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January 22, 2026, 5:35 PM
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Sources: the US and China have approved the sale of TikTok's US business to a group of mostly US investors led by Oracle and Silverlake, set to close this week  —  The US and China have signed off on a deal to sell TikTok's US business to a consortium of mostly US investors led by Oracle and Silverlake …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple expanded the job of hardware chief John Ternus to manage design teams at the end of 2025, solidifying his status as a leading CEO candidate  —  Apple Inc. has expanded the job of hardware chief John Ternus to include design work, solidifying his status as a leading contender …
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Google rolls out Personal Intelligence in AI Mode, an opt-in feature that uses Gmail and Photos data for more tailored responses, for US AI Pro and Ultra users  —  AI Mode, Google's conversational Search feature for complex questions, is getting more personalized.
The Information:
A look at Craig Federighi's approach to AI at Apple; sources say he led a push to use other companies' models to help launch a revamped Siri later in 2026  —  Last fall, Apple's software chief, Craig Federighi, delivered a warm message to a meeting of the company's combined software and AI groups.
Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer:
The curl project plans to end its HackerOne bug bounty program at the end of January, citing a surge in low-quality AI-generated vulnerability reports  —  The developer of the popular curl command-line utility and library announced that the project will end its HackerOne security bug bounty program …
New York Times:
NYT and CCDH analysis: Grok created and shared 1.8M+ sexualized images of women between December 31 and January 8, after Elon Musk promoted the feature on X  —  Over nine days, Elon Musk's Grok chatbot generated and posted 4.4 million images, of which at least 41 percent were sexualized images of women.
Lora Kolodny / CNBC:
Waymo launches its robotaxi service in Miami, its sixth market, initially covering a 60-square-mile area, and partners with Moove for fleet management  —  Alphabet's Waymo said Thursday that its robotaxi service is now open to paying riders in Miami, kicking off a 2026 market expansion.
On Substack:
Substack launches its Substack TV app for Apple TV and Google TV in beta for free and paid subscribers, with access matched to their current subscription levels  —  Today we're launching the Substack TV app for Apple TV and Google TV.  Substack is the home for the best longform …
Mia Sato / The Verge:
Cate Blanchett, Cyndi Lauper, and 800+ creatives launch “Stealing Isn't Innovation” to protest unauthorized AI training, backed by RIAA, SAG-AFTRA, and others  —  Cate Blanchett, Cyndi Lauper, George Saunders, and other creatives say that AI companies are …
Wall Street Journal:
Capital One agrees to acquire Brex, which specializes in tech to administer corporate credit cards, expenses, and rewards, for $5.15B in cash and stock  —  Deal would give credit-card issuer access to technology used by thousands of companies for corporate credit cards
Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch:
Elon Musk says Tesla launched robotaxi rides in Austin with no human safety driver; Tesla's AI lead says Tesla is “starting with a few unsupervised vehicles”  —  Tesla is offering passengers robotaxi rides in Austin without a human safety driver in the front seat.
Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Intel reports Q4 revenue down 4% YoY to $13.7B, vs. $13.4B est., a $600M net loss, up from $100M in Q4 2024, offers soft Q1 guidance; INTC down 6%+ after hours  —  Intel reported fourth-quarter earnings Thursday that beat Wall Street expectations but offered soft guidance for the current quarter.
Laura Mandaro / The Information:
Yelp acquires Hatch, which charges a monthly fee for AI-powered agents that can respond to customer inquiries and make appointments, for $300M  —  Recommendation app Yelp on Wednesday said it agreed to acquire AI agent startup Hatch for $300 million, or roughly 12 times the startup's annual recurring revenue.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify expands its AI-powered Prompted Playlists beta to Premium subscribers in the US and Canada, following initial testing in New Zealand  —  Spotify is rolling out Prompted Playlists, a new AI playlist creation tool, to Premium subscribers in the U.S. and Canada.
Will Knight / Wired:
An analysis of 5,290 AI research papers at NeurIPS: 141, or ~3%, had US-China AI lab collaboration, vs. 134/4,497 in 2024; Llama featured in 106 Chinese papers  —  WIRED analyzed more than 5,000 papers from NeurIPS using OpenAI's Codex to understand the areas where the US and China actually work together on AI research.
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Google launches free SAT practice exams in the Gemini app, providing students with performance analysis and detailed explanations for incorrect answers  —  Prepping for the SAT is nobody's idea of fun, but Google aims to make it less stressful with AI.  The company announced that it's …
The Verge:
Epic v. Google: Epic and Google have a secret deal involving Unreal Engine, Fortnite, and Android, with Epic spending $800M over six years on Google services  —  “Sorry, I'm blowing this confidentiality.” … In a hearing in San Francisco today, the court revealed that Epic and Google …
Bloomberg:
Sources: the US Senate's crypto market structure bill is likely to be delayed by several weeks as key lawmakers shift their focus to a housing legislation push  —  A sweeping US crypto market bill is likely to be delayed by at least several weeks as key lawmakers shift their focus …
Core Memory:
Q&A with recently departed OpenAI VP of Research Jerry Tworek, who claims OpenAI's shift toward more cautious ways made high-risk, pioneering work harder  —  Are all the AI superpowers playing it too safe?  —  ∙ Paid  —  On January 5th, famed AI researcher Jerry Tworek stunned world+dog …

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A breakdown of 2026 Oscars nominations by movie and studio: WBD leads with 30 nominations, tying its own record, Neon gets 18, Netflix earns 16, Apple gets 6

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