ServiceNow announces massive $7.75 billion acquisition of cybersecurity startup Armis, more than tripling its security market opportunity as companies ramp up spending to defend against AI-era cyber threats.
AI voice assistants like Alexa Plus continue to struggle with basic smart home functions like operating coffee makers and lights, as generative AI fails to deliver on 2025 promises of seamless home automation, achieving only minor advances in security camera notifications instead of the revolutionary ambient intelligence consumers were promised.
Google launches Model Context Protocol support, enabling AI agents to directly access Google Maps, BigQuery, and Cloud services through unified APIs, with plans to expand to additional cloud platforms in coming months.
Pebble unveils the Index 01, a $75 smart ring that ditches health tracking for voice recording capabilities, featuring a physical button to capture notes and reminders with two-year battery life and no subscription fees required.
Scientists develop world's first microwave-powered computer chip that processes over 20 billion operations per second using analog microwaves instead of digital circuits, consuming less than 200 milliwatts while achieving 88% accuracy in pattern recognition tasks for AI and wearable applications.
Cybersecurity firm Armis raises $435 million at a $6.1 billion valuation while boldly rejecting seven acquisition offers including a $5 billion bid from Thoma Bravo, choosing instead to pursue an IPO in late 2026 with $300 million in annual recurring revenue.
Bevel secures $10M Series A funding from General Catalyst as the AI health companion reaches 100,000 daily users with 8x growth, offering $6 monthly software that unifies wearable data across sleep, fitness, and nutrition without requiring proprietary hardware.
NVIDIA invests $1 billion in Nokia to develop AI-powered 6G networks, launching the Aerial RAN Computer Pro platform that enables software-based transitions from 5G to 6G, with T-Mobile set to begin field trials in 2026 targeting a market expected to exceed $200 billion by 2030.
AWS suffers massive outage impacting over 108 services across US-EAST-1 region as DNS failures cascade through DynamoDB, EC2, Lambda, and CloudWatch, with internal network monitoring issues triggering widespread connectivity problems before full restoration at 3:01 PM.
University of Otago researchers achieve world-first breakthrough enabling smartwatches to pinpoint locations within 8 centimeters using new algorithms that combine signals from multiple satellite systems, bringing military-grade GPS precision to everyday consumer devices.