January 26, 2026

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Apple's new AirTag is louder and can be found across longer distances: Apple's new AirTag is louder and supports better finding at longer distances. Read More

Nvidia's new AI weather models probably saw this storm coming weeks ago: Nvidia announced three new AI weather tools today. Together, they promise to improve the accuracy of weather forecasts while also making them accessible to more users. Read More

ChatGPT is pulling answers from Elon Musk's Grokipedia: Information from the conservative-leaning, AI-generated encyclopedia developed by Elon Musk's xAI is beginning to appear in answers from ChatGPT. Read More

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Nvidia invests $2B to help debt-ridden CoreWeave add 5GW of AI compute: CoreWeave will also integrate Nvidia's products across its platform, including the new Rubin chip architecture. Read More

What is Bending Spoons? The little-known firm behind Vimeo's sweeping layoffs: Bending Spoons remains largely unknown, even as its portfolio of products has served more than a billion people. Read More

Humans& thinks coordination is the next frontier for AI, and they're building a model to prove it: Humans&, a new startup founded by alumni of Anthropic, Meta, OpenAI, xAI, and Google DeepMind, is building the next generation of foundation models for collaboration, not chat. Read More

This founder cracked firefighting -- now he's creating an AI gold mine: The nozzle is just the beginning – what company founder Sunny Sethi calls "the muscle on the ground." Read More

Google says it's fixed Gmail issues with spam and misclassification: If your Gmail account doesn't seem to be working properly today, you're not alone. Read More

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Last but Not Least

Synthesia hits $4B valuation, lets employees cash out: British startup Synthesia, whose AI platform helps companies create interactive training videos, has raised a $200 million Series E round of funding that brings its valuation to $4 billion — up from $2.1 billion just a year ago. Read More