Apple users are starting to receive payments from a $95 million class-action settlement over Siri privacy allegations. The payouts, stemming from a 2019 scandal, are around $8 per device. Apple denied wrongdoing but settled to avoid litigation.
Telecom infrastructure firm Cellnex has finalized the sale of its French data center unit, Towerlink France, to Vauban Infra Fibre. The all-cash transaction is valued at €391 million. This marks another major step in Cellnex’s plan to focus on its core telecom tower business.
A new wave of sophisticated vishing attacks is using real-time, customizable phishing kits to trick users and bypass multi-factor authentication. Okta’s Threat Intelligence team issued the alert on January 22, detailing how attackers pose as IT support to gain full account control.
A coalition of European photonic chip companies is sounding the alarm. They say the EU’s lead in this critical tech is at risk without decisive action to scale manufacturing and compete globally.
The relentless demand for AI infrastructure is creating a gold rush for data storage and memory chip companies. Stocks for firms like SanDisk and Micron have tripled or more, as industry leaders call memory the new “choke point” in the AI build-out.
This week brings key earnings from Apple, Meta, and Microsoft amid a deeply pessimistic market. But the prevailing negativity might have set the stage for positive surprises and short squeezes.
China is pushing industrial parks to consume most of their own renewable energy. A new policy requires at least 60% of newly built wind and solar power to be used on-site, aiming to cut emissions and ease grid strain. This marks a strategic pivot towards localized, self-sufficient industrial energy.
A critical fix is landing in Linux 6.19-rc5 to resolve a regression that broke the open-source Nouveau driver for newer NVIDIA GPUs. The issue, which caused boot freezes on hardware like the GeForce RTX 50 “Blackwell” series, stemmed from a problematic firmware allocation patch. Developer David Airl
A top 1,000 Twitch streamer’s career is over after Microsoft Notepad’s “remember session” feature opened on stream, revealing illicit links. The feature, part of Notepad’s 2026 update, saved his highlighted text, contradicting his excuses. He’s now banned from major platforms and has entered a porn
Microsoft has delayed its controversial Teams feature that automatically sets your work location based on Wi-Fi. Originally due in January, it’s now pushed to March 2026. The feature is officially opt-in, but IT admins can force it on, sparking a major privacy debate.
