OpenAI hires ‘genius’ OpenClaw creator, but popular AI assistant will remain open source — Sam Altman says creator will work on ‘smart agents’ in new role

OpenAI has hired the creator of popular agentic AI tool OpenClaw, but has decided to keep the project open source. Despite its old Claude-inspired name, Anthropic threatened Steinberger with legal action ahead of multiple …

Brace for a barren landscape of new hardware launches, as AI demand reshapes the world of consumer electronics — trillions in AI investment threaten to derail entire industries

Amid the ongoing DRAM supply squeeze, the world of consumer electronics is evolving, and it threatens to derail entire industries with its sheer scale and monetary backing.
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Japanese toilet maker ‘the most undervalued and overlooked AI memory beneficiary,’ investors claim — shares up nearly 40% in first two months of 2026

A company most famous for toilets and bidets is seeing meteoric stock growth due to demand for its advanced ceramics products.
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SoftBank’s $4.2bn OpenAI gain lifts quarterly profits as AI exposure deepens — company swings back to profitability in Q3 results

SoftBank swung back to profitability in its fiscal third quarter, reporting net income of 248.6 billion yuan — roughly $1.6 billion — for the three months ending December.
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TSMC considers an additional $100 billion investment into Arizona fabs to bolster American chipmaking efforts — move would help TSMC’s chips avoid tariffs due to local production

TSMC, other companies to invest $250 billion in the U.S. as part of trade deal, TSMC reportedly mulls additional $100 billion investment and four more fab modules.
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The future of Quantum computing — the tech, companies, and roadmaps that map out a coherent quantum future

In this roadmap, we analyze what the future of Quantum Computing might look like over the next decade, including the future of qubit scaling, trapped ions, and superconducting chips.
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IBM triples entry-level hires for 2026 despite AI adoption, bucking industry trends — Chief HR officer says that AI can do most entry-level jobs, but work still requires a human touch

IBM is tripling its entry-level hiring in the U.S. in 2026, according to a new report. This stands in stark contrast to many of the country’s largest firms, especially in the tech world, which have conducted large-scale la…

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OpenClaw-fueled ordering frenzy creates Apple Mac shortage — delivery for high Unified Memory units now ranges from 6 days to 6 weeks

The Unified Memory architecture used by Apple Macs and MacBooks make it the ideal device for locally run agentic AI, driving demand for high-memory models and increasing order lead times to more than a month.
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Microsoft’s AI boss says AI can replace every white-collar job in 18 months — ‘We’re going to have a human-level performance on most, if not all, professional tasks’

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman claims that AI models will become powerful enough in the next 12 to 18 months that they would start replacing humans in white-collar jobs like lawyers, accountants, project managers, and m…

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Advanced Pentagon laser weapon shot down party balloons instead of drone by mistake, says report — airport shut down after Customs and Border Protection mistakenly believed it was targeting Mexican cartel drones

A frighteningly farcical series of events involving laser weaponry, the FAA, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and the Pentagon has been retold by a trio of insiders talking to the WSJ.
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