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Techmeme - 2026-01-11T12:40:29-05:00

Tel Aviv-based Torq, which operates an autonomous AI-powered security operations platform, raised $140M led by Merlin Ventures at a $1.2B valuation (Andrew Martin/Bloomberg) - 2026-01-11T12:40:00-05:00

Malaysia becomes the second country to limit access to Grok, joining Indonesia, over the chatbot's generation of sexual content (Bloomberg) - 2026-01-11T11:20:00-05:00

Walmart to expand Wing, Alphabet's on-demand drone delivery service, to another 150 stores, bringing the total to 270+ stores, covering ~10% of US population (Kirsten Korosec/TechCrunch) - 2026-01-11T11:15:00-05:00

Walmart partners with Google to offer AI-enhanced shopping, allowing users to purchase Walmart and Sam's Club items directly on Gemini (Jaewon Kang/Bloomberg) - 2026-01-11T11:00:42-05:00

Google unveils the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), a new open standard that lets AI agents work across different parts of the customer's buying process (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch) - 2026-01-11T10:40:01-05:00

Google is introducing new personalized ads in AI mode, powered by Gemini, which allow advertisers to offer exclusives for users preparing to buy a product (Cristina Criddle/Financial Times) - 2026-01-11T10:30:01-05:00

A detailed look at the Apple-TSMC relationship: Apple's annual spend at TSMC rose 12x, from $2B in 2014 to $24B in 2025, and once made up 25% of TSMC's revenue (SemiAnalysis) - 2026-01-11T08:40:01-05:00

Analysis: the AI investment boom represents ~1% of US GDP, roughly half the GDP share during the '90s dot-com boom and comparable to the mid-2010s US shale boom (Toby Nangle/Financial Times) - 2026-01-11T05:40:00-05:00

Documents and sources: India proposes security rules that would force smartphone makers to share source code, prompting quiet pushback from Apple and Samsung (Reuters) - 2026-01-11T04:30:00-05:00

A look at the history and rise of Markdown, which has been adopted across the tech industry in the decades since its quiet launch in 2004 by John Gruber (Anil Dash) - 2026-01-11T02:00:01-05:00

Investigation: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps used two UK-registered companies to move ~$1B in stablecoins since 2023, evading international sanctions (TRM Insights) - 2026-01-11T01:55:00-05:00

Newly listed Chinese AI chipmakers Moore Threads, Biren, and MetaX had strong stock market debuts, but none has sales worth more than a tenth of rival Cambricon (Financial Times) - 2026-01-11T01:50:03-05:00

Analysis: global AI-related companies drove ~40% of benchmark convertible bond index returns in 2025, pushing the amount raised to $166.5B, the most since 2001 (Bloomberg) - 2026-01-11T01:45:01-05:00

Taiwan's data shows the US became its top export destination in 2025 over China, including Hong Kong, the first time since 1999, partly driven by AI tech demand (Hideaki Ryugen/Nikkei Asia) - 2026-01-11T01:40:01-05:00

China launches a probe into competition among online food delivery platforms, aiming to curb price wars that have contributed to deflationary economic pressures (Reuters) - 2026-01-11T00:50:00-05:00