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Chinese humanoid robotics companies dominated CES 2026, but a wide gap remains between choreographed demonstrations and real-world deployment (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-9 China Robot

Omdia: global humanoid robot shipments rose more than 5x YoY in 2025 to ~13K units; China accounted for the vast majority, led by AgiBot shipping ~5,168 units (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-9 China Robot

Ultimate Camouflage Tech Mimics Octopus In Scientific First (science.slashdot.org)
2026-1-9

Artemis Analytics: total stablecoin transaction volumes rose 72% YoY to a record $33T in 2025, led by Circle's USDC at $18.3T and Tether's USDT at $13.3T (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-9

A profile of Apple SVP of Hardware Engineering John Ternus; sources: Ternus is seen as the front-runner to succeed Tim Cook, who wants to reduce his workload (www.nytimes.com)
2026-1-9 Apple Tim Cook

Chinese AI startup MiniMax jumped as much as 54% in its Hong Kong debut on Friday, after raising ~$619M in its IPO priced at ~$21.17 per share (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-9 China Hong Kong IPO Startup AI

CISA retires 10 emergency cyber orders in rare bulk closure (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-9

Some Super-Smart Dogs Can Learn New Words Just By Eavesdropping (science.slashdot.org)
2026-1-9

Source: Lambda, which rents access to AI chips and is backed by Nvidia, is in talks to raise $350M+ led by Mubadala Capital, ahead of an IPO planned for H2 2026 (www.theinformation.com)
2026-1-9 IPO AI Nvidia

Seattle-based Spangle AI, which makes AI tools for online retailers to build custom storefronts, raised a $15M Series A led by NewRoad at a $100M valuation (www.geekwire.com)
2026-1-9 AI Seattle

YouTube Will Now Let You Filter Shorts Out of Search Results (news.slashdot.org)
2026-1-9 YouTube

Lawsuit Over OpenAI For-Profit Conversion Can Head To Trial, US Judge Says (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-1-9

Illinois Health Department Exposed Over 700,000 Residents' Personal Data For Years (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-1-9

Nvidia has hired Google Cloud VP of Marketing Alison Wagonfeld to be Nvidia's first CMO; source: Wagonfeld will report to CEO Jensen Huang (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-9 Google Nvidia

Docs: xAI had a net loss of $1.46B in Q3, up from $1B in Q1; sources: xAI told investors it plans to build AI that will eventually power Optimus humanoid robots (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-9 AI Robot

Google Is Adding an 'AI Inbox' To Gmail That Summarizes Emails (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-1-9 Google AI

Gmail's new AI Inbox uses Gemini, but Google says it won't train AI on user emails (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-9 Google AI

Mississippi Gov. Reeves says xAI is set to spend $20B+ to build its MACROHARDRR data center in Southaven, xAI's third data center in the greater Memphis area (apnews.com)
2026-1-9

New China-linked hackers breach telcos using edge device exploits (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-9 China

French Court Orders Google DNS to Block Pirate Sites, Dismisses 'Cloudflare-First' Defense (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-1-9 France Google

FBI warns about Kimsuky hackers using QR codes to phish U.S. orgs (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-9 FBI

Filings: Meta has hired Bill McGinley, a veteran Republican operative and the former top lawyer for DOGE, as a lobbyist (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-9 Republican

Microsoft Turns Copilot Chats Into a Checkout Lane (slashdot.org)
2026-1-9 Microsoft

xAI teases major Grok upgrade, hints at Grok Code CLI (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-9

Wi-Fi Advocates Get Win From FCC With Vote To Allow Higher-Power Devices (mobile.slashdot.org)
2026-1-9

Snowflake agrees to acquire Observe, an observability platform built on Snowflake databases; the deal was previously reported to be valued at around $1B (techcrunch.com)
2026-1-9

The Gap Between Premium and Budget TV Brands is Quickly Closing (entertainment.slashdot.org)
2026-1-9 Budget

Sources: Strava, the fitness app founded in 2009, filed confidentially for an IPO; its revenue grew more than 50% YoY in 2025 but was still less than $500M (www.theinformation.com)
2026-1-9 IPO

VMware ESXi zero-days likely exploited a year before disclosure (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-9 VMware

Iran in 'Digital Blackout' as Tehran Throttles Mobile Internet Access (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-1-9 Mobile Iran Tehran

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