Tech

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

Chinese AI startup MiniMax raises $619M in its Hong Kong IPO, at the top of the range; sources: its institutional offering was oversubscribed by 70x+ (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-9 China Hong Kong IPO Startup AI

Samsung appears to have shelved Ballie, a robot it announced six years ago but never released, calling it an “active innovation platform” within the company (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-9 Samsung Robot

Sources: China's Salt Typhoon accessed the emails of top US House committee staff, detected in December, and intercepted senior US officials' calls for years (t.co)
2026-1-9 China

China Hacked Email Systems of US Congressional Committee Staff (news.slashdot.org)
2026-1-9 China

Microsoft launches Copilot Checkout in the US, enabling in-chat purchases via PayPal, Shopify, Stripe, and others; Shopify merchants are automatically enrolled (searchengineland.com)
2026-1-9 Microsoft Shopify

CrowdStrike buys identity management startup SGNL, in a deal valued at nearly $740M, to bolster identity security defenses on its flagship Falcon platform (www.cnbc.com)
2026-1-9 Startup

How Did TVs Get So Cheap? (entertainment.slashdot.org)
2026-1-9

Pomelo Care, which delivers 24/7 virtual care for women by using data to flag pregnancy risks and more, raised $92M led by Stripes at a $1.7B valuation (www.forbes.com)
2026-1-9

Six for 2026: The cyber threats you can't ignore (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-9

Disney+ To Add Vertical Videos In Push To Boost Daily Engagement (entertainment.slashdot.org)
2026-1-9

5 Critical Microsoft 365 Security Settings You Could Be Missing (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-9 Microsoft

LEGO Says Smart Brick Won't Replace Traditional Play After CES Backlash (slashdot.org)
2026-1-9

Illicit crypto addresses received a record $154B in 2025, up 162% YoY, driven by sanctions evasion; Russia's A7A5 token transacted $93.3B+ in less than one year (www.chainalysis.com)
2026-1-9 Russia

Protege, which offers an AI data platform to access high-quality, proprietary training data at scale, raised $30M from a16z, extending its $25M Series A (siliconangle.com)
2026-1-9 AI

SteamOS Continues Its Slow Spread Across the PC Gaming Landscape (games.slashdot.org)
2026-1-9

How to discover shadow AI [Free Guide] (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-9 AI

The EU says it ordered X to retain all internal docs and data relating to Grok until the end of 2026, after criticizing Grok's nonconsensual image generation (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-9

Google makes Help Me Write, AI email summaries, and Suggested Replies free to all Gmail users; the features required a Google AI Pro or Ultra subscription (9to5google.com)
2026-1-9 Google AI

Google rolls out an AI Inbox view for Gmail, showing users to-dos and summaries of topics rather than a traditional email list, first for US “trusted testers” (www.theverge.com)
2026-1-9 Google AI

How to find and remove viral AI notetakers (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-9 AI

Israeli data security startup Cyera raised a $400M Series F led by Blackstone Growth at a $9B valuation, up from $6B after raising $540M in June 2025 (fortune.com)
2026-1-9 Israel Startup

Microsoft Exchange Online outage blocks access to mailboxes via IMAP4 (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-8 Microsoft

Sources and US tax lawyers: the IRS's planned audit of private equity and VC firms is faltering under President Trump, as many senior leaders leave the agency (www.nytimes.com)
2026-1-8 Trump Tax Equity

Sources: China is considering how to build fences around its AI know-how amid the AI race and is identifying standout companies to add to an export control list (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-8 China AI

Microsoft to enforce MFA for Microsoft 365 admin center sign-ins (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-8 Microsoft

This refurbished Apple Mac Mini desktop is now $380 in this deal (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-8 Apple

Lego says its Smart Brick is “here to stay” but “does not mean that we're leaving our core proposition behind”, after criticism of abandoning non-digital play (www.ign.com)
2026-1-8

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