Tech

Sources: Chinese officials are reviewing Meta's $2B Manus acquisition for possible tech export control violations, including Manus' relocation to Singapore (t.co)
2026-1-7 China Singapore

Jensen Huang says Nvidia has “fired up” H200 production in the expectation of resumed China sales and it is working on the “last details” with the US government (www.ft.com)
2026-1-7 China Nvidia

Samsung says it expects memory chip supply shortages to raise prices across the electronics industry, including potentially among its own consumer products (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-7 Samsung

Polymarket is disputing that the US mission to capture Nicolás Maduro constituted an “invasion”, refusing to pay out bets on a contract with $10.5M in wagers (www.ft.com)
2026-1-7

Chinese AI startups Zhipu and MiniMax are set to go public in Hong Kong on January 8 and 9, respectively; MiniMax has 210M+ users, and Zhipu has 8,000+ clients (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-7 China Hong Kong Startup AI

Sources: Discord files confidentially for a US IPO, working with Goldman and JPMorgan; Discord was valued at $15B in 2021, and rejected a $12B Microsoft offer (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-7 Microsoft IPO JPMorgan Goldman

Congressman Introduces Legislation To Criminalize Insider Trading On Prediction Markets (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-1-7

GWI: LinkedIn's 2025 revenue rose to $17B from $7B in 2020 as users doubled to 1.3B; 4.7% of US users checked more than once per day in 2025, from 3.9% in 2020 (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-7 LinkedIn

An AI-Generated NWS Map Invented Fake Towns In Idaho (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-1-7 AI

A look at Kalshi and Polymarket's lucrative shift toward sports, as high-profile real-world bets raise questions about access, integrity, and US CFTC regulation (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-7 CFTC

As data center development pressures power grids, officials have proposed requiring data centers to power down or switch to a backup when blackout risks rise (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-7

An interview with Google DeepMind CTO Koray Kavukcuoglu on his new role as Google's chief AI architect, Gemini 3, progress toward the goal of AGI, and more (www.ft.com)
2026-1-7 Google Interview AI

PitchBook-NVCA: global VC investments hit $512B in 2025 with AI accounting for 50%+; VC fundraising fell to a 10-year low of $118.6B, ~$100B less than in 2024 (siliconangle.com)
2026-1-7 AI

How Google's ambitious approach to training Gemini on text, code, audio, images, and video helped it stage a powerful comeback, triggering a Code Red at OpenAI (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-7 Google

Dutch fintech Bunq applies to become a US bank; the OCC conditionally approved national trust bank charters for several crypto firms in 2025, including Circle (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-7 Fintech Netherlands

The US FDA says it will limit regulation of non-medical wellness wearables and AI software, provided they don't make claims about disease diagnosis or treatment (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-7 AI

China unveils rules banning major platforms like Alibaba from forcing merchants into discounts or practices seen as disrupting market order, effective February (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-7 China Alibaba

Filing: Larry Page moved assets out of California ahead of the proposed CA wealth tax, meeting an end-of-2025 deadline; a source said he has left the state (www.businessinsider.com)
2026-1-7 Tax Asset California

Motorola unveils the Razr Fold, its first book-style foldable phone, with a 6.6" front display and an 8.1" 2K LTPO inner screen, expected to launch this summer (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-7

Creator of Claude Code Reveals His Workflow (developers.slashdot.org)
2026-1-7

Lenovo introduces Qira, a system-level, cross-device AI assistant for both its computers and Motorola smartphones, arriving later this quarter (www.engadget.com)
2026-1-7 AI Lenovo

Sources: Chinese officials are reviewing Meta's purchase of Manus for possible technology export control violations (www.ft.com)
2026-1-7 China

Discord Files Confidentially For IPO (news.slashdot.org)
2026-1-7 IPO

OpenAI is reportedly getting ready to test ads in ChatGPT (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-7

NYC Wegmans Is Storing Biometric Data On Shoppers' Eyes, Voices and Faces (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-1-7

How the huge data center buildout is heating up local politics in US towns across red and blue states on issues like water, electricity, and noise (www.washingtonpost.com)
2026-1-7

OpenAI is rolling out GPT-5.2 “Codex-Max” for some users (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-7

Utah Allows AI To Renew Medical Prescriptions (science.slashdot.org)
2026-1-7 AI

Nvidia Details New AI Chips and Autonomous Car Project With Mercedes (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-1-7 AI Nvidia

Sources: Discord has filed confidentially for an IPO, working with Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-7 IPO JPMorgan Goldman

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