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techcrunch.com - Tim De Chant - Nuclear startups are back in vogue with small reactors, and big challenges
Nuclear startups are back in vogue with small reactors, and big challenges
TechCrunch

The nuclear industry is in the mist of a renaissance. Old plants are being refurbished, and investors are showering startups with cash. In the last several weeks of 2025 alone, nuclear startups raised $1.1 billion, largely on investor optimism that…

bloomberg.com - Marisa Coulton - Canadian Startup Kepler Launches 10 Satellites in Push for Space Telecom
Canadian Startup Kepler Launches 10 Satellites in Push for Space Telecom
Bloomberg

Canadian startup Kepler Communications Inc. launched 10 new low-Earth-orbit satellites via SpaceX, the latest step in its buildout of a network for fast telecommunications services from space. Kepler's satellites, each weighing about 300 kilograms…

fintechbusinessweekly.substack.com - Jason Mikula - Kontigo: Y Combinator's Venezuelan Sanctions Evasion Startup
Kontigo: Y Combinator's Venezuelan Sanctions Evasion Startup
Fintech Business Weekly

Welcome to the first edition of Fintech Business Weekly in 2026. Grab a coffee, because it's a long one. I'm not going to lie, reporting out this story at this time — Silicon Valley VCs, stablecoins, rampant and obvious financial crime, and…

techcrunch.com - Anthony Ha - Google removes AI Overviews for certain medical queries
Google removes AI Overviews for certain medical queries
TechCrunch

Following an investigation by the Guardian that found Google AI Overviews offering misleading information in response to certain health-related queries, the company appears to have removed the AI Overviews for some of those queries. For example…

techcrunch.com - Ivan Mehta - Google announces a new protocol to facilitate commerce using AI agents
Google announces a new protocol to facilitate commerce using AI agents
TechCrunch

Google today announced a new open standard, called the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) for AI agent-based shopping, at the National Retail Federation (NRF) conference. The standard, developed with companies like Shopify, Etsy, Wayfair, Target…

techcrunch.com - Kirsten Korosec - Wing to expand drone delivery to another 150 Walmart stores
Wing to expand drone delivery to another 150 Walmart stores
TechCrunch

Wing, the Alphabet-owned company that delivers groceries, over-the-counter medicine, and hot lattes, is expanding its partnership with Walmart for the second time in less than a year. The two companies announced on Sunday plans to bring the…

techcrunch.com - Anthony Ha - Indonesia and Malaysia block Grok over non-consensual, sexualized deepfakes
Indonesia and Malaysia block Grok over non-consensual, sexualized deepfakes
TechCrunch

Officials from Indonesia and Malaysia have said they are temporarily blocking access to xAI's chatbot Grok. These are the most aggressive moves so far from government officials responding to a flood of sexualized, AI-generated imagery —…

smh.com.au - David Swan - In Trump's America, smart robots and AI mask an uncomfortable future
In Trump's America, smart robots and AI mask an uncomfortable future
The Sydney Morning Herald

“Big screens are no longer the exception; they're the expectation,” Samsung Australia's Simon Howe said. Australia remains a top-10 market globally for premium televisions per capita – we love our screens even when budgets are…

entrepreneur.com - Entrepreneur Store - Automate Your Way to More Job Interviews With This $25 Deal
Automate Your Way to More Job Interviews With This $25 Deal
Entrepreneur

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techcrunch.com - Anthony Ha - OpenAI is reportedly asking contractors to upload real work from past jobs
OpenAI is reportedly asking contractors to upload real work from past jobs
TechCrunch

OpenAI reportedly asking contractors to upload real work from past jobs OpenAI and training data company Handshake AI are asking third-party contractors to upload real work that they did in past and current jobs, according to a report in Wired.

the-decoder.com - Matthias Bastian - Chinese AI industry admits US remains ahead for now
Chinese AI industry admits US remains ahead for now
The Decoder

Leading figures in China's AI industry are tempering expectations: China won't overtake the US in the AI race anytime soon. Justin Lin, head of Alibaba's Qwen model series, puts the odds of a Chinese company surpassing OpenAI or Anthropic in the…

techradar.com - Krishi Chowdhary - How to watch Industry season 4 online - stream the financial drama for free
How to watch Industry season 4 online - stream the financial drama for free
TechRadar

If you fancy watching young bankers navigate high-stakes, nervy situations at both work and their personal relationships, the finance drama Industry could be right up your alley. After averaging a chunky 1.6 million viewers per episode in its third…

deccanchronicle.com - DC Correspondent - Udyan Utsav 2026 at Rashtrapati Nilayam Draws Over One Lakh Visitors
Udyan Utsav 2026 at Rashtrapati Nilayam Draws Over One Lakh Visitors
Deccan Chronicle

The programme was organised by Rashtrapati Nilayam and anchored by the ministry of agriculture and farmers welfare, with support from the National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE). It attracted school students, farmers…

space.com - Mike Wall - Watch India launch advanced military satellite on rocket's 1st flight since May 2025 failure
Watch India launch advanced military satellite on rocket's 1st flight since May 2025 failure
Space

PSLV-C62 / EOS-N1 Mission | Live Launch Coverage - YouTube A powerful Indian rocket will return to flight tonight (Jan. 11), and you can watch its bounceback mission live. A PSLV rocket carrying the EOS-N1 military satellite and 15 other payloads…

wsj.com - Heather Somerville - Exclusive | Pentagon Chooses DOGE Official and Former Trader to Head Innovation Unit
Exclusive | Pentagon Chooses DOGE Official and Former Trader to Head Innovation Unit
Wall Street Journal

The Defense Department has selected Owen West, a former Wall Street trader and Marine, to lead its Defense Innovation Unit, the department's highest-profile unit tasked with bringing startup technology into the U.S. military, according to two…

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