OpenAI raids Apple's talent pool and supply chain, poaching veterans and courting manufacturers to build AI hardware like speakers and wearables, posing a direct threat to Apple's hardware business by late 2026.
Intel flexes its AI muscle with groundbreaking advancements across cloud, edge, client, and data center, while forging an alliance with NVIDIA to catalyze the next computing revolution, showcasing AI-powered processors for unparalleled performance and efficiency.
In a groundbreaking partnership, NVIDIA and Intel invest billions to jointly develop cutting-edge AI-optimized data center and PC products, combining Intel's CPUs with NVIDIA's NVLink interconnect technology and NVIDIA's $5 billion investment in Intel common stock.
Meta launches $799 Ray-Ban AR smart glasses featuring a built-in display, 12-megapixel camera, and revolutionary neural wristband control, alongside $499 Oakley athletic glasses with 3K video recording, marking a major leap forward in consumer augmented reality technology.
Figure, a robotics company, secures $1 billion in funding at a $39 billion valuation, accelerating its efforts to deploy general-purpose humanoid robots in homes and businesses, while scaling GPU infrastructure and data collection initiatives.
Engineers unveil a water-powered humanoid robot with lifelike muscles, tendons, and ligaments that mimic human anatomy, allowing over 200 degrees of freedom and natural motion through a hydraulic 'heart' pumping water to move the artificial muscles.
Meta launches MobileLLM-R1, a breakthrough family of ultra-compact AI models with 140M to 950M parameters that excel at math and coding while running entirely on local devices, signaling a major industry shift from massive cloud-based models to specialized on-device AI that offers enhanced privacy and cost control.
Tech giants pump over $70 billion into the U.K. for AI and quantum computing initiatives as Trump and Starmer near landmark deal on technology collaboration.
OpenAI fuels rivalry with Elon Musk by hiring former xAI CFO Mike Liberatore as compute spending czar, bringing expertise in securing billions for data center expansion.
Meta unveils innovative Ray-Ban and Oakley smart glasses, featuring displays, cameras, and wristband controls, poised to revolutionize the wearable technology landscape, set for official unveiling by CEO Mark Zuckerberg at Connect keynote.