Tech

Sources: UK-based cloud provider Nscale is in talks to raise about $2B, after raising more than $1.5B across a pair of rounds in September and October (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-9

Cisco switches hit by reboot loops due to DNS client bug (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-9 Cisco

Texas court blocks Samsung from tracking TV viewing, then vacates order (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-9 Samsung Texas

OpenAI VP of research Jerry Tworek is leaving, sources say after OpenAI sided with Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki in a dispute over its research direction (www.wired.com)
2026-1-9

Statcounter: four months after its release, iOS 26 is in use by only about 15% of iPhone users; in January 2025, about 63% of users were on iOS 18 (www.cultofmac.com)
2026-1-9 IOS iPhone

'The Downside To Using AI for All Those Boring Tasks at Work' (slashdot.org)
2026-1-9 AI

Sources: Google, Meta, Netflix, Microsoft, and Amazon will not be included in the EU's Digital Networks Act, despite calls from telecoms companies (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-9 Google Amazon Microsoft Netflix

Most iPhone users are still running iOS 18, with iOS 26 adoption slow: report (9to5mac.com)
2026-1-9 IOS iPhone

Source: a few weeks before Grok started “digitally undressing” people, Elon Musk expressed frustration over guardrails on Grok's image and video generator (www.cnn.com)
2026-1-9 Elon Musk

TV Makers Are Taking AI Too Far (entertainment.slashdot.org)
2026-1-9 AI

NetBlocks says internet connectivity in Iran has fallen on multiple providers as protests hit 100+ cities; Cloudflare says IPv6 traffic has dropped sharply (www.thenationalnews.com)
2026-1-9 Iran

Get lifetime access to Mondly's 41 languages for a one-time $90 (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-9

Sources: OpenAI has been slow to expand in-app checkouts for ChatGPT as the startup and its partners Shopify and Stripe struggle to standardize merchant data (www.theinformation.com)
2026-1-9 Startup Shopify

Former Google CEO Plans To Singlehandedly Fund a Hubble Telescope Replacement (science.slashdot.org)
2026-1-9 Google

Tailwind CSS Lets Go 75% Of Engineers After 40% Traffic Drop From Google (it.slashdot.org)
2026-1-9 Google

Samsung Hit with Restraining Order Over Smart TV Surveillance Tech in Texas (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-1-9 Samsung Texas

Tailwind CSS lays off three of its four engineers after Google traffic to its documentation fell ~40% from early 2023 due to AI, causing an ~80% drop in revenue (www.seroundtable.com)
2026-1-9 Google AI

ThreatModeler, which helps developers identify vulnerabilities in their applications, acquires IriusRisk, its largest competitor, a source says for $100M+ (fortune.com)
2026-1-9

Germany's Dying Forests Are Losing Their Ability To Absorb CO2 (news.slashdot.org)
2026-1-9 Germany

FIFA says parts of 2026 World Cup soccer games will be broadcast live on TikTok and some creators will get access to press conferences and training sessions (www.nytimes.com)
2026-1-9

A profile of Apple SVP John Ternus, the head of hardware engineering, who sources say is the front-runner to succeed Tim Cook, who wants to reduce his workload (www.nytimes.com)
2026-1-9 Apple Tim Cook

Texas court blocks Samsung from collecting smart TV viewing data (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-9 Samsung Texas

Chinese AI startup MiniMax raises $619M in its Hong Kong IPO, at the top of the range; sources: its institutional offering was oversubscribed by 70x+ (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-9 China Hong Kong IPO Startup AI

Samsung appears to have shelved Ballie, a robot it announced six years ago but never released, calling it an “active innovation platform” within the company (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-9 Samsung Robot

Sources: China's Salt Typhoon accessed the emails of top US House committee staff, detected in December, and intercepted senior US officials' calls for years (t.co)
2026-1-9 China

China Hacked Email Systems of US Congressional Committee Staff (news.slashdot.org)
2026-1-9 China

Microsoft launches Copilot Checkout in the US, enabling in-chat purchases via PayPal, Shopify, Stripe, and others; Shopify merchants are automatically enrolled (searchengineland.com)
2026-1-9 Microsoft Shopify

CrowdStrike buys identity management startup SGNL, in a deal valued at nearly $740M, to bolster identity security defenses on its flagship Falcon platform (www.cnbc.com)
2026-1-9 Startup

How Did TVs Get So Cheap? (entertainment.slashdot.org)
2026-1-9

Pomelo Care, which delivers 24/7 virtual care for women by using data to flag pregnancy risks and more, raised $92M led by Stripes at a $1.7B valuation (www.forbes.com)
2026-1-9

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