Tech

ChatGPT is losing market share as Google Gemini gains ground (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-8 Google

Sources: JPMorgan Chase has reached a deal to take over the Apple credit card program from Goldman Sachs; JPMorgan plans to launch a new Apple savings account (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-8 Apple JPMorgan Goldman Credit Card

Power Bank Feature Creep is Out of Control (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-1-8

New Dietary Guidelines Abandon Longstanding Advice on Alcohol (news.slashdot.org)
2026-1-8

OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Health, which lets users import medical records and other data from health apps into ChatGPT, initially available to a small group (www.axios.com)
2026-1-8

Samsung's Rolling Ballie Robot Indefinitely Shelved After Delays (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-1-8 Samsung Robot

Transform your photos in seconds with the $20 Luminar Mobile photo editor (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-8 Mobile

Docs: Character.AI and Google agree to settle lawsuits with families of teenagers who killed or harmed themselves after interacting with Character.AI's chatbot (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-8 Google AI chatbot

The Inevitable Rise of the Art TV (entertainment.slashdot.org)
2026-1-8

Sources: Anthropic plans to raise $10B led by Singapore's GIC and Coatue Management at a $350B valuation before the new investment, up from $183B in September (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-8 Singapore

Logitech Options+, G HUB macOS apps break after certificate expires (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-8

How Aviation Emissions Could Be Halved Without Cutting Journeys (news.slashdot.org)
2026-1-8

Cambodia extradites Chen Zhi, the chairman of online scam conglomerate Prince Group, to China; in October, the US DOJ seized $12B in bitcoin belonging to Chen (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-8 China Bitcoin Cambodia

Max severity Ni8mare flaw lets hackers hijack n8n servers (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-8

Microsoft: Classic Outlook bug prevents opening encrypted emails (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-8 Microsoft

Logitech Caused Its Mice To Freak Out By Not Renewing a Certificate (it.slashdot.org)
2026-1-8

Utah launches a pilot program with health-tech startup Doctronic to let AI systems handle routine prescription renewals for patients with chronic conditions (www.politico.com)
2026-1-8 Startup AI

Dell Walks Back AI-First Messaging After Learning Consumers Don't Care (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-1-8 AI

Source: Ant Group's Ant International grew revenue by 20% to 25% in 2025 to an estimated $3.7B, or ~10% of Ant's total 2025 revenue, as it competes with Visa (www.theinformation.com)
2026-1-8

Sources: China told some local tech companies to temporarily halt purchase orders for Nvidia's H200 chips while officials deliberate on import conditions (www.theinformation.com)
2026-1-8 China Nvidia

How the huge data center buildout is heating up local politics in US towns across red and blue states on issues like local water supplies and electricity prices (www.washingtonpost.com)
2026-1-8

Polymarket agrees to its first media partnership to supply Dow Jones outlets, including the WSJ and Barron's, with real-time prediction market trading data (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-8 Dow Jones

Crypto infrastructure provider Fireblocks agrees to acquire accounting platform TRES Finance, sources say for $130M in cash and equity; TRES raised $11M in 2023 (fortune.com)
2026-1-8 Equity

Spotify launches Listening Activity on iOS and Android, letting users view friends' real-time listening via the sidebar alongside chats, as an opt-in feature (www.theverge.com)
2026-1-8 Android IOS Spotify

'Everyone Hates OneDrive, Microsoft's Cloud App That Steals Then Deletes All Your Files' (it.slashdot.org)
2026-1-8 Microsoft

London-based e-commerce logistics platform Swap raised a $100M Series C led by DST Global and Iconiq, after raising a $40M Series B in March 2025 (www.axios.com)
2026-1-8 London Logistics

Researcher: Grok generated ~6,700 sexually suggestive or “nudifying” images per hour on X between January 5 and January 6; 85% of all Grok images are sexualized (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-8

In 2026, Hackers Want AI: Threat Intel on Vibe Hacking & HackGPT (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-8 Intel AI

ownCloud urges users to enable MFA after credential theft reports (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-8

As Trump and Big Tech aim to build SMRs to win the AI race, a look at the issues they face; none of the 50 SMRs under development have a US operating license (www.ft.com)
2026-1-8 Trump AI

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