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Daily Tech News Roundup - 2026-01-12

1. Motional puts AI at center of robotaxi reboot as it targets 2026 for driverless service
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/11/motional-puts-ai-at-center-of-robotaxi-reboot-as-it-targets-2026-for-driverless-service/
Summary: Motional says it will launch a driverless robotaxi service in Las Vegas before the end of 2026.

2. You need to listen to Billy Woods’ horrorcore masterpiece for the A24 crowd
Source: https://www.theverge.com/column/860372/billy-woods-horrorcore-masterpiece-golliwog-a24
Summary: Billy Woods has one of the highest batting averages in the game. Between his solo records like Hiding Places and Maps, and his collaborative albums with Elucid as Armand Hammer, the man has multiple stone-cold classics under his belt. And, while no one would ever claim that Woods' albums were light-hearted fare (these are not […]

3. Google co-founders may be leaving California
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/11/google-co-founders-may-be-pulling-out-of-california/
Summary: Sergey Brin and Larry Page appear to be pulling back from the state where they co-founded Google.

4. Instagram says there’s been ‘no breach’ despite password reset requests
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/11/instagram-says-theres-been-no-breach-despite-password-reset-requests/
Summary: Instagram says that although some users received suspicious-looking password reset requests, it has not been breached.

5. Google pulls AI overviews for some medical searches
Source: https://www.theverge.com/news/860356/google-pulls-alarming-dangerous-medical-ai-overviews
Summary: Earlier this month, The Guardian published an investigation that showed Google was serving up misleading and outright false information via its AI overviews in response to certain medical inquiries. Now those results appear to have been removed. According to the original report: In one case that experts described as "really dangerous", Google wrongly advised people […]

6. Here are over 20 gadgets that’ll help you achieve your New Year’s resolutions
Source: https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/855851/new-years-resolution-gifts-ideas-2026-tech-gadgets-fitness
Summary: It happens every year: we set ambitious New Year's resolutions - work out more, spend less, keep the house cleaner - full of optimism and motivation. Then life happens, and suddenly it's June and you can't recall what your resolutions even were. But it doesn't have to be that way. Sometimes the problem isn't a […]

7. Google removes AI Overviews for certain medical queries
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/11/google-removes-ai-overviews-for-certain-medical-queries/
Summary: This follows an investigation by the Guardian that found Google AI Overviews offering misleading information in response to some health-related queries.

8. Instagram says it fixed the issue that let someone send all those password reset emails
Source: https://www.theverge.com/news/860337/instagram-fixed-password-reset-emails
Summary: If you're one of the many, many people who received a password reset email from Instagram the other day, the company says it fixed the issue. What was the issue? Unclear. We reached out to Meta for clarification and have yet to receive a response. All we know is that an "external party" triggered the […]

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