Meta says it shut down nearly 550K accounts in Australia to comply with its under-16 social media ban, including 330K Instagram and 173K Facebook accounts (Nasteho Said/Bloomberg)
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Meta Shuts 550,000 Accounts on Australia’s Kids Social Media Ban
Meta Platforms Inc. said it has shut down almost 550,000 accounts in Australia to comply with the country’s landmark social media ban for children.
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Meta says it shut down nearly 550K accounts in Australia to comply with its under-16 social media ban, including 330,639 Instagram and 173,497 Facebook accounts
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CES 2026 report: AI, autonomy, and robotic products are still finding their way, country-level booths are growing, Nvidia underpinned much of the show, and more (Steven Sinofsky/Hardcore Software)
237. CES 2026 – “The Future Is Here” and “Innovators Show Up” #CES2026
This was a great show and if you spent enough time on the floor (I did so you don't have to), you could see it really did live up to both marketing...
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CES 2026 report: AI, autonomy, and robotic products are still finding their way, country-level booths are growing, Nvidia underpinned much of the show, and more
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A look at claims from Google and others about quantum computing breakthroughs over the past few months that helped boost quantum computing stocks in 2025 (Richard Waters/Financial Times)
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A look at claims from Google, HSBC, and others about quantum computing breakthroughs over the past few months that helped boost quantum computing stocks in 2025
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Investigation: Google removed AI Overviews for two liver health queries after expert inaccuracy warnings, but slight keyword tweaks still trigger AI responses (Andrew Gregory/The Guardian)
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‘Dangerous and alarming’: Google removes some of its AI summaries after users’ health put at risk
Guardian investigation finds AI Overviews provided inaccurate and false information when queried over blood tests
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Investigation: Google removed AI Overviews for two liver health queries after experts warned of “alarming” results, but slight tweaks still trigger AI responses
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CES 2026: how some companies are trying to make their AI products cute and relatable, from Lenovo's chatty motorized laptop to Sharp's ChatGPT-powered Poketomo (Chris Velazco/Washington Post) https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/01/10/ces-cute-ai-robot/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzY4MDIxMjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzY5NDAzNTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NjgwMjEyMDAsImp0aSI6IjI3N2RjNzdjLWJkMmQtNGI0Mi04YjBkLWMzNTNlYWVjOTEyMSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS90ZWNobm9sb2d5LzIwMjYvMDEvMTAvY2VzLWN1dGUtYWktcm9ib3QvIn0.yDYXvOIGVliqUqhCQl0XMXzON-WyE1LpRX7HMNaKcnM&itid=gfta
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CES 2026: how some companies are trying to make their AI products cute and relatable, from Lenovo
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President Trump says "we may speak to Elon" about using Starlink to restore the internet in Iran, after the state imposed an internet blackout amid protests (Rachael Levy/Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-he-will-talk-musk-about-restoring-internet-iran-2026-01-12/
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President Trump says “we may speak to Elon” about using Starlink to restore the internet in Iran, which has blocked the internet since January 8 amid protests
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A profile of China's CXMT, whose $4.2B IPO goal would rank among the century's biggest chip debuts, as the state-backed company faces US and South Korean curbs (Wall Street Journal) https://www.wsj.com/tech/the-chinese-company-taking-on-the-worlds-memory-chip-giants-78dfea55?st=kSijaZ
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A profile of China
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Chinese AI executives say China is unlikely to eclipse the US in the AI race anytime soon, citing limited resources and US chip export curbs as key constraints (Bloomberg)
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China AI Leaders Warn of Widening Gap With US After $1B IPO Week
Some of China’s most prominent figures in generative artificial intelligence warned that the Asian nation is unlikely to eclipse the US in the gl...
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Chinese AI executives say China is unlikely to eclipse the US in the AI race anytime soon, citing limited resources and US chip export curbs as key constraints
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Naver, the largest South Korean buyer of Nvidia chips, is pitching its AI cloud services as an alternative for countries reluctant to use US or Chinese services (Song Jung-a/Financial Times)
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Naver, the largest South Korean buyer of Nvidia chips, is pitching its AI cloud services as an alternative for countries reluctant to use US or Chinese systems
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Despite projections of memory shortages for PCs and phones, producers like Micron will proceed cautiously in adding new capacity, mindful of past downcycles (Dan Gallagher/Wall Street Journal) https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai-is-causing-a-memory-shortage-why-producers-arent-rushing-to-make-a-lot-more-8dd15194?st=iKovcp&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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Despite dire projections of PC and phone memory shortages, producers like Micron will proceed cautiously in adding new capacity, ever mindful of past downcycles
By Dan Gallagher / Wall Street Journal. View the full context on Techmeme.