Jasmin Watson 
European Union regulators have opened a formal investigation into Elon Musk’s social media platform X for potential violations tied to the misuse of its AI tool Grok, the European Commission said Monday. The inquiry focuses on allegations that Grok has been used on X to create and circulate sexually explicit and harmful deepfake images, raising … Read more
The World Economic Forum concluded its 2026 Annual Meeting this week with record-setting participation as the meeting brought together more than 3,000 participants from 130 countries, including 830 chief executives and board chairs and nearly 65 heads of state and government. The Forum President and CEO Børge Brende described the turnout as a record and … Read more
Microsoft Corp. and the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team on Thursday announced a multiyear partnership that puts Microsoft’s technologies at the heart of race team operations. Through this new collaboration, the companies aim to drive efficiencies and innovations that will help drive performance and amplify the excitement for the more than 800 million Formula 1 fans … Read more
Amazon is preparing to cut thousands of corporate jobs in what would be the largest workforce reduction in the company’s history, which would affect nearly 10% of Amazon’s white-collar workforce and extend the E-commerce giant’s efforts to streamline operations after an earlier round of layoffs. According to Reuters, the second phase of job reductions is … Read more
Global leaders at the World Economic Forum‘s 2026 annual meeting urged employers to place workers at the heart of artificial intelligence integration, warning that without intentional upskilling and inclusion, societies risk instability amid rapid job transformations. In a panel titled “Workers in the Driver’s Seat,” experts including Denis Machuel, CEO, Adecco Group, Luc Triangle, General … Read more
OpenAI’s annual revenue exceeded $20 billion in 2025, the company’s chief financial officer Sarah Friar said Monday, marking a substantial increase from about $6 billion in 2024. According to details, CFO Sarah Friar in her blog said the sharp revenue rise closely tracked an expansion of the company’s computing capacity, which grew to approximately 1.9 … Read more
In a significant move for the global media and publishing sector, Symbolic.ai Inc. has partnered with News Corp to deploy its AI-native publishing platform at Dow Jones Newswires which is the publisher of The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, MarketWatch, Mansion Global, Financial News and Private Equity News. The agreement marks one of the most significant … Read more
The Wikimedia Foundation has signed new commercial agreements with major artificial intelligence companies including Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Perplexity and Mistral AI, part of an effort to help offset the rising infrastructure costs tied to AI training on the volunteer-run encyclopedia. The deals will allow AI platforms to access Wikipedia’s structured content at scale through the … Read more
European satellite operator Eutelsat has signed a multi-launch agreement with French space startup MaiaSpace to deploy low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites beginning in 2027, marking a strategic step for Europe as it seeks to compete more directly with SpaceX’s Starlink. MaiaSpace, a subsidiary of European rocket manufacturer ArianeGroup, will provide an additional launch option for … Read more
Cast AI, a cloud optimization platform, has reached a valuation exceeding $1 billion with the launch of its new GPU marketplace and a strategic investment from a major Korean conglomerate. The company unveiled OMNI Compute on Monday, a unified control plane that automatically discovers and integrates compute resources, including GPUs, across multiple cloud providers and … Read more
LAS VEGAS — Captify, a startup developing smart glasses that provide real-time captions and translations, won the grand prize in the AgeTech After Dark pitch competition at CES 2026, the AgeTech Collaborative from AARP announced. The victory highlights Captify‘s technology aimed at improving accessibility for people who are deaf or hard of hearing by delivering … Read more
Pakistan’s largest information technology and telecommunications exhibition, the 27th ITCN Asia, is set to open Jan. 17 at the Expo Centre Lahore, bringing together thousands of industry professionals, government officials, startups and international investors amid growing efforts to position the country as a regional digital hub. This year’s edition of ITCN Asia is presented with … Read more
Cristiano R. Amon, the president and CEO of semiconductor giant Qualcomm Incorporated, said that artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming robotics into a scalable reality, positioning it as the company’s next major frontier for edge AI. In an interview with CNBC’s Jon Fortt, Amon drew parallels between Qualcomm’s success in the automotive sector and its ambitions … Read more
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. took center stage at the CES 2026 in Las Vegas to showcase its evolution from a century-old tire maker into a cutting-edge mobility and technology innovator, unveiling AI-powered tire intelligence systems, strategic partnerships, and smart EV products that position the 125-year-old company at the forefront of the connected-vehicle ecosystem. Long … Read more
Samsung Electronics plans to double the number of its mobile devices equipped with artificial intelligence features to about 800 million this year, expanding the reach of its Galaxy AI platform as competition intensifies among global technology companies. The South Korean electronics giant had deployed Galaxy AI capabilities across roughly 400 million smartphones and tablets by … Read more
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok generated sexualized images of minors on the social media platform X in response to user prompts, raising strong concerns about the effectiveness of safety guardrails in generative AI tools. The images, which depicted minors in minimal clothing, appeared to violate Grok’s own acceptable use policy that explicitly bans the … Read more