A look at AVA, an AI chatbot developed by Alaska's court system to provide aid in the probate process, which has been plagued by delays and hallucinations (Jared Perlo/NBC News)
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Alaska's court system built an AI chatbot. It didn’t go smoothly.
A yearlong effort to build an AI probate assistant reveals the limits of government chatbot development.
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A look at AVA, an AI chatbot developed by Alaska
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Q&A with Kara Swisher on the economics of the AI boom, the upcoming IPOs of SpaceX and OpenAI, Elon Musk, the tech industry's Trump pivot, robotics, and more (Mishal Husain/Bloomberg)
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Kara Swisher on the Blind Spot That Broke Big Tech
The host of On with Kara Swisher and Pivot talks about the industry’s Trump pivot, Elon Musk’s unraveling, and the uneasy economics behind the ...
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Q&A with Kara Swisher on Sam Altman
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Dating apps are pivoting to Asia as swipe-right fatigue hits the West; India, China, and Indonesia ranked among the top five markets by downloads in 2025 (Financial Times)
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Dating apps are pivoting to Asia as swipe-right fatigue hits the West; India, China, and Indonesia ranked among the top five markets by downloads in 2025
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The Groq deal shows the challenges Nvidia faces as options to deploy its cash flood narrow; its annual free cash flow has risen from $4.2B in 2020 to $80B+ now (Dan Gallagher/Wall Street Journal) https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/nvidia-is-getting-creative-as-options-to-use-its-cash-flood-narrow-3cbe73f1?st=WjNyQv&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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The Groq deal shows the challenges Nvidia faces as options to deploy its cash flood narrow; its annual free cash flow has risen from $4.2B in 2020 to $80B+ now
By Dan Gallagher / Wall Street Journal. View the full context on Techmeme.
A deep dive into co-packaged optics, long promised to transform data center connectivity, covering benefits, challenges, architecture, key companies, and more (Dylan Patel/SemiAnalysis)
Co Packaged Optics (CPO) – Scaling with Light for the Next Wave of Interconnect
Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) has long promised to transform datacenter connectivity, but it has taken a long time for the technology to come to market,...
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A deep dive into co-packaged optics, long promised to transform data center connectivity, covering benefits, challenges, architecture, key companies, and more
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A look at Elon Musk's bet that Tesla's future is in its Optimus humanoid robots, which for now rely on human helpers and still face commercial challenges (Becky Peterson/Wall Street Journal) https://www.wsj.com/tech/elon-musk-optimus-robots-7196d53e?st=KSQY9Y&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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A look at Elon Musk
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London is set to become the first city where both US and Chinese robotaxis operate, as Waymo and Baidu prepare to launch their robotaxis in the city in 2026 (Tim Bradshaw/Financial Times)
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London is set to become the first city where both US and Chinese robotaxis operate, as Waymo and Baidu prepare to launch their robotaxis in the city in 2026
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Global SWF: sovereign wealth funds invested $66B in AI and digitalization in 2025, with Mubadala investing $12.9B and Kuwait Investment Authority investing $6B (Alex Dooler/Bloomberg) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-01/sovereign-funds-push-into-tech-as-assets-swell-to-15-trillion
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Global SWF: sovereign wealth funds invested $66B in AI and digitalization in 2025, with Mubadala investing $12.9B and Kuwait Investment Authority investing $6B
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What to expect at CES 2026: laptops with new chips from Intel, Qualcomm, and AMD, more AI integrations, smart home robotics, smart glasses, and more (The Verge)
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What to expect at CES 2026
There will be robots!
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What to expect at CES 2026: laptops with new chips from Intel, Qualcomm, and AMD, more AI integrations, smart home robotics, smart glasses, and more
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Ilya Lichtenstein, sentenced in Nov. 2024 to five years in prison for hacking Bitfinex, has been released early due to First Step Act, Trump's prison-reform law (CNBC)
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Ilya Lichtenstein, Bitcoin hacker behind massive crypto theft, credits Trump for early prison release
Ilya Lichtenstein had been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty and admitting to the hack of crypto assets valued in the billion...
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Ilya Lichtenstein, sentenced in Nov. 2024 to five years in prison for hacking Bitfinex, has been released early due to First Step Act, Trump
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