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Analysis: the AI investment boom represents ~1% of US GDP, roughly half the GDP share during the '90s dot-com boom and comparable to the mid-2010s US shale boom (www.ft.com)
2026-1-11 AI GDP

C# (and C) Grew in Popularity in 2025, Says TIOBE (developers.slashdot.org)
2026-1-11

Documents and sources: India proposes security rules that would force smartphone makers to share source code, prompting quiet pushback from Apple and Samsung (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-11 India Samsung Apple

A look at the history and rise of Markdown, which has been adopted across the tech industry in the decades since its quiet launch in 2004 by John Gruber (www.anildash.com)
2026-1-11

Newly listed Chinese AI chipmakers Moore Threads, Biren, and MetaX had stellar stock market debuts, but none has sales above 10% of rival Cambricon (www.ft.com)
2026-1-11 China AI

Investigation: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps used two UK-registered companies to move ~$1B in stablecoins since 2023, evading international sanctions (www.trmlabs.com)
2026-1-11 Iran Islam

Analysis: global AI-related companies drove ~40% of benchmark convertible bond index returns in 2025, pushing the amount raised to $166.5B, the most since 2001 (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-11 AI

Taiwan's data shows the US became its top export destination in 2025 over China, including Hong Kong, the first time since 1999, partly driven by AI tech demand (asia.nikkei.com)
2026-1-11 China Hong Kong Taiwan AI

Elon Musk: X's New Algorithm Will Be Made Open Source in Seven Days (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-1-11 Open Source Algorithm Elon Musk

China releases draft guidelines for governing online personal data collection, open for public consultation amid privacy concerns and companies' data misuse (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-11 China

China launches a probe into competition among online food delivery platforms, aiming to curb price wars that have contributed to deflationary economic pressures (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-11 China

A look at the global AI adoption in 2025; use in the global north grew nearly twice as fast as the south; the UAE leads with 64% of working-age adults using AI (www.microsoft.com)
2026-1-11 AI

Nature-Inspired Computers Are Shockingly Good At Math (science.slashdot.org)
2026-1-11 Mathematics

Microsoft is retiring 'Send to Kindle' in Word (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-11 Microsoft

A look at Tether's role in Venezuela's economy, which puts it in a prime position to aid the U.S. as it seeks to find funds allegedly stolen by Maduro's regime (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-11 Venezuela

Four More Tech Bloggers are Switching to Linux (linux.slashdot.org)
2026-1-11 Linux

AI-Powered Social Media App Hopes To Build More Purposeful Lives (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-1-11 AI Social Media

AI Fails at Most Remote Work, Researchers Find (it.slashdot.org)
2026-1-11 AI

Malwarebytes: a 2024 Instagram data breach exposed information on 17.5 million users, including emails, phone numbers, and physical addresses (www.engadget.com)
2026-1-11 Instagram

Amazon Plans Massive Superstore Larger Than a Walmart Supercenter Near Chicago (slashdot.org)
2026-1-11 Amazon Walmart

China's 'Artificial Sun' Breaks Nuclear Fusion Limit Thought to Be Impossible (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-1-11 China

BreachForums hacking forum database leaked, exposing 324,000 accounts (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-11 Database

A profile of Grubhub parent Wonder, which has raised about $2B and is rolling out robotic meal-assembly tech acquired from Sweetgreen for $186M in November 2025 (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-11 Robot

Meta Announces New Smartglasses Features, Delays International Rollout Claiming 'Unprecedented' Demand' (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-1-11

Morgan Stanley survey of audio habits in the US: 50% to 60% of listeners aged 18-44 reported listening to AI-generated music for 2.5 to 3 hours per week (sherwood.news)
2026-1-11 AI Morgan Stanley

Medical Evacuation from Space Station Next Week for Astronaut in Stable Condition (science.slashdot.org)
2026-1-11

More US States Are Preparing Age-Verification Laws for App Stores (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-1-11

Spain arrests 34 suspects linked to Black Axe cyber crime (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-11 Spain

How the Free Software Foundation Kept a Videoconferencing Software Free (news.slashdot.org)
2026-1-11

Indonesia temporarily blocks Grok due to the risk of AI-generated pornographic content, becoming the first country to deny access to the AI tool (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-11 AI Indonesia

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