🗞️Apple chooses Google's Gemini over ChatGPT

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January 12th, 2026

What happened today 🇺🇸,

• Apple has selected Google's Gemini AI models to power the next-generation Siri and other Apple Intelligence features in a newly announced multi-year partnership

• The Trump administration is reportedly nearing a trade deal with Taiwan that would reduce U.S. tariffs on Taiwanese goods from 20% to 15%, in exchange for commitments including major U.S. investments by TSMC…as part of the agreement, TSMC has pledged to build at least five additional semiconductor plants in Arizona

• Nearly 15,000 New York State Nurses Association members launched a strike today across major NYC hospitals demanding safe staffing ratios, violence protections, fair wages, and curbs on AI in healthcare

• President Trump announced on social media that he is imposing a 25% tariff on any country doing business with Iran

• The state of Minnesota filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, including DHS and ICE, seeking to halt the deployment of thousands of federal immigration agents in Minnesota amid heightened enforcement

• Former House of Representatives member, Mary Peltola (D-AK), announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate and will challenging incumbent Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) in the 2026 midterms

• Federal prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, focused on whether he misled Congress about the multibillion‑dollar renovation of the Fed’s Washington headquarters…Powell denounced the probe as a politically motivated attempt by President Trump’s administration to pressure the Fed over interest-rate policy, while the DOJ says it is prioritizing potential misuse of taxpayer funds

• A man driving a U-Haul truck drove into a large crowd of demonstrators/ protestors supporting anti-government protests in Iran in LA on Sunday, striking one person who was not seriously injured before being arrested by police…read more here

• Meta has appointed former Trump adviser and longtime Wall Street executive, Dina Powell McCormick, as its new president and vice chair

• The national average U.S. gas price has fallen to just under $2.80 per gallon, sitting around $2.79 to $2.81, which is the lowest level since early March 2021

• Gold and Silver both hit all-time highs today, with Gold going above $4,600 an ounce and Silver going above $85 an ounce

• DOW up .17% / S&P up .16%

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