartphone shipments rose 2% YoY in 2025; Apple led with 20% market share and 10% YoY growth, followed by Samsung's 19% market share and 5% YoY growth — - Global smartphone shipments grew 2% YoY in 2025, driven by increasing premium demand and improving momentum in key emerging markets.
More: MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Blockonomi, Anadolu Ajansı …, New Electronics, RTÉ, and Tech in Asia. X: @universeice
| Steven Sinofsky / Hardcore Software: |
CES 2026 report: AI, autonomy, and robotic products are still finding their way, country-level booths are growing, Nvidia underpinned much of the show, and more — This was a great show and if you spent enough time on the floor (I did so you don't have to), you could see it really did live … | Dan Gallagher / Wall Street Journal: |
Despite projections of memory shortages for PCs and phones, producers like Micron will proceed cautiously in adding new capacity, mindful of past downcycles — Sandisk, Western Digital, Seagate and Micron need to keep undershooting demand — The world needs a lot more memory chips and hard drives.
More: Wccftech, CNBC, Blockonomi, Moneycontrol, Android Headlines, and Business Standard
| Terrence O'Brien / The Verge: |
Instagram says there was no breach and it fixed an issue that let an external party send password reset emails, after reports that 17.5M users' data was exposed — If you're one of the many, many people who received a password reset email from Instagram the other day, the company says it fixed the issue.
More: Engadget, BleepingComputer, Tech Advisor, The Sun, Tom's Guide, PCMag, WebProNews, TechCrunch, TechRadar, WinBuzzer, The Mac Observer, The Hans India, The Register, Digit, Business Standard, Tech Times, Moneycontrol, Android Authority, Digital Trends, NDTV Profit, Cyber Security News, Social Media Today, Help Net Security, SiliconANGLE, Have I Been Pwned …, TechCity, Ubergizmo, MakeUseOf, Security Boulevard, Just Jared, The Economic Times, Daily Mail, Baller Alert, and Gizmodo
| Andrew Gregory / The Guardian: |
Investigation: Google removed AI Overviews for two liver health queries after experts warned about inaccuracy, but slight tweaks still trigger AI responses — Exclusive: Guardian investigation finds AI Overviews provided inaccurate and false information when queried over blood tests
More: TechCrunch, International Business Times, Android Authority, eWeek, Tom's Guide, EasternEye, The Verge, Digit, Tech Times, Tech in Asia, Moneycontrol, Livemint, The Information, The Independent, and The Peninsula Newspaper
Bluesky: @brunojnavarro, @fabiochiusi, @markriedl, @caulfieldtim, @emilymbender, @nataliegreenpeer, and @wadehistory
Forums: r/technology, r/UnderReportedNews, and r/worldnews
| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
Paris-based autonomous drone maker Harmattan AI raised a $200M Series B led by Dassault at a $1.4B valuation, and aims to produce 10K drones per month in 2026 — Dassault Aviation SA, developer of the Rafale fighter jet, led a $200 million investment into the relatively unknown drone company Harmattan AI …
More: Sifted, Tech.eu, Reuters, Tech Funding News, and Resilience Media
| Bloomberg: |
Chinese AI executives say China is unlikely to eclipse the US in the AI race anytime soon, citing limited resources and US chip export curbs as key constraints — Some of China's most prominent figures in generative artificial intelligence warned that the Asian nation is unlikely to eclipse the US in the global AI race anytime soon.
More: South China Morning Post, 36Kr, Tech in Asia, Semafor, and The Decoder
X: @provisionalidea, @yishan, @robleclerc, @aidanshandle, @jukan05, @hamandcheese, @jukan05, @rushdoshi, @kyleichan, @liqian_ren, @chorzempamartin, and @kimmonismus
Forums: r/technology, r/agi, r/ControlProblem, r/singularity, r/LocalLLaMA, and r/OpenAI
| Richard Waters / Financial Times: |
A look at claims from Google and others about quantum computing breakthroughs over the past few months that helped boost quantum computing stocks in 2025 — Amid some scepticism, many say the machines can now achieve results beyond the capability of traditional computersSponsor Posts
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Zoho:
Security update: Retiring weak TLS cipher suites — At Zoho Corp, we are dedicated to maintaining the highest security and compliance standards. As part of our ongoing efforts to enhance security …
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