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A profile of Max Tegmark, the physicist pushing to halt AGI development, who was subpoenaed by OpenAI over the Future of Life Institute's past ties to Elon Musk (Wall Street Journal)
2026-01-05 10:23 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Taiwan says China's cyberattacks on its hospitals, banks, energy, and other infrastructure rose 6% YoY in 2025 to an average of 2.63M attacks a day (Yimou Lee/Reuters)
2026-01-05 07:22 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Satya Nadella says the industry needs to move past slop-vs-sophistication arguments and view AI as a cognitive amplifier, not a human substitute (Satya Nadella/sn scratchpad)
2026-01-05 09:22 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
A Chinese hospital says Alibaba's PANDA AI tool has analyzed 180,000 CT scans and detected ~24 pancreatic cancer cases since its deployment in November 2024 (New York Times)
2026-01-05 10:23 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Samsung updates its TVs to add new AI features, including a Sound Controller feature to independently adjust the volume of dialogue, music, or sound effects (Chris Welch/Bloomberg)
2026-01-05 10:23 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Samsung upgrades its Family Hub refrigerators with AI features, such as voice control to open and close the door and Gemini-powered AI Vision to track inventory (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy/The Verge)
2026-01-05 05:22 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Samsung co-CEO TM Roh says the company has rolled out Gemini-powered AI features to ~400M mobile devices by 2025, and aims to boost the figure to 800M in 2026 (Hyunjoo Jin/Reuters)
2026-01-05 05:22 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
PwC's US boss Paul Griggs says PwC decided to "lean in" to crypto work after years of taking a more cautious stance, following Trump's embrace of digital assets (Stephen Foley/Financial Times)
2026-01-05 03:22 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Plaud launches the $179 Plaud NotePin S AI recorder, similar to the $159 NotePin but with a button, alongside a new desktop app for recording meeting audio (Dominic Preston/The Verge)
2026-01-05 01:22 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Starlink says it is providing free broadband service to new and existing customers in Venezuela through February 3, 2026 (Dylan Butts/CNBC)
2026-01-05 04:22 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
US immigration lawyers, talent managers, and creators say influencers and OnlyFans models now dominate O-1B visas, which are reserved for "exceptional" artists (Ian Hodgson/Financial Times)
2026-01-04 22:21 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: Cisco is in advanced talks to acquire cybersecurity company Axonius for $2B; Axonius has raised ~$700M and was valued at $2.6B during earlier rounds (Meir Orbach/CTech)
2026-01-04 17:21 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sources: Palo Alto Networks is in talks to acquire Israeli cybersecurity startup Koi for $400M; Koi has raised $48M to date (Sophie Shulman/CTech)
2026-01-04 18:21 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
How a crew of crypto-focused hackers moved from SIM swap attacks to coordinated, violent home invasions and kidnappings, targeting small-time crypto investors (Austin Carr/Bloomberg)
2026-01-04 20:21 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
A profile of June Paik, CEO of Seoul-based chip startup FuriosaAI, valued at ~$700M, whose AI chip dubbed "RNGD" is slated to enter mass production this month (Jiyoung Sohn/Wall Street Journal)
2026-01-04 13:20 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Tech workers in Silicon Valley are increasingly experimenting with gray-market peptide drugs from China, legal for personal use, for improving focus and more (Jasmine Sun/New York Times)
2026-01-04 07:20 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Xreal unveils the $449 1S, a pair of AR glasses with 1200p, 700 nits brightness, 52 degree FOV, and 16:10 aspect ratio; the 1S can convert any 2D video into 3D (Victoria Song/The Verge)
2026-01-04 16:20 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Hands-on with Xreal's Neo, a $99 battery pack and mini-dock that acts as a passthrough converter so the company's glasses can work with the Nintendo Switch (Scott Stein/CNET)
2026-01-04 16:20 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
EU officials and policymakers say the EC will intensify its enforcement of the DMA and DSA in 2026, a move expected to renew clashes with US Big Tech and Trump (Barbara Moens/Financial Times)
2026-01-04 06:19 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Reddit surpasses TikTok as the fourth most-visited social media service in the UK, likely driven by changes to Google's search algorithms and AI deals (Michael Savage/The Guardian)
2026-01-04 06:19 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
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