Do Son AI demand caused a 2-year backlog for hard drives, forcing data centers to buy QLC SSDs. This shift threatens consumer SSD supply and drives up memory prices.
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Wikipedia launches a paid API for AI companies to stop web scraping and generate revenue after sophisticated AI crawlers caused an 8% drop in human traffic.
Microsoft revealed "Whisper Leak," a side-channel attack that infers AI chat topics from encrypted traffic (TLS) using packet size/timing patterns. High accuracy risk.
Google announced Project Suncatcher: an ambitious plan to launch TPU-equipped satellites to perform AI computing in space, harnessing limitless solar power and low temperatures.
Pinterest Assistant uses AI to analyze saved Pins and Boards, delivering highly personalized visual recommendations for open-ended queries. Now in US beta.
Apple reported a record Q4 revenue of $102.47B, boosted by the iPhone 17, and promised an AI-powered Siri in 2026. China sales dipped; Services revenue surged 15.1%.
Microsoft Q1 FY26 revenue hit $77.7B, driven by 40% Azure growth and Copilot adoption, despite a $3.1B loss related to its $500B-valued OpenAI stake.
The Cameo celebrity platform sued OpenAI for trademark infringement over its Sora feature, arguing the name for AI-generated likenesses causes confusion and harms its brand.
OpenAI completed its transformation into a Public Benefit Corporation at a $500B valuation, with Microsoft retaining IP rights through 2032 and OpenAI committing $250B to Azure.
Elon Musk's xAI launched Grokipedia, an AI-generated encyclopedia powered by Grok that aims to challenge Wikipedia's bias with transparent sourcing
Amazon is reportedly planning to cut 30,000 corporate jobs across logistics, payments, and AWS as part of a major post-pandemic cost reduction effort.
Google Gemini's Canvas workspace now uses AI to automatically generate presentation slides from a prompt or uploaded documents, ready for export to Google Slides.
Amazon introduced Blue Jay, a multi-arm robot for packing, and Project Eluna, an AI assistant for managers, promising safer, faster operations.
Microsoft Edge adds two new AI features, Copilot Actions and Journeys, enabling automated, multi-step web tasks and context-aware browsing history.
Microsoft unveiled "Mico," a friendly, expressive avatar for Copilot voice mode, and new features like real-time "Groups" collaboration and persistent memory.
Amazon confirmed the development of AI-powered smart glasses for delivery drivers, providing turn-by-turn HUD navigation and saving them 30 minutes per shift.
GM is integrating Google Gemini into all vehicles by 2026, creating a natural-language AI assistant and phasing out both Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.
Reddit has filed a lawsuit against Perplexity and three data brokers, accusing them of unauthorized, "industrial-scale" scraping of its content for AI training.
YouTube rolls out its "Likeness Detection Tool" to YPP creators, allowing them to automatically flag and remove unauthorized deepfake videos of themselves.
The $1,800 Galaxy XR, co-developed with Google and powered by Gemini-centric Android XR, is launched to take on the more expensive Apple Vision Pro.
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Atlas, a new AI-powered browser with a built-in chatbot that automatically understands web content, challenging Google's dominance.
Figma CEO Dylan Field says AI isn't a job threat; a company survey shows 60% of professionals are shifting to higher-value work thanks to AI.