Laramie County, Wyoming, has approved Project Jade, a sprawling AI data center campus, and the 2.7-gigawatt natural gas power plants to run it. The total investment could exceed $50 billion, with construction starting soon and the first buildings potentially online by mid-2027. The project is framed
Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page have moved a long-held LLC out of California, a preemptive strike against a proposed one-time 5% tax on residents with over $1 billion in assets. The move, which had to be completed by December 31, 2025, to avoid the retroactive tax, highlights the high-
Bose is walking back its plan to completely disable its SoundTouch wireless speakers. While they won’t be fully bricked, most cloud-based features will still vanish in May 2026, turning them into more basic streaming devices.
Security researchers found a scary new way to steal your data through ChatGPT. The “ZombieAgent” attack tricked the AI into leaking info from connected services like Gmail, one character at a time.
Volkswagen is locking in Qualcomm as the primary tech provider for its new software platform, developed with Rivian. The first cars using the system, starting with the electric ID.Every1, are slated for 2027.
Microsoft is launching Windows 11 version 26H1 this spring, but it’s only for new PCs with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 chips. This isn’t a feature update for everyone else, just a specialized platform release to support new hardware.
The massive TAM-1 subsea cable system has made landfall in Panama. This critical piece of infrastructure is designed to link Florida with Central America and the Caribbean, with AT&T as its anchor tenant.
Nvidia is sitting on Chinese orders for over 2 million H200 AI chips but is refusing to ship them without full, upfront payment. This drastic move highlights the intense regulatory pressure and high-stakes financial risk in the US-China tech trade. The deal hinges on Beijing’s final approval.
Supply chain software firm Kinaxis has named Razat Gaurav as its new CEO. He takes over from interim CEO Bob Courteau on January 12, 2026, and will also join the company’s board. Gaurav is a longtime supply chain tech executive with a background at Blue Yonder, i2, LLamasoft, and most recently Planv
A new report from Kyndryl finds that while more companies are considering AI’s environmental footprint, few are fully using it to cut emissions. The chief sustainability officer argues 2026 must be a year of tangible delivery, not just greenwashing claims.
