Ever been told to just delete everything and start over? One reader, fed up with scripted help desk nonsense, figured out his own VPN problem while on hold. The fix was embarrassingly simple, and the bill? He didn’t pay it.
X has abruptly restricted Grok’s image generation feature to paying subscribers only. The move follows intense UK government scrutiny over the AI’s ability to create non-consensual “undressed” images, with ministers openly discussing a total ban on the platform.
TSMC just posted a monster Q4, with revenue soaring past forecasts. The 20% year-over-year jump is a direct signal of the explosive demand for AI hardware. This isn’t just a chip story; it’s a story about the entire tech ecosystem’s foundation.
Private equity giant KKR has more than quadrupled its money on its bet on OneStream Inc. The firm expects the huge return following the company’s agreement to be sold to Hg for $6.4 billion.
io9, via Gizmodo, is featuring a new short story from Lightspeed Magazine. “Mother’s Hip” by Corey Jae White and Maddison Stoff is a bleak, emotional tale of a transformed veteran of Amazon’s rainforest wars.
The AI race is showing two wildly different playbooks. OpenAI is launching a flurry of consumer products, while Anthropic remains fixated on a single, monumental goal. Which approach will win?
Apple CEO Tim Cook’s total compensation for 2025 remained essentially flat at about $74 million. The package, detailed in a recent SEC filing, is dominated by stock awards and follows a period of scrutiny over executive pay at the tech giant.
Forget AI replacing jobs in healthcare. A new perspective suggests that in behavioral health, AI’s real role is to support clinicians by removing administrative burdens. The goal is to free up therapists and providers to focus more on the human connection that drives healing.
Redmi is putting its “Titan tough” claims to the ultimate public test. The company will broadcast live, unedited durability tests for the new Redmi Note 15 series on January 10.
Meta is buying AI startup Manus for over $2 billion, a deal now under review by Beijing. It underscores a stark reality: US venture capital funding dwarfs China’s, pushing startups to relocate.
