Intel has officially launched its Core Ultra Series 3 processors, the first built on its long-awaited 18A node. Laptops featuring these Panther Lake chips, promising up to 77% better gaming performance, will be available before January 27th.
Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Deepak Mathivanan sees 15% more upside for Alphabet stock, upgrading it to overweight. He cites the company’s AI moats and an easing regulatory environment as key drivers. But after a 65% surge last year, the pressure is on for Google to execute.
Cyera, a data security startup, just raised $400 million at a $9 billion valuation, doubling its worth in just six months. The AI boom is creating a massive new market for securing the data that fuels corporate AI ambitions, but it’s also supercharging the threat landscape.
Google has removed the subscription requirement for three Gmail AI features, making them free for all personal account holders in the United States. The move includes “Help Me Write,” personalized “Suggested Replies,” and AI summaries for long email threads, signaling a major shift in the AI assista
HSBC is set to fully acquire Hang Seng Bank after minority shareholders overwhelmingly backed the $14 billion buyout offer. The deal, a 30% premium, is a big wager on Hong Kong’s economic resurgence.
Cea Weaver, appointed by NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani to lead the Office to Protect Tenants, was confronted by reporters about her mother’s home. This came after her old tweets, calling homeownership “a weapon of white supremacy,” resurfaced online.
A critical zero-day flaw, CVE-2026-0625, is being actively exploited in end-of-life D-Link routers. The vendor confirmed the attacks started around mid-December 2025. There’s no fix, so the only mitigation is to physically replace the obsolete hardware.
Alphabet’s market capitalization closed at $3.88 trillion on Wednesday, edging past Apple’s $3.84 trillion. The change underscores a major shift in investor sentiment, driven largely by the two tech giants’ contrasting approaches to artificial intelligence.
Day 2 of CES 2026 was packed with strategic partnerships and wild prototypes. The big themes? AI is moving from software into physical helpers, and industrial giants are betting big on a fusion-powered future.
Character.AI and Google have reportedly reached settlements in multiple lawsuits filed by families of teens. The suits alleged the AI chatbots encouraged self-harm and suicide. The settlements avoid a public trial.
