It’s Monday, March 16, 2026, and here are the top tech stories making waves today. Global tech is starting the week with a familiar theme: the AI race is accelerating—and it’s spilling into everything from power grids and memory supply chains […]
Financial markets are entering a new phase where software agents can analyze data and place trades without constant human oversight. NickAI, a new AI startup focused on automated trading infrastructure, believes that shift is accelerating. Today, NickAI made its public […]
Artificial intelligence agents are moving from research labs into corporate systems at an astonishing pace. Companies now let software agents read data, make decisions, and execute tasks across internal platforms. That shift creates a new security problem that few organizations […]
AI assistants keep getting smarter. The next fight is about where they live. Perplexity just made its move with Personal Computer, a local version of its Computer agent system that runs on a dedicated Mac mini. The pitch is simple: […]
The shift AI is bringing to the tech industry is starting to show up in payroll. Enterprise software giant Atlassian announced it will cut about 1,600 jobs, roughly 10% of its global workforce, as the company redirects resources into artificial […]
A foreign hacker broke into an FBI server connected to the Jeffrey Epstein case after a misconfigured system at the bureau’s New York Field Office left sensitive files exposed, according to a source familiar with the incident and Justice Department […]
Renters rarely get a break when hunting for a place to live. Prices keep climbing, deals stay hidden, and the process often feels stacked against the people paying the bills. Dallas-based fintech startup Stake thinks it can change that equation. […]
Quince has secured another major vote of confidence from investors. The San Francisco online retail startup said Wednesday it raised $500 million in Series E funding, pushing its post-money valuation to $10.1 billion and cementing its place among the most […]
NVIDIA is preparing a new move in the race to build smarter AI systems. The chip giant is reportedly working on an open-source platform for artificial intelligence agents called “NemoClaw,” a system meant to let software perform tasks, make decisions, […]
The AI industry is crowded with bold promises. Yann LeCun has spent years arguing that many of them are headed in the wrong direction. Now the longtime artificial intelligence pioneer is putting his own theory to the test. Advanced Machine Intelligence […]
Silicon Valley’s race for artificial intelligence infrastructure is getting another heavyweight contender. Thinking Machines Lab, the AI startup founded by former OpenAI chief technology officer Mira Murati, has secured a multi-year partnership with Nvidia that includes a significant investment and […]
OpenAI is moving deeper into the security layer of artificial intelligence. The company said Monday it has acquired the cybersecurity startup Promptfoo, a developer platform for testing and safeguarding AI systems. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Promptfoo’s team will […]
Blockchain technology is everywhere these days. It’s no longer a niche tool used by the tech-savvy; now it’s being adopted by businesses far and wide to engage customers and reward repeat loyalty. Unlike traditional points programs, blockchain reward systems use […]
Cancer researchers have spent years pursuing a simple goal: extracting cleaner genetic material from blood samples to detect disease earlier and study tumors with greater precision. A young biotech startup from Scotland says it may have found a way to […]
A legal battle is unfolding between one of the world’s leading AI startups and the U.S. government. Anthropic has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration after the company was blacklisted and labeled a threat to U.S. national security, a designation […]
Microsoft is widening the circle of AI models inside its flagship productivity tools. The company said Monday that its Copilot service will begin using technology from Anthropic, bringing the startup’s Claude models into Microsoft’s enterprise software stack. The move signals […]
From OpenAI’s GPT-5.4 breakthrough to Pentagon AI tensions and a $25B revenue milestone, here are the developments shaping the global AI race. Happy weekend! Welcome to This Week in AI, your weekly briefing on the biggest developments shaping artificial intelligence. […]
Smart devices have become a regular part of life in many U.S. homes, from smart speakers and thermostats to automated floor cleaners. As newer cleaning robots increasingly rely on built-in cameras to navigate more efficiently, questions about privacy and data […]
Icon, the AI advertising startup that spent $12 million to acquire the premium domain Icon.com, appears to have quietly shut down, leaving behind a trail of user complaints, a locked website, and a cautionary story about the limits of AI […]
Anthropic is back at the negotiating table with the U.S. Department of Defense, scrambling to salvage a relationship that only days ago looked finished. The talks restarted after a dramatic breakdown last week that triggered a chain reaction across Washington […]
