Top stories in tech today: – Artemis II: NASA’s first moon crew in 50 years
– Musk wants to merge his empires
– Apple hits record $144B quarter on iPhone sales
– Tech optimists lobby to deregulate aging
– Quick hits on other tech news Read more: https://
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NASA’s Moon Return, Musk’s Merger Plans, Apple’s Record Quarter
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Wayve extends Microsoft Azure partnership for autonomous driving deployment
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Thrilled to deepen our collaboration with @Microsoft, as @wayve_ai moves toward commercial deployment. Autonomous driving pushes AI infrastructure hard, which makes this next phase particularly exciting. Wayve (@wayve_ai) We’re extending our partnership with @Microsoft Azure as we continue moving towards real-world deployment. Learn more about the partnership and how it’s evolving 👉 wayve.ai/thinking/scaling-em… — https://nitter.net/wayve_ai/status/2010743581422874691#m
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AI breakthroughs: Neuralink, robotics, and deep learning research
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The most jam-packed Dose in history includes stories from @neuralink @ModdedQuad @PamphletsY @demishassabis @GoogleDeepMind @RaianyRomanni @davidasinclair @RubenLaukkonen @faunarobotics @maticrobots @Tesla_Optimus @pipedream_labs @standardnuclear @EricTopol @pronounced_kyle @a16z
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Weekly Dose: AI and Tech News Roundup This Week
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Read All the Good News That's Fit to Print in this week's Weekly Dose from @notboringco
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AI Video Models and New Tools Drive Industry Innovation Forward
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Top stories in AI today: – xAI's video model climbs charts
– Google opens Genie 3 to the public
– Build competitor database with Claude Cowork
– Darren Aronofsky's AI Revolutionary War series
– 4 new AI tools, community workflows, and more Read more: https://
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Grok Imagine API Launches as Top Video Model with SpaceX IPO
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[AINews] @Xai Grok Imagine API – the #1 Model, Best Pricing and Latency, merging with SpaceX for IPO
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Fighting Censorship in AI Development and Deployment
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Thank you for continuing to fight the good fight against censorship.
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Communist Threat to Tech Industry National Security Risk
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The willful and deliberate destruction of the tech industry by communists is a national security risk.
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Google Labs Releases Project Genie Foundation World Model
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🚨Google Labs just released Project Genie 🚨
— Futurepedia – Learn to Leverage AI (@futurepedia_io) 30 janvier 2026
A foundation world model that generates interactive, playable environments in real-time.
Unlike traditional engines, Genie builds the world, physics, and character mechanics simultaneously from a single text or image prompt.
We are… pic.twitter.com/femihZ9ZNwGoogle Labs just released Project Genie A foundation world model that generates interactive, playable environments in real-time. Unlike traditional engines, Genie builds the world, physics, and character mechanics simultaneously from a single text or image prompt. We are
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Wisconsin CS Team Benchmarks Accepted to ICLR 2026
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Great to see benchmarks like this! Congrats to @wisconsinCS on this work and the authors on #ICLR2026 acceptance: @jiayuwang111 @ming5_alvin @DulepetRiya @LSearch123
, Austin Xu, @KeZixuan @fredsala @awsTO @CaimingXiong @JotyShafiq Always great partnering across academia and