Musk wants up to $134B in OpenAI lawsuit, despite $700B fortune |

12:26 AM PST · January 17, 2026 Elon Musk wants a jaw-dropping $79 billion to $134 billion in damages from OpenAI and Microsoft, claiming the…

California AG sends Musk's xAI a cease-and-desist order over sexual deepfakes |

3:21 PM PST · January 16, 2026 Earlier this week, the California attorney general’s office announced that it was investigating xAI over reports that the…

Supreme Court hacker posted stolen government data on Instagram |

12:01 PM PST · January 16, 2026 A hacker posted the personal data of several of his hacking victims on his Instagram account, @ihackthegovernment, according…

TikTok quietly launches a microdrama app called 'PineDrama' |

1:11 PM PST · January 16, 2026 TikTok has quietly released a new stand-alone short drama app called PineDrama in the U.S. and Brazil. The…

From OpenAI’s offices to a deal with Eli Lilly — how Chai Discovery became one of the flashiest names in AI drug development |

Drug discovery, the art of identifying new molecules to develop pharmaceuticals, is a notoriously time-consuming and difficult process. Traditional techniques, like high-throughput screening, offer an…

ChatGPT users are about to get hit with targeted ads |

11:54 AM PST · January 16, 2026 An ongoing conversation — both within and outside of the tech community — has been about just how…

Trump administration wants tech companies to buy $15B of power plants they may not use |

11:38 AM PST · January 16, 2026 The Trump administration wants the largest electricity grid to add $15 billion worth of new power generation —and…

How a hacking campaign targeted high-profile Gmail and WhatsApp users across the Middle East |

On Tuesday, U.K.-based Iranian activist Nariman Gharib tweeted redacted screenshots of a phishing link sent to him via a WhatsApp message. “Do not click on…

X is down for the second time this week |

In Brief Posted: 8:29 AM PST · January 16, 2026 Elon Musk’s X is experiencing its second large-scale outage this week. The site and app,…

Italy investigates Activision Blizzard for pushing in-game purchases |

7:02 AM PST · January 16, 2026 Italy has launched two investigations into Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard, alleging the company has engaged in “misleading and aggressive”…