The biggest — and weirdest —tech coming out of the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show, from robots to AI pets

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A split image of a robot and an AI pet

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The AI race is causing a memory chip shortage — and that's bad news for the smartphone and PC industries

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A RAM (random access memory) chip, commonly used in PCs.
A RAM (random access memory) chip, commonly used in PCs.

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The circular chart OpenAI says explains its ever-growing need for more compute

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A chart outlining OpenAI's aggressive strategy to secure more compute.

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Nvidia staffer called Microsoft's cooling system for Blackwell GPUs 'wasteful,' internal email shows

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Jensen Huang
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.

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The startup taking direct aim at Nvidia's AI iron grip

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Modular cofounder and CEO Chris Lattner
Modular cofounder and CEO Chris Lattner

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Is Google The New Leader of the AI Race?

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SoftBank just sold the world's hottest AI stock — so it can buy more AI

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son in Tokyo, 2025
Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son has agreed to put $30 billion into Sam Altman's OpenAI.

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Startups find Amazon's AI chips 'less competitive' than Nvidia GPUs, internal document shows

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AWS CEO Matt Garman
AWS CEO Matt Garman

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Big Tech's 'golden handcuffs' have become 'silicon handcuffs'

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An AI-generated image of silicon handcuffs.

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Taiwan's chip capital bucks the fertility slump — for those who can afford it

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Residential buildings in the Guanxin district of Hsinchu, Taiwan
In Taiwan's chip capital, the real boom is babies.

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