Meta Plans to Cut 10% to 15% of Employees in Reality Labs Business

Posted on January 12, 2026 by Techme101

The layoffs are set to be announced this week and would affect Meta’s work on the metaverse, as the company spends heavily on building artificial intelligence.

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Apple Teams Up With Google for A.I. in Its Products

Posted on January 12, 2026 by Techme101

Apple was facing increasing questions about its plans for artificial intelligence as other big tech companies invested tens of billions in the technology.

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Anthropic announces Claude for Healthcare following OpenAI’s ChatGPT Health reveal

Posted on January 12, 2026 by Techme101

Anthropic’s Claude for Healthcare is unveiled about a week after OpenAI announced its ChatGPT Health product.

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Pebble founder says his new company is ‘not a startup’

Posted on January 12, 2026 by Techme101

Pebble’s founder talks about how his new company is doing things differently.

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What a new law and an investigation could mean for Grok AI deepfakes

Posted on January 12, 2026 by Techme101

Elon Musk’s chatbot is under fire for altering images of women to remove their clothes without their consent.

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Anthropic’s new Cowork tool offers Claude Code without the code

Posted on January 12, 2026 by Techme101

Built into the Claude Desktop app, Cowork lets users designate a specific folder where Claude can read or modify files, with further instructions given through the standard chat interface.

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Trump’s EPA plans to ignore health effects of air pollution

Posted on January 12, 2026 by Techme101

The Trump administration is planning to stop assigning value to human life when analyzing the costs and benefits of air pollution controls.

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Fintech firm Betterment confirms data breach after hackers send fake crypto scam notification to users

Posted on January 12, 2026 by Techme101

Hackers gained access to some Betterment customers’ personal information through a social engineering attack, then targeted some of them with a crypto-related phishing message.

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The Apple-Google AI deal is a massive win for investors in both tech giants

Posted on January 12, 2026 by Techme101
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Trump Administration Nears Trade Deal With Taiwan

Posted on January 12, 2026 by Techme101

The deal would cut tariffs and include a commitment from Taiwanese Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation, the island’s chip giant, to build more manufacturing plants in the United States.

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