UMG announces a partnership with Nvidia "to pioneer responsible AI for music discovery, creation, and engagement", centered on Nvidia's Music Flamingo model (Dan Rys/Billboard)
Universal & NVIDIA Partner on AI Music Discovery, Fan & Creator Tools
The Universal Music Group has inked a new partnership with AI giant NVIDIA β€œto pioneer responsible AI for music discovery, creation and engagemen...
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UMG announces a partnership with Nvidia “to pioneer responsible AI for music discovery, creation, and engagement”, centered on Nvidia
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Marvell says it will acquire networking equipment provider XConn Technologies in a deal worth about $540M; the deal is expected to close in early 2026 (Arsheeya Bajwa/Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/marvell-buy-networking-equipment-firm-xconn-540-million-deal-amid-ai-2026-01-06/
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Marvell says it will acquire networking equipment provider XConn for ~$540M to expand its networking portfolio; the deal is expected to close in early 2026
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Vancouver-based quantum computing startup Photonic raised CA$180M led by Planet First Partners, bringing its total funding to CA$375M (Madison McLauchlan/BetaKit)
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Photonic ready to commercialize quantum with $180M raise | BetaKit
RBC and Telus back the quantum computing company as it looks to develop enterprise-ready technology.
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Vancouver-based quantum computing startup Photonic raised CA$180M led by Planet First Partners, bringing its total funding to CA$375M
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Meta unveils teleprompter and EMG handwriting features for Meta Ray-Ban Display and expands Pedestrian Navigation for the glasses to four new US cities (Stevie Bonifield/The Verge)
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Meta is adding a teleprompter and virtual writing to its Ray-Ban Display glasses
Literal hand writing support
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Meta unveils teleprompter and EMG handwriting features for Meta Ray-Ban Display and expands Pedestrian Navigation for the glasses to four new US cities
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LMArena, which runs a leaderboard ranking AI models based on their performance, raised $150M at a $1.7B post-money valuation, taking its total funding to $250M+ (The Information) https://www.theinformation.com/articles/ai-evaluation-startup-lmarena-valued-1-7-billion-new-funding-round
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LMArena, which runs leaderboards that rank AI models based on their performance, raised a $150M Series A led by Felicis and UC Investments at a $1.7B valuation
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Razer plans to invest $600M in AI over "the next couple of years", as the gaming peripherals maker unveils new AI products like headphones with built-in cameras (Dana Wollman/Bloomberg)
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Razer Plans $600 Million Push to Capture 'Untapped' AI Gaming Demand
The company’s new AI offerings span hardware and software, and are aimed at a mix of consumers and coders.
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Razer plans to invest $600M+ in AI over “the next couple of years”, as the gaming peripherals maker unveils AI products like headphones with built-in cameras
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Ring revamps its home sensors, including door, window, and break glass sensors built on the Amazon Sidewalk protocol, and expands the protocol internationally (Daniel Cooper/Engadget)
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Ring relaunches its suite of smart home sensors
Ring's at CES with updated sensors, more AI, and Fire Watch integration.
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Ring revamps its home sensors, including door, window, and break glass sensors, using the Amazon Sidewalk protocol, and expands the protocol outside of the US
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American Airlines partners with AT&T to add free, high-speed satellite-based Wi-Fi across its entire fleet, with a target spring 2026 completion date (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)
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American Airlines is adding free AT&T Wi-Fi to all its planes
How fast is β€œhigh speed”?
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American Airlines partners with AT&T to add free, high-speed satellite-based Wi-Fi across its entire fleet, with a target spring 2026 completion date
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Accenture agrees to acquire UK AI startup Faculty, which works with the UK government, for an undisclosed sum; Faculty CEO Marc Warner will become Accenture CTO (Mark Bergen/Bloomberg) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-06/accenture-plans-to-buy-uk-palantir-rival-faculty-in-consultancy-s-ai-push
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Accenture acquires UK-based AI startup Faculty, which works with the UK government, for an undisclosed sum; Faculty CEO Marc Warner will become Accenture
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Meta and Garmin show an early demo of using Meta's wrist-based neural band inside of a car to control an infotainment system, as part of Garmin's Unified Cabin (Karissa Bell/Engadget)
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Meta's EMG wristband is moving beyond its AR glasses
At CES 2026, Meta is offering its first look at how its neural band could be used to control devices outside of its smart glasses lineup.
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Meta and Garmin demo using the Meta Ray-Ban Display
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