McKinsey and General Catalyst execs say the era of ‘learn once, work forever’ is over

Calacanis, General Catalyst's Taneja, and McKinsey's Sternfels discussed how AI is reshaping technology and the labor force.

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Meta’s Manus news is getting different receptions in Washington and Beijing

Chinese officials are reportedly reviewing whether the Meta deal violates technology export controls, potentially giving Beijing leverage it wasn't initially perceived as having.

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CES 2026: Everything revealed, from Nvidia’s debuts to AMD’s new chips to Razer’s AI oddities

CES 2026 is in full swing in Las Vegas, with the show floor open to the public after a packed couple of days occupied by press conferences from the likes of Nvidia, Sony, and AMD and previews from Sunday’s Unveiled event. As has been the case for the past two years at CES, AI is at the forefront of […]

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Wearable health devices could generate a million tons of e-waste by 2050

The most surprising part is that the plastic isn't the biggest problem.

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A viral Reddit post alleging fraud from a food delivery app turned out to be AI-generated

When fake content goes viral, the damage has already been done, even if the post is debunked.

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Mobileye acquires humanoid robot startup Mentee Robotics for $900M

Mentee Robotics was co-founded by Mobileye president Amnon Shashua.

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xAI says it raised $20B in Series E funding

Nvidia is among the many investors, but xAI has not disclosed if these investments come in the form of equity or debt.

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California lawmaker proposes a four-year ban on AI chatbots in kids’ toys

“Our children cannot be used as lab rats for Big Tech to experiment on,” Senator Steve Padilla said. He just introduced a bill to ban AI chatbots in toys until safety regulations are developed.

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The most bizarre tech announced so far at CES 2026

From an AI panda pet to an anime girl hologram for your desk, here are the wildest products at CES 2026.

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Intel is building a handheld gaming platform including a dedicated chip

Intel has been building chips designed for gaming PCs for years but the company is now moving into handheld devices too.

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Narwal adds AI to its vacuum cleaners to monitor pets and find jewelry

Narwal's new robo vacuum cleaner switches to quiet mode near a baby's crib.

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AMD unveils new AI PC processors for general use and gaming at CES

AMD announced the latest version of its AI-powered PC chips designed for a variety of tasks from gaming to content creation and multitasking.

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Microsoft’s Nadella wants us to stop thinking of AI as ‘slop’

Nadella wants us to think of AI as a human helper instead of a slop-generating job killer. New data for 2026 indicates he could be right.

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This is Uber’s new robotaxi from Lucid and Nuro

The production-intent version, unveiled at CES 2026 on Monday, will be an exceptionally roomy entry into the growing robotaxi market later this year.

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Nvidia wants to be the Android of generalist robotics

Nvidia unveiled a full-stack robotics ecosystem at CES 2026, including foundation models, simulation tools, and hardware. It wants to be the default platform for robotics.

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Nvidia launches powerful new Rubin chip architecture

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang officially launched the company’s new Rubin computing architecture, which he described as the state of the art in AI computing.

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Boston Dynamics’ next-gen humanoid robot will have Google DeepMind DNA

Google's AI research lab is working with Boston Dynamics to make Atlas act more like a human.

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Nvidia launches Alpamayo, open AI models that allow autonomous vehicles to ‘think like a human’

Nvidia unveiled Alpamayo at CES 2026, which includes a reasoning vision language action model that allows an autonomous vehicle to think more like a human and provide chain-of-thought reasoning.

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Lego Smart Bricks introduce a new way to build — and they don’t require screens

Lego developed a custom ASIC chip that allows its new Ssmart Bricks to pick up on signals from surrounding Smart Tags that dictate how it should make sounds or light up.

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Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live onstage during hacker conference

A hacker known as Martha Root broke in and deleted three white supremacist websites at the end of a talk during the annual hacker conference Chaos Communication Congress in Germany.

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Offshore wind developers sue Trump administration for halting $25B in projects

The lawsuits seek to reverse the Department of the Interior's stop-work order, which affected five offshore wind projects off the Eastern Seaboard.

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China’s Hesai will double production as lidar sensor industry shakes out

Hesai said it now plans to build as many as 4 million lidar sensors in 2026, up from 2 million, as it tries to corner a market with one fewer player after Luminar's bankruptcy.

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The 2026 BMW iX3 voice assistant will be powered by Alexa+

BMW is finally getting the next-generation Alexa voice assistant and it’s coming with a generative AI upgrade. Amazon said Monday that the 2026 BMW iX3 will be equipped with Alexa+, the same generative AI tech that launched in millions of the e-commerce giant’s smart devices last year. This will be the first vehicle to come […]

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Lucid Motors doubled EV output in 2025 after early Gravity SUV struggles

Lucid built more than 18,000 EVs in 2025 and delivered more than 15,000 after a tough start to the year -- still a far cry from the high bar it set in 2021.

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Amazon’s AI assistant comes to the web with Alexa.com

Amazon is bringing Alexa+ to the web with a new Alexa.com site, expanding its AI assistant beyond devices and positioning it as a family-focused, agent-style chatbot.

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Google previews new Gemini features for TV at CES 2026

Google TV will let you ask Gemini to find and edit your photos, adjust your TV settings and more.

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LG’s new OLED TV is just 9mm thick

This year LG is showing off its manufacturing chops at CES with a new Wallpaper OLED TV that is just 9mm thick.

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Luminar claims founder Austin Russell is dodging a subpoena in the bankruptcy case

The Luminar founder claims he has been cooperative.

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Teradar reveals its first terahertz-band vision sensor for cars

The company is tapping the terahertz band of the electromagnetic spectrum to bring out the best qualities of more common lidar and radar sensors.

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