TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

• Why Silicon Valley is really talking about fleeing California (it’s not the 5%)
• Who gets to inherit the stars? A space ethicist on what we’re not talking about
• Trump administration’s legal setbacks are good news for offshore wind — and the grid
• Oshen built the first ocean robot to collect data in a Category 5 hurricane 
• Musk wants up to $134B in OpenAI lawsuit, despite $700B fortune
• AI cloud startup Runpod hits $120M in ARR — and it started with a Reddit post  
• California AG sends Musk’s xAI a cease-and-desist order over sexual deepfakes
• Snowflake, Databricks challenger ClickHouse hits $15B valuation

NPR News (www.npr.org)

• New York Giants hire John Harbaugh as coach after identifying him as their top choice
• US launches new retaliatory strike in Syria, killing leader tied to deadly Islamic State ambush
• NASA's Artemis II craft meets the launch pad ahead of crewed lunar orbit
• Trump says 8 EU countries to be charged 10% tariff for opposing US control of Greenland
• 'Not for sale': massive protest in Copenhagen against Trump's desire to acquire Greenland
• Uganda's longtime leader declared winner in disputed vote
• Opinion: Remembering Ai, a remarkably intelligent chimpanzee
• The near death -- and last-minute reprieve -- of a trial for an HIV vaccine

NYT Front Page (www.nytimes.com)

• Trump Announces New Tariffs on Some European Countries in Greenland Standoff
• What ‘Landman’ Understands About Oil
• One Year Later, What Kind of Country Have We Become?
• Trump Backs a Potential Primary Challenger to Bill Cassidy, a G.O.P. Senator
• France’s Embassy in Iraq Is a Spoil of Antisemitism, Jewish Family Charges
• Virginia’s New Governor Moves Swiftly to Overhaul State University Boards
• These Are the 12 States Vying to Kick Off Democrats’ 2028 Contest
• White House Warns CBS: Air Trump Interview in Full, or ‘We’ll Sue’

Mashable (mashable.com)

• Moon phase today: What the Moon will look like on January 18
• How to watch Sabalenka vs. Rakotomanga Rajaonah online for free
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• Hurdle hints and answers for January 18, 2026
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Washington Post Politics (www.washingtonpost.com)

• Trump will order TV networks to ‘protect’ Army-Navy football game
• Pentagon readies 1,500 soldiers to possibly deploy to Minnesota, officials say
• Pardoned Jan. 6 rioter driven from Minneapolis rally by large counterprotest
• Trump announces tariffs on European countries opposing Greenland takeover
• In Iran crisis, Trump confronted limits of U.S. military power
• In Denmark, U.S. lawmakers contradict Trump on Greenland
• Justice Dept. enters new territory with probe of Minnesota officials
• Trump names Kushner, Rubio, Blair to Gaza board; Israel objects to lineup

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The Verge (www.theverge.com)

• Disney deleted a Thread because people kept putting anti-fascist quotes from its movies in the replies
• The Setapp Mobile iOS store is shutting down on February 16th
• The LG C5 and Apple’s M4 Mac Mini are both steeply discounted this weekend
• All You Need Is Kill is a dazzling movie with the soul of a video game
• Minnesota wants to win a war of attrition
• A cute frog game that remixes Nintendo’s best
• Our favorite cozy game is back
• Fear and blogging (and prerelease laptop testing) in Las Vegas

Techmeme (www.techmeme.com)

• Listen Labs, whose AI tools help Microsoft and others run customer research and interviews, raised a $69M Series B led by Ribbit Capital at a $500M+ valuation (Iain Martin/Forbes)
• Mannheim, Germany-based osapiens, a provider of ESG compliance software, raised a $100M Series C solely from Decarbonization Partners at a $1.1B valuation (John Reynolds/Tech.eu)
• David Sacks and top MAGA influencers are publicly opposing House Foreign Affairs Chair Brian Mast's proposed AI OVERWATCH Act to regulate AI chip sales to China (Axios)
• The AI boom is driving an unprecedented wave of data center construction, but there aren't enough skilled workers in the US, such as electricians, to keep up (Caroline Haskins/Wired)
• A look at Michael Saylor's Strategy, known for buying bitcoin via creative financing strategies, as its stock trades way below its peak amid the crypto downturn (Rob Copeland/New York Times)
• Luminate 2025 report: the global music industry hit 5.1T streams, up 9.6% YoY and a single-year record; AI artist Xania Monet had 125M on-demand audio streams (Maria Sherman/Associated Press)
• ZachXBT: a crypto user lost $282M+ in BTC and LTC in a hardware wallet social engineering scam; XMR jumped as the attacker began converting the funds to Monero (Daniel Kuhn/The Block)
• Micron signs a letter of intent to buy a fabrication site in Taiwan from Powerchip for $1.8B to expand DRAM memory chip production, expected to close in Q2 2026 (Valentine Baldassari/Bloomberg)

