A major coalition of app developers is calling on the European Commission to enforce the Digital Markets Act against Apple. They argue Apple’s new fee structure, which charges up to 20% even for outside payments, is illegal.
Jeff and Lauren Sánchez Bezos have donated $5 million to the Neurodiversity Alliance through their Courage & Civility Award. The grant signals a shift in their philanthropic strategy toward smaller, direct funding. The nonprofit plans to use the funds to expand its peer mentorship program for studen
MetaX Integrated Circuits, a Chinese GPU developer for AI, saw its stock price skyrocket more than 561% on its first trading day. The company raised close to $600 million, following a similar explosive debut by competitor Moore Threads earlier in December.
PayPal is taking a major step to become a full-fledged bank in the US. The company has submitted applications to establish “PayPal Bank” as an industrial loan company in Utah. This would allow it to offer FDIC-insured accounts and reduce reliance on third-party lenders.
OpenAI has hired Google’s former corporate development lead, who worked on deals like the $32B Wiz acquisition. This signals a major new phase of strategic investments and acquisitions for the $500 billion AI giant.
Apple is building its own AI server chip, codenamed “Baltra,” with help from Broadcom. It’s slated for a 2027 debut and will primarily handle AI inference tasks, not model training. This move fits Apple’s vertical integration playbook while relying on Google for its core cloud AI model.
The global agentic AI market is forecast to hit $45.4 billion by 2029, growing at over 50% a year. Asia-Pacific, led by China, has already overtaken North America in revenue. But the shift from pilots to production is fraught with challenges.
The high-end TV wars are heating up. After Samsung and Hisense launched Micro RGB TVs, LG has now announced its own flagship model for CES 2026, with Sony reportedly planning to follow.
Zoom has opened up its AI Companion to users on free Basic accounts. The catch? You only get to use it for three meetings per month. It’s a classic freemium play to get you hooked.
A security bug on the OpenReview platform revealed the identities of thousands of anonymous peer reviewers for the ICLR 2026 conference. The leak has resulted in threats and bribery attempts, highlighting a system overwhelmed by exponential submission growth and AI-generated reviews. The incident is
