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vibe coding startup that deleted production databases…
Sources: Replit is in advanced discussions to raise about $400M in a new round of funding that would roughly triple its valuation to $9B (Bloomberg)
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January 15, 2026 at 9:03 PM
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Yesterday's outage on the Verizon mobile network was reportedly caused by a software issue, and resulted in traffic levels 20-25% lower than the previous week.
See the impact at radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/as61...
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See the impact at radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/as61...
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January 15, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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How to buy protection against China from the US?
The Department of Commerce says the US and Taiwan have reached a trade agreement as part of which Taiwan will invest $250B in chip production capacity in the US (Kif Leswing/CNBC)
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January 15, 2026 at 7:42 PM
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this must have been a long time coming
Cerebras likes to heavily quantize, and OpenAI has clearly been exploring train-time quantization heavily
also, 750MW is a HUGE datacenter. this is a big investment
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Cerebras likes to heavily quantize, and OpenAI has clearly been exploring train-time quantization heavily
also, 750MW is a HUGE datacenter. this is a big investment
openai.com/index/cerebr...
OpenAI partners with Cerebras
OpenAI is partnering with Cerebras to add 750MW of ultra low-latency AI compute to our platform.
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January 15, 2026 at 7:18 PM
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Verge tests found X's Grok still produced revealing deepfakes of real people despite X's geoblocking and paid-subscriber limits, prompting a UK Ofcom investigation and raising legal and reputational risks as X and Elon Musk cited user prompts and adversarial exploits.
X claims it has stopped Grok from undressing people, but of course it hasn’t
It’s still easy to get Grok to edit photographs of real people into sexualized poses, despite X’s updated restrictions.
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January 15, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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looks like California's AG may have broken Musk's resolve to refuse to block Grok's gross outputs. X Safety says it blocked everyone including paid X users and Grok app users from nudifying images: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Grok was finally updated to stop undressing women and children, X Safety says
California's AG will investigate whether Musk’s nudifying bot broke US laws.
arstechnica.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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cannot even begin to give a shit about this, who cares? Their ASIC is delayed until 2027, their device until 2027, i bet whatever this is happens in 2027, everything is always a year or two away, reporting this stuff blandly is not helping anyone
OpenAI says it issued a request for proposals to US-based hardware manufacturers as it seeks to push into consumer devices, robotics, and cloud data centers (Bloomberg)
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January 15, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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This isn't even what the article says! It's mostly about how nobody can really tell if AI is useful for science or maths, and as ever with every single one of these stories, there's one anecdote of a person saying "yeah it's good but you know, you need to check if it's right"
January 15, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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Across 300+ languages, volunteers have written and refined over 65 million articles, helping readers find context, learn, and understand the world.
Here’s to 25 years of free knowledge, built by a volunteer community for everyone ➡️ 25.wikipedia.org
#Wikipedia25
Here’s to 25 years of free knowledge, built by a volunteer community for everyone ➡️ 25.wikipedia.org
#Wikipedia25
January 15, 2026 at 5:28 PM
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Twenty-five years ago, Wikipedia was an unlikely idea: a place where anyone could share free knowledge.
Today, it’s one of the most visited sites on Earth, not powered by corporate ads, but by people.
Today, it’s one of the most visited sites on Earth, not powered by corporate ads, but by people.
January 15, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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Man how is Wikipedia only 25, what a fuckin champ of a website
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 15, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 15, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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“In the AI era, Wikipedia’s human-created and curated knowledge has never been more valuable” says cherished online encyclopaedia selling its soul to the slop machine. enterprise.wikimedia.com/blog/wikiped...
New Wikimedia Enterprise Partners: Wikipedia’s 25th Birthday
Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral AI, and Perplexity have officially joined the Wikimedia Enterprise ecosystem as we celebrate 25 years of Wikipedia. Discover how we provide the dedicated infrastructur...
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January 15, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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January 15, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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Boy do I regret bothering to look up Infofi.
