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A New Mexico jury ordered Meta to pay $375 million for enabling child exploitation, and a California bellwether jury found both Meta and YouTube negligent in designing addictive platforms that harmed a minor.
The 2026 tech IPO window that bankers predicted would be the busiest since 2021 has opened to near-silence, with Discord, Kraken, and Motive all stalled as a government shutdown hangover clogs the SEC pipeline and investors demand profitability over growth.
The five largest US cloud providers have committed up to 690 billion dollars in 2026 capex, nearly doubling 2025 levels, as inference workloads surpass training to consume 60 to 70 percent of AI compute demand.
The House advanced the 12-bill KIDS Act on a party-line vote, the Senate passed COPPA 2.0 unanimously, and the Ninth Circuit revived California's design code, setting up a collision between federal preemption and state enforcement.
The podcast industry is undergoing its most significant structural shift as Netflix locks exclusive video deals, Apple Podcasts adds native video support, AI voices cross the indistinguishable threshold, and the Golden Globes confer mainstream cultural legitimacy.
Basecamp Research launches the Trillion Gene Atlas, a two-year initiative to expand known genetic diversity 100-fold by sequencing over 100 million species with partners Anthropic, Ultima Genomics, PacBio, and NVIDIA.
The 2026 Farm Bill would subsidize 90 percent of precision agriculture adoption costs and let the tech industry set standards, drawing criticism over corporate control of farming.
Both GPU makers are shifting mainstream production to 8 GB models as DRAM prices surge 180 percent, MSI calls 2026 its hardest year since founding, and IDC warns the sub-$500 PC market may vanish by 2028.
AT&T commits $250 billion through 2030 to expand fiber, 5G, and satellite networks, but analysts question how much is new spending versus relabeled costs.
Federal Reserve and Harvard studies reveal AI is simultaneously eliminating entry-level positions and boosting wages for experienced workers, creating a bifurcated labor market as tech layoffs surpass 45,000 in early 2026.
Boston Dynamics and Ghost Robotics report surging demand for quadruped robots at data centers, where Spot and Vision 60 units now patrol perimeters, detect thermal anomalies, and slash security costs as the US races to build more than 800 new facilities.
Tesla showcased its third-generation Optimus humanoid robot at AWE 2026 in Shanghai, as the company prepares to convert its Fremont factory lines for robot production and aims to begin public sales by end of 2027.