Hardware AI Intel's stock is back to near-record highs as AI boom moves beyond GPUs The company says agentic AI is shifting more compute toward CPUs, packaging, and heterogeneous systems By Skye Jacobs, April 24, 2026, 9:22 AM 12 comments
Software AI OpenAI debuts GPT 5.5, Nvidia gave early access to 10,000 employees through Codex Companywide rollout puts OpenAI's latest model into engineering, legal, marketing, and more for coding and knowledge work By Skye Jacobs, April 24, 2026, 6:15 AM
Industry Microsoft Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts to thousands of US workers as AI spending takes priority The first in Microsoft's 51-year history By Rob Thubron, April 24, 2026, 5:19 AM 10 comments
AI Industry Meta to cut 8,000 jobs to bankroll its AI ambitions The cuts come as Meta ramps up spending on compute, AI agents, and multibillion-dollar partnerships By Skye Jacobs, April 23, 2026, 10:01 PM
AI Software Linux may drop legacy network drivers amid surge in AI-generated bug reports AI kiddies are turning a low-burden task into a major maintenance issue By Alfonso Maruccia, April 23, 2026, 2:27 PM 13 comments
AI Hardware Anker is betting its new chip can change how AI runs in earbuds New Anker Thus processor uses compute-in-memory to bring AI inference to small devices By Skye Jacobs, April 23, 2026, 1:44 PM
Hardware AI An AI agent just designed a complete RISC-V CPU from scratch in 12 hours More bad news for human engineers and white-collar workers By Kishalaya Kundu, April 23, 2026, 1:01 PM
Industry AI SpaceX may build its own GPUs to reduce chip supply risks The company warned investors about supply constraints and rising compute costs By Rob Thubron, April 23, 2026, 11:36 AM 11 comments
Security AI Mozilla uses Anthropic's Mythos to uncover 271 bugs in Firefox 150 Mozilla frames its latest release as evidence that machine-led analysis can sweep entire codebases faster and cheaper than human teams By Skye Jacobs, April 23, 2026, 9:18 AM 10 comments
Electronics AI Sony AI builds a table tennis robot that reacts faster than humans can see Nine cameras and low-latency control let Ace track spin and speed in real time and win matches against top players By Skye Jacobs, April 23, 2026, 8:09 AM 11 comments
Google AI Google says AI now generates 75% of its new code, up from 25% in 2024 Engineers review and guide output while internal models handle generation, refactoring, and migration tasks By Skye Jacobs, April 23, 2026, 6:15 AM 16 comments
Google Hardware Google is assembling the pieces for enterprise AI agents, now adoption becomes the challenge From agent monitoring to cross-cloud data access, Google is trying to solve the barriers to large-scale deployment By Bob O'Donnell, April 22, 2026, 1:49 PM
Industry AI $77 million tax break, one new permanent job: JPMorgan data center deal sparks backlash Critics say the subsidy is a perfect example of data center excess By Rob Thubron, April 22, 2026, 7:59 AM 32 comments
AI Google Gemini can now look through your Google Photos to create AI images, with a few caveats It's not on by default, but the idea is still unsettling By Rob Thubron, April 22, 2026, 7:03 AM
AI Industry Meta will record employee screens, clicks, and keystrokes to train AI that may replace them "Very dystopian" By Rob Thubron, April 22, 2026, 5:15 AM 28 comments
AI Industry Michael Burry of "The Big Short" fame warns of inflated tech stock valuations amid fears of an AI bubble Tech companies have allegedly overstated earnings for years By Kishalaya Kundu, April 21, 2026, 11:24 AM 31 comments
Hardware AI Chipmakers on track to meet only 60% of AI memory demand by 2027 AI is eating the memory market and relief is still years away By Alfonso Maruccia, April 20, 2026, 6:50 PM 7 comments
Software AI Slack chats and internal data from failed startups are finding a second life in AI training Developers are buying emails, documents, and code to train AI on real-world workflows and decision-making By Skye Jacobs, April 19, 2026, 11:19 AM
Hardware AI The Mac Mini is no longer a niche product, it's local AI infrastructure Developers and power users are snapping up high-memory systems to run local AI and avoid cloud costs By Skye Jacobs, April 19, 2026, 6:34 AM 9 comments
Download of the Week AI Gemini arrives on macOS with a dedicated desktop app The Gemini app for macOS gives Google's AI a native home on Apple desktops, with quick access via keyboard shortcuts, tight system integration, and the ability to work with on-screen content, local files, and Google services like Drive and Photos. By Julio Franco, April 17, 2026, 6:14 AM
The Web AI Your Airbnb host might actually be AI AI chat systems are increasingly managing bookings, support, and even disputes... often without disclosure By Skye Jacobs, April 16, 2026, 10:56 AM
Hardware Industry Meta doubles down on custom AI chips with Broadcom deal through 2029 Gigawatt-scale rollout and 2nm chips signal a massive AI infrastructure push By Skye Jacobs, April 15, 2026, 11:17 AM
Software AI Will AI agents need to buy their own software licenses? Microsoft sure hopes so "Please have your AI employee buy software from our AI salesperson" By Alfonso Maruccia, April 15, 2026, 9:53 AM 7 comments
AI Tech Culture Duolingo stops evaluating workers based on how much AI they use Employees will be measured on performance, not AI for AI's sake By Rob Thubron, April 15, 2026, 8:24 AM
AI Industry Missouri town ousts half of its city council after $6 billion AI data center approval Data center backlash is now costing politicians their jobs By Rob Thubron, April 14, 2026, 11:24 AM 39 comments