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January 12, 2026, 4:10 AM
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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.
Cristina Criddle / Financial Times:
Google introduces new personalized ads in its Gemini-powered AI Mode, letting advertisers offer exclusives for users preparing to buy a product  —  Tech giant moves to gain an edge in race to monetise popular AI tools  —  Google is introducing new personalised advertising into its AI shopping tools …
Jaewon Kang / Bloomberg:
Walmart partners with Google to offer AI-enhanced shopping, allowing users to purchase Walmart and Sam's Club items directly on Gemini
Rachael Levy / Reuters:
President Trump says “we may speak to Elon” about using Starlink to restore the internet in Iran, after the country imposed an internet blackout amid protests  —  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he plans to speak with billionaire Elon Musk about restoring internet in Iran …
Eugene Kim / Business Insider:
Anthropic announces Claude for Healthcare to offer HIPAA-ready tools for providers, insurers, and consumers, and expands its life sciences offerings  —  - Anthropic launched Claude for Healthcare to expand AI use in regulated medical industries.  — Claude for Healthcare offers HIPAA-ready tools …
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.
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.
Wall Street Journal:
A profile of China's CXMT, whose $4.2B IPO goal would rank among the century's biggest chip debuts, as the memory chip maker faces US and South Korean curbs  —  As AI demand drives prices up, CXMT overcomes Washington's curbs to vie with Micron and South Korean leaders
Andrew Gregory / The Guardian:
Investigation: Google removed AI Overviews for two liver health queries after expert inaccuracy warnings, but slight keyword tweaks still trigger AI responses  —  Exclusive: Guardian investigation finds AI Overviews provided inaccurate and false information when queried over blood tests
Chris Velazco / Washington Post:
CES 2026: how some companies are trying to make their AI products cute and relatable, from Lenovo's chatty motorized laptop to Sharp's ChatGPT-powered Poketomo  —  Robots for seniors, AI “pals” for women, and laptops are embracing the power of cute — for better or worse.
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.
Song Jung-a / Financial Times:
Naver, the largest South Korean buyer of Nvidia chips, is pitching its AI cloud services as an alternative for countries reluctant to use US or Chinese services  —  Naver targets countries reluctant to use American and Chinese cloud systems out of security concerns
Geoff Weiss / Business Insider:
ATG, which is developing the AI-powered wealth strategist app Autonomous, emerges from stealth and raised a $15M pre-seed led by Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan  —  - ATG cofounders Dillon Erb and Daniel Kobran raised $15 million to build an AI wealth strategist.  — Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan led ATG's latest round.
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KiMi Robinson / USA Today:
ABC pushes back on Page Six's report that Jimmy Kimmel's show will end in 2027: “any reports about the future of the show at this point are purely speculative”

Steven Waldman:
A broad coalition of media organizations urges California Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign the Community NEWS Act, which gives tax credits for employing journalists

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