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Apple and Google’s surprise AI partnership announcement on Monday sent shockwaves across the tech industry (and lifted Google’s market cap above $4 trillion). The two tech giants’ deal to infuse Google’s AI technology into Apple’s mobile software, including in an updated version of the Siri digital assistant, has major implications…

Background: Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children in Orlando, Fla. (Google Maps). Insets, left to right: Leroy Somersall III and Madison Smith (Seminole County Sheriff”s Office). A Florida couple has been arrested as their 5-month-old twins are receiving treatment for malnutrition at a hospital. Leroy Somersall III, 24, and…

Google has added support for the JPEG XL (JXL) image format to the open source Chromium code base, reversing a decision in 2022 to drop the technology. A recent commit to integrate and enable the JXL decoder means that future releases of Google Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers will include…

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Apple and Google announced a multi-year deal on Monday for Gemini models to power Siri and other Apple Intelligence features.Why it matters: The move fills a clear need for Apple, the tech giant that has struggled the most to deliver on the AI promises it made back in 2024.Driving the…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok will join Google's generative AI engine in operating inside the Pentagon network, as part of a broader push to feed as much of the military's data as possible into the developing technology...Read More

In Brief Posted: 2:56 PM PST · January 11, 2026 Image Credits:James Leynse/Corbis / Getty Images Sergey Brin and Larry Page appear to be reducing their presence in the state where they co-founded Google. The New York Times reports that in December, 15 limited liability companies overseeing Brin’s investments and…

To further push the limits of consumerism, Google has launched a new open standard for agentic commerce that's called Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP). In brief, it's a framework that combines the power of AI agents and online shopping platforms to help customers buy more things. Thanks to the introduction of…

Updated : , ,   When Sarah Baldassaro turned 50, she took stock of her health and began working with a fitness coach on strength training , a type of exercise that’s crucial for women in midlife . “Now I would say I’m stronger overall than I ever have been…

US senators are calling for the ban of X and Grok. (Image source: AI generated) Following increasing discussion in recent weeks about deepfakes distributed via X and Grok, three US senators have now spoken out. In an open letter, they make their opposition to Elon Musk, X and Grok unmistakably…