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Trump Imposes Limited Tariffs on Foreign Semiconductors
by Ana Swanson,Tripp Mickle on January 14, 2026 at 11:20 PM
The tariffs will allow President Trump to take a cut of Nvidia’s chip sales to China while putting off a decision about imposing higher taxes on the chip industry.
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OpenAI Signs Another Deal With a Computer Chip Maker
by Cade Metz on January 14, 2026 at 10:25 PM
The agreement with the start-up Cerebras is the latest in a series intended to expand the A.I. company’s computing power.
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California Investigates Elon Musk’s xAI Over Sexualized Images Generated by Grok
by Kate Conger on January 14, 2026 at 7:28 PM
The state will examine whether xAI, which owns the social media platform X and created the A.I. chatbot Grok, violated state law.
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Can A.I. Generate New Ideas?
by Cade Metz on January 14, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Systems like OpenAI’s GPT-5 are accelerating research in math, biology and chemistry. But there is a debate over whether it can do that work on its own.
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2026 May Be the Year of the Mega I.P.O.
by Erin Griffith,Lauren Hirsch on January 14, 2026 at 5:30 PM
If SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic go public, they will unleash gushers of cash for Silicon Valley and Wall Street.
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Starlink Users in Iran Get Free Internet Access, Nonprofit Says
by Natallie Rocha on January 14, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Under a near-total communications blackout, users of Elon Musk’s satellite service have gotten online without paying, an organization that works on web access said.
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Microsoft Pledges to Pay More for Electricity, Drawing Praise From Trump
by Karen Weise on January 13, 2026 at 1:33 PM
The tech giant is responding to concerns that data centers are driving up electricity costs in some communities.
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Microsoft Pledges to Pay More for Electricity, Drawing Praise From Trump
by Karen Weise on January 13, 2026 at 1:33 PM
The tech giant is responding to concerns that data centers are driving up electricity costs in some communities.
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Can We Build a Better Social Network?
by Kevin Roose,Casey Newton on January 13, 2026 at 12:00 PM
A “Hard Fork” and “Search Engine” collaboration.
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Meta Plans to Cut 10% to 15% of Employees in Reality Labs Business
by Mike Isaac,Eli Tan on January 12, 2026 at 8:30 PM
The layoffs are set to be announced this week and would affect Meta’s work on the metaverse, as the company spends heavily on building artificial intelligence.
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Apple Teams Up With Google for A.I. in Its Products
by Kalley Huang on January 12, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Apple was facing increasing questions about its plans for artificial intelligence as other big tech companies invested tens of billions in the technology.
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Trump Administration Nears Deal With Taiwan
by Ana Swanson,Tripp Mickle on January 12, 2026 at 5:10 PM
The trade deal would cut tariffs and include a commitment from Taiwanese Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation, the island’s chip giant, to build more manufacturing plants in the United States.
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Elon Musk’s X Under UK Investigation Over Grok’s Sexualized A.I. Images
by Adam Satariano on January 12, 2026 at 1:34 PM
A British regulator said it had started a formal investigation into Mr. Musk’s chatbot over the spread of illegal images.
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Follow Ian McKellen Into the Mixed Reality Future in ‘An Ark’
by Roslyn Sulcas on January 12, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Audiences can embark on a very different type of theatrical experience in a new play at the Shed, blending the physical world with digital content.
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Thiel Gives $3 Million to Group Seeking to Block California Wealth Tax
by Theodore Schleifer,Ryan Mac on January 11, 2026 at 4:22 PM
More large donations from wealthy Silicon Valley figures are expected as they try to marshal opposition to a proposed ballot measure that would impose a new tax on billionaires.
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Stewart Cheifet, Host of TV’s ‘Computer Chronicles,’ Dies at 87
by Trip Gabriel on January 10, 2026 at 8:43 PM
He spent two decades hosting the PBS series, during the formative years of personal computing. It was seen in more than 300 cities at its peak.
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Volkswagen Suffers More Than Rivals From Auto Industry Woes
by Jack Ewing on January 10, 2026 at 5:00 AM
The German automaker’s sales in the United States plunged last year, hit by tariffs and the end of tax credits for electric vehicles.
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Google Guys Say Bye to California
by Ryan Mac,Theodore Schleifer,Heather Knight on January 9, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Sergey Brin is joining his Google co-founder, Larry Page, in reducing ties to the state where they built their fortunes.
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Google’s Former C.E.O. Wants to Build a Cosmic Search Engine
by Kenneth Chang on January 9, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Eric and Wendy Schmidt are backing a start-up-like approach to building a giant space telescope and powerful ground observatories.
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Elon Musk’s A.I. Is Generating Sexualized Images of Real People, Fueling Outrage
by Kate Conger,Lizzie Dearden on January 9, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Late Thursday, Mr. Musk’s chatbot, Grok, limited requests for A.I.-generated images on X to paid subscribers of the social media site amid an outcry from victims and regulators.