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Lenovo has expanded its AI lineup with Nvidia, unveiling an AI Cloud Gigafactory program and the Qira personal AI platform at CES 2026. The partnership aims to cut AI data‑center deployment to weeks and link Lenovo–Motorola devices through one cross‑device assistant.
Intel is using CES 2026 to push a new AI PC wave with its Core Ultra Series 3 chips, the first built on the advanced Intel 18A process and tuned for gaming, creation, and edge workloads across more than 200 laptop designs.
A U.S. judge has refused to dismiss a class-action accusing Amazon of Covid‑era price gouging, citing “unpersuasive” defenses and massive spikes on basic goods between 2020 and 2022.
Samsung is making a huge push in phone AI. The company plans to double its Gemini-powered Galaxy devices to 800 million units in 2026, after shipping about 400 million AI-ready phones and tablets last year. The move targets Apple and fast-growing Chinese brands in the global AI race.
Baidu’s AI chip unit Kunlunxin has confidentially filed for a Hong Kong IPO, aiming to unlock value in China’s fast‑growing AI hardware race. The deal lands amid a flood of Chinese AI and chip listings and deepening US‑China tech tensions over advanced processors.
The U.S. has granted Taiwan’s TSMC an annual license to import American chipmaking tools into its Nanjing fab in China, replacing expiring waivers and aligning with similar approvals for Samsung and SK hynix, as Washington balances security and supply chain stability.
SoftBank has fully funded a roughly $41 billion investment in OpenAI, giving the Japanese group about 11% of the ChatGPT maker and deepening Masayoshi Son’s all‑in push on AI infrastructure, data centers, and next‑generation models at valuations that now approach $500 billion for OpenAI.
TikTok has agreed to a new U.S. joint venture that moves control of data, algorithms and moderation to an Oracle‑backed investor group, aiming to end years of ban threats from Washington. ByteDance keeps a smaller stake while U.S. partners front security and oversight.
Truecaller has rolled out a free voicemail service for Android users in India, bringing AI-powered transcription, device-side storage, and built-in spam filtering to everyday phone calls. The move aims to replace old-school operator voicemail with a smarter, app-first experience that works in 12 Indian languages and helps users ignore nuisance and scam calls without missing important messages.
Tata and Intel have signed a strategic alliance to build a silicon and compute ecosystem in India, covering fabs, advanced packaging and AI PCs. The tie‑up positions Dholera and Guwahati as key hubs for Intel products and next‑gen AI compute across PCs, data centres and automotive.
IBM is set to acquire data‑streaming specialist Confluent in an 11 billion dollar deal to build a smart data platform for enterprise generative AI. The move aims to link real‑time data, hybrid cloud, and AI agents so large companies can run faster, smarter applications with cleaner, connected data.
Cloudflare has restored services after a brief dashboard and firewall outage that disrupted Coinbase, Claude AI, LinkedIn, Zoom, and key trading apps. The failure, linked to a firewall rules change rather than an attack, again exposes how a few infrastructure players can shake global markets and everyday internet use.