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Chinese automotive chipmaker Black Sesame says its Huashan A2000 chip passed the US Commerce and Defense Departments' “relevant reviews” for global sales (www.scmp.com)
2026-1-5 China

A profile of Max Tegmark, the physicist pushing to halt AGI development, who was subpoenaed by OpenAI over the Future of Life Institute's past ties to Elon Musk (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-5 Elon Musk

Samsung updates its TVs to add new AI features, including a Sound Controller feature to independently adjust the volume of dialogue, music, or sound effects (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-5 Samsung AI

A Chinese hospital says Alibaba's PANDA AI tool has analyzed 180,000 CT scans and detected ~24 pancreatic cancer cases since its deployment in November 2024 (www.nytimes.com)
2026-1-5 China Alibaba AI

Satya Nadella says the industry needs to move past slop-vs-sophistication arguments and view AI as a cognitive amplifier, not a human substitute (snscratchpad.com)
2026-1-5 AI

2025 Ends With Release of J. R. R. Tolkein's Unpublished Story (entertainment.slashdot.org)
2026-1-5

‘She has no support or respect': Trump trashes Venezuelan Nobel winner's claim to power (www.rt.com)
2026-1-5 Trump Nobel

Ex-CIA boss hints at involvement of Israeli intel in Iran protests (www.rt.com)
2026-1-5 Israel Intel Iran

Taiwan says China's cyberattacks on its hospitals, banks, energy, and other infrastructure rose 6% YoY in 2025 to an average of 2.63M attacks a day (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-5 China Taiwan Energy

Top 5 Mistakes Bush made in Iraq that Trump is making in Venezuela (www.juancole.com)
2026-1-5 Trump Iraq Venezuela

The Gulf's Cold War: Saudi-UAE Rivalry spills into Africa (www.juancole.com)
2026-1-5 Africa

Could MAGA Split over Trump's Revived Gunboat Diplomacy in Latin America? (www.juancole.com)
2026-1-5 Trump U.S. Latin America

As Trump commits Climate Suicide with Dirty Energy, China Leads world in Renewables, EVs (www.juancole.com)
2026-1-5 Trump China Energy Climate Renewable

Workstation Owner Sadly Marks the End-of-Life for HP-UX (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-1-5

Samsung upgrades its Family Hub refrigerators with AI features, such as voice control to open and close the door and Gemini-powered AI Vision to track inventory (www.theverge.com)
2026-1-5 Samsung AI

Unpacking the Mar-a-Lago Accord (www.lowyinstitute.org)
2026-1-5

Samsung co-CEO TM Roh says the company has rolled out Gemini-powered AI features to ~400M mobile devices by 2025, and aims to boost the figure to 800M in 2026 (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-5 Mobile Samsung AI

Starlink says it is providing free broadband service to new and existing customers in Venezuela through February 3, 2026 (www.cnbc.com)
2026-1-5 Venezuela

39 Million Californians Can Now Legally Demand Data Brokers Delete Their Personal Data (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-1-5

PwC's US boss Paul Griggs says PwC decided to “lean in” to crypto work after years of taking a more cautious stance, following Trump's embrace of digital assets (www.ft.com)
2026-1-5 Trump Asset

Trump issues warnings to three Latin American countries (www.rt.com)
2026-1-5 Trump U.S. Latin America

North Dakota Law Included Fake Critical Minerals Using Lawyers' Last Names (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-1-5

Plaud launches the $179 Plaud NotePin S AI recorder, similar to the $159 NotePin but with a button, alongside a new desktop app for recording meeting audio (www.theverge.com)
2026-1-5 AI

US attack on Venezuela proves post-WWII ‘world order' crumbling – Fico (www.rt.com)
2026-1-5 Venezuela

Are Hybrid Cars Helping America Transition to Electric Vehicles? (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-1-5 U.S.

Fleischer Studios Criticized for Claiming Betty Boop is Not Public Domain (slashdot.org)
2026-1-5

US immigration lawyers, talent managers, and creators say influencers and OnlyFans models now dominate O-1B visas, which are reserved for “exceptional” artists (www.ft.com)
2026-1-5 Immigration

'Fish Mouth' Filter Removes 99% of Microplastics From Laundry Waste (news.slashdot.org)
2026-1-5

A Drug-Resistant 'Superbug' Fungus Infected 7,000 Americans in 2025 (science.slashdot.org)
2026-1-5 U.S.

How a crew of crypto-focused hackers moved from SIM swap attacks to coordinated, violent home invasions and kidnappings, targeting small-time crypto investors (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-5

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