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Border Patrol's Gregory Bovino
said he saw nothing racist
in photo depicting him as a Confederate general
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2026/01/30/g…

Border Patrol's Gregory Bovino said he saw nothing racist in photo depicting him as a Confederate general
Records show Bovino was emailed the photo of slave-owning Gen. William Mahone in 2018, with the heading "Chief Bovino." He told the agent who sent it to delete the email but didn't report it to superiors. Then, he promoted the agent to a supervisory position in New Orleans.

Sources: ByteDance plans to spend about $14B on Nvidia's AI chips in 2026, an increase of about 18% from 2025 (Wency Chen/South China Morning Post)
https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3338191/bytedance-pour-u…

Exclusive | ByteDance to pour US$14 billion into Nvidia chips in 2026 as AI demand surges
Chinese unicorn’s computing needs have climbed across its portfolio of popular apps, cloud unit Volcano Engine and large language models.

‘Verdedig Rojava, verdedig democratisch confederalisme’ – Door Jürgen Klute
#Rojava

‘Verdedig Rojava, verdedig democratisch confederalisme’ - Europa Blog
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Trump is labeling Anthropic a “supply chain risk,” a label heretofore normally associated with foreign adversaries’ tech products, such as telecom gear made by China’s Huawei.
My piece that was published across several publications last evening.
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Trump administration bans Anthropic, escalating clash over military use of AI
The move to designate the AI firm a “supply chain risk” forces a six-month Pentagon transition from its products and reshapes competition among OpenAI, Google, and xAI.

The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press ended their joint operating agreement, which began in 1989; The News plans to launch a Sunday print edition January 18 (Summer Ballentine/The Detroit News)
https://www.detro…

End of newspaper JOA heralds new era of competition in Detroit
Dave Hunke: 'Good journalism, in the end, I swear it will win. I just wish somebody could find a way to unlock the economics.

This time we look at why you may not be able to hand your household chores over to robots just yet, Delhi Police’s dystopian turn and Japan’s biggest port under ransomware attack.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2026/are-you-ready-for-the…

Are you ready for the humanoid robot bubble? - Asian Tech Roundup

Brain-computer interface commercialization https://doi.org/10.1186/s12984-025-01811-9 "This article analyzes two rehabilitative BCIs—the Argus II retinal prosthesis by Second Sight and the ARC-IM spinal cord stimulation system by Onward Medical";

Brain-computer interface commercialization - Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation
Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) have emerged as powerful tools to restore neurological function lost due to injury or degeneration. Despite scientific adv

«Massenüberwachung und autonome Waffen: Anthropic widersetzt sich dem Ultimatum des Pentagon
Das amerikanische Department of War will, dass Anthropic sämtliche Sicherheitsrichtlinien in den Modellen entfernt, die der KI-Entwickler dem Militär bereitstellt. Trotz weitreichenden Drohungen widersetzt sich Anthropic weiterhin den Forderungen.»
Das Thema ist nicht neu und ja KI wirde wie jede Technik militarisiert.
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Massenüberwachung und autonome Waffen: Anthropic widersetzt sich dem Ultimatum des Pentagon
Anthropic verweigert die Freigabe der Claude-Modelle für die Massenüberwachung in den USA sowie autonome Waffen.

Donald Trump signed into law this month a measure that 👉 prohibits anyone based in China and "other adversarial countries" from accessing the Pentagon’s cloud computing systems.
The ban, which is tucked inside the $900 billion defense policy law,
was enacted in response to a ProPublica investigation this year that exposed how Microsoft used China-based engineers to service the
Defense Department’s computer systems for nearly a decade
— a practice that left s…

Trump Signs Defense Bill Prohibiting China-Based Engineers in Pentagon IT Work
The measure, which emerged in response to a ProPublica investigation, bars Microsoft engineers in China and other adversarial countries from servicing sensitive Pentagon cloud computing systems.

President Xi Jinping highlighted China’s achievements in artificial intelligence and the chip industry
in a triumphant New Year’s Eve speech as he called for more confidence in the country’s development path in the year ahead.
“China has become one of the world’s fastest-rising economies in terms of innovative capacity,”
he declared in a televised address on Wednesday beamed to the nation’s 1.4 billion people,
in which he touted China’s achievements in large AI models …

Xi touts China’s AI, chip wins In triumphant New Year’s speech
President Xi Jinping highlighted China’s achievements in artificial intelligence and the chip industry in a triumphant New Year’s Eve speech as he called for more confidence in the country’s development