X revises its developer API policies to "no longer allow apps that reward users for posting on X (aka "infofi")", amid a backlash about growing AI slop on X (André Beganski/Decrypt)
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January 15, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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As it celebrates its 25th anniversary the non-profit Wikipedia announces new partnerships with Big Tech as it further monetizes its content to train Large Language Models. wikimediafoundation.org/news/...
Wikipedia celebrates 25 years of knowledge at its best – Wikimedia Foundation
New video docuseries celebrates the humans who make knowledge on Wikipedia possible; new tech partnerships highlight Wikipedia's value in age of AI.
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January 15, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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Again, it's reprehensible that none of the press reports on the power outage in Venezuela even bother to mention that we bombed the sh*t out of two substations. I feel like I'm going crazy.
Cyberattack in Venezuela Demonstrated Precision of U.S. Capabilities 1/4
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Cyberattack in Venezuela Demonstrated Precision of U.S. Capabilities 1/4
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Cyberattack in Venezuela Demonstrated Precision of U.S. Capabilities
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January 15, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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Another confirmation that U.S. cyberattack did cause a power cut in Venezuela’s. Furthermore, it switched the power off and on! Cyberattacks apparently also targeted air defence systems. All of that should really be technically possible, so? www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
January 15, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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Looks like we might have the first time AI directly solved an open Erdos problem: github.com/teorth/erdos...
A couple times recently this appeared to be the case only to turn out to be a successful deep lit review by AI.
A couple times recently this appeared to be the case only to turn out to be a successful deep lit review by AI.
January 15, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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Really fascinating to watch progress on AI-assisted research in mathematics, especially since we have an incredible narrator in Field Medalist Terence Tao!
#TIL he's been curating examples of attempts/successes here: github.com/teorth/erdos...
#TIL he's been curating examples of attempts/successes here: github.com/teorth/erdos...
January 15, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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Hundreds of millions of earbuds, headphones and speakers need a security update (yes, you need to update your earbuds) to prevent a wireless hacking technique that can hijack audio, eavesdrop via mics, and in some cases remotely track the accessory’s location. www.wired.com/story/google...
Hundreds of Millions of Audio Devices Need a Patch to Prevent Wireless Hacking and Tracking
Flaws in how 17 models of headphones and speakers use Google’s one-tap Fast Pair Bluetooth protocol have left devices open to eavesdroppers and stalkers.
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January 15, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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a big load of earbuds, headphones and speakers need updating to patch vulnerabilities that could be exploited to hijack audio, take over mics for eavesdropping, or even in some cases for location tracking www.wired.com/story/google...
Hundreds of Millions of Audio Devices Need a Patch to Prevent Wireless Hacking and Tracking
Flaws in how 17 models of headphones and speakers use Google’s one-tap Fast Pair Bluetooth protocol have left devices open to eavesdroppers and stalkers.
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January 15, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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NEW: 17 different models of Bluetooth headphones and speakers can be hijacked to play audio, eavesdrop thru mics, and in some cases even track your location—unless you install a patch, which many people don't. @agreenberg.bsky.social & @lhn.bsky.social w/ the scoop: www.wired.com/story/google...
Hundreds of Millions of Audio Devices Need a Patch to Prevent Wireless Hacking and Tracking
Flaws in how 17 models of headphones and speakers use Google’s one-tap Fast Pair Bluetooth protocol have left devices open to eavesdroppers and stalkers.
www.wired.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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CAREFUL: Hundreds of millions of audio devices using Google's Fast Play protocol are vulnerable to hijacking; there are updates available for many devices, but who patches their headset? (You, after reading this and looking into things.) @agreenberg.bsky.social and @lhn.bsky.social have the details:
Hundreds of Millions of Audio Devices Need a Patch to Prevent Wireless Hacking and Tracking
Flaws in how 17 models of headphones and speakers use Google’s one-tap Fast Pair Bluetooth protocol have left devices open to eavesdroppers and stalkers.
www.wired.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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Apple and Google will be the only two to come out of the AI collapse intact: Apple because they saw it for what it was and didn’t participate, Google because they built out Gemini but also have other revenue streams/will be in position to capture what little market there is.
Apple sits out AI arms race to play kingmaker between Google and OpenAI ft.trib.al/EfIcrgS
January 15, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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