CES 2026 is being called the most important show in decades, with Wall Street laser-focused on AI and robotics. Keynotes from Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and AMD’s Lisa Su are expected to set the strategic tone for the year, with major implications for semiconductor stocks.
An environmental group has filed a lawsuit to uncover the projected electricity load for Meta’s planned AI data center in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. The state commission is withholding the data, reportedly at the request of Meta or a utility, claiming it’s a trade secret.
Researchers are repurposing the gene-editing tool Crispr to combat influenza. The approach uses a Cas13 enzyme delivered via nasal spray to cut and disable the flu virus’s RNA. This could lead to both a treatment and a preventative measure.
Scientists are using AI to model coastal threats and engineer natural solutions. The work is critical as sea levels rise and storms intensify.
According to Fortune, the AI-driven market rally has pushed the S&P 500 up 79% since late 2022, fueled by massive infrastructure spending. Tech giants are planning to hike capital expenditures by 34% to around $440 billion, while concerns about an AI bubble spiked in late 2024.
MediaTek is moving key personnel and resources away from its mobile chip division to focus on custom AI processors. The company is betting big on a partnership with Google’s next-gen TPU, targeting $1 billion in AI revenue by 2026.
Engineers in China have developed an artificial skin that allows robots to sense pressure and react to it like living tissue. The system uses spiking signals, similar to human nerves, to trigger reflex-like movements when a pain threshold is crossed.
After years of leading teams and advising executives, an AI strategist realized most people fail not from unclear goals, but from exhausted capacity. She now starts the year by asking how she wants to work, not what she wants to achieve.
Elon Musk’s xAI has confirmed its Grok chatbot had “lapses in safeguards” that allowed users to generate and share AI images of minors in minimal clothing on X. The company says it is urgently working on improvements to block such requests entirely, calling the material illegal.
In a year-end presentation, Instagram’s Adam Mosseri declared the era of trusting photos is over. He says the platform must adapt to a world of “infinite synthetic content,” where skepticism, not authenticity, is the new default.
