🧠 A smarter inbox era

Google rolled out new AI features → for Gmail, including inbox summaries, smart replies, and the Help Me Write tool.

AI Pro and Ultra users also get Gemini-powered search and spell check inside email.

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🍏 iOS 26? Meh

Only about 16% of iPhone users have upgraded → to iOS 26 so far, despite Apple’s new Liquid Glass design.

Most iPhone owners are still sticking with older versions.

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🤐 Elon went too far

UK regulators are considering restrictions on X after Grok was found generating sexualized images, including of minors. Prime Minister Keir Starmer called → the content unacceptable and urged immediate action.

Following investigations in several countries, image generation on X has now been moved behind a paywall.

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❤️ This weekend in #TECH

💘 Apple could unveil its first foldable iPhone as early as September, with Samsung Display set to supply the flexible OLED panels.

💘 A data breach exposed 17.5 million Instagram accounts. The database is already circulating on hacker forums and being used for phishing and account takeover attempts.

💘 Italy’s regulator fined Cloudflare €14.2 million for refusing to block pirate sites via its public DNS service 1.1.1.1.

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🤩 New record!

Steam has set → a new all-time high for concurrent users.

On January 11, 2026, at 14:20 UTC, more than 42 million people were online on the platform at the same time.

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🦴 Nothing to hide?

India is considering rules that would require smartphone → makers to share their mobile OS source code with the government.

Apple and Samsung are already pushing back, but regulators appear determined to move forward.

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🍏 Back on top

Apple has reclaimed → the top spot in the global smartphone market, overtaking Samsung.

iPhone shipments grew 10% in 2025, giving Apple a 20% share of worldwide shipments.

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🤐 Played themselves

UK media regulator Ofcom has launched a formal investigation → into X over pornographic deepfakes generated by Grok.

If violations are confirmed, the platform could face advertising bans in the UK or even a full block.

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🤔 “We wanna make Star Trek real”

Elon Musk said he founded → SpaceX to pursue contact with extraterrestrials during a recent appearance in Texas.

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🤫 No honeymoon for you

A Dutch court annulled a marriage → after the wedding registrar used ChatGPT to write the ceremony speech, which failed to meet legal requirements.

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⛔️ 44 million gone

In 2025, Telegram blocked more than 44 million groups and channels linked to prohibited content. The full breakdown and what was behind these blocks → in the full story.

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😏 Not so secret chat

A UK court backed → Rockstar in the first round of a case over the dismissal of 34 GTA VI developers, fired for allegedly sharing confidential project details in a private Discord chat.

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😆 Careful, the internet is closing

Iran plans to launch a government-controlled national internet → with access limited to a curated list of approved websites.

The initiative follows recent protests and efforts to tighten digital regulation.

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🤫 Obey

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said X has begun aligning → its policies with British law following public backlash and a regulatory investigation by Ofcom over Grok’s generation of sexually explicit deepfakes.

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🤨 Owns his face

Matthew McConaughey has trademarked → his most famous memes. His likeness and voice can now no longer be used in AI-generated content without permission.

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💅 Working on it

Stress tests found that X still hasn’t managed to stop Grok → from generating non-consensual intimate images of women, despite newly announced restrictions.

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😎 ChatGPT Translate

OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Translate, a free standalone translation service. The tool → supports recognition in more than 50 languages, with translations currently available into 28 languages.

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🎧 Make more money

Spotify has raised → prices on its Premium subnoscriptions once again. The increase affects users in the US, as well as subscribers in Estonia and Latvia.

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📱 The cheapest iPhone is coming

The iPhone 17e is expected to launch soon and become the most affordable model in Apple’s lineup.

Chinese insiders have shared early details → on what to expect from the upcoming device.

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❤️ This weekend in #TECH

💘 Early renders of the iPhone 18 Pro surfaced online. Leaks suggest Face ID could finally move under the display.

💘 Rockstar will let a terminally ill fan play GTA VI ahead of launch, after doctors estimated he has 6–12 months to live.

💘 OpenAI is rolling out ads in ChatGPT. Advertising will appear for free users and subscribers on the new Go plan.

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