If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Joaquin Phoenix is entering the world of wearable AI. The Oscar-winning actor stars in a new campaign film for Gentle Monster’s upcoming intelligent eyewear collection, directed by “The Zone of Interest” filmmaker Jonathan Glazer….
Amazon is jumping on the currently most popular bandwagon for interacting with AI agents: texting. The company on Friday said it is launching a feature that lets customers chat with its Alexa AI agent over text messages to help them shop, much like you can with AI agents like Muse or Instinct. The move comes…
The 2026 midterm elections have profoundly altered the national regulatory environment, most notably with Democrats securing control of both chambers of the U.S. Congress and notching big victories in traditionally business-friendly states like Texas and South Carolina. Over the past two decades, Southern states like Florida and Texas have attracted massive corporate migration from blue…
Microsoft is shrinking its roster of neocloud partners as it focuses on work with a few key suppliers and builds out its own data centers, according to people familiar with the matter. The software giant’s plans pose another potential challenge for a corner of the artificial intelligence market that’s showing signs of strain due to…
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said Friday he expects data center growth to continue as projected, despite the blue-wave election that saw voters overwhelmingly favor limiting the tech infrastructure buildout. Hassett, on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street,” acknowledged the dozens of measures on states’ midterm ballots seeking to constrain data centers, a crucial part…
European stock markets have fallen sharply as a rout in US tech stocks spread across the Atlantic, after the Democrats’ midterms victory sparked fears of a slowdown in the AI industry. A sell-off on Wall Street on Thursday was followed by sharp falls in Asian stocks markets on Friday. The investor sentiment then reached London,…
ING is reportedly seeking buyers for a portfolio of 12 data center loans worth around $500 million, joining a broader push by banks to distribute credit risk tied to the artificial intelligence infrastructure build-out. The auction is said to include a $25 million piece linked to the Stargate project in New Mexico, which involves OpenAI,…
Elon Musk has announced that Tesla will wind down production of its Cybertruck, marking the end of a failed effort to take a chunk of the lucrative market for pickups in the US. The billionaire chief executive said production of the car would stop in about the middle of next year at the company’s factory…
This article first appeared on GuruFocus. The Nasdaq Composite fell 5.5% on Thursday, entering correction territory as concerns about potential restrictions on artificial intelligence infrastructure and post-election policy changes triggered a broad technology selloff. The decline erased about $2.5 trillion in market value, with investors reassessing the outlook for data center development after Democrats made…
The Trump administration has likened the need to build out the nation’s artificial intelligence infrastructure to the Manhattan Project, the World War II effort that produced the world’s first atomic bomb. The White House’s point person on the effort, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, has spoken of the “AI arms race” with China as an existential…