😏 Discord eyes an IPO

Discord has confidentially filed paperwork → for a potential IPO. However, the decision to go public has not been finalized yet.

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🧠 A smarter inbox era

Google rolled out new AI features → for Gmail, including inbox summaries, smart replies, and the Help Me Write tool.

AI Pro and Ultra users also get Gemini-powered search and spell check inside email.

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🍏 iOS 26? Meh

Only about 16% of iPhone users have upgraded → to iOS 26 so far, despite Apple’s new Liquid Glass design.

Most iPhone owners are still sticking with older versions.

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🤐 Elon went too far

UK regulators are considering restrictions on X after Grok was found generating sexualized images, including of minors. Prime Minister Keir Starmer called → the content unacceptable and urged immediate action.

Following investigations in several countries, image generation on X has now been moved behind a paywall.

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❤️ This weekend in #TECH

💘 Apple could unveil its first foldable iPhone as early as September, with Samsung Display set to supply the flexible OLED panels.

💘 A data breach exposed 17.5 million Instagram accounts. The database is already circulating on hacker forums and being used for phishing and account takeover attempts.

💘 Italy’s regulator fined Cloudflare €14.2 million for refusing to block pirate sites via its public DNS service 1.1.1.1.

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🤩 New record!

Steam has set → a new all-time high for concurrent users.

On January 11, 2026, at 14:20 UTC, more than 42 million people were online on the platform at the same time.

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🦴 Nothing to hide?

India is considering rules that would require smartphone → makers to share their mobile OS source code with the government.

Apple and Samsung are already pushing back, but regulators appear determined to move forward.

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