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Plaud launches a new AI pin and a desktop meeting notetaker

Plaud is going after the likes of Granola to launch a desktop app that records online meetings.

Google and Character.AI negotiate first major settlements in teen chatbot death cases

The settlements are among the first tied to lawsuits accusing AI companies of harming users.

Flutterwave buys Nigeria's Mono in rare African fintech exit

Africa’s largest fintech company, Flutterwave, has acquired Nigerian open banking startup Mono in an all-stock deal.

Lego Smart Bricks introduce a new way to build -- and they don't require screens

Lego developed a custom ASIC chip that allows its new Ssmart Bricks to pick up on signals from surrounding Smart Tags that dictate how it should make sounds or light up.

Gmail debuts a personalized AI Inbox, AI Overviews in search, and more

Gmail is also bringing several AI features that were previously available only to paid users to all users.

Microsoft's Nadella wants us to stop thinking of AI as 'slop'

Nadella wants us to think of AI as a human helper instead of a slop-generating job killer. New data for 2026 indicates he could be right.

Google previews new Gemini features for TV at CES 2026

Google TV will let you ask Gemini to find and edit your photos, adjust your TV settings, and more.

Nvidia launches Alpamayo, open AI models that allow autonomous vehicles to 'think like a human'

Nvidia unveiled Alpamayo at CES 2026, which includes a reasoning vision language action model that allows an autonomous vehicle to think more like a human and provide chain-of-thought reasoning.

A viral Reddit post alleging fraud from a food delivery app turned out to be AI-generated

When fake content goes viral, the damage has already been done, even if the post is debunked.

Caterpillar taps Nvidia to bring AI to its construction equipment

Caterpillar is piloting Cat AI Assistant, a system of AI agents in one of its excavators built on Nvidia's physical AI platform.

Ford has an AI assistant and new hands-free BlueCruise tech on the way

Ford says the new generation of BlueCruise will be 30% cheaper to build than the current technology.

Meta's Manus news is getting different receptions in Washington and Beijing

Chinese officials are reportedly reviewing whether the Meta deal violates technology export controls, potentially giving Beijing leverage it wasn't initially perceived as having.