Wednesday, January 14, 2026

The Obtain: sodium-ion batteries and China’s brilliant tech future


1 Apple is teaming up with Google to offer Siri an AI revamp 
That’s a large win for Google, and a blow for OpenAI. (CNBC)

2 Trump needs Elon Musk to assist break Iran’s web blackout
He’s interesting to Musk to let Iranians circumvent it with Starlink. (WP $)
Smuggled tech is Iran’s final hyperlink to the skin world. (The Guardian)

3 Proper-wing influencers have flocked to Minneapolis 
Their aim is to color it as a lawless metropolis, and justify ICE’s taking pictures of Renee Nicole Good. (Wired $)

4 The Pentagon is adopting Musk’s Grok AI chatbot 
Simply because it faces a backlash internationally for making non-consensual deepfakes. (NPR)
The UK is launching a proper probe into X. (The Guardian)
It’s additionally bringing in a brand new legislation which is able to make it unlawful to make these kinds of photographs. (BBC)

5 The push to energy AI is devastating coastal villages in Taiwan
A speedy enlargement of wind power is hurting farmers and fishers. (Remainder of World)
Cease worrying about your AI footprint. Take a look at the large image as a substitute. (MIT Know-how Evaluate)

6 Don’t maintain your breath for robots’ ChatGPT second
AI has unlocked spectacular advances in robotics, however we’re a really good distance from human-level capabilities. (FT $)
Will we ever belief humanoid robots in our properties? (MIT Know-how Evaluate)

7 Meta is about to put off lots of of metaverse workers
Actuality Labs is yesterday’s information—now it’s all about AI. (NYT $)

8 We might eradicate flu 
A “common” flu vaccine might be much better at defending us than any present choice. (Vox $)

9 Now you can reserve a resort room on the moon
It’s all yours, for simply $250,000. (Ars Technica)
This astronaut is coaching vacationers to fly on the earth’s first business house station. (MIT Know-how Evaluate)

10 AI photographs are complicating efforts to search out some monkeys in Missouri 
For actual. 🙈 (AP

Quote of the day

“In large cities, everyone seems to be an remoted, atomized particular person. Folks dwell in soundproof residences, not understanding the surname of their neighbors.”

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