Mark Zuckerberg announced a staggering $135 billion AI investment for 2026, nearly double last year’s spend. The move signals a major pivot from the metaverse toward AI infrastructure and is already leading to job cuts in Meta’s Reality Labs division.
Nvidia is waiting on Chinese government approval to sell its H200 AI chips in the country. CEO Jensen Huang met with officials and customers but received no new orders, even as a US export license is being finalized.
Microsoft’s quarterly cloud revenue has crossed the $50 billion mark for the first time. CFO Amy Hood noted this reflects strong demand, with the company exceeding expectations across revenue, operating income, and EPS. CEO Satya Nadella emphasized that the company’s AI business is already larger th
Caterpillar just smashed Wall Street estimates, and it’s all about power. The AI data center boom is driving a massive surge in demand for their generators and turbines, making their energy segment the company’s new star.
A TikTok alternative called Skylight is seeing explosive growth, topping 380,000 users. The surge follows TikTok’s finalized deal to move U.S. operations to a new entity, which spooked users over data and political concerns.
MIT researchers have developed a framework to find the minimum data required for an optimal AI decision. This challenges the “bigger is better” dogma, particularly for banks using massive datasets for credit and fraud models.
Apple has unveiled a new AirTag with significant hardware upgrades. The tracker features a 50% longer range for Precision Finding and a speaker that’s 50% louder than the previous model.
Apple plans to introduce more advertising slots within App Store search results next year. The company says nearly 65% of downloads happen right after a search, making this prime real estate. Developers won’t need to change campaigns, but they also can’t pick where their ads show up.
A new article makes the case for building a “Small Web” of simple, text-based pages and peer-to-peer hosting to escape corporate data harvesting. It’s a compelling vision of a more humane internet, but faces massive hurdles to reach beyond a tiny, technical audience.
TikTok experienced a significant outage over the weekend, with thousands of reports on DownDetector. The glitches come just days after the platform announced a pivotal deal to form a U.S.-owned joint venture. No official cause has been given, but the timing is raising eyebrows.
