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Meta poaches Apple’s top designer Alan Dye, who is famous for being the brain behind the sleek designs of the iPhone X, Apple Watch, and Vision Pro. The Design Executive is set to join Meta as a Chief Design Officer, leading a new creative studio inside Meta’s Reality Labs Division, as announced by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. This move is part of a series of Meta’s efforts to play catch-up in the AI arms race, by ultimately blending AI with every of its services, including its incoming consumer hardware like smart glasses and virtual reality headsets. Zuckerberg frames this talent…

Samsung Electronics has announced a major pre-CES event called “The First Look” scheduled for January 4, 2026. This preview event, occurring just two days before the official opening of Samsung CES 2026, will unveil the smartphone giant’s comprehensive vision for its Device eXperience (DX) Division and announce next-generation AI-driven customer experiences that the company plans to launch throughout 2026. The keynote presentation for this preview event will be led by TM Roh, CEO and Head of Device eXperience Division, who will outline Samsung’s vision and roadmap for its DX businesses and demonstrate how AI will reshape device integration in the coming…

A U.S. federal judge has ruled that OpenAI must disclose internal communications and documents in a significant copyright infringement case brought by authors and publishers against the famous artificial intelligence company. This ruling stands as a major setback for OpenAI in the discovery phase of the lawsuit litigation.  The lawsuit involves allegations that the ChatGPT-maker used copyrighted literary works without authorization to train its famous chatbot’s language models. This consolidated class action lawsuit was brought forward on behalf of prominent authors including but not limited to John Grisham, Jodi Picoult, and Douglas Preston, alongside The Authors Guild, with all of…

Samsung Electronics has teamed up with South Korean-based AI optimization specialist Nota AI to supercharge the on-device AI performance of its next-generation Exynos 2500 processor, by embedding Nota’s model compression tech directly into Samsung’s Exynos AI Studio toolchain. The partnership targets on-device generative AI, as it will allow for bigger language models to run smoother and drain less battery on Samsung mobile devices, especially the ones powered by the 3nm mobile processor. Additionally, developers can also now optimize complex AI workloads for the Exynos 2500’s beefed-up NPU without cloud limitations. Samsung positions this collaboration as a game-changer for mobile AI,…

Overstory, the Amsterdam-based vegetation intelligence platform that helps utility companies prevent and mitigate wildfire risk, has successfully closed a $43 million Series B funding round led by European climate-tech growth equity firm Blume Equity. Founded in 2018, Overstory specializes in satellite-powered vegetation intelligence, helping utility companies understand and manage wildfire risks linked to power lines. Its proprietary Fuel Detection Model helps identify dangerous vegetation patches that could ignite fires and provide precise insights as it is able to scan at 10,000 times the resolution of traditional methods like the publicly available fire maps. The $43 million funding will accelerate Overstory’s…

Aramco Ventures, the venture capital arm of Saudi Aramco, is establishing a new office in Paris set to open in 2026 to lead investments in artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, and quantum computing on the European continent. This stands as Aramco’s boldest push yet into Europe’s vibrant tech scene, albeit a limited scene due to regulatory constraints imposed by the European Union. However, the company can still build off the traction of existing successful AI startups like Mistral AI that is headquartered in Paris. The decision to open an Aramco Ventures Paris office is further supported by other investment ventures the…

Meta Platforms is in advanced discussions with Alphabet’s Google to spend billions on the company’s AI chips, marking a move that could reshape the volatile AI chip landscape. This Meta-Google AI chip deal, if sealed, would stand as a significant achievement for Meta as the social media giant diversifies beyond its heavy reliance on Nvidia GPUs and instead integrates Google’s specialized AI chips into its infrastructure to further pursue its massive AI goals. The arrangement of this deal will specifically allow Meta to use Google’s Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) from 2027 to power its AI services. Google’s TPUs are designed…

Clover Security has secured $36 million in funding to equip software developers with advanced AI-driven tools that will further automate design-led product security even before code is written.  This innovative approach from Clover aims to embed security intelligence directly into the early design stages of software, meeting the demands of increasingly complex and fast-paced AI-powered development environments. This $36 million round was led by Notable Capital and Team8, with further backing from industry heavyweights like Palo Alto Networks, Atlassian, Google, Cato Networks executives, and Wiz co-founders Assaf Rappaport and Yinon Costica. Founded in 2023 by security veterans Alon Kollmann and…

Nigeria is taking a firm step in shaping the future of artificial intelligence (AI) within its borders through a proposed Artificial Intelligence Bill aimed at establishing a structured system for licensing, oversight, and control of AI technologies. With the rise of AI’s role in sectors ranging from finance to governance, this bill aims to regulate the tools revolutionizing how Nigerians interact with AI and use the nascent technology to work. Licensing AI Systems and Creating a New Regulatory Authority Central to Nigeria’s AI Bill is that it will command compulsory registration and licensing for all AI developers and users within…

Blowout earnings from Nvidia for the third quarter of fiscal 2026 have reignited a fierce debate on whether the artificial intelligence (AI) industry is in the middle of a speculative bubble.  The semiconductor giant’s latest financial report reveals its astonishing revenue and profit growth, but these numbers come amid growing concerns about the sustainability of the AI investment frenzy that has gripped Wall Street and Silicon Valley alike. In the company’s blowout earnings for Q3 that ended October 2025, Nvidia announced revenue of $57 billion, a 62% increase year-over-year, and going over Wall Street’s estimated $55 billion. Earnings went beyond…