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January 26th - Earlier this month, Apple (AAPL.O) and Google (GOOG.O) officially announced a partnership. Apple has long struggled with developing its own models; therefore, future Apple Intelligence features will be powered by Googles Gemini model and run on Apples private cloud computing servers. Renowned tech journalist Gurman reports that the results of this collaboration could appear as early as next month in the iOS 26.4 beta, and Apple also plans to demonstrate the features to the public in some form. He also revealed several new details behind this partnership.Today, American Airlines canceled nearly 12,000 flights and more than 20 airports were completely closed.Duke Energy: As of 4 p.m. Sunday, January 25, Duke Energy had restored power to 24,864 Carolina customers.The U.S. State Department said it is taking steps to impose visa restrictions on two members of Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council and to revoke their visas.January 26th - Growing concerns are that a shortage of memory chips could impact the automotive industry. With the increasing prevalence of software-defined vehicles (SDVs), the demand for memory chips in automobiles is growing, while supply is expected to shift towards the artificial intelligence (AI) market, leading to shortages. Some automotive chip companies are analyzed to potentially have to change their product designs due to insufficient memory supply. A semiconductor industry insider stated, "The risks to the automotive semiconductor supply chain may begin to emerge in the first half of this year," noting that "the industry expects memory chip prices to more than double." UBS Securities stated, "A memory chip shortage could pose a significant risk to the global automotive industry," and "is highly likely to put financial pressure on both (automotive semiconductor) suppliers and (vehicle) manufacturers."