Technology
- Google launches Personal Intelligence feature in Gemini app, challenging Apple Intelligence - Google has been bolstering its AI offerings as it takes on OpenAI, and is now going directly at Apple.
- Musk says Tesla is moving Full Self-Driving to a monthly subscription - Tesla is lagging Waymo in autonomous mobility as the Alphabet-owned driverless car service topped 450,000 paid weekly rides in December.
- Tariffs and AI's downside pose top global risks for business, World Economic Forum says - The report captures a shifting landscape where geoeconomic confrontation leaps to the top spot on the list of business worries over the next two years
- Big Tech is poaching energy talent to fuel its AI ambitions - Hires of energy-related talent by Big Tech was 30% higher in 2025 than pre-AI levels.
- Meta's VR layoffs, studio closures underscore Zuckerberg's massive pivot to AI - Meta began laying off employees in its Reality Labs division focused on virtual reality and shut down several VR studios as it pushes resources towards AI.
- Data center REIT CEO says real estate ‘not in an oversupply state’ - Andy Power, CEO of Digital Realty says data center real estate is not oversupplied as hyperscalers like Nvidia, Amazon, Google and Meta announce more projects.
- SK Hynix to invest $13 billion in new plant amid memory chip shortage - South Korea's SK Hynix will invest 19 trillion Korean won into a new advanced packaging plant, as the company attempts to meet growing memory demands.
- Trump says Microsoft will make changes to ensure consumers don't pay for power used in AI buildout - President Trump said in a social media post that Microsoft will "make major changes beginning this week" to make sure Americans don't see rising energy costs.
- How the AI data center bubble story is playing out inside one booming energy stock - Can Bloom Energy's high-flying stock, fueled by generating onsite power for AI data centers, steer clear of bubble risks?
- The AI question every job candidate on interview should be prepared to answer - AI may not be responsible for most layoffs to date, but workers will increasingly need to defend their jobs in terms that directly relate to the technology.