Apple buys Israeli startup Q.AI as the AI race heats up

Posted on January 29, 2026 by Techme101

Apple announced its acquisition of Q.AI for a reported nearly $2 billion, making it the company’s second-largest acquisition to date.

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Apple set to report earnings: iPhone growth, AI, memory costs will be in focus in first quarter

Posted on January 29, 2026 by Techme101

Apple’s fiscal first quarter ended in December and the company has already signaled last year it’s expecting a big earnings report.

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UPS Axes 30,000 Jobs as Amazon Era Comes to an End

Posted on January 29, 2026 by Techme101

UPS plans up to 30,000 job cuts and 24 facility closures in 2026 as it scales back Amazon volume, accelerates automation, and targets higher-margin work.
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Waymo robotaxis are now giving rides to and from San Francisco International Airport

Posted on January 29, 2026 by Techme101

Waymo has worked for years to gain access to SFO.

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I built marshmallow castles in Google’s new AI world generator

Posted on January 29, 2026 by Techme101

Starting Thursday, Google AI Ultra subscribers in the U.S. can play around with Project Genie, which is powered by a combination of Google’s latest world model Genie 3, its image generation model Nano Banana Pro, and Gemini. 

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Nvidia’s Campaign to Sell AI Chips to China Finally Pays Off

Posted on January 29, 2026 by Techme101

Beijing reportedly approved the sale of hundreds of thousands of Nvidia H200 chips to Chinese AI companies—the culmination of a dramatic shift in US tech policy.

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A Waymo hit a child near an elementary school. The NHTSA is investigating

Posted on January 29, 2026 by Techme101

U.S. regulators are investigating the behavior of Waymo driverless vehicles around schools and school buses

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How the A.I. Boom Could Push Up the Price of Your Next PC

Posted on January 29, 2026 by Techme101

A.I. companies are buying up memory chips, causing the prices of those components — which are also used in laptops and smartphones — to soar.

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Amazon and Google Eat Into Nvidia’s A.I. Chip Supremacy

Posted on January 29, 2026 by Techme101

The rivals made billions of dollars in the business over the past year, showing other companies that Nvidia isn’t the only game in town.

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OpenAI’s Sora app is struggling after its stellar launch

Posted on January 29, 2026 by Techme101

Sora’s mobile app downloads fell 45% in January, and consumer spending dropped.

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