Europe’s not-so-dry January: Unicorns and a new tech identity

Every January, millions take on Dry January, a ritual of restraint and resetting after the holiday season. If that’s the benchmark for kicking off the year with moderation, Europe’s startup ecosys [...]

This confirmed Samsung S26 Ultra privacy feature is the tech innovation I've waited years for

An upcoming privacy display feature on the Galaxy S26 Ultra lets the phone block out parts of the screen to counter snooping behavior. [...]

OpenAI launches a Codex desktop app for macOS to run multiple AI coding agents in parallel

OpenAI on Monday released a new desktop application for its Codex artificial intelligence coding system, a tool the company says transforms software development from a collaborative exercise with a si [...]

The RAG era is ending for agentic AI — a new compilation-stage knowledge layer is what comes next

The vector database category is undergoing a shift in response to the needs of agentic AI. The retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)-to-vector database pipeline doesn't cut it anymore; agentic AI [...]

The Morning After: Elon Musk’s SpaceX is buying his AI company, xAI

Like some sort of corporate Russian doll, SpaceX has announced its acquisition of xAI. The merger will “form the most ambitious, vertically integrated innovation engine on (and off) Earth,” accord [...]

Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026: Everything we're expecting from the S26 launch

Samsung’s 2025 was filled with new foldables, an ultra-thin new form factor and the launch of Google's XR platform. After making some announcements at CES 2026, the company is expected to host [...]

Databricks' serverless database slashes app development from months to days as companies prep for agentic AI

Five years ago, Databricks coined the term 'data lakehouse' to describe a new type of data architecture that combines a data lake with a data warehouse. That term and data architecture are n [...]

Mistral drops Voxtral Transcribe 2, an open-source speech model that runs on-device for pennies

Mistral AI, the Paris-based startup positioning itself as Europe's answer to OpenAI, released a pair of speech-to-text models on Wednesday that the company says can transcribe audio faster, more [...]

Apple introduces age verification for iCloud accounts in the UK

Apple has introduced more than just new features, like an AI playlist generator, with iOS 26.4 in the UK. The company now requires users in the region to verify their ages and to prove they’re 18 ye [...]