January 07, 2026

Intel spinout Articul8 raises more than half of $70M round at $500M valuation: Articul8's valuation for its current funding round marks a roughly fivefold increase since its Series A. Read More

McKinsey and General Catalyst execs say the era of 'learn once, work forever' is over: Calacanis, General Catalyst's Taneja, and McKinsey's Sternfels discussed how AI is reshaping technology and the labor force. Read More

Spotify now lets you share what you're streaming in real time with friends: You can tap a friend’s listening activity to play the track, save it, open the menu, or react with an emoji. Read More

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The most bizarre tech announced so far at CES 2026: From an AI panda pet to an anime girl hologram for your desk, here are the wildest products at CES 2026. Read More

Meta's Manus news is getting different receptions in Washington and Beijing: Chinese officials are reportedly reviewing whether the Meta deal violates technology export controls, potentially giving Beijing leverage it wasn't initially perceived as having. Read More

A viral Reddit post alleging fraud from a food delivery app turned out to be AI-generated: When fake content goes viral, the damage has already been done, even if the post is debunked. Read More

Mobileye acquires humanoid robot startup Mentee Robotics for $900M: Mentee Robotics was co-founded by Mobileye president Amnon Shashua. Read More

CES 2026: Everything revealed, from Nvidia’s debuts to AMD’s new chips to Razer’s AI oddities : CES 2026 is in full swing in Las Vegas, with the show floor open to the public after a packed couple of days occupied by press conferences from the likes of Nvidia, Sony, and AMD and previews from Sunday’s Unveiled event.  As has been the case for the past two years at CES, AI is at the forefront of many companies’ messaging, though the hardware upgrades and oddities that have long defined the annual event still have their place on the show floor and in adjacent announcements. We’ll be collecting the biggest reveals and surprises here, though you can still catch the spur-of-the-moment reactions and thoughts from our team on the ground via our live blog right here.  Let’s dive right in, starting with some of Monday’s biggest players.  Nvidia reveals AI model for autonomous vehicles, showcases Rubin architecture Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivered an expectedly lengthy presentation at CES, taking a victory lap for the company’s AI-driven successes, setting the stage for 2026, and yes, hanging out with some robots.  The Rubin computing architecture, which has been developed to meet the increasing computation demands that AI adoption creates, is set to begin replacing Blackwell architecture in the second half of this year. It comes with speed and storage upgrades, but our Senior AI Editor Russell Brandom goes into the nitty-gritty of what distinguishes Rubin.  And Nvidia continued its push to bring the AI revolution into the physical world, showcasing its Alpamayo family of open-source AI models and tools that will be used by autonomous vehicles this year. That approach, as Senior Reporter Rebecca Bellan notes, mirrors the company's Read More

Kindred talks home-swapping platform for travelers, Chef Robotics introduces AI into commercial kitchens, and Character.AI addresses chatbot safety with teens.

Warner Bros. Discovery rejects Paramount's bid again, calls it a 'leveraged buyout': The studio's board unanimously rejected Paramount Skydance's revised $108.4 billion bid, calling the proposal a "leveraged buyout" that would saddle the company with $87 billion in debt. Read More

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