Artur Ślesik

TikTok avoids U.S. ban with Oracle-led joint venture deal — here’s who owns what now
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TikTok avoids U.S. ban with Oracle-led joint venture deal — here’s who owns what now

ByteDance said Friday it will shift TikTok’s U.S. operations to a new joint venture, with Oracle, Silver Lake, and MGX each taking 15% stakes and ByteDance retaining 19.9%. The venture will control U.S. user data on Oracle’s cloud and oversee TikTok’s algorithm security. Adam Presser was named CEO. Both U.S. and Chinese officials approved the deal.
January 23, 2026
Rocket Lab’s first 2026 launch puts Open Cosmos telecom satellites in orbit — and the Europe angle is getting louder
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Rocket Lab’s first 2026 launch puts Open Cosmos telecom satellites in orbit — and the Europe angle is getting louder

Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket launched two Open Cosmos satellites into a 1,050-km orbit Thursday, marking the start of Open Cosmos’ low-Earth-orbit telecom constellation. The mission, named “The Cosmos Will See You Now,” lifted off from New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula at 11:52 p.m. local time. Open Cosmos said the launch follows its recent acquisition of high-priority Ka-band spectrum for broadband services.
January 22, 2026
OpenEvidence nabs $250 million, doubles to $12 billion valuation as medical AI heats up

OpenEvidence nabs $250 million, doubles to $12 billion valuation as medical AI heats up

OpenEvidence raised $250 million in a Series D round co-led by Thrive Capital and DST Global, doubling its valuation to $12 billion in three months. The medical AI startup says over 40% of U.S. physicians use its tool daily. The company plans to use the new funds for research, development, and expanding its AI system. Most revenue comes from advertising, with the platform free for clinicians with a National Provider Identifier.
January 22, 2026
Webb catches a baby Sun-like star making crystals — and blasting them toward comet territory
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Webb catches a baby Sun-like star making crystals — and blasting them toward comet territory

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope detected crystalline silicates forming near the young protostar EC 53 during its regular accretion bursts, according to a study in Nature. The crystals appear during rapid heating events and are likely pushed outward by stellar winds, but researchers have not directly observed them reaching the comet-forming outer disk.
January 22, 2026
Under Armour data breach scare: 72 million customer records surface on hacking forum
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Under Armour data breach scare: 72 million customer records surface on hacking forum

Under Armour is investigating claims that hackers leaked data from about 72 million customer accounts online. Breach tracker Have I Been Pwned reports exposed emails, birth dates, locations, and purchase details. The Everest ransomware group demanded ransom in November and published the data in January. Under Armour says no payment systems or passwords were compromised.
January 22, 2026
Autodesk’s 1,000-job cut: Why the AutoCAD maker is shrinking sales to fund AI and cloud
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Autodesk’s 1,000-job cut: Why the AutoCAD maker is shrinking sales to fund AI and cloud

Autodesk will cut about 1,000 jobs, or 7% of its workforce, mostly in customer-facing sales, as part of a sales overhaul. The company expects $135 million to $160 million in pre-tax restructuring charges and raised its outlook above prior guidance. CEO Andrew Anagnost told staff the cuts are not tied to AI replacement. Shares rose over 3% after the announcement.
January 22, 2026
Bezos’ Blue Origin takes on Starlink with TeraWave plan for 5,408 satellites
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Bezos’ Blue Origin takes on Starlink with TeraWave plan for 5,408 satellites

Blue Origin announced plans to begin deploying its TeraWave satellite constellation in late 2027, targeting enterprise, data center, and government clients. The network will use 5,408 satellites in low and medium Earth orbit, offering symmetrical speeds up to 6 terabits per second. TeraWave will not serve individual consumers. Pricing and revenue targets have not been disclosed.
January 22, 2026
Pig Neurons in Human Brains? The 2025 Reality Check on Neuron Xenotransplantation—Breakthroughs, Risks, and What Happens Next
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Pig Neurons in Human Brains? The 2025 Reality Check on Neuron Xenotransplantation—Breakthroughs, Risks, and What Happens Next

Porcine interneuron precursors have successfully engrafted and functioned in rodents and an epileptic sea lion. Human neurons and glia have integrated into animal brains in research settings. In 2024–2025, FDA-cleared kidney xenotransplant trials began enrolling, and regulators updated guidance, but neuron xenotransplantation in humans has not yet started. Advances in CRISPR and immune-shielded pigs have improved safety foundations.
August 18, 2025
AI That Knows How You Feel
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AI That Knows How You Feel: The Rise of Emotion-Detecting Tech

The MoodCapture app, launched in 2024, analyzes facial expressions via smartphone camera to detect early signs of depression, showing about 75% accuracy in trials. The EU AI Act, finalized in May 2024, bans real-time emotion recognition in workplaces, schools, and public institutions, except for healthcare or safety. Affectiva and other firms offer emotion AI tools for advertising and automotive monitoring. Some companies dropped emotion-tracking after privacy criticism.
August 18, 2025
Inside the Secret AI
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Exposed: Inside the Secret AI Race – Leaks, Rumors, and the Hidden Quest for AGI

OpenAI researchers circulated an internal letter in late 2023 about a model called “Q” that reportedly solved grade-school math problems, fueling AGI rumors. By mid-2024, OpenAI had not confirmed GPT-5. Google DeepMind’s Gemini 1.0 reportedly surpassed GPT-4 on some benchmarks in early 2024. Meta’s LLaMA 2 was released open-source in July 2023 after a leak of the original model.
August 18, 2025
IBM Quantum Supercomputer
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IBM’s 4,000-Qubit Quantum Supercomputer Could Change Computing Foreve

IBM plans to build a 4,158-qubit quantum supercomputer by 2025 by linking three 1,386-qubit Kookaburra chips in its Quantum System Two platform. The company powered up the first System Two in late 2023, running three 133-qubit Heron processors. The new system will operate in the NISQ regime, using error mitigation rather than full error correction. Competitors include Google, IonQ, Quantinuum, and D-Wave.
August 17, 2025
Does Putin Use Body Doubles? The Truth Behind the Rumors
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Does Putin Use Body Doubles? The Truth Behind the Rumors

In August 2000, Russia’s Federal Protective Service chief denied Putin used doubles, and Putin himself dismissed the idea in 2001. In 2020, Putin said he refused a decoy during the Chechen war. Viral photos and Ukrainian officials have repeatedly fueled rumors since 2018, but agencies like Reuters and Snopes have debunked key claims. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov joked about the rumors in November 2023, insisting there is only one Putin.
August 17, 2025
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