AI & RoboticsNews

OpenAI’s Sora app is struggling after its stellar launch

January 30, 2026
After rapidly hitting the top of the App Store in October, OpenAI’s video-generation app Sora is now struggling. New data suggests the app is seeing declines in both app downloads and consumer spending, as the early hype about the AI video social network wears off. Powered by OpenAI’s video generation model Sora 2, the iOS version topped 100,000 installs on day one, despite being an…
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AI & RoboticsNews

India is teaching Google how AI in education can scale

January 30, 2026
As AI races into classrooms worldwide, Google is finding that the toughest lessons on how the tech can actually scale are emerging not from Silicon Valley, but from India’s schools. India has become a proving ground for Google’s education AI amid intensifying…
Cleantech & EV'sNews

EIA: 99%+ of new US capacity in 2026 will be solar, wind + storage

January 30, 2026
Solar, wind, and batteries are set to supply virtually all net new US generating capacity in 2026, according to EIA data reviewed by the SUN DAY Campaign, continuing their strong 2025 growth. Solar set new records in November EIA’s latest monthly “Electric Power Monthly” report (with data through November 30, 2025), once again confirms that solar is the fastest-growing among the major…
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DefenseNews

The US Army wants 11 business jets for ISR missions

January 30, 2026
After a half-century of flying turboprop ISR aircraft, the U.S. Army is turning to business jets. The service plans to buy up to 11 customized Bombardier Global 6500 aircraft for its High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System, or HADES, program, according to the Army’s recent Request for Information. Contractors must be able to provide up to four planes per year, based on a contract award…
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DefenseNews

Germany proposes ‘two-speed’ EU to hasten defense buildup

January 30, 2026
PRAGUE — Germany is spearheading an initiative to create a “two-speed” European Union, proposing that a core group of six major economies bypass the bloc’s traditional consensus-based decision-making to accelerate defense cooperation and industrial competitiveness…
ComputersNews

Alliwava GH8 review: Ryzen 9 muscle in a shockingly small PC

January 30, 2026
The Alliwava GH8 aims to provide powerful notebook hardware in a compact mini PC case. It uses the latest high-end AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS processor from AMD’s Hawk Point series, which is specially designed for performance-oriented, space-saving systems. Does the Alliwava GH8 prove itself in our test, compared to similar devices? The Alliwava GH8 dispenses with large plastic elements and instead…
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