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Apple currently sells MacBooks equipped with its own M-series processors in a wide range of sizes and price points, all of which run the company’s newest operating system, macOS 26 . Purchasing a new ...
The World Economic Forum says AI will reshape work by 2030 — and only one future avoids major worker displacement. APHOTOGRAFIA/Getty Images The WEF outlines four AI job futures for 2030, warnin...
Sephora uses AI to recommend skincare products. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images Major retailers, such as Walmart and Target, are integrating AI into their shopping experiences. Retailers have partn...
A viral app in China that checks if users are alive is sparking frank conversations about loneliness and isolation. baona/Getty Images "Are you dead?" — a Chinese app that alerts an emer...
Elon Musk is the CEO of xAI, the company that develops Grok. VINCENT FEURAY/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images Grok AI image generation on X is now limited to paying subscribers after global backlash. El...
Superintelligent AI is dependent on a super-powered memory. asbe/Getty Images OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says AI memory capacity is potentially limitless. For now, long-term AI memory still faces technical...
Dillon Lawson-Johnston and Criswell Fiordalis see opportunity to invest at the intersection of Hollywood and creators. Guggenheim Brothers Media Guggenheim Brothers Media and a UAE firm have created a...
Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI In 2026, quitting smoking and joining a gym are no longer enough for a new year's resolution. Young adults, addicted to their phones and exhausted with dating apps , are reso...
In a surprisingly user-friendly move, Bose has announced it will be open-sourcing the API documentation for its SoundTouch smart speakers, which were slated to lose official support on February 18th, ...
Character.AI and Google have reached settlements with several families whose teens harmed themselves or died by suicide after interacting with Character.AI 's chatbots, according to new court filings....
X's Grok chatbot hasn't stopped accepting users' requests to strip down women and, in some cases, apparent minors to AI-generated bikinis. According to some reports, the flood of AI-generated images i...
Two former employees at cybersecurity firms - one of whom was a ransomware negotiator - have pleaded guilty to carrying out a series of ransomware attacks in 2023. The Department of Justice announced ...
Ethan Choi. Khosla Ventures We asked Khosla Ventures partner Ethan Choi how he sees AI reshaping daily life and work in 2026. Robotics will reach a major breakthrough in capability and have its own &#...
Shlomo Kramer runs cybersecurity company Cato Networks. Shlomo Kramer Cato Networks CEO Shlomo Kramer says we're experiencing an AI bubble. Kramer said the level of investment and AI-driven profit imp...
Charles Swann uses the help of AI tooling to have his junior-level employee gain years of experience in seconds. Courtesy of Charles Swann Startup founder Charles Swann hired only one other full-time ...
Chinese leader Xi Jinping lauded his country's AI advancements in 2025. Yan Yan/Xinhua via Getty Images China's Xi Jinping lauded his country's AI wins in 2025 in his New Year's address from Beijing. ...
Smartphone prices are expected to increase in 2026 due to RAM shortage caused by AI boom. PixelsEffect/Getty Images Smartphone prices may rise in 2026 due to increased demand for RAM in AI data center...
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is making kids' online safety a cornerstone of her administration, and she's eyeing a platform that has often flown under the radar: Roblox. As progress in Congress has stag...
Hytale , the highly-anticipated Minecraft -like adventure game that's been in development for a decade, is nearly here. After developer Hypixel Studios was acquired by Riot Games in 2020 , shut down b...