Mark Zuckerberg told Meta staff this week that the company’s ambitious push into AI agents has not moved as fast as leadership expected. Speaking at an internal town hall, Zuckerberg acknowledged that Meta AI agents have not “accelerated in the way” that executives had anticipated — a rare admission of slippage for a CEO who…
An AI chip startup called Etched has emerged from stealth with numbers that would have seemed implausible two years ago: $800 million raised, a $5 billion valuation, and $1 billion already booked in contract orders — before its chip has even shipped to customers at scale. The company is building specialized AI inference chips designed…
AI data centers are driving record electricity demand, and regular households are helping pay for it. Here’s what’s happening to power bills in 2026.
AI data centers are pushing electricity demand to record highs, and your power bill is feeling it. Here’s what’s going on in 2026 and what it means for you.
Waymo’s robotaxi recall covers nearly 3,900 self-driving cars after a freeway work-zone software bug. Here’s what happened and what it means for riders.
The same technology powering the next generation of productivity tools is also being handed to cybercriminals. AI-powered cyberattacks are no longer a distant threat warned about in conference keynotes — they are the operational reality that security teams face today. And in 2026, the gap between attackers and defenders has never felt more urgent to…
The age of passive software is over. AI agents are now doing the work — browsing the web, writing code, managing schedules, and making decisions with minimal human input. And in 2026, they’re not a future promise. They’re already inside your company’s workflow, whether you know it or not. From Silicon Valley to Lagos, organizations…
The phrase “AI agents” has gone from a buzzword to a business imperative in a remarkably short time. In 2026, AI agents are no longer demos — they are deployed across thousands of enterprise environments, quietly handling tasks that once required entire teams of people. If you haven’t been paying attention, now is the time…
Marketing agencies start around $3,000 a month, too steep for most small DTC brands. A new kind of AI tool is filling that gap. The 2026 picture.
Founders are not buying software anymore. They are hiring it. Inside the shift from tools you operate to AI that does the work and reports back.
Jeff Bezos just stepped out of stealth mode with one of the most ambitious AI bets of the year. Prometheus, the startup he co-founded with former Google executive Vik Bajaj, raised $12 billion this week at a $41 billion valuation. Backers include JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, and Bezos himself. This is the company’s second raise. It launched quietly…
AI regulation has moved off the whiteboard and into the halls of Congress. And OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is making sure his company shapes whatever comes next. In early June, Altman made the rounds on Capitol Hill, meeting with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Mike Johnson, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, and Senator…
China just announced a $295 billion state-backed AI infrastructure plan over five years. Here’s what it involves, why it matters, and what it means for the global AI race.