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Ahead of WEF 2026, the IMF urges governments to step up support for young workers displaced by AI, arguing candidates could use AI “rather than compete with it” (www.ft.com)
2026-1-14 AI IMF

China's market regulator says it is investigating Trip.com, the country's largest online travel agency, over alleged antitrust conduct, without offering details (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-14 China

US Big Tech companies have been on an energy-related hiring spree; Workforce.AI says Microsoft has hired 570+ people with energy-related expertise since 2022 (www.cnbc.com)
2026-1-14 Microsoft Energy AI

UK satellite company Open Cosmos wins a highly contested Ka-band spectrum license, used for high-speed internet, beating companies backed by Peter Thiel (www.ft.com)
2026-1-14

NASA, Department of Energy To Develop Lunar Surface Reactor By 2030 (science.slashdot.org)
2026-1-14 Energy NASA

Microsoft: Windows 365 update blocks access to Cloud PC sessions (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-14 Microsoft

In South Korea's competition to develop an indigenous AI model, three of the five finalists used foreign open-source code, which they argue is practical (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-14 Korea AI

Highlights from IEDM 2025: 3D NAND is suddenly relevant again, interconnect metals beyond copper are emerging, 2D materials that could replace silicon, and more (newsletter.semianalysis.com)
2026-1-14

The UK government drops plans for mandatory digital IDs to work in the country, marking a reversal from when the UK first announced the policy in September 2025 (www.bbc.com)
2026-1-14

An interview with IMG President Adam Kelly on streaming platforms' increasing share of sports media rights, live sports as an antidote to AI content, and more (www.ft.com)
2026-1-14 Interview AI

Monroe University says 2024 data breach affects 320,000 people (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-14

Q&A with Reid Hoffman on wanting Silicon Valley to speak out against the Trump administration, AI regulation, the role of AI in art and creativity, and more (www.wired.com)
2026-1-14 Trump AI

Analysis: DeepSeek's hedge fund parent High-Flyer posted 56.6% average returns across its quant funds in 2025, boosting potential cash available for DeepSeek (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-14

India lacks specific policies or zoning regulations for overseeing quick commerce dark stores, which are projected to hit 5,000 to 5,500 by FY2026 end, per HSBC (economictimes.indiatimes.com)
2026-1-14 India HSBC

Elon Musk says Tesla will stop selling FSD after February 14 and will offer it only as a monthly subscription; FSD is already available for $99 per month (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-14 Tesla Elon Musk

WithCoverage, which replaces traditional insurance brokers with its AI-based flat-fee risk management model, raised a $42M Series B led by Sequoia and Khosla (www.axios.com)
2026-1-14 AI Insurance

Iran Shuts Down Musk's Starlink For First Time (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-1-14 Iran

An inside look at a Myanmar online scam center that opened in 2024 with 3,500 workers from ~30 countries and closed in November 2025 after rebels captured it (www.nytimes.com)
2026-1-14

The US urged UN members to take a tougher stance against North Korea IT worker scams and crypto thefts; an October 2025 report said 40+ countries were affected (therecord.media)
2026-1-14 Korea

Sources: Chinese officials told customs agents that Nvidia H200 chips are barred from China and instructed local tech companies not to buy them unless necessary (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-14 China Nvidia

Saudi Arabia's PIF is transferring ~$12B worth of gaming company shares, including Nintendo, to Savvy Games; PIF transferred 11M Take-Two shares in December (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-14 Arabia Nintendo Saudi Arabia

How smuggled Starlink receivers and customized software let some Iranians evade a near-total internet blackout as the regime brutally cracked down on protesters (www.ft.com)
2026-1-14 Iran

Caterpillar hits a $300B market cap for the first time, driven by demand for its data center power generation equipment; CAT is up 12% in 2026 to a record ~$640 (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-14

Bandcamp bans music and audio that is “generated wholly or in substantial part by AI”, hoping to build trust with fans that the music they find was human-made (www.webpronews.com)
2026-1-14 AI

Z.ai releases GLM-Image, an open-source multimodal AI model trained on Huawei chips that it says is China's first to be fully trained using domestic chips (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-14 China AI

Checkr, which offers employee background checks, says its revenue grew to $800M, up 14% from 2024, amid a surge in AI-generated CVs and fake financial documents (www.forbes.com)
2026-1-14 AI

Matthew McConaughey has secured eight trademarks of himself from the USPTO in the past several months to protect his likeness and voice from unauthorized AI use (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-14 AI

Doubt Cast On Discovery of Microplastics Throughout Human Body (science.slashdot.org)
2026-1-14

Survey: 41% of US teens aged 13 to 17 support a ban on middle and high school students from using phones in class while 51% oppose it; 73% oppose a full-day ban (www.pewresearch.org)
2026-1-14 Ban

Pentagon Device Linked To Havana Syndrome (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-1-14 Pentagon

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