Month: January 2026
Malaysia and Indonesia blocks Grok for Generating sexual AI images
Malaysia and Indonesia have become the first countries to block Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s company xAI, as concerns grew among global authorities that it was being misused to generate sexually explicit and nonconsensual images.The moves reflect growing scrutiny of generative AI tools that can produce realistic images, sound and text
NASA targets Artemis II rollout to pad
NASA could be sending a crew on the Orion spacecraft out past the moon in less than a month if everything falls into place. But first the agency has to get its rocket to the launch pad.That could be as early as next Saturday when the mobile launcher topped with the Space Launch System rocket
Getting Unwanted Instagram Password Reset Emails
A data breach may have impacted up to 17.5 million Instagram accounts, revealing sensitive data including usernames, physical addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses. This type of data can be used by hackers to gain access to users’ accounts. Cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes, which first reported the breach, advised users to change their passwords in the
Iran is prepared for war amid protests
Concerns continue to mount for Iranians who, as well as facing a crackdown by the regime, are also battling with an Internet blackout that went into place on Thursday, at the behest of the authorities. The protests, that started on Dec. 28 and were initially in response to the declining economic landscape, have grown exponentially,
Greenland’s party leaders firmly reject Trump’s push to acquire island
Greenland’s party leaders rejected President Trump’s repeated calls for the U.S. to take control of the island, saying that Greenland’s future must be decided by its people.Mr. Trump reiterated on Friday that he would like to make a deal to acquire Greenland, a semi-autonomous region that’s part of NATO ally Denmark, “the easy way.” He
beIN SPORTS selects Transmit to power enhanced video advertising
beIN SPORTS North America, the leading sports, media and entertainment organization and Transmit, the market leader in monetization technology for live sports, today announced a partnership to power enhanced advertising across beIN CONNECT, its OTT streaming app, in the U.S. and Canada. This collaboration brings Transmit’s in-stream ad formats and real-time monetization capabilities to beIN’s
Nvidia’s new Rubin architecture
Nvidia has surprise-announced their new Vera Rubin architecture (no relation to the recently unveiled telescope) at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The new platform, set to reach customers later this year, is advertised to offer a ten-fold reduction in inference costs and a four-fold reduction in how many GPUs it would take to
Moscow launches new hypersonic missile into Ukraine
The intense barrage and the launch of the nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile followed reports of major progress in talks between Ukraine and its allies on how to defend the country from further Moscow aggression if a U.S.-led peace deal is struck. Russia’s Defense Ministry said Saturday that its forces used aviation, drones, missiles and artillery to
Iran Fires at Protesters
Iranian security personnel have killed at least 50 protesters in a sign of the regime’s defiance of US President Donald Trump’s warning of intervention if bloodshed continued. The death toll is expected to increase as local hospitals report being overrun with casualties, including many with gunshot wounds, while some families are too terrified to get
US forces board fifth Venezuela’s tanker
The U.S. Coast Guard boarded a fifth oil tanker early Friday morning and continued to eye other vessels trying to evade the U.S. blockade on sanctioned tankers traveling to and from Venezuela. The seizures are being used by the Trump administration to exert pressure on Venezuela’s interim government and take the so-called dark fleet of