Dallas and Houston, Texas. Tesla launched its unsupervised robotaxi service in Dallas and Houston on April 18, 2026, expanding its driverless ride-hailing operations in the state after initial rollouts in Austin and the Bay Area. The company posted a video showing Model Y vehicles operating without a human in the...
Los Angeles: Stanford University's Institute for Human-Centered AI published the 2026 AI Index Report on April 13, documenting that China led global AI publication volume, citation counts, patent output and industrial robot installations while noting narrowing performance gaps between U.S. and Chinese models and rapid expansion of AI access. This week...
Washington — Elon Musk on March 21 announced the 'Terafab', a joint Tesla–SpaceX chip-manufacturing facility near Austin, Texas, intended to build chips for artificial intelligence, robotics and data centers and to produce approximately one terawatt of computing power per year. Musk said he did not disclose initial investment figures; previous U.S....
San Francisco — Samsung unveiled its Galaxy S26 series on Wednesday, introducing expanded on-device AI features and a Privacy Display that limits side viewing. The company said the S26, S26+ and S26 Ultra will reach stores March 11 with preorders starting Feb. 25; base S26 models rise by about 10–13%,...
United States: Lawmakers, industry and technology firms are addressing a rapid expansion of data centers and associated energy, regulatory and community concerns. This week state legislatures in Ohio, Michigan, Alabama and South Carolina introduced bills or hearings to study incentives, utility regulation, grid reliability and environmental impacts, while companies and...
Los Angeles — Amazon is building an AI Studio to speed film and television production, aiming to cut costs and streamline creative workflows. Veteran executive Albert Cheng leads a small 'two pizza' team of engineers, scientists and creative staff. The company will open a closed beta in March for industry...
United States — Verizon experienced a widespread mobile voice and data outage Wednesday, leaving customers seeing 'SOS' alerts and unable to make calls or access data. Downdetector and outage trackers logged surges across major metro areas, with reports ranging from about 90,000 to nearly 200,000. Verizon issued a statement acknowledging...
Las Vegas: Companies at CES 2026 unveiled agentic AI, inference-focused compute, and AI-powered consumer devices this week. Lenovo introduced Lenovo Agentic AI and Lenovo xIQ to manage full-lifecycle enterprise agents, while Samsung SDS showcased agentic AI applications and cloud integrations. Changhong presented AI-driven smart home appliances including interactive Panda Xiaobai...
Las Vegas: Nvidia, AMD and Intel announced new chips and AI platforms Tuesday at CES 2026, while attendees crowded exhibits for robots and Star Wars-themed demonstrations that drew widespread attention. Nvidia described physical AI, unveiling Cosmos, an AI foundation model trained on massive synthetic datasets, and Alpamayo for autonomous driving;...
LAS VEGAS, USA — Lego unveiled its Smart Brick and Smart Play platform at CES 2026, announcing a March 2026 rollout. The Smart Brick contains sensors, an accelerometer, a miniature speaker, color recognition and wireless charging, and pairs with snap-on Smart Tags and Smart Minifigures to trigger lights, sounds and...
