xAI announces $20 billion in Series E funding
Elon Musk’s AI company xAI (which also owns X), which created the Grok chatbot, announced it has raised $20 billion in a Series E funding round. The company said in a blog post that its investors include Valor Equity Partners, Fidelity, Qatar Investment Authority, and other companies including Nvidia and Cisco as “strategic investors.” xAI […]
California Legislature Proposes a 4-Year Ban on AI Chatbots in Children’s Toys
Sen. Steve Padilla (D-Calif.) introduced a bill Monday that would ban the sale and manufacture of toys with AI chatbot functionality for children under 18 for four years. The aim is to give safety regulators time to develop regulations to protect children from “dangerous interactions with AI.” “Chatbots and other AI tools may become an […]
The weirdest technology announced so far at CES 2026
CES 2026 is packed with tech giants unveiling their latest innovations, but the real excitement comes from discovering the unexpected and quirky gadgets that will make you wonder, “Who thought of this?” We’re here to spotlight the wildest products we’ve spotted so far at CES 2026, from a touch-sensitive AI-powered panda to Razer’s holographic animated […]
Intel is building a handheld gaming platform that includes dedicated chips
Intel is looking to enhance its gaming hardware with new chips and platforms for portable gaming devices. The platform includes hardware and software, Intel Vice President and General Manager of PC Products Daniel Rogers announced Monday at CES. It will be built on the company’s Intel Core Series 3 processors, known as Panther Lake, which […]
Founder of spyware maker pcTattletale pleads guilty to hacking and promoting surveillance software
The founder of a U.S.-based spyware company whose surveillance products allowed customers to spy on the phones and computers of unsuspecting victims has pleaded guilty to federal charges related to his company’s long-running operations. pcTattletale founder Brian Fleming entered a guilty plea Tuesday in San Diego federal court to charges of computer hacking, selling and […]
Researchers suggest that advanced alien civilizations may be communicating visibly ‘like fireflies’
Advanced alien civilizations could communicate via series of flashing lights, much like fireflies do, a new paper suggests. This could make finding extraterrestrial life much more difficult if we continue to rely on current observational techniques, researchers argue. However, while this thought experiment raises interesting questions about alien intelligence, it provides no evidence that these […]
Two Chrome extensions found to be stealing ChatGPT and DeepSeek chats from 900,000 users
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two new malicious extensions in the Chrome Web Store designed to leak OpenAI ChatGPT and DeepSeek conversations along with browsing data to servers under attacker control. Extensions with over 900,000 total users are named below. Chat GPT with GPT-5, Claude Sonnet, DeepSeek AI for Chrome (ID: fnmihdojmnkclgjpcoonokmkhjpjechg, 600,000 users) AI sidebar […]
The moon has secretly enjoyed Earth’s atmosphere for billions of years, new research reveals
The moon has been quietly absorbing tiny bits of Earth’s atmosphere for billions of years, a new study reveals. This amazing incident of space cannibalism is thanks to the supercharged solar wind and, more importantly, to our planet’s magnetic field. The discovery overturns a two-decade-old theory about how certain charged particles, known as ions, reach […]
Commonwealth Fusion Systems installs reactor magnets and signs contract with Nvidia
Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) announced Tuesday at CES 2026 that it has installed the first magnet in its demonstration Sparc fusion reactor, which is scheduled to go online next year. The magnet is the first of 18 that will generate a powerful magnetic field to create a donut-like shape that confines and compresses superheated plasma […]
CES 2026: Follow the official first day of Ring, Mobileye, Siemens, Robots, AI and more live
That sums up AMD. Image credit: Screenshot/AMD Keynote Well, AMD’s keynote was filled with product announcements and lots of guests. A quick review. Greg Brockman, President and Co-Founder of OpenAI, Dr. Fei-Fei Li, Co-Founder of World Labs, Sean McClain, CEO of Absci, Daniele Pucci, CEO and Co-Founder of Generative Bionics, John Couluris of Blue Origin, […]