Tuesday, January 27, 2026
Tech
Musk makes Davos debut with promise of robots for all
Davos (Switzerland) (AFP) - Elon Musk sees his humanoid robots hitting the market next year, one of several "optimistic" forecasts by...
EU won’t ask Big Tech to pay for telecoms overhaul
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - The EU will not force the world's biggest tech companies to pay for the overhaul of...
Philippines to end short-lived ban on Musk’s Grok chatbot
Manila (AFP) - The Philippines said Wednesday it will end its ban on Elon Musk's Grok, less than a week...
US regulator appeals Meta’s court victory in monopoly case
Washington (United States) (AFP) - The US Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday it was appealing a court ruling that dismissed...
Eyeing China, EU moves to ban ‘high-risk’ foreign suppliers from telecoms networks
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - The EU executive on Tuesday proposed banning third-country companies from European mobile networks if they are...
EU wants to keep Chinese suppliers out of critical infrastructure
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - The EU is expected on Tuesday to unveil plans to keep "high-risk" Chinese suppliers away from European...
Inside China’s buzzing AI scene year after DeepSeek shock
Beijing (AFP) - Before DeepSeek shook up the tech world and put Chinese artificial intelligence on the map, Wu Chenglin's...
OpenAI introducing ads to ChatGPT
San Francisco (United States) (AFP) - OpenAI announced Friday it will begin testing advertisements on ChatGPT in the coming weeks,...
Fury over Grok sexualized images despite new restrictions
San Francisco (United States) (AFP) - Global outrage persisted Thursday over sexualized deepfakes created by Elon Musk's AI tool Grok,...
Pressure piles on Musk’s X to curb sexualised deepfakes
San Francisco (United States) (AFP) - More governments vowed crackdowns Thursday to prevent Grok, the AI chatbot on Elon Musk's...
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