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Verizon To Stop Automatic Unlocking of Phones as FCC Ends 60-Day Unlock Rule (slashdot.org)
2026-1-14

Mercedes pauses the rollout of Drive Pilot, a Level 3 “eyes off” driving feature available in Europe and the US, citing low demand and high production costs (www.theverge.com)
2026-1-14 Europe

Microsoft January 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 3 zero-days, 114 flaws (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-14 Microsoft

Windows 11 KB5074109 & KB5073455 cumulative updates released (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-14

Microsoft releases Windows 10 KB5073724 extended security update (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-14 Microsoft

The US Senate passes the Defiance Act that would allow victims to sue over nonconsensual, sexually explicit AI-generated images, amid furor over Grok images (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-14 AI Senate

The US FCC waives a rule that forced Verizon to unlock phones 60 days after they are activated, which could make it harder for people to switch from Verizon (arstechnica.com)
2026-1-14

Google confirms Android bug causing volume key issues (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-14 Android Google

America's Biggest Power Grid Operator Has an AI Problem - Too Many Data Centers (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-1-14 U.S. AI

Taiwan issues an arrest warrant for OnePlus CEO Pete Lau for allegedly illegally recruiting 70+ Taiwanese engineers, amid a crackdown on Chinese talent raids (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-14 China Taiwan

Anthropic Invests $1.5 Million in the Python Software Foundation and Open Source Security (developers.slashdot.org)
2026-1-14 Open Source

A look at Confer, an open-source AI assistant project from Signal creator Moxie Marlinspike that is designed to provide end-to-end encryption for AI chats (arstechnica.com)
2026-1-14 AI

Google makes improvements to Veo 3.1's Ingredients to Video feature to make videos more expressive, and adds native vertical video generation and 4K upscaling (www.theverge.com)
2026-1-14 Google

Sources: India asked quick commerce companies to drop their 10-minute delivery promise due to concerns about rider safety; Blinkit already removed the assurance (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-14 India

Betterment confirms data breach after wave of crypto scam emails (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-14

Sources: China has told some tech companies that it will approve Nvidia H200 chip purchases only under special circumstances, such as for university research (www.theinformation.com)
2026-1-14 China Nvidia

Flip, which offers an Alexa-like voice AI experience for businesses, raised a $20M Series A, bringing its total funding to $31M (news.crunchbase.com)
2026-1-14 AI

Scott Adams, Creator of the 'Dilbert' Comic Strip, Dies at 68 (news.slashdot.org)
2026-1-14

CrowdStrike acquires Israel-based browser security startup Seraphic, a source says for around $400M; Seraphic has raised around $37M in total (www.calcalistech.com)
2026-1-14 Israel Startup Browser

Gov. Gavin Newsom has engaged in months of negotiations to neutralize a proposed California wealth tax ballot initiative; a compromise does not appear imminent (www.politico.com)
2026-1-14 Tax California

JPMorgan Warns 10% Credit Card Rate Cap Would Backfire on Consumers and Economy (slashdot.org)
2026-1-14 JPMorgan

Onebrief, which makes AI-powered military workflow software, raised a $200M Series D, nearly doubling its valuation from $1.1B to $2.1B in about half of a year (www.axios.com)
2026-1-14 AI

Austin-based webAI, which is building AI models that run locally on devices, raised “high double-digit” millions in a Series A at a $2.5B pre-money valuation (www.axios.com)
2026-1-14 AI

Convincing LinkedIn comment-reply tactic used in new phishing (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-14 LinkedIn

Signal Creator Marlinspike Wants To Do For AI What He Did For Messaging (slashdot.org)
2026-1-14 AI

Sources: CoinGecko, a prominent crypto market data and analytics company, is considering a sale at a ~$500M valuation, after starting the sales process in 2025 (www.coindesk.com)
2026-1-14

Meta Begins Job Cuts as It Shifts From Metaverse to AI Devices (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-1-14 AI

Sources: Meta and EssilorLuxottica are discussing potentially doubling Ray-Ban Meta production to 20M+ units by the end of 2026 and possibly as high as 30M+ (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-14 Ban

Sources: carmakers find a workaround for chip shortages amid Nexperia's internal battle, buying wafers from its Dutch arm and then shipping themselves to China (www.ft.com)
2026-1-14 China Netherlands

Meta confirms it is laying off Reality Labs staff and will “reinvest the savings” in wearables; CTO Andrew Bosworth says 1,000+ staff will be notified Tuesday (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-14

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