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Malaysia and Indonesia block Elon Musk's Grok due to obscene, non-consensual content

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Malaysia and Indonesia blocked access to Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok over the weekend due to concerns that the tool was being used to generate sexually explicit and obscene content.

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Trump says Microsoft will make changes to ensure consumers don't pay for power used in AI buildout

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President Trump said in a social media post that Microsoft will "make major changes beginning this week" to make sure Americans don't see rising energy costs.

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SK Hynix to invest $13 billion in new plant amid memory chip shortage

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South Korea's SK Hynix will invest 19 trillion Korean won into a new advanced packaging plant, as the company attempts to meet growing memory demands.

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OpenAI acquires health-care technology startup Torch for $60 million, source says

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Torch CEO Ilya Abyzov previously co-founded Forward, a direct-to-consumer primary care business that did patient visits with tech-enabled "CarePods."

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This Bose speaker will reach EOL in 2026 - but open source is here to save the day

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All companies should do this.

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Physical AI is the next frontier - and it's already all around you

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I spoke to Qualcomm executives at CES to learn more about what the buzzword means, how it applies to you, and what a physical AI future looks like.

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I've used nearly every browser available and these are my top 4 (spoiler: Chrome is out)

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Looking for a new browser? After testing nearly all of them, these are the ones I recommend most.

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