Tech

Roku founder and CEO Anthony Wood predicts “we'll see the first 100% AI-generated hit movie” within three years and discusses Roku's new $3/month Howdy streamer (variety.com)
2026-1-8 AI

Rubin Observatory Spots an Asteroid That Spins Fast Enough To Set a Record (science.slashdot.org)
2026-1-8

Sources: wealthy Californians are quietly mobilizing on WhatsApp and calls in a long-shot bid to oust Rep. Ro Khanna, who supports a controversial wealth tax (www.nytimes.com)
2026-1-8 Tax WhatsApp

Sources: China's Salt Typhoon accessed the emails of staff on powerful US House committees, detected last December, and intercepted senior US officials' calls (www.ft.com)
2026-1-8 China

The Trump family's World Liberty Financial says its entity World Liberty Trust applied for a US banking license, which would let it issue the USD1 stablecoin (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-8 Trump

A profile of VC firm Index Ventures, which saw billions in gains from exits in 2025, including Figma, Scale AI, and Dream Games, as it looks ahead to succession (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-8 AI

Cambodia extradites Chen Zhi, the chair of online scam conglomerate Prince Group, to China; in October 2025, the US DOJ seized Chen's bitcoin worth nearly $12B (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-8 China Bitcoin Cambodia

A profile of Replit co-founder Amjad Masad, who was shunned in investor circles for his criticism of Israel's war in Gaza before Replit's AI agent took off (sfstandard.com)
2026-1-8 Israel AI

China says it will investigate Meta's $2B Manus acquisition to assess compliance with laws on export controls, tech import and export, and overseas investment (www.cnbc.com)
2026-1-8 China

Ten Unexpectedly Fascinating Facts About Rain (listverse.com)
2026-1-8

Cisco warns of Identity Service Engine flaw with exploit code (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-8 Cisco

CISA tags max severity HPE OneView flaw as actively exploited (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-8

Sources: China plans to approve some imports of Nvidia's H200 chips as soon as Q1 2026 while still barring them from military use and critical infrastructure (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-8 China Nvidia

Big US hospital systems have become a proving ground for AI adoption; a survey finds that 27% of health systems are paying for commercial AI licenses (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-8 AI

How Bright Headlights Escaped Regulation (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-1-8

Local governments across China are funding dozens of “robot training centers”, where human trainers mimic movements like folding clothes to teach the robots (restofworld.org)
2026-1-8 China Robot

The US FCC exempts some new models of foreign-made drones and critical components from an import ban, announced in December 2025, until the end of 2026 (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-8 Drone Ban

Samsung says Ballie, a robot announced six years ago but never released, is an “active innovation platform” within the company helping inform other products (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-8 Samsung Robot

Sources: to hedge against Beijing approval risk, Nvidia is requiring Chinese customers to pay upfront for H200 chips, with no cancellations, refunds, or changes (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-8 China Nvidia

Ubisoft closes its mobile-focused Halifax studio weeks after majority of the workers voted to unionize, as CWA Canada says it is “demanding information” (www.gamedeveloper.com)
2026-1-8 Mobile Canada

Grok's website and app are being used to produce extremely graphic, sometimes violent, sexual imagery of adults that is far more explicit than images on X (www.wired.com)
2026-1-8

Microsoft's chief scientist Eric Horvitz warns that the US' cuts to academic research funding could push talent abroad and hand rivals an edge in the AI race (www.ft.com)
2026-1-8 Microsoft AI

Chinese AI company Zhipu opened up 3.3% in its Hong Kong trading debut after raising ~$558M in its IPO at a valuation of about $6.55B (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-8 China Hong Kong IPO AI

Japan's Nuclear Watchdog Halts Plant's Reactor Safety Screening Over Falsified Data (slashdot.org)
2026-1-8 Japan

Sources: OpenAI last fall set aside RSUs worth 10% of the company, which was valued in October at $500B; it has already awarded about $80B in vested equity (www.theinformation.com)
2026-1-8 Equity

AI Chip Frenzy To Wallop DRAM Prices With 70% Hike (news.slashdot.org)
2026-1-8 AI

Ford plans to launch an AI voice assistant on its apps this year before expanding to its vehicles in 2027, and aims to debut Level 3 autonomous driving in 2028 (www.theverge.com)
2026-1-8 AI Ford

Arm creates a “Physical AI” unit to focus on robotics and automotive sectors, as part of a reorganization that includes “Cloud and AI” and “Edge” business units (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-8 AI Robot

Google and Character.AI Agree To Settle Lawsuits Over Teen Suicides (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-1-8 Google AI

Samsung expects Q4 operating profit up 208% YoY to ~$13.8B, vs. ~$12.3B est., and revenue up 23% to ~$64.2B, as demand for AI servers lifted memory chip prices (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-8 Samsung AI 4Q

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