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Chinese authorities are reviewing Meta’s $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manas for alleged technology control violations, the FT reported on Tuesday.Sopa Images | Light Rocket | Getty ImagesMeta Platforms plans to test a new subscription model across its apps in the coming months, including Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp, TechCrunch reported Tuesday. The report, confirmed by a Meta spokesperson, said the subscription will give paid users access to more features and expanded AI capabilities, which are expected to “further increase productivity and creativity.” Meta’s recently acquired Manus suite of general-purpose AI agents will also be expanded as part of the…
The US president said he would raise tariffs from 15% because South Korea had not ratified the trade agreement.Published January 27, 2026January 27, 2026Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareUS President Donald Trump has announced he will increase tariffs on exports to South Korea, accusing East Asian allies of not ratifying trade deals with the US quickly enough.In a post on Truth Social on Monday, President Trump said he would “hereby raise tariffs from 15% to 25%” after South Korea’s parliament failed to ratify last year’s trade deal between the United States and South Korea.Recommended stories list of 4…
Jamie Carragher believes Arne Slott’s job is in jeopardy if Liverpool fail to qualify for the Champions League this season.Slott led Liverpool to the title last season, spending £450m in the summer, and started the season with five wins in a row, but their form plummeted with five defeats in their next six games, ending their hopes of winning the title. Liverpool now face a battle for Champions League qualification after suffering their first defeat in 11 games against Bournemouth on Saturday, leaving them sixth in the Premier League table, one point behind fifth-placed Chelsea and two points behind fourth-placed…
As demand grows for privacy-first enterprise AI that can run without sending sensitive data to the cloud, SpotDraft has raised $8 million from Qualcomm Ventures in a strategic Series B expansion to extend its on-device contract review technology to regulated legal workflows. The extension values SpotDraft at about $380 million, the company told TechCrunch. This is nearly double the company’s $190 million post-money valuation following its $56 million Series B last February. Across regulated sectors, companies are moving quickly to test generative AI, but privacy, security, and data governance concerns continue to slow adoption of sensitive workflows. Particularly in the…
Comments by US officials on amnesty for Hamas members are seen as an “important step” as focus shifts to the next steps in the Gaza ceasefire.Disarmament by Hamas in Gaza will be accompanied by “some type of amnesty” for Palestinian groups, a US official said.U.S. officials made the comments to reporters on condition of anonymity on Monday after the body of the last Israeli prisoner in Gaza was recovered. This is a move that paves the way for the next stage of the Gaza ceasefire agreement agreed in October.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of list”We’re hearing a lot of…
Nottingham Forest are willing to pay £35m to sign Jean-Philippe Mateta from Crystal Palace and are reportedly prepared to offer the striker a significant pay rise. Palace are willing to let Mateta go if his valuation of around £40m is met and they can sign a replacement. Juventus and Aston Villa considered signing him, but decided not to because of the high asking price. Mateta wants to leave Palace, but has not submitted a formal transfer request. The 28-year-old has entered the final 18 months of his contract with Palace.Relations between Palace and Forest became strained in the summer when…
Ningbo, China – January 22: Employees work on a snowboard production line in a workshop to fulfill orders on January 22, 2026 in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China. He Yuanhui/Zhejiang Daily News Group | Visual China Group | Getty ImagesChina’s industrial profits in 2025 increased by 0.6% year-on-year, breaking from three consecutive years of decline as manufacturing production expanded despite weak domestic demand.The pace of growth accelerated from 0.1% in the January-November period, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed.Tiancheng Xu, senior economist at the Economist Intelligence Unit, said last year’s recovery was driven by policy interventions, particularly the Chinese…
usa rare earths Stocks rose on Monday after the critical minerals startup announced the Commerce Department would take a stake. The Department of Commerce issued a letter of intent to provide USA Rare Earths with a $1.3 billion loan and $277 million in federal funding. USA Rare Earths will issue 16.1 million shares of common stock and 17.6 million stock acquisition rights to Commerce. Depending on whether stock options are exercised, the U.S. government will own between 8% and 16% of the company, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. USA Rare Earths also plans to raise…
Demonstrators gather on Michigan Avenue in heavy snow to protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in Chicago, USA, on January 25, 2026. Jacek Bocharski | Anadolu | Getty ImagesWhile some technology industry leaders are beginning to speak out in the wake of the shooting death of ICU nurse Alex Preti in Minneapolis, the silence from some of the industry’s most prominent figures has been deafening. The killing of George Floyd in the same city nearly five years ago prompted widespread condemnation from Wall Street and across Silicon Valley. But a year into the…
These are important developments since day 1,433 of Russia’s war against Ukraine.Published January 27, 2026January 27, 2026Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareHere’s what happened on Tuesday, January 27th.finding The Russian military launched a drone and missile attack on Ukraine’s second largest city, Kharkiv, injuring at least two people, Mayor Ihor Terekhov announced. It added that an apartment building, school and kindergarten were also damaged in the attack. Russian drones also struck a high-rise apartment building in Ukraine’s Kryvyiy Rih, President Volodymyr Zelensky’s hometown southeast of Kharkiv. The city’s military administrator, Oleksandr Vikrul, said the attack caused a fire,…