Reading the 2026 IT Landscape: Insights from Japan’s Leading CIOs

As we look head to 2026, corporate IT strategies are evolving at unprecedented speed. Generative AI, increasingly sophisticated cybersecurity threats, and the strategic use of data are no longer peripheral—they are reshaping the very core of business operations.

Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg gets green light from Wall Street to keep pouring money into AI

Meta's stock pop following the company's latest earnings beat is a sign that investors are OK with hefty AI spending as long as the core business stays strong.

South Korea’s ‘world-first’ AI laws face pushback amid bid to become leading tech power

The laws have been criticised by tech startups, which say they go too far, and civil society groups, which say they don’t go far enough

Google brings AI Plus to the U.S. with creative tools and shared storage — and it might be the ‘just-right’ AI subscription deal

Gemini features, video credits, and storage all in one middle-tier upgrade

The UK paid £4.1 million for a bookmarks site

Or, as they like to call it, the 'AI Skills Hub'. Which was built by PwC because of course it was

Mark Zuckerberg is all-in on AI as the new social media

In: AI. Out: the metaverse.

Ark: An Open-source Python-based Framework for Robot Learning

Robotics has made remarkable hardware strides-from DARPA's Urban and Robotics Challenges to the first humanoid-robot kickboxing tournament-yet commercial autonomy still lags behind progress in...

World Craft: Agentic Framework to Create Visualizable Worlds via Text

Large Language Models (LLMs) motivate generative agent simulation (e.g., AI Town) to create a ``dynamic world'', holding immense value across entertainment and research. However, for non-experts,...

Elon Musk pivots Tesla to robotics and AI as car business flails

Musk’s optimism for Optimus robot demand help EV maker beat quarterly expectations despite first-ever yearly revenue decline

‘Humanity needs to wake up’ to dangers of AI, says Anthropic chief

Dario Amodei posts 20,000-word essay detailing potentially catastrophic risks from powerful technology in years to come

Washington Brings Its Silicon Valley-Building Playbook to Robotics

Most people think Silicon Valley was built by entrepreneurs.Garage tinkerers. Venture capitalists. Risk-taking founders chasing consumer demand.It’s a comforting story … because it makes America’s greatest tech boom feel accidental… almost inevitable.But the truth is more useful for investors: Sili…

Data center buildout spurs new laser development

The massive scale of the AI buildout is making new kinds of hardware innovation feasible, like Lightmatter’s new laser.

European Space Agency uses AI to identify NASA’s Hubble telescope anomalies

The team at the European Space Agency developed a neural network called AnomalyMatch, which analyzes patterns in images and detects unusual objects.

Google adds Gemini AI-powered ‘auto browse’ to Chrome

Browse, without browsing.

Could AI help doctors catch signs of cognitive decline early?

A new paper by researchers at Mass General Brigham describes using a team of AI agents, instead of humans, to design optimal queries.

Which AI Stack Is Right for Teams New to AI

Transitioning to AI shouldn’t be difficult. Read this blog to learn how you can easily build a professional AI tech stack without coding.

The Amount Google’s AI Knows About You Will Cause an Uncomfortable Prickling Sensation on Your Scalp

Google has released a new "Personal Intelligence" feature that lets its AI go through an alarming amount of your data.

Amazon accidentally announces further 16,000 layoffs in AI pivot

A misfired internal email was the first time many employees found out about a second round of job cuts in just six months.

Microsoft shrugs off AI bubble fears again with strong financial results

Company reports second-quarter revenues of $81.27bn but posts slowing growth in key cloud computing business

ServiceNow chooses Claude to power customer apps and increase internal productivity

Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

ICE Is Using Palantir’s AI Tools to Sort Through Tips

ICE has been using an AI-powered Palantir system to summarize tips sent to its tipline since last spring, according to a newly released Homeland Security document.

Google AI Overviews Now Let You Ask Follow-Up Questions

Trump Administration Official Criticizes ‘Greedy’ Nuclear Industry Request

Industry leaders want protections against cost overruns. Key official’s response: Just start building.

Tesla invests $2 billion in Elon Musk’s xAI cash furnace

Tesla disclosed in its Q4 2025 earnings report that it has invested $2 billion in xAI, Elon Musk’s private AI...