The S&P 500 is heading for a third straight year of double-digit gains. For a fourth in 2026, analysts say everything needs to go right—strong corporate profits, a dovish Fed, and AI investments that finally show returns. The historical odds are mixed.
A tech journalist reports that people are increasingly attributing personality and emotion to their AI assistants. This emotional connection, while not based in reality, is shaping how users interact with and depend on the technology.
Google is working to bring a feature similar to the Pixel 10’s Magic Cue to more Android phones. Called “Contextual Suggestions,” it’s now in testing in Google Play Services version 25.49.32 beta. The feature uses your activity and location to offer helpful app actions.
A Singapore AI firm called Megaspeed has imported over $4.6 billion in Nvidia GPUs since 2023. Now, the US is investigating whether it’s a front for smuggling those restricted chips into China, a probe that could reshape global export controls.
Alphabet is spending billions to secure clean energy for its AI data centers. The $4.75 billion acquisition of Intersect Power comes as Google’s carbon emissions have surged 48% since 2019.
The European Commission says integrating AI across civilian and defense sectors is critical for the bloc’s future. While investment is growing, structural hurdles remain for startups trying to scale.
AI adoption in HR is leading to a wave of new, specialized job titles. These roles focus on managing the human-AI relationship, from training the systems to governing their ethical use.
Shares of chipmaker MetaX Integrated Circuits surged nearly 700% in its Shanghai debut last week. For global retail investors wanting a piece of the action, the door is effectively closed due to China’s restrictive brokerage account requirements.
Park Chan-wook’s latest film, *No Other Choice*, is a darkly comedic thriller about a man who murders his competition for a job. In an interview with The Verge, the director reveals the project took 16 years to make, faced Hollywood skepticism, and why he added an AI twist.
Severe weather in Colorado caused a prolonged power outage at NIST’s Boulder campus, knocking its primary atomic time scale offline. A backup generator then kept the servers running, potentially disseminating inaccurate time, but storm conditions prevented staff from physically disabling it. The inc
