Major video game company stocks took a hit after Google unveiled Project Genie, an AI tool that generates interactive worlds from prompts. The reaction highlights deep industry anxiety about AI’s role in creative work.
Google has pushed back the deadline for Fitbit users to migrate to a Google account. The new cutoff is May 19, 2026, giving holdouts several more months.
The latest wave of humanoid robots is tackling a fundamental human skill: doing two things at once. Companies like Westwood Robotics and Figure are demonstrating systems that can walk and manipulate objects simultaneously, a key step toward practical utility.
Microsoft has kicked off 2026 with a “Week D” preview update for Windows 11. The update, KB5074105, includes incremental improvements for cross-device resume, MIDI services, and Smart App Control. It’s a minor set of tweaks ahead of the main Patch Tuesday cycle.
The stock market’s relentless AI bet is facing serious scrutiny. After a sharp sell-off, a bounce couldn’t hide the growing fear that hundreds of billions in spending might not pay off soon enough.
South Africa’s Technology Innovation Agency has become a founding member of the new Innovation Agencies in Africa Network. The group aims to solve systemic problems like policy gaps and limited collaboration that hinder startups. TIA is also seeding a new Pan African Innovation Fund.
In a Rapid Response podcast interview, investor Reid Hoffman delivered a blunt critique of U.S. immigration policy. He argues that cutting off the flow of global talent is a direct threat to American economic and technological advantages.
Cisco is adding an intelligent policy engine to its firewall family, claiming it can remove up to 80% of redundant rules. The move is part of a broader push to unify security management across hybrid environments, a market Gartner is watching closely.
Researchers have unveiled three new benchmarks designed to measure the safety and effectiveness of AI agents in real business environments. The goal is to give companies a way to know when an AI can be trusted to work autonomously. This addresses a major fear as businesses shift from AI assistants t
The AI investment bubble is showing serious cracks. Microsoft’s market value cratered by over $440 billion after revealing its huge spending and deep financial entanglement with OpenAI, sparking a broader tech selloff.
