Italy's antitrust authority says it reduced the record fine imposed on Amazon in 2021, from €1.13B to €752M, after a recalculation (Elvira Pollina/Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/world/italy-antitrust-cuts-amazon-record-fine-8782-million-2026-01-12/
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Mark Zuckerberg says Meta is establishing a new "top-level" initiative called Meta Compute to build "tens of gigawatts" of AI infrastructure during this decade (Sara Fischer/Axios) https://www.axios.com/2026/01/12/meta-compute-ai-infrastructure
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Mark Zuckerberg says Meta is establishing Meta Compute, a top-level initiative to build “tens of gigawatts” of AI infrastructure this decade and hundreds later
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The UK plans to bring into force a law this week that will make it illegal to create non-consensual intimate images, as Ofcom investigates X (BBC)
X could 'lose right to self regulate', says Starmer
It is currently illegal to share deepfakes, but the law against creating them has not yet come into force.
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The UK plans to bring into force a law this week that will make it illegal to create non-consensual intimate images, as Ofcom investigates X
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Sources: the US nears a trade deal with Taiwan that would reduce tariffs on the island's exports and include a commitment from TSMC to build 5+ fabs in Arizona (New York Times)
Trump Administration Nears Trade Deal With Taiwan
The deal would cut tariffs and include a commitment from Taiwanese Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation, the island’s chip giant, to build mor...
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Sources: the US nears a trade deal with Taiwan that would reduce tariffs on the island
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Google says Gemini will help power not only a more personalized version of Siri, but also future Apple Intelligence features (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors)
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Google Gemini Partnership With Apple Will Go Beyond Siri Revamp
Apple and Google today announced that Google Gemini will help power not only a more personalized version of Siri, but a range of future Apple Intel...
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Apple and Google say Apple Foundation Models based on Gemini will help power not only a more personalized Siri, but also “future Apple Intelligence features”
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World Liberty Financial launches World Liberty Markets, letting users lend and borrow digital assets among one another, supporting its own token USD1 and others (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg)
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Trump-Linked World Liberty Opens $3.4 Billion Token for Loan Bet
World Liberty Financial, the Miami-based crypto startup which says President Donald Trump is β€œco-founder emeritus,” is launching a new product ...
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World Liberty Financial launches World Liberty Markets, letting users lend and borrow digital assets among one another, supporting its own token USD1 and others
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Document: Meta said last week that it would exclude Italy from its ban on rival AI chatbots on WhatsApp, after an order from the country's antitrust authority (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/meta-exclude-italy-rival-chatbot-ban-whatsapp-2026-01-12/
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Document: Meta said last week that it would exclude Italy from its ban on rival AI chatbots on WhatsApp, after an order from the country
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Alphabet hits a $4T market cap in intraday trading, becoming the fourth Big Tech company to reach the milestone, after its stock rose 6% in the past month (Tim Bradshaw/Financial Times)
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Alphabet hits a $4T market cap, becoming the fourth Big Tech company to reach the milestone, after its stock has risen 6%+ in the past month
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Researchers from Nvidia, Microsoft, and others use AI on 1M+ species to generate potential new gene editing and drug therapies, including AI-designed enzymes (Financial Times)
Nvidia and Microsoft back AI breakthrough for gene therapies
UK’s Basecamp Research uses species genomic sequence database to tackle cancers and superbugs
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Researchers from Nvidia, Microsoft, and others develop AI models, trained on 1M+ species
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Apple announces a multi-year deal to use Google's Gemini to power new Siri features later in 2026, saying Google's tech "provides the most capable foundation" (CNBC)
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Apple picks Google's Gemini to run AI-powered Siri coming this year
Google's market value surpassed Apple for the first time since 2019 as it rolls out updated artificial intelligence features.
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Apple signs a multiyear Google deal to use Gemini models to power a more personalized Siri in 2026, saying Google
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