CNN Top Stories (www.cnn.com)

• Taxes are due tomorrow. Here's how to file for an extension
• 50+ products to make your life easier and our planet cleaner
• A head-to-toe guide of how men should dress this spring, and where they should shop
• 42 of the most useful travel products you can buy on Amazon
• The 7 best high-yield savings accounts of April 2023
• Russia is 'going backwards' in equipment and deploying post WWII-era tanks, according to Western officials
• Bidets save you money and reduce waste — we tested the best options out there
• Composting is an easy way to reduce food waste. Here's how to do it

BBC Top Stories (www.bbc.co.uk)

• Faisal Islam: Trump's Greenland threats to allies are without parallel
• Britain's Fery causes first upset of Australian Open
• British qualifier Fery causes first shock of Australian Open by beating Italian seed
• The Papers: 'Blackmail over Greenland' and 'Jenrick's bizarre plot'
• US judge restricts ICE response to Minneapolis protesters
• Starmer and European leaders criticise Trump plan to apply tariffs over Greenland
• Harry's war with the press is back in court. But this time it's different
• British Gas took 15 months to refund me £1,500. It's absurd

WSJ Technology (www.wsj.com)

• Claude Is Taking the AI World by Storm, and Even Non-Nerds Are Blown Away
• Claude Is Taking the AI World by Storm, and Even Non-Nerds Are Blown Away
• The Global Memory-Chip Shortage Will Cost Us All
• The Global Memory-Chip Shortage Will Cost Us All
• There’s a Hit Movie Set Deep Inside an AI Lab—and It Will Give You Goosebumps
• Fired Thinking Machines Co-Founder Had Undisclosed Relationship With Colleague
• Trump Pushes Plan for Tech Companies to Fund New Power Plants
• OpenAI to Begin Testing Ads in ChatGPT in Push for Fresh Revenue

Reuters (www.reuters.com)

• S&P 500 closes nominally higher amid COVID-19 spikes, muted data
• Pelosi says Trump 'ethically unfit' for presidency, will continue oversight
• Trump unfit to be U.S. president, Democrat Pelosi, conservative Bolton agree
• World stock markets slip on second wave virus fears, safe-havens rise
• Tesla wants to start building a new U.S. vehicle plant this summer
• Trump pledges new list of conservative Supreme Court contenders
• Atlanta officer says he is not 'state's witness' in Rayshard Brooks case
• Facebook takes down Trump ads over 'organized hate' policy

Sweepsy (www.sweepsy.com)

• Iowa Bill Granting IRGC Power Over ‘Illegal Sweepstakes’ Officially Filed
• Florida Bill That May Be Problematic For Sweeps Casinos Passes 2nd Committee
• DraftKings Backs Maine Sweepstakes Ban As VGW, SGLA Push Back
• New Jersey Legislature Takes Another Stab At Sweepstakes Regulation Bill
• How Maine’s iGaming Legalization Affects Sweeps Casino Debate
• Florida Bill That May Ban Sweeps Casinos Set For Jan. 14 Hearing
• Maryland Files 2 Bills To Ban Sweeps Casinos, SB112 & HB295
• ‘I’m 100% Against’ Ban: What Indiana Lawmakers Are Saying About Regulating Sweeps Casinos

Bloomberg Market News (bloomberg.com)

• Hong Kong to Sign MOU With Shanghai Gold Exchange, Chan Says
• China Rare-Earth Product Exports Fall as Japan Spat Draws Focus
• BOJ Keeps Yen Watchers on Edge for Rate-Hike Clues
• EU Set to Halt US Trade Deal Over Trump’s New Tariff Threat
• Sweetgreen Chief Development Officer Tarrant to Leave Chain
• MBS Gains Are Another Reason to Buy Company Debt: Credit Weekly
• Trump Blasts Dimon, Threatens to Sue JPMorgan Over Debanking
• EU Inks South America Trade Deal After 25 Years of Negotiations