January 2026

Dead batteries cough up lithium after a bath in CO₂ and water, boffins say 2026-01-20 at 20:28 By Brandon Vigliarolo Still or sparkling? Either way, the problem of scale remains Lithium-ion batteries are everywhere, and recycling them cleanly and safely at scale is still hard. Now, a Chinese research team claims to have discovered a […]

Selling AI chips to China is like ‘selling nuclear weapons to North Korea,’ warns Anthropic CEO 2026-01-20 at 20:07 By Thomas Barrabi Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warned that US firms like Nvidia should not sell their advanced artificial intelligence chips to China – calling it a major mistake with “incredible national security implications.” This article

ETH price metric flashes buy signal after 3 years of seller dominance 2026-01-20 at 20:07 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly ETH sold off at the weekly open, but its net taker volume metric turned positive for the first time in years. Will bulls take notice of the signal and attempt to press Ether price higher?

RedStone acquires Security Token Market, TokenizeThis conference 2026-01-20 at 20:07 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar The deal adds a long-running dataset on tokenized real-world assets to RedStone’s oracle business as RWA activity spans public blockchains and institutional networks. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

DLP For An AI-Driven, Encrypted World 2026-01-20 at 19:43 By Rupesh Khetawat , Suresh Ramkumar Introducing new-era DLP with an eye for secure visibility This article is an excerpt from SECURITY.COM View Original Source

Ray Dalio warns of banks shying away from fiat, praises gold surging 2026-01-20 at 19:17 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The hedge fund manager said central banks were not handling fiat in the same way, warning of a breakdown in the global monetary order. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Solana slips below $130, but onchain data suggests SOL remains bullish 2026-01-20 at 19:17 By Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale SOL price slipped under $130, but whale accumulation amid declining supply on exchanges and strengthening on-chain metrics point to a potential for recovery. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

How a third-party data leak led to phishing attempts against Ledger users 2026-01-20 at 19:17 By Cointelegraph by Bradley Peak A third-party e-commerce breach exposed order data, enabling phishing attempts without compromising Ledger wallets or self-custody systems. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Power scarcity drives datacenters to Texas, where the juice is 2026-01-20 at 19:17 By Dan Robinson Plus, one in three bit barns expected to exceed 1 GW by 2035 Everything’s bigger in Texas, including the amount of available power. That’s why the Lone Star State is set to become the leading bit barn market within

Lawsuit Filed After 320,000 Impacted by Monroe University Breach 2026-01-20 at 19:17 By The lawsuit claims the university didn’t enact reasonable data security measures.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Chainalysis bets on automation to scale onchain investigations beyond developers 2026-01-20 at 18:07 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar The feature allows non-technical teams to conduct onchain investigations and compliance analyses without relying on custom code. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Bitcoin trader keeps $100K BTC target as gold price hits record $4,750 2026-01-20 at 18:07 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin sellers entered at the Wall Street open to drive BTC price action below $90,000, but a six-figure price target stayed in play. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Rackspace tests customer loyalty with brutal email price hike 2026-01-20 at 17:21 By Richard Speed Mailbox costs leap overnight as longtime users vent their frustration Rackspace is giving a masterclass in how to annoy customers after an eye-watering price hike for email hosting.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Michael Saylor’s Strategy tops 700,000 Bitcoin after $2.1B purchase 2026-01-20 at 17:02 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Strategy acquired 22,305 BTC last week at about $95,284 per coin, lifting its holdings to 709,715 BTC. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

OpenAI is still figuring out how to make money, but wants you to believe in it 2026-01-20 at 17:02 By Lindsay Clark And the world economy might depend on it finding an answer This week, OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar took to the internet to make a bold pitch for the company’s future, which she claims

Majority of CEOs report zero payoff from AI splurge 2026-01-20 at 17:02 By Dan Robinson PwC survey finds more than half of 4,500+ biz leaders see no revenue growth nor cost savings More than half of CEOs report seeing neither increased revenue nor decreased costs from AI, despite massive investments in the technology, according to

AI framework flaws put enterprise clouds at risk of takeover 2026-01-20 at 17:02 By Jessica Lyons Update Chainlit to the latest version ASAP Two “easy-to-exploit” vulnerabilities in the popular open-source AI framework Chainlit put major enterprises’ cloud environments at risk of leaking data or even full takeover, according to cyber-threat exposure startup Zafran.… This article