OpenAI appoints former Uber India president Prabhjeet Singh as its first-ever India managing director, signaling a major push into its second-largest global market as competition with rivals like Anthropic heats up.
Apple shares plunge 6.1% to $275.15 in their biggest single-day drop since April 2025, as a global memory chip shortage driven by AI data center expansion forces price hikes of up to $500 on Macs, iPads, and other products, with analysts warning iPhone Pro models could soon follow with a …
Apple hikes MacBook prices by up to $300 as AI-driven demand sends Dynamic RAM costs surging 98%, with analysts warning iPhone price increases are coming next.
Tencent is testing an AI assistant called Xiaowei inside WeChat, giving it a massive edge over rivals by embedding task-completing AI capabilities directly into a platform used by over 1.4 billion people.
Snap launches Spectacles AR glasses at $2,195, delivering a 115-inch virtual cinema screen in a lightweight 136-gram wearable that bridges the gap between smart glasses and full headsets, targeting developers and early adopters as a milestone toward an AI-powered future that could eventually replace smartphones.
Databricks launches CustomerLake, an AI-powered Customer Data Platform natively built into its Lakehouse, featuring Profile Agents and Campaign Agents that unify customer data and automate real-time, AI-driven marketing campaigns, with early adopters including HP and partners like Adobe, Meta, and Braze already on board.
Shopify launches five AI-powered shopping apps built on its new Catalog API and Universal Commerce Protocol, giving developers access to billions of standardized products to embed commerce into any digital experience — with monetization opportunities coming soon.
AI chatbot usage among U.S. adults surges to nearly 50%, with ChatGPT leading at 44% adoption, yet 63% of Americans believe AI is advancing too fast and a majority fear it will compromise personal security and negatively impact society over the next 20 years.
ChatGPT's global market share falls below 50% for the first time, dropping to 46.4% as Google's Gemini surges to 27.7% and Anthropic's Claude hits 10.3%, while the booming AI app economy races toward $4.2 billion in consumer spending in the first half of 2026 alone.
Meta is rolling out an AI-powered search mode on Facebook that generates answers from public posts and user content, sparking reliability concerns over potentially misleading information, while simultaneously launching creative AI tools and global subscription plans starting at $3.99 a month.