CES 2026: Follow the best, weirdest, most interesting technology live as this robot and AI-heavy event concludes
This new solid-state EV battery can be fully charged in just 5 minutes We stopped by the exhibit of Donut Lab, a Finnish startup specializing in electric mobility. The company (which takes its name from its flagship product, the donut-shaped in-wheel EV motor) announced at CES the launch of what it calls the first solid-state […]
Meta signs over 6GW of power contracts with three nuclear companies
Meta today announced three contracts to supply nuclear power to its data centers. One contract is with a start-up, one with a small energy company, and one with a large company that already operates multiple nuclear reactors in the United States. Oklo and TerraPower, two small modular reactor (SMR) developers, each have contracts with Meta […]
X limits Grok image generation to paid subscribers after worldwide outrage
Elon Musk’s AI company has restricted Grok’s controversial AI image generation feature to paying X members only after the tool drew intense criticism from around the world for allowing users to generate sexual and nude images of women and children. Grok said in a response to users on Friday that only paying X subscribers can […]
The venture that devoured Silicon Valley raised another $15 billion.
Andreessen Horowitz just announced that his company has raised just over $15 billion in new funding. The funding represents more than 18% of all venture capital allocated in the U.S. in 2025, according to company co-founder Ben Horowitz, but what’s even more impressive is that the organization has more than $90 billion in assets under […]
Anthropic adds Allianz to growth list of companies
AI lab Anthropic continues to win big corporate deals. Its latest effort calls for bringing its large-scale language model to the traditional German insurance giant. Anthropic on Friday announced an agreement with Allianz, a global insurance conglomerate based in Munich, Germany, to bring “responsible AI” to the insurance industry. Both parties declined to share the […]
Government grapples with flood of non-consensual nudity in X
Over the past two weeks, X has been flooded with AI-manipulated nude images created by the Grok AI chatbot. An astonishing range of women have been affected by non-consensual nudity, from famous models and actresses to members of the press, crime victims and even world leaders. Copyleaks’ Dec. 31 research paper estimated that roughly one […]
Critics slam spyware maker NSO’s transparency claims as it aims to enter the US market
NSO Group, one of the most famous and controversial makers of government spyware, released a new transparency report on Wednesday as the company enters a “new phase of accountability.” But the report, unlike NSO’s previous annual disclosures, lacks details about how many customers the company has rejected, investigated, suspended or fired for human rights violations […]
EverNitro simplifies the process of making silky nitro coffee at CES 2026
XBrew Lab debuted its tabletop nitro beverage machine EverNitro at CES this week, giving nitro coffee lovers a more accessible way to enjoy nitro coffee without the waste and expense of traditional cartridge-based machines. For those unfamiliar with nitro coffee, it is cold brew coffee infused with nitrogen gas. This process creates tiny bubbles that […]
I saw LG’s new home robot CLOid doing laundry, but I have a question
CES is always packed with robots, and this year consumer electronics giant LG announced a new bot called CLOid that it claims will revolutionize housework (or eliminate the need to do it). CLOid is said to be an AI-powered home robot designed to assist users with a variety of household chores, from folding laundry to […]
Internet collapses in Iran amid protests over economic crisis
Internet connectivity collapsed across Iran on Thursday amid nationwide protests, according to a web monitoring company. “I think we are almost completely cut off from the outside world right now,” Amir Rashidi, an Iranian cybersecurity researcher at the nonprofit Mian Group, told TechCrunch. Doug Madry, director of internet analytics at Kentik, a company that monitors […]