Meta says it is pausing the release of its Ray-Ban Display glasses to the UK, France, Italy, and Canada due to "unprecedented demand and limited inventory" (Steve Dent/Engadget)
German car parts supplier Bosch plans to invest €2.5B+ in AI by the end of 2027 and unveils AI-based driver-assist systems with features like automatic parking (Dominic Chopping/Wall Street Journal) https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/bosch-to-invest-2-9-billion-in-ai-over-next-couple-of-years-83d6b4f8?st=DEZBfs&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
HP unveils the Eliteboard G1a, a compact desktop PC in the form of a keyboard, powered by an AMD Ryzen AI 300-series chip, set for March launch; pricing is TBC (Antonio G. Di Benedetto/The Verge)
Intel unveils the Arc B390 integrated GPU, offering improved gaming performance, and says it will power gaming handhelds built by MSI, Acer, Microsoft, and more (Madeline Ricchiuto/IGN) https://www.ign.com/articles/exclusive-intel-is-making-its-own-handheld-gaming-pc-chips-at-ces-2026
Singapore-based data center operator DayOne raised a $2B Series C led by Coatue to build hyperscale campuses in Lahti and Kouvola, Finland, and elsewhere (Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/dayone-data-centers-raises-over-2-billion-fund-europe-asia-expansion-2026-01-06/
Even if AI could take over every job, humans will invent new work for themselves, because we value human effort and connection, not just output (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)
Nvidia announces native apps for its GeForce NOW cloud gaming service for select Linux distributions and Amazon Fire TV sticks, available in early 2026 (Tom Warren/The Verge)
AMD teases its next-generation CDNA 6-based MI500 AI chips built on a 2nm node, claiming 1,000x performance gains over predecessors, launching in 2027 (Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/business/amd-unveils-new-chips-ces-event-las-vegas-2026-01-06/
Nvidia unveils DLSS 4.5 with a new 6x Multi Frame Generation for the RTX 50 series, and a second-generation Super Resolution transformer model for all RTX GPUs (Tom Warren/The Verge)
Analysts expect Samsung's Q4 operating profit to jump 160% YoY to ~$11.7B, driven by a severe global shortage of memory chips amid booming AI demand (Hyunjoo Jin/Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/samsung-likely-flag-160-jump-q4-profit-ai-boom-stokes-chip-prices-2026-01-06/