Waymo suspended its robotaxi service in San Francisco after a massive power outage left its vehicles stalled on the city streets. The sudden disruption of Waymo services led to the blocking of traffic across the city. The scale of the blackout caused some robotaxis to remain stationary for longer than normal as they tried to assess the intersections, Waymo said.

Taiwanese electronics major Foxconn has recruited close to 30,000 employees at its new iPhone assembly facility in Devanahalli near Bengaluru, The Economic Times reported. The recruitment happened within just eight to nine months, marking the fastest factory scale-up seen in India so far. The 300-acre facility is largely operated by women, who make up around 80% of the workforce.

Amazon cautioned employees about rescheduling US visa appointments amid H-1B visa uncertainties. Amazon, in an advisory, asked those with interviews scheduled between late December and January to remain in US. Cancelled appointments could leave employees stranded abroad for extended periods, Amazon warned. Staff currently abroad with valid visa stamp must return to US before it expires, it added.

Extremists are using AI tools to recreate speeches of figures like Adolf Hitler to spread propaganda, The Guardian reported. Several English-language versions of Hitler's speeches have received millions of views across social media apps. "These groups are able to produce...translations that preserve tone, emotion and ideological intensity across multiple languages," a security analyst said.

Gard Rogne, founder of Norway-based digital marketing agency Sumendit, shared practical advice on making writing sound human rather than AI-generated. He suggests writing the way you speak, using 'I' and 'you', avoiding rigid templates, cutting textbook-style lines, and being specific. Rogne says phrases like "In conclusion" are instant red flags that reveal AI-written text.

A gang of thieves who used Google Maps to rob six homes across Jharkhand, Bihar and West Bengal has been arrested. They selected their targets randomly using Google Maps and moved from one city to another after committing the crime, officials said. The police have recovered a firearm, two cartridges and stolen gold ornaments from them.

Debris from a SpaceX rocket that exploded in January had put two commercial airliners and a private jet at risk, the WSJ reported. The aircraft, carrying roughly 450 passengers in total, flew through a temporary no-fly zone due to low fuel and limited diversion options. SpaceX hadn't immediately notified the US Federal Aviation Administration about the explosion.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he's most excited to see an AI that can remember every detail of one's entire life. "Even if you have the world's best personal assistant...they can't remember every word you've ever said in your life...No human has infinite, perfect memory," he stated. "AI is definitely going to be able to do that," he added.

US lawmakers sent notices to Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, CoreWeave, Digital Realty, and Equinix questioning data centres' power consumption. They wrote, "Through these utility price increases, American families bankroll electricity costs of trillion-dollar tech companies." The statement read, "Department of Energy projects data centres could make up 12% of all US power consumption by 2028."

China's military has made rapid progress in aircraft design, missiles, and sensors, but jet engines remain a critical weakness. Developing reliable military engines requires decades of testing, advanced metallurgy, and tolerance for repeated failure, and these are areas where China still faces structural challenges.