Jan 16 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in the Wall Street Journal. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
- The Biden administration rolled out a flurry of new restrictions on Chinese companies and their access to advanced chips, part of a last-gasp clampdown on the adversary's ability to harness artificial intelligence for its military and tech sector.
- U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that an oligarchy and a tech industrial complex were taking hold in America, warning of the risks of unchecked power in a farewell address that served as a bittersweet coda to his 50-year political career.
- Short-selling company Hindenburg Research's founder Nate Anderson is shutting down the firm citing the toll the work took on his well-being.
- Industrial materials maker DuPont DD.N said it will no longer spin off its Water division, altering previous plans to break up into three smaller publicly traded companies.
- Insurance company State Farm has abandoned its plan to run a commercial in the coming Super Bowl, saying its focus is on supporting Los Angeles residents as wildfires there continue burning.
- GoDaddy GDDY.N will implement new information-security programs to settle charges that the technology platform failed to secure its website-hosting services and protect its customers from attacks, the Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday.
(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)
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