Google has announced Personal Intelligence in Gemini, answering a top request by users where one can now personalize Gemini by connecting Google apps with a single tap. The feature essentially connects information from apps like Gmail and Google Photos securely to make “Gemini uniquely helpful.”
According to Google, Personal Intelligence in Gemini has two core strengths…
Wikimedia Foundation announces new AI partnerships with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Perplexity, and others
January 16, 2026
As part of its 25th birthday celebration, the Wikimedia Foundation announced a series of new partnerships with AI tech companies that are now customers of its commercial product, Wikimedia Enterprise. Developed by the foundation, Wikimedia Enterprise allows large-scale reuse…
US senators demand answers from X, Meta, Alphabet, and others on sexualized deepfakes
January 16, 2026
The tech world’s nonconsensual, sexualized deepfake problem is now bigger than just X.
In a letter to the leaders of X, Meta, Alphabet, Snap, Reddit, and TikTok, several U.S. senators are asking the companies to provide proof that they have “robust protections…
Parloa triples its valuation in 8 months to $3B with $350M raise
January 16, 2026
Berlin-based Parloa has raised $350 million in Series D funding from existing investors, valuing the six-year-old customer service AI startup at $3 billion. The round comes just eight months after the company raised $120 million at a $1 billion valuation.
The new round was led by General Catalyst, with participation from returning backers, including EQT Ventures, Altimeter Capital, Durable…
Winner of world’s biggest sports photography competition crowned for mind-blowing timing and composition
January 16, 2026
A single split second, a perfectly placed shadow, a tennis ball frozen at the exact moment of impact – all captured within one of the most demanding genres in photography, where fractions of a second can make or break the shot.
That extraordinary convergence has just been…
Us photographers can be a funny bunch, with different views and opinions on what’s the right and wrong way to take a photo and different approaches depending on what genres and styles you wish to practice.
Taking a stealthy shot of a wild animal while trying to be as…
Less than a week after the EV2 made its global debut, we are already getting our first look at Kia’s smallest electric SUV in action.
Here’s our first look at the Kia EV2 driving
Kia unveiled the EV2 at the Brussels Motor Show on Friday, its new entry-level EV slated to sit below the popular EV3.
The small electric SUV establishes “a new entry point to electric mobility,” Kia said during…
Ananda is taking a notably different approach to e-bike motors with the launch of its new M7000 Series, unveiled this week. Instead of pitching a single standout motor, Ananda is introducing what it calls a scalable mid-drive platform, one designed to underpin entire e-bike…
Electric bikes and scooters are usually framed as a cleaner, quieter solution to urban mobility. But in parts of Australia, police are now taking a far harsher stance on certain e-rideables – including seizing them and sending them straight to the crusher.
In Western…
Saildrone, Lockheed to place missile launchers on naval drones
January 16, 2026
MILAN— Saildrone will equip its unmanned surface vessels with strike missiles made by Lockheed Martin, the drone company announced this week.
The collaboration comes in response to a call by global navies for more armed naval drones, according to Saildrone.
The 20-meter Saildrone Surveyor vessel will boast the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) launcher manufactured by the U.S. defense…
