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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: @annmemmott, @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, UPI, Beirmancapital, Capacity, The Overspill, Radio & Television …, The Washington Free Beacon, Al Jazeera, CircleID, and France 24
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| 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, NBC News, eWeek, BleepingComputer, The Economic Times, Help Net Security, Silicon Republic, SiliconANGLE, NDTV Profit, MedCity News, WebProNews, Yahoo Finance, The Information, Fierce Healthcare, Fortune, and Research & Development World
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| 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.| 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, Sherwood News, Blockonomi, Apple Must, Anadolu Ajansı …, New Electronics, RTÉ, and Tech in Asia
| 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
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Bluesky: @rmac and @scottdagostino.ca
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| 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.
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| 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
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Meta appoints Dina Powell McCormick, a prominent banking executive and former Republican official, as president and vice chair, reporting to Mark Zuckerberg — Dina Powell McCormick, a prominent banking executive and former Republican official, is joining Meta full-time as president and vice chairman …
More: Financial Times, CNBC, Bloomberg, New York Post, Reuters, and Meta Newsroom
| 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.
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X: @instagram, @nikitabier, @troyhunt, @burak, and @vxunderground. Bluesky: @haveibeenpwned.com. Forums: r/cybersecurity
| Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Eddy Cue says 2025 was a “record-breaking year” for Apple services: December was a monthly TV engagement record, the App Store has 850M+ weekly users, and more — The Apple services executive released a note saying that Apple TV set new monthly engagement records, while Apple Music has hit subscriber records.| James Hunt / The Block: |
Michael Saylor's Strategy bought 13,627 bitcoin for ~$1.25B between January 5 and 11, taking its total holdings to 687,410, and boosts its USD reserve to $2.25B — Partner offers — Quick Take — Strategy has purchased another 13,627 BTC for approximately $1.25 billion at an average price …
More: TheStreet, Blockchain.News, Coinpedia Fintech News, CoinGape, Strategy, Crypto Briefing, and CryptoPotato. X: @saylor
| 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: TechCrunch, Sifted, Tech.eu, Reuters, Pulse 2.0, Tech Funding News, and Resilience Media
| 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.
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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: |
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| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
Walmart plans to expand Wing, Alphabet's on-demand drone delivery service, to 150 more stores, bringing the total to 270+ and covering ~10% of the US population — Wing, the Alphabet-owned company that delivers groceries, over-the-counter medicine, and hot lattes, is expanding its partnership …
More: Moneycontrol, PCMag, Fast Company, Fortune, Tech Times, Tech in Asia, Retail Technology …, WebProNews, The Verge, Mashable, Axios, Engadget, UPI, and The Robot Report
| Jaewon Kang / Bloomberg: |
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