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A look at China's “genius class” system that selects ~100K gifted teens annually for elite science-focused schooling; its alumni include many top tech founders (www.ft.com)
2026-2-1 China

Thousands of mutilated kids will sue ‘Mengele' gender surgeons – Musk (www.rt.com)
2026-2-1

Sources: Alibaba has delivered more than 100K units of the Zhenwu 810E, an ASIC for AI training and inference, surpassing those of its domestic rival Cambricon (www.scmp.com)
2026-2-1 Alibaba AI

Anthropic positions itself as the AI sector's superego, but it's caught between the pressures to be safe, fast, and rigorous while being commercially successful (www.theatlantic.com)
2026-2-1 AI

OpenAI says it is asking select advertisers to commit at least $200K as it rolls out beta ads on ChatGPT; two sources say their firms were pitched lower amounts (www.adweek.com)
2026-2-1

A researcher says an exposed Moltbook database could have let anyone take control of AI agents on the site and post anything; the database has now been closed (www.404media.co)
2026-2-1 Database AI

Filing: Chinese AI chip designer Cambricon reports a $316M net profit in 2025, its first profitable year; rivals Moore Threads and MetaX narrowed their losses (www.scmp.com)
2026-2-1 China AI

Amazon asks the FCC for a 2-year extension until July 30, 2028, to deploy half of the 3,232 satellites for its Leo internet system, citing a rocket shortage (www.geekwire.com)
2026-2-1 Amazon

Five French Ubisoft Unions Call For Massive International Strike Over 'Cost-Cutting' and Ending of Remote Work (it.slashdot.org)
2026-2-1 France

Documents and sources: Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan backed a $500M investment for a 49% stake in WLF, four days before Trump's inauguration (www.wsj.com)
2026-2-1 Trump

US Government Sold $766 Billion of Treasuries this Week. Yield Curve Steepened as 30-Year Treasury Yield Rose to 4.87% (wolfstreet.com)
2026-2-1

US Government Also Received a Whistleblower Complaint That WhatsApp Chats Aren't Private (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-2-1 WhatsApp

Denver-based Northslope, which builds customized AI applications for Palantir OS, raised a $22M Series A led by Friends & Family Capital and Goldcrest Capital (www.axios.com)
2026-2-1 AI

OpenAI is retiring famous GPT-4o model, says GPT 5.2 is good enough (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-2-1

OpenAI says you can trust ChatGPT answers, as it kicks off ads rollout preparation (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-2-1

Nomura: total returns for software debt in collateralized loan obligations have been lower than all other sectors in 2026, amid fears about AI's impact on SaaS (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-1 SaaS AI

Ghislaine Maxwell claims dozens of Epstein's accomplices got off scot-free (www.rt.com)
2026-2-1

AI Use at Work Has Increased, Gallup Poll Finds (slashdot.org)
2026-2-1 AI

Electric Flying Cars Now for Sale by California Company Pivotal (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-2-1 California

An interview with Nvidia's senior VP of hardware engineering, Andrew Bell, on continuing to provide Shield Android TV software updates a decade after its launch (arstechnica.com)
2026-2-1 Android Interview Nvidia

Anti-ICE protesters clash with police in ‘National Shutdown' (VIDEOS) (www.rt.com)
2026-2-1

EU to raid its own emergency fund for military spending (www.rt.com)
2026-2-1 Europe

Apple Switches to Build-to-Order Systems on Its Web Site (apple.slashdot.org)
2026-2-1 Apple

Sources: Waymo nears a $16B round, valuing it at $110B; Alphabet will contribute $12B+, with a16z, Dragoneer, Mubadala, Sequoia, and DST Global participating (t.co)
2026-2-1 Alphabet

Nvidia CEO Denies OpenAI's $100B Investment from Nvidia is 'Stalled' (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-2-1 Nvidia

Blue Origin Announces Two-Year Pause in Space Tourism - to Focus on the Moon (science.slashdot.org)
2026-2-1

Bitcoin has fallen to ~$78K, down ~7% in 24 hours, over 12% in the past week, and down ~37% since its ATH in Oct. 2025; Ethereum dropped ~18% in the past week (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-2-1 Bitcoin Ethereum

How the music industry is split over AI; some labels signed licensing deals for AI that mirror revenue splits they use with YouTube for user-generated content (giftarticle.ft.com)
2026-2-1 AI YouTube

Can We Slow Global Warming By Phasing Out Super-Pollutant HFCs? (news.slashdot.org)
2026-2-1

Filing: SpaceX is seeking FCC approval to launch 1M satellites into space; SpaceX claims the fleet will orbit the Earth and use the sun to power AI data centers (www.reuters.com)
2026-2-1 AI SpaceX

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