Meta Cuts Third-Party VR Dev Support While Pledging Ecosystem Focus
MENLO PARK, Calif. — Meta laid off approximately 1,000 to 1,500 Reality Labs employees on January 13, 2026, while simultaneously cutting staff who supported third-party developers and reducing funding...
Google DeepMind Locks Three AI Deals in One Week Using Hybrid Acquisitions
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google DeepMind completed three separate AI deals between January 23-24,...
Reliance Launches Jio Electric Cycle 180km Range at ₹999 Monthly EMI
BHUBANESWAR — Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries launched the Jio Electric Cycle on January 25,...
Nvidia Buys $2B CoreWeave Stake Amid Circular Financing Concerns
NEW YORK — Nvidia purchased $2 billion in CoreWeave shares at $87.20 each on...
OpenAI Forms Science Team Under Kevin Weil to Speed Research With GPT-5
SAN FRANCISCO — OpenAI announced the formation of "OpenAI for Science," a dedicated internal...
Meta Cuts Third-Party VR Dev Support While Pledging Ecosystem Focus
MENLO PARK, Calif. — Meta laid off approximately 1,000 to 1,500 Reality Labs employees on January 13, 2026, while simultaneously cutting staff who supported...
Google DeepMind Locks Three AI Deals in One Week Using Hybrid Acquisitions
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google DeepMind completed three separate AI deals between January 23-24, 2026, acquiring Common Sense Machines outright, licensing Hume AI's emotion-recognition...
Reliance Launches Jio Electric Cycle 180km Range at ₹999 Monthly EMI
BHUBANESWAR — Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries launched the Jio Electric Cycle on January 25, 2026, featuring a claimed 180 km range per charge and...
Nvidia Buys $2B CoreWeave Stake Amid Circular Financing Concerns
NEW YORK — Nvidia purchased $2 billion in CoreWeave shares at $87.20 each on January 23, disclosed Monday, acquiring approximately 10% ownership in the...
OpenAI Forms Science Team Under Kevin Weil to Speed Research With GPT-5
SAN FRANCISCO — OpenAI announced the formation of "OpenAI for Science," a dedicated internal team led by Vice President Kevin Weil aimed at adapting...
AWS Exec’s Email Error Exposes Amazon’s 16,000-Job Layoff Plan Early
SEATTLE — Amazon accidentally revealed plans to eliminate 16,000 corporate jobs on Tuesday evening after an internal email intended for Wednesday was sent hours ahead...
NASA’s Galileo Data Reveals Ammonia on Europa’s Surface, Boosting Hopes for Habitability
PASADENA, California — Scientists detected ammonia-bearing compounds on the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa for the first time through re-analysis of decades-old Galileo spacecraft data, NASA announced Thursday, marking the first identification...
MIT Engineers Achieve 99% Accuracy With Heat-Powered Silicon Chips
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed dust-sized porous silicon chips that perform mathematical calculations using waste heat instead...
Microsoft Loses $357 Billion in Market Value as AI Spending Spooks Investors
REDMOND, WASHINGTON — Microsoft Corporation lost $357 billion in market capitalization on Thursday, January 29, 2026, marking the second-largest single-day value destruction in U.S. stock market...
Apple Acquires Israeli Audio AI Startup Q.ai in Second Deal With PrimeSense Founder
CUPERTINO, California - Apple Inc. confirmed Thursday it has acquired Q.ai, an Israeli artificial intelligence startup specializing in machine learning for audio and communication, in a deal...