Tech

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

OpenAI is rolling out a HIPAA-compliant version of ChatGPT for clinicians to assist with medical reasoning and administrative tasks, at Cedars-Sinai and others (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-9

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

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