Year: 2026

Letting the unreliable Grok be its own “spokesperson” lets xAI off the hook.

“Welder’s Anthrax” was first coined in 2022, when seven cases had been identified.

Deadly doors, a busted battery bet, and a toxic owner: what’s not to like?

xAI’s Grok is removing clothing from pictures of people without their consent following this week’s rollout of a feature that allows X users to instantly edit any image using the bot without needing the original poster’s permission. Not only does the original poster not get […]

Voice has lagged in adoption behind screens. OpenAI wants to change that.

Tesla’s sales fell in the fourth quarter of 2025, as rising competition and the expiration of the federal EV tax credit continued to sap the company’s global ambitions. The numbers were a lot worse than many Wall Street analysts were expecting. The disappointing sales report […]

Top world news as of January 2, 2026, centers on ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, deadly disasters in Switzerland, Afghanistan, and The Gambia, Bulgaria’s adoption of the euro, and economic protests in Iran.[1][2] Conflicts and Attacks Russo-Ukrainian War: Russian drone strikes kill […]

Punkt, the Switzerland-based, privacy-focused phone maker, is trying the whole “smartphone” thing again. The MC03 improves on some of the disappointing features of its previous effort, the MC02, while maintaining its security focus. Likewise, its software still comes with a subscription fee: the first year […]

Top world news stories as of January 2, 2026, highlight a deadly fire in Switzerland, geopolitical tensions in Ukraine and the Middle East, Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration as NYC mayor, and severe weather in the US.[1][2][4] Major International Incidents A devastating fire at a ski resort […]