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ChatGPT to Begin Showing Ads, Starting With Shopping Links
OpenAI is preparing to introduce advertising inside ChatGPT, beginning with sponsored shopping links that appear alongside conversations.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 17, 2026
1 min read
OpenAI Launches Lower-Cost ChatGPT Go Subscription Worldwide
OpenAI has rolled out a new, lower-priced ChatGPT subscription tier called ChatGPT Go, expanding it globally after earlier launches in India and select international markets.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 17, 2026
1 min read
Mother of Elon Musk’s Child Sues xAI Over Her Explicit Images
Ashley St. Clair, an American author and the mother of one of Elon Musk’s children, has filed a lawsuit against Musk’s AI company xAI, alleging its chatbot Grok generated sexually explicit images of her without consent.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 16, 2026
2 min read
ExpressVPN Officially Launches ExpressVPN for Teams, Expanding into Business VPNs
ExpressVPN has officially rolled out ExpressVPN for Teams, a new business-focused VPN designed to make life easier for small and medium-sized companies.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 16, 2026
2 min read
ChatGPT Gets Smarter Chat History Search, but Only for Plus and Pro Users
OpenAI is rolling out a major upgrade to ChatGPT that significantly enhances users’ ability to search through past conversations, although this feature is currently limited to Plus and Pro subscribers.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 16, 2026
1 min read
Trump Imposes 25% Tariff on Select AI Chips, Including Nvidia H200 Bound for China
After months of speculation, the Trump administration has announced a new semiconductor tariff targeting a narrow set of advanced AI chips, including Nvidia’s H200 processors destined for China.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 16, 2026
2 min read
Iran Enters One of the Longest Internet Blackouts Ever as Protests Continue
As of Friday, more than 92 million people in Iran have been cut off from the internet for over a week, marking one of the longest nationwide internet shutdowns ever recorded, according to experts who track global disruptions.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 16, 2026
2 min read
Taiwan to Invest $250 Billion in U.S. Semiconductor Manufacturing Under Trump Deal
Taiwan has agreed to make a massive investment in U.S. semiconductor manufacturing under a new trade deal with the Trump administration aimed at strengthening domestic chip production.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 16, 2026
1 min read
SpaceX Brings Back 4 NASA Astronauts to Earth in First-Ever Medical Evacuation from ISS
Elon Musk-led SpaceX on Thursday successfully brought back four NASA astronauts to Earth in the first-ever medical evacuation from the International Space Station (ISS).
Bijay Pokharel,
January 16, 2026
2 min read
Australia Social Media Ban Leads to Millions of Teen Accounts Being Removed
Social media companies have shut down nearly five million accounts belonging to Australian teenagers just one month after a new law banning under-16s from using major platforms came into force.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 15, 2026
2 min read
FTC Orders General Motors to Stop Selling Driver Location Data Without Consent
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has finalized a major settlement with General Motors and its subsidiary OnStar after finding that the company collected and sold sensitive driving data without clear permission from drivers.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 15, 2026
3 min read
Wikipedia Turns 25 and Highlights the People Behind Its Articles
Wikipedia has marked its 25th anniversary by celebrating the volunteer editors who have helped build and maintain the world’s largest online encyclopedia.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 15, 2026
2 min read
Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon Pay for Enterprise Access to Wikipedia
Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Perplexity, and Mistral AI are now paying the Wikimedia Foundation for enterprise-level access to Wikipedia and its related projects.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 15, 2026
1 min read
X Disables Grok’s Objectionable Image Feature After Global Backlash
After facing strong criticism from governments and civil society groups worldwide, Elon Musk-owned X has disabled Grok’s controversial image generation features.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 15, 2026
2 min read
OpenAI Quietly Launches ChatGPT Translate as a Powerful New Translation Tool
OpenAI has quietly introduced a new feature called ChatGPT Translate, and it closely resembles Google Translate on the web at first glance.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 15, 2026
2 min read
Parents Can Now Set Time Limits on YouTube Shorts for Kids and Teens
Parents now have more control over how long their children spend scrolling through YouTube Shorts.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 15, 2026
2 min read
X Faces Scrutiny as Grok Still Creates Nonconsensual Deepfake Images Despite New Rules
After a surge in nonconsensual sexual deepfakes shared on X, the platform has announced new limits on what its AI chatbot Grok can do with images of real people.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 15, 2026
2 min read
Watchdog Asks X to Set up Minor Protection Measures for AI Chatbot Grok
South Korea's media watchdog said on Wednesday it has asked U.S.-based social media platform X to come up with measures to protect minor users from sexual content generated by the artificial intelligence (AI) model Grok
Bijay Pokharel,
January 14, 2026
2 min read
X Platform Recovers After Global Outage Affects Thousands of Users
The social media platform X experienced a widespread outage on Tuesday that left thousands of users around the world unable to access the service.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 14, 2026
2 min read
Brazil Orders WhatsApp to Pause AI Chatbot Ban and Opens Antitrust Probe
Brazil’s competition watchdog has ordered WhatsApp to temporarily stop enforcing a new policy that blocks third-party AI companies from using its business API to offer chatbots on the app.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 13, 2026
2 min read
