Japan is proposing its first major overhaul to foreign investment rules since 2019, granting new powers to order retroactive divestments. The move targets high-risk investors, particularly from China, but experts don’t expect it to cool the inbound M&A boom, which hit $33 billion last year.
European quantum startups are getting serious funding, but they’re up against US tech giants with 15-year head starts. Public funds like the EIC are trying to de-risk investment, but is it enough to build global champions?
Avowed, one of 2025’s top RPGs, is ending its Xbox exclusivity. It launches on PlayStation 5 on February 17 alongside a major anniversary update for all platforms. The update includes dwarves, a new weapon type, and a challenging New Game+ mode.
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.
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.
Tech giants and NGOs are deploying AI to forecast where deforestation will happen next, shifting from monitoring to prediction. The goal is to stop illegal logging before it starts, but success hinges on human action and faces significant ethical and practical hurdles.
Google is embedding its Gemini AI deeper into Gmail, adding features like automatic email thread summaries and suggested replies. The updates, which will roll out in phases and have some features on by default, target Gmail’s massive user base of over 3 billion.
A new set of Linux kernel patches enables Intel discrete GPU firmware to be updated from non-x86 systems, like those using ARM or RISC-V processors. This is a significant step for mixed-architecture servers and workstations. Separately, audio quirks are being prepped for upcoming Dell laptops with I
The latest Windows Weekly episode reveals Microsoft is quietly refactoring core code with Rust and already shipped a stealth security update. Meanwhile, an AI-fueled memory shortage threatens the whole PC and smartphone market for 2026.
