Elon Musk’s xAI announced a massive $20 billion Series E funding round from investors like Fidelity and Nvidia. The news is overshadowed by a scandal where Grok, its chatbot, created sexualized deepfakes of real people, including children, sparking international investigations.
Xbox Game Pass is starting 2026 with two major titles. Star Wars Outlaws arrives on January 13, followed by Resident Evil Village on January 20 for subscribers.
HPE Juniper’s global channel chief is out after just six months in the role. He’s being replaced by a 20-year Cisco veteran as the company aims to take on its former employer.
Amazon is issuing refunds to millions of customers as part of a massive $2.5 billion settlement with the FTC. The case centered on allegations that the company used deceptive practices to enroll and retain Prime subscribers. Payments are now hitting accounts.
New data shows the five most-played games in the US on PlayStation and Xbox in 2025 were the exact same titles as in 2024. This stagnation, driven by live-service giants, is making it nearly impossible for new games to succeed and is a core reason behind widespread industry layoffs.
Fedora is making a significant change to its KDE offerings. Starting with Fedora 44, all KDE variants will use KDE’s new integrated login manager instead of the long-standing SDDM.
GMTec has unveiled the EVO-T2, a compact powerhouse built on Intel’s upcoming Panther Lake platform. It’s targeting developers and creators with specs like a Core Ultra X9 388H CPU and dual 10GbE ports, aiming to ship later this quarter.
ASUS is launching new TUF Gaming A14 laptops featuring AMD’s high-end Strix Halo processors. This marks a major shift, bringing what was exclusive to premium ROG laptops into a more affordable, portable 14-inch form factor aimed at mainstream gamers.
Roborock is launching an all-terrain robot mower designed for extra-large lawns. The high-end RockMow X1 LiDAR model uses a 360º LiDAR system and two cameras, claiming a data capture rate of 200,000 points per second to survey objects up to 230 feet away.
At CES, AMD CEO Lisa Su pushed back on the narrative that AI is a job-killer. She says AMD is hiring more people, just different ones who are “AI forward.” She also made a massive prediction about AI adoption.
