Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed lawsuits against five major TV manufacturers, accusing them of using “Automated Content Recognition” to spy on viewers. The suits allege the TVs capture screenshots every 500 milliseconds and sell the data without meaningful consent.
The City of Seattle has hired Lisa Qian as its first-ever AI Officer, a move to cement its status as an AI hub. Meanwhile, Microsoft is poaching top talent for its AI news products. It’s a busy week for tech exec shuffles in the Pacific Northwest.
The explosive demand from AI data centers is exposing a critical weakness in U.S. energy infrastructure. Regulators and tech giants are scrambling to find solutions, because you can’t win the AI race if you lose the energy race.
OpenAI just launched a major overhaul of its image generator. The new GPT Image 1.5 model is up to four times faster and better at following instructions. It’s available now to all users, with a clear focus on enterprise applications.
The U.S. Treasury Department is investing heavily in AI, approving over $1.5 million for up to 3,000 ChatGPT licenses. A new user agreement lays out strict rules for how employees can use the tool with sensitive government information.
Volkswagen has closed a plant in Germany for the first time in its 88-year history. The Dresden facility will reopen in mid-2026 as a research center for AI, robotics, and chip design. This comes as the automaker faces billions in losses from tariffs and intense competition.
In her first public speech on December 15, 2025, new MI6 chief Blaise Metreweli outlined a radical tech-focused vision for the spy agency. She warned the UK is in a “space between peace and war,” demanding officers become as fluent in Python as in foreign languages.
According to a new report, finance leaders see 2026 as a critical year of “informed execution.” After a year of pause, CFOs must navigate AI investment pressures, supply-chain risks, and strategy alignment all at once.
Facing massive latency issues, Alaska’s Department of Transportation is using Armada’s “Galleon” edge data centers to process drone imagery on-site. This cuts decision-making from over a day down to real-time for monitoring disasters like landslides and typhoons.
SPhotonix is commercializing a 5D glass storage technology that’s incredibly durable and dense. A single 5-inch disc can hold 360TB of data, theoretically preserving it for billions of years. The catch? The hardware to write and read it costs tens of thousands of dollars.
