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The US FDA says it will limit regulation of non-medical wellness wearables and AI software, provided they don't make claims about disease diagnosis or treatment (Puyaan Singh/Reuters)
2026-01-07 06:42 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Filing: Larry Page moved assets out of California ahead of the proposed CA wealth tax, meeting an end-of-2025 deadline; a source said he has left the state (Hugh Langley/Business Insider)
2026-01-07 04:42 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Dutch fintech Bunq applies to become a US bank; the OCC conditionally approved national trust bank charters for several crypto firms in 2025, including Circle (Paige Smith/Bloomberg)
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Motorola unveils the Razr Fold, its first book-style foldable phone, with a 6.6" front display and an 8.1" 2K LTPO inner screen, expected to launch this summer (Chris Welch/Bloomberg)
2026-01-07 04:42 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
China unveils rules banning major platforms like Alibaba from forcing merchants into discounts or practices seen as disrupting market order, effective February (Bloomberg)
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Sources: Chinese officials are reviewing Meta's purchase of Manus for possible technology export control violations (Financial Times)
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How the huge data center buildout is heating up local politics in US towns across red and blue states on issues like water, electricity, and noise (Evan Halper/Washington Post)
2026-01-07 01:41 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Lenovo introduces Qira, a system-level, cross-device AI assistant for both its computers and Motorola smartphones, arriving later this quarter (Igor Bonifacic/Engadget)
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Sources: Discord has filed confidentially for an IPO, working with Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase (Bloomberg)
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Brands complain Amazon's "Buy for Me" AI-powered shopping tool features their products on Amazon without permission and shows descriptions with errors (Allison Smith/Modern Retail)
2026-01-06 23:39 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
In the first successful US prosecution of a spyware operator in 10+ years, pcTattletale founder pleads guilty to promoting surveillance apps for unlawful uses (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)
2026-01-06 22:39 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Jensen Huang says he isn't concerned about a billionaires tax under consideration in California, and plans to remain in Silicon Valley (Bloomberg)
2026-01-06 20:38 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Google will now publish new source code to the Android Open Source Project twice a year, down from releasing source code for each quarterly Android release (Mishaal Rahman/Android Authority)
2026-01-06 20:38 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Internal memo: Hark, the new AI lab from Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock, backed by $100M of his own capital, has hired 30+ engineers from Apple, Meta, and others (Rocket Drew/The Information)
2026-01-06 21:38 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Mobileye is acquiring Israeli humanoid robot startup Mentee Robotics in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $900M; Mentee was founded in 2022 and has raised $50M (Marissa Newman/Bloomberg)
2026-01-06 21:38 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
xAI raised a $20B Series E, exceeding the $15B targeted round size, with participation from Valor, Nvidia, and others, and says Grok 5 is currently in training (xAI)
2026-01-06 20:38 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Sandisk shares jump ~23% after Jensen Huang highlighted the need for memory and storage at CES; SNDK is up 40%+ in the first three trading sessions of 2026 (Felice Maranz/Bloomberg)
2026-01-06 19:38 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Nvidia brings its G-Sync Pulsar tech to four monitors, which reduces motion blur by using a "rolling scan" scheme that briefly pulses the monitors' backlight (Kyle Orland/Ars Technica)
2026-01-06 19:38 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
Buyout firm Hg agrees to acquire enterprise financial software maker OneStream in an all-cash deal valued at ~$6.4B that is set to close in H1 2026 (Bloomberg)
2026-01-06 18:38 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
AWS implemented a 15% price hike for EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML on January 3; Amazon says it "reflects the supply/demand patterns we expect this quarter" (Corey Quinn/The Register)
2026-01-06 18:38 - https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml
 
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