Jan. 26, 2026
Now We Have The Clawdbot
Did you even notice that new TikTok privacy policy over the weekend? AirTags finally have a second generation. Microsoft confirms it will give out your BitLocker recovery keys if you’re silly enough to store them with them. And let me introduce you to Clawdbot. Since you can’t see the spelling, you won’t understand how this is different until I explain.
- TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes (Wired)
- Apple launches AirTag 2 with improved range, louder speaker, more (9to5Mac)
- EU opens formal probe into Musk’s xAI over Grok deepfakes (FT)
- Latest ChatGPT model uses Elon Musk’s Grokipedia as source, tests reveal (The Guardian)
- Microsoft Gave FBI Keys To Unlock Encrypted Data, Exposing Major Privacy Flaw (Forbes)
- Clawdbot Showed Me What the Future of Personal AI Assistants Looks Like (MacStories)
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