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Tech Tracks You, Student Killer Jailed, Lifespan Extenders Rise

American Student Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murder of Chinese Girlfriend in London

Joshua Michals, a 26-year-old American student, was sentenced to life in prison at London's Old Bailey criminal court on Friday for the murder of Zhe Wang, 31, a Chinese student at Goldsmiths, University of London, according to Euronews. Michals will serve a minimum term of 16 years.

Michals and Wang, both master's degree students, met in 2023 and began a casual relationship, which included a sexual encounter in February 2024, Euronews reported. The details surrounding the murder, which occurred in March 2024, were not specified in the Euronews report.

In other news, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is utilizing AI video generators from Google and Adobe to create and edit content for public consumption, according to a document released on Wednesday, MIT Technology Review reported. The document detailed the commercial AI tools used by DHS for various tasks, including drafting documents and managing cybersecurity. This development comes as immigration agencies have increased their social media presence to support President Trump's mass deportation agenda, some of which appears to be AI-generated, MIT Technology Review noted.

Meanwhile, Microsoft's new update for Microsoft 365, slated to begin in March 2026 after being delayed from January, will allow companies to track employees' real-time location, ZTechTalk reported on Hacker News. The feature will be available on Teams for Windows, Teams for Mac, and the mobile app. This development has raised privacy concerns, with ZTechTalk noting, "Microsoft just handed middle managers the ultimate weapon...the days of pretending to be at your desk are over."

President Trump's military interventions and threats of regime change are causing concern in China, despite not posing a direct threat, NPR Politics reported on January 30, 2026.

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