Microsoft announces glut of new data centers but says it won’t let your electricity bill go up

The tech giant has pledged to be a “good neighbor” as it continues to invest in AI infrastructure throughout the country.

A consumer watchdog issued a warning about Google’s AI agent shopping protocol — Google says she’s wrong

A consumer economics watchdog says Google’s new Universal Commerce Protocol is ripe for misuse where consumers could pay more for items. Google denies this.

Ring founder details the camera company’s ‘intelligent assistant’ era

AI is ushering in Ring’s next chapter, as the Amazon-owned video doorbell maker shifts toward becoming an “intelligent assistant.”

Doctors think AI has a place in healthcare – but maybe not as a chatbot

OpenAI and Anthropic have each launched healthcare-focused products over the last week.

Neo humanoid maker 1X releases world model to help bots learn what they see

1X released a new world model that it says is a solid step toward its robots being able to teach themselves new tasks.

Google’s Veo now turns portrait images into vertical AI videos
Google’s Veo now turns portrait images into vertical AI videos

Google is making its Veo 3.1 AI video model pay closer attention to the reference images you want generated clips to be based on. The company is releasing new visual improvements for the “Ingredients to Video” tool that was introduced last year, alongside expanding native vertical video support and resolution upscaling features. The Ingredients to […]

Meta confirms Reality Labs layoffs and shifts to invest more in wearables
Meta confirms Reality Labs layoffs and shifts to invest more in wearables

Around 10 percent of Meta’s Reality Labs division, which develops its XR products and services, will be laid off beginning on Tuesday, as reported by Bloomberg. Meta spokesperson Tracy Clayton confirmed the layoffs in a statement to The Verge: “We said last month that we were shifting some of our investment from Metaverse toward Wearables. […]

Is Cloud Becoming AI’s Bottleneck? Lenovo’s Hybrid AI Strategy Suggests It Might Be

At CES 2026, Lenovo showcased the importance of placing AI closer to people, data, and decisions through a hybrid AI, agentic architecture.

ElevenLabs CEO says the voice AI startup crossed $330 million ARR last year

The company said it took only five months to go from $200 million to $330 million in annual recurring revenue.

How Leaders Can Scale AI From Pilots To Real Results

Enterprises are launching AI pilots at record pace, yet measurable ROI remains rare. The missing link is not technology, but how leaders approach scale.