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China says it will investigate Meta's $2B Manus acquisition to assess compliance with laws on export controls, tech import and export, and overseas investment (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/08/china-investigate-meta-acquisition-manus-export.html<…

Meta faces China probe over acquisition of AI agent startup Manus
China to probe Meta's acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Manus to assess its compliance with export control laws.

French Judge Investigating Robert Spatz (81) Requests Spain’s Judicial Assistance
https://openbuddhism.org/justice/2025/french-judge-investigating-robert-spatz-81-requests-spains-judicial-assistance/

French Judge Investigating Robert Spatz (81) Requests Spain’s Judicial Assistance
Elodie Emery reports in ‘Le Monde’ that French judge has requested judicial assistance from the Spanish authorities in relation to an ongoing investigation into allegations of physical and sexual…

🇩🇪 Wir läuten den zweiten Advent mit einer Akustikversion von Traitor ein. 🕯️🕯️
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🇺🇸 Our XMas countdown, round 2: this time @__kimjasmin sat down with her guitar for a little acoustic version of our 2025 single ‚Traitor‘
#metalcore #acoustic

Ukraine Alarm integration with #HomeAssistant
https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/ukraine_alarm/

I had a play with #vibe coding today to get an idea of its limitations. Obviously as I'm an inveterate #emacs user I needed something integrated to my editor so I thought I would try out #eca which comes wit…

Dank Ausbau: Zwei Drittel des produzierten Stroms jetzt wieder aus Erneuerbaren
Von August bis September haben erneuerbare Energiequellen fast zwei Drittel zum hierzulande produzierten Strom beigetragen. Kohle ist aber weiter auf Platz 3.

Ford plans to launch an AI voice assistant on its apps this year before expanding to its vehicles in 2027, and aims to debut Level 3 autonomous driving in 2028 (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/transportation/857400/ford-ai-as…

Ford’s AI voice assistant is coming later this year, L3 driving in 2028
Ford announced an AI voice assistant will be coming to its cars in 2027, followed by Level 3 autonomous driving in 2028.

Lenovo introduces Qira, a system-level, cross-device AI assistant for both its computers and Motorola smartphones, arriving later this quarter (Igor Bonifacic/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/ai/lenovo-and-motorola-are-releasing…

Lenovo and Motorola are releasing their own on-device AI assistant
If the world didn't already have one too many digital assistants, Lenovo is adding another one to the pile.

Crypto infrastructure provider Fireblocks agrees to acquire accounting platform TRES Finance, sources say for $130M in cash and equity; TRES raised $11M in 2023 (Ben Weiss/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/01/07/fireblocks-tres-finance-acquisition-130-million/…

Exclusive: Fireblocks acquires crypto accounting platform TRES Finance for $130 million
This is the crypto infrastructure firm’s second acquisition over the past year.

CrowdStrike buys identity management startup SGNL, in a deal valued at nearly $740M, to bolster identity security defenses on its flagship Falcon platform (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/08/crowdstrike-ai-cybersecurity-sgnl-acquisition.ht…

CrowdStrike buys identity security startup SGNL for $740 million in latest deal push
Last year's big cybersecurity deals include Google's $32 billion Wiz acquisition and Palo Alto Networks' $25 billion CyberArk takeover.