SpaceX gets FCC permission to launch another 7,500 Starlink satellites
Including previous approvals, Starlink can now deploy 15,000 Gen2 satellites.
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Indonesia blocks Grok over non-consensual, sexualized deepfakes
Indonesian officials said Saturday that they are temporarily blocking access to xAI’s chatbot Grok.
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CES 2026: Everything revealed, from Nvidia’s debuts to AMD’s new chips to Razer’s AI oddities
CES 2026 is in full swing in Las Vegas, with the show floor open to the public after a packed couple of days occupied by press conferences from the likes of Nvidia, Sony, and AMD and previews from Sunday’s Unveiled...
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Musk says he’s going to open-source the new X algorithm next week
In 2023, what was then still called Twitter, open-sourced at least portions of the code that decided what it served up in your feed. But that GitHub repository is hopelessly out of date, with the vast majority of the files...
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Malaysia suspends access to Musk's Grok AI
Malaysia has blocked access to Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot after it was widely misused to create pornographic and abusive images. Regulators said safeguards were weak, despite earlier warnings, and cited sexualised content involving women and children. Access will return only...
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India proposes forcing smartphone makers to give source code in security overhaul: Report
India is reportedly proposing new security rules for smartphones. These rules include sharing source code and making software changes. Tech companies like Apple and Samsung are opposing these measures. They argue the requirements lack global precedent and risk revealing proprietary...
Musk’s Grok chatbot restricts image generation after global backlash over sexualized deepfakes
After the backlash, Grok was responding to image altering requests with the message: “Image generation and editing are currently limited to paying subscribers. You can subscribe to unlock these features”
Nvidia resets the economics of AI factories, again
[Embedded content: View here] At CES 2026, Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Jensen Huang once again reset the economics of artificial intelligence factories. In particular, despite recent industry narratives that Nvidia’s moat is eroding, our assessment is the company has further...
OpenAI invests $500M in SoftBank’s SB Energy unit
OpenAI Group PBC today announced plans to invest $500 million in SoftBank Group Corp.’s SB Energy unit, which develops renewable energy installations and data centers. The transaction also has several other components. First, SoftBank will match OpenAI’s $500 million investment...
Stablecoin payment card startup Rain reels in $250M
Financial technology startup Rain today announced that it has raised $250 million in funding from a consortium led by ICONIQ. The round, the company’s third in a year, values it at $1.95 billion. Rain says that the cash infusion follows...
Why Elon Musk is laughing off Grok’s flood of deepfake AI porn
From the moment Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, began rolling out its Grok chatbot to paid X subscribers in 2023, it pitched the tool as the bad boy of large language models. Grok would supposedly be authorized to say...
ChatGPT Health has arrived
I’ve said this many times: the products we see on the market are rarely visionary leaps. Most of the time, they are mirrors. They reflect people’s habits, shortcuts, fears, and small daily behaviours. Design follows behaviour. Always has. Think about...