Microsoft announces glut of new data centers but says it won't let your electricity bill go up |

Although public backlash against data centers has been intense over the past 12 months, all of the tech industry’s biggest companies have promised additional buildouts…

A consumer watchdog issued a warning about Google's AI agent shopping protocol — Google says she's wrong |

Shortly after Google announced its new Universal Commerce Protocol for AI-powered shopping agents, a consumer economics watchdog sounded the alarm. In a now viral post…

Ammobia says it has reinvented a century-old technology |

Ammonia might be the world’s most underappreciated chemical. Without it, crops would go unfertilized and billions of people would starve. Humans started making ammonia in…

Ring founder details the camera company's 'intelligent assistant' era |

What does it take to bring a burned-out founder back to the company he sold to Amazon? For Jamie Siminoff of the video doorbell maker…

Man to plead guilty to hacking US Supreme Court filing system |

In Brief Posted: 11:04 AM PST · January 13, 2026 A resident of Springfield, Tennessee, is expected to plead guilty to hacking the U.S. Supreme…

India reportedly tells quick-commerce firms to drop 10-minute delivery promise |

8:27 AM PST · January 13, 2026 India’s labor ministry is pushing the country’s booming quick-commerce sector to prioritize the wellness and safety of its…

Google's update for Veo 3.1 lets users create vertical videos through reference images |

In Brief Posted: 9:00 AM PST · January 13, 2026 Google on Tuesday updated its Veo 3.1 AI video-generation model with the ability to create…

Brazil orders Meta to suspend policy banning third-party AI chatbots from WhatsApp |

4:21 AM PST · January 13, 2026 Brazil’s competition watchdog has ordered WhatsApp to put on hold its policy that bars third-party AI companies from…

Superorganism raises $25M to back biodiversity startups |

Superorganism launched in 2023 as what it claims is the first venture capital firm focused on biodiversity, aiming to serve as the conservationist on the…

Slackbot is an AI agent now |

Slackbot, the automated assistant baked into the Salesforce-owned corporate messaging platform Slack, is entering a new era as an AI agent. And Salesforce CTO Parker…