A market pivot from “AI tourism” to measurable value After a year defined by rapid adoption and headline-grabbing demos, 2026 is shaping up to be the moment the AI boom grows up. Industry executives and investors across Europe say organisations…
Nvidia used CES 2026 to lay out an expansive bet on what it calls physical AI: robots and machines that can perceive, reason, and act in the real world without being confined to single-purpose, preprogrammed tasks. The company announced a…
Teradar emerges from stealth to pitch a new sensor class Just two months after revealing a $150 million funding round, Boston-based Teradar is using CES 2026 to introduce its first flagship product: a terahertz sensing unit called Summit. The company…
Google expands Gemini on Google TV with CES 2026 upgrades Google is pushing deeper into the living room with a new wave of Gemini-powered features designed to make television more conversational, more personalized and easier to control. At CES 2026…
Amazon brings Alexa+ to the web Amazon is extending its AI-powered digital assistant overhaul, Alexa+, to the open web with the launch of Alexa.com. The company announced the new site Monday at the start of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES)…
Plaud is expanding its lineup of AI-powered note-taking hardware and software ahead of this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, introducing a new wearable recorder called the Plaud NotePin S and a desktop app designed to capture and…
DoorDash removes driver after viral claim of AI-generated proof DoorDash says it has permanently banned a delivery driver after a customer in Austin, Texas, alleged the driver used an AI-generated image to falsely claim an order had been delivered. The…
West Co secures reported $29M seed round for Tangle West Co, a new social media startup co-founded by Biz Stone and led by Evan Sharp, has raised a reported $29 million in new funding as it develops an invite-only app…
Subtle launches AI earbuds aimed at clearer calls and better transcription Subtle, a voice AI startup focused on voice-isolation models designed to help computers understand speech in loud environments, has launched a new pair of wireless earbuds it says can…
Mercor positions itself as a $10B middleman in AI’s data rush Mercor, a three-year-old startup that has surged to a reported $10 billion valuation, is building a business around a simple premise: the next wave of AI progress depends less…
