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…
January 2026
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.
Top 7 Python ETL Tools for Data Engineering
Building data pipelines? These Python ETL tools will make your life easier.
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.
LMArena lands $1.7B valuation four months after launching its product
LMArena, which started as a UC Berkeley research project, has raised about $250 million total and become a unicorn in about seven months.
Founder of spyware maker pcTattletale pleads guilty to hacking and advertising surveillance software
Bryan Fleming, the founder of hacked stalkerware company pcTattletale, pleaded guilty to federal charges linked to the running of his now-defunct Michigan-based spyware company.
Nvidia to accelerate Siemens chip-design tools using its GPUs
Nvidia announced today at CES 2026 that it would help Siemens’ electronic design automation (EDA) software run on its GPUs in an attempt to speed up the chip-design process. Nearly…
How World Cup champion Mario Götze built a parallel career as an angel investor
Mario Götze will go down in soccer history as the player who scored the winning goal that made Germany the 2014 FIFA World Cup champion. But he is also an…
The 10 AI Developments That Defined 2025
In this article, we retroactively analyze what I would consider the ten most consequential, broadly impactful AI storylines of 2025, and gain insight into where the field is going in…
Threads is developing in-message games
Launching in-message games would give Threads an edge over competitors like X and Bluesky, which don’t offer built-in games.