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Elon Musk watches as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum held at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, on November 19, 2025.Brendan Smialowski AFP | Getty ImagesElon Musk’s Grok chatbot blamed “poor safety measures” for recent posts of artificial intelligence-generated sexual images of children.In a social media post to X on Friday, Grok said he was “urgently resolving” the issue and said child sexual abuse material was “illegal and prohibited.” Grok also acknowledged that once notified of this content, companies could face criminal or civil penalties if they fail to…

If 2025 was the year that confirmed the vibe of AI, 2026 will be the year that the technology becomes commercially available. The focus is already shifting from building ever-larger language models to the more difficult task of enabling AI. In practice, it involves deploying smaller models in the right places, embedding intelligence into physical devices, and designing systems that integrate cleanly into human workflows. Experts TechCrunch spoke to said 2026 will be a year of transformation, from aggressive scaling to exploring new architectures, from flashy demos to targeted deployments, and from agents promising autonomy to agents that actually extend…

A Tesla car is being charged at a Tesla electric vehicle charging station in Norheimsund, Norway, August 22, 2025.Sergey Gapon | AFP | Getty ImagesA record year for electric vehicle (EV) sales in Norway has brought the country close to effectively eliminating petrol and diesel cars from the new car market.A total of 95.9% of new cars registered in Norway last year were electric vehicles, according to data released on Friday by the Norwegian Road Traffic Information Council (OFV). In December, 98% of new cars were EVs.The annual figure increased from 88.9% at the end of 2024. According to OFV…

US President Donald Trump is taking more aspirin each day than his doctor recommends, an interview with the Wall Street Journal revealed.Here’s what we know about President Trump’s aspirin addiction and what happens when you take too much aspirin.What did President Trump say about taking aspirin?Trump, 79, told a US newspaper that he takes a higher dose of aspirin each day than his doctor recommends.The president’s physician, Sean Barbavera, said the president takes 325 milligrams of aspirin daily for heart protection, which is considered the upper limit of the dose for this purpose.”They say aspirin is good for thinning the…

Venus Williams will return to the Australian Open with a wild card entry, making her first appearance at Melbourne Park in five years, tournament organizers announced on Friday.The seven-time Grand Slam champion last competed in the tournament in 2021, losing in the second round to Italy’s Sara Errani. Despite 21 previous campaigns, the American has never lifted the trophy, finishing runner-up twice, losing to her sister Serena in the finals in 2003 and 2017. Williams, 45, said: “I’m excited to be back in Australia and looking forward to competing in the summer.”“I had so many great memories there and am…

This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.Happy Friday, and have a great 2026! I started the year by watching a musical movie starring Amanda Seyfried (“Ang Lee’s Will”, not “Mamma Mia!”) at the theater.Stock futures are rising this morning. The market has been declining for four consecutive days.Here are five important things investors need to know to start their trading day.1. Is it boom or bust?Traders don “2026” glasses as they work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) as the opening bell rings on December 31, 2025. Timothy…

Jan van Veen believes he now poses the biggest challenge to Luke Littler’s reign as world champion after reaching his first semi-final at Alexandra Palace.The 23-year-old defeated 2024 champion Luke Humphries 5-1 in the quarter-finals on Thursday to book his ticket to his third major semi-final, where Gary Anderson awaits. Defeating the two-time world champion will give Van Veen a shot at glory when he faces defending champion Luke Littler or Ryan Searle in Saturday’s final. Asked if he thought he was the closest thing to Littler, Van Veen said, “Still in the tournament? Then yes.””To be honest, I don’t…

I know this path. I have that map etched in my bones. Without justice, without accountability, I have wounds that will never heal.I learned that at Guantanamo, when the only thing I had control over was my own body.we have disappeared. isolated. forced into silence. Our words have been edited. Our letters had secret stamps. Lawyer blocked. Time has stretched and rotten. A trial date was not disclosed. No actual charges were made.I was reduced to a few people in orange uniforms and locked in a metal cage. The US government had already nominated my name. “Worst of the worst.”…

The US president said the US government would intervene if the Iranian government violently suppressed protests against high prices.Published January 2, 2026January 2, 2026Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareUS President Donald Trump said Washington is “fully committed” to responding if Iran kills more protesters after protests demanding living wages in the country turned deadly.Six people were reported killed in clashes between protesters and security forces in several Iranian cities on Thursday, the first fatalities since the unrest escalated.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listShopkeepers in the capital Tehran went on strike on Sunday, citing high prices and…

Ask an American to name their favorite Chinese takeout dishes, and images of General Tso’s chicken, chow mein and egg rolls stuffed into white cardboard containers will likely spring to mind. Things are a little different across the Atlantic, in the UK. British Chinese takeout — a much-cherished cuisine but little understood outside the UK — bears so few similarities to its US counterpart that Americans have been sharing their surprise, and sometimes outright horror, on social media. “I know that people typically pour the curry all over the noodles,” notes one American TikToker in a video, as she digs…