OpenAI is bringing former UK Chancellor George Osborne on board to head its international “OpenAI for Countries” initiative. This is part of the massive $500bn “Stargate” project to build AI data centers. The move follows rival Anthropic’s hiring of another ex-UK PM, Rishi Sunak.
Apple has pushed out a new firmware update for the Powerbeats Pro 2 wireless earbuds. The update, version 8A359, replaces the previous 8A353 firmware from September.
A new report alleges Meta generated about $3 billion in 2024 from Chinese ads tied to scams and illegal activity. Internal documents show the company prioritized this revenue over enforcement, treating potential fines as a cost of doing business.
Unitree has launched what it calls the world’s first app store for a humanoid robot. The store, currently in beta, offers a few entertainment apps for its $13,500 G1 robot. It’s a clear play to attract developers for a future where robots could do real work.
Apple has seeded the first beta of macOS Tahoe 26.3 to developers just three days after the public launch of version 26.2. The update’s contents are currently unknown, with a public beta expected later this week.
Apple has seeded the first developer betas for its next round of operating system updates, versioned 26.3. The company also issued release candidates for older macOS versions, Sequoia 15.7.4 and Sonoma 14.8.4.
Google is discontinuing its dark web monitoring service for all users. The feature, which scanned for personal info like addresses in data breaches, will stop working on January 15, 2026, with all data deleted by February 16.
Ubisoft is diving into the competitive MOBA market by acquiring Amazon Games Montreal and its in-development game, March of Giants. This follows Amazon’s decision to “gut” its game division in October, halting work on major titles like its Lord of the Rings MMO.
Legacy retail tech stacks are a budget drain, with technical debt eating up to 40% of IT balance sheets. A new wave of modular, unified platforms promises to consolidate operations and free up resources for innovation instead of maintenance.
For years, cloud-based HPC and AI workloads could easily get managed Lustre file systems, but IBM’s GPFS was a DIY project. Now, services firm Sycomp has packaged GPFS into a managed “Infrastructure as Code” offering for Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure, automating many of the complex operations.
