The software giant is being outdone in innovation by AI start-ups. Actions of Microsoft (MSFT 2.86%) collapsed last week following the tech giant’s latest earnings report. Investors were likely worried about slowing cloud growth, massive increases in AI infrastructure capital spending, and the revelation that nearly half of its order book was tied to OpenAI….
Michael Kitces and Ben Henry-Moreland ask whether these long-term problems require a solution other than AI? JANUARY 21, 2026 By Ben Henry-Moreland and Michael Kitces As companies grow and merge over time, they accumulate technical debt. Technologies, capabilities, and processes that in a perfect world would be retooled and improved every time the company grows…
Davide Crapis from the Ethereum Foundation explains what ERC-8004 is and how it works. Published February 7, 2026 at 9:37 PM EST. Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pods, Fountain, Addicted to podcasts, Pocket castings, Amazon Musicor on your favorite podcast platform. The ERC-8004 standard for trustless interactions with AI agents is finally…
Originally published: 12 JAN 26 12:11 ET Updated: 12 JAN 26 3:16 PM ET NEW YORK (CNN) — Apple plans to use Google’s Gemini artificial intelligence model to power its updated version of Siri, which is expected to launch later this year, the two companies announced Monday. “After careful evaluation, Apple has determined that Google’s…
When the official White House X Account job an image depicting activist Nekima Levy Armstrong in tears during her arrest, there were telltale signs that the image had been altered. Less than an hour earlier, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem had job a photo of the exact same scene, but in Noem’s version, Levy Armstrong…
Cloudflare’s decision to integrate AI startup Human Native into its stack marks a turning point: licensed, structured content could become the basis of a more sustainable AI economy. Although the ink is fairly fresh on the acquisition, announced Jan. 15, several media experts and publishers view it as a signal of how Cloudflare plans to…
More than 90% of teachers express concerns about their overreliance, but less than half teach the use of generative AI in the classroom. A classroom at a middle school in Gwanak-gu, Seoul, pictured on December 1. Nearly 95 percent of middle and high school students in Seoul have experience using generative AI tools, a study…
Analyst(s): Brendan BurkePublication date: February 10, 2026 Texas Instruments (TI) has agreed to acquire Silicon Labs for $7.5 billion in cash, combining TI’s scale of analog and embedded processing with Silicon Labs’ wireless connectivity portfolio. The deal highlights a strategic bet on manufacturing capabilities and integrated markets. What is covered in this article: Transaction: Texas…
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Thanks to numerous competing AI systems cluttering online application portals, applying for a new job in 2026 may feel more like applying for a bank loan than searching for a job. At least that’s what a group of disgruntled job seekers claim in a lawsuit against…
By Thomas B. Fowler (bio – articles – email) | January 21, 2026 Introductory note from Jeff Mirus: In 2024, Thomas Fowler wrote a series of four articles on artificial intelligence for CatholicCulture.org: At the end of 2025, Tom published a major book on this subject: Artificial intelligence: foundations, limits, advantages and dangers….