CES 2026: Everything revealed, from Nvidia’s debuts to AMD’s new chips to Razer’s AI oddities 

CES 2026 is in full swing in Las Vegas, with the show floor open to the public after a packed couple of days occupied by press conferences from the likes of Nvidia, Sony, and AMD and previews from Sunday’s Unveiled event.  As has been the case for the past two years at CES, AI is at the forefront of […]

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Wearable health devices could generate a million tons of e-waste by 2050

The most surprising part is that the plastic isn’t the biggest problem.

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This climate startup is taking recycling to the next level, with shower water beer

Epic Cleantec makes the Shower Hour IPA and Laundry Club Kölsch, and is also considering making a nonalcoholic beer.

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Huang says Nvidia seeing ‘very high’ Chinese customer demand for H200 AI chips

“It appears that we’re going to be going back to China,” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on Tuesday at the CES conference in Las Vegas.

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AMD’s AI Chips Are Coming for Your Laptop, Desktop, and Car

AMD unveiled Ryzen AI 400 and Embedded processors at CES 2026, touting up to 60 TOPS NPUs and new chips for laptops, desktops, and edge devices.
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Mobileye acquires humanoid robot startup Mentee Robotics for $900M

Mentee Robotics was co-founded by Mobileye president Amnon Shashua.

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Meta hires Microsoft exec, former Trump deputy as chief legal officer

Meta said Tuesday that it hired former Microsoft legal executive Curtis Joseph Mahoney to become its chief legal officer.

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Elon Musk’s xAI raises $20 billion from investors including Nvidia, Cisco, Fidelity

Elon Musk’s AI said it raised $20 billion in new funding after CNBC reported in November that a financing round would value the company at about $230 billion.

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xAI says it raised $20B in Series E funding

Nvidia is among the many investors, but xAI has not disclosed if these investments come in the form of equity or debt.

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California lawmaker proposes a four-year ban on AI chatbots in kids’ toys

“Our children cannot be used as lab rats for Big Tech to experiment on,” Senator Steve Padilla said. He just introduced a bill to ban AI chatbots in toys until safety regulations are developed.  

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