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A wave of cash engulfs the US Capitol building
The AI industry is pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into super PACs ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
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journalist timothy werth wearing even realities g2 smart glasses at CES 2026

I've already covered a lot of trends emerging from CES 2026, but one of the most notable has been smart glasses, in all their various forms.

Mashable : Style, Technology
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Looking to fuel up your Netflix queue with some high-octane action?

Whether you're a fan of wild Westerns, cunning detectives, high-swinging superheroes, ravenous zombies, rowdy thieves, or hard-hitting heroines, Netflix has a movie pitch-perfect for every kind of adrenaline seeker.

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A newly produced Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter at a hangar in Fort Worth, Texas
A newly produced Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter at a hangar in Fort Worth, Texas
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A large sign displaying the Meta logo
Meta is acquiring Singapore-based Manus, which has roots in China.
Engadget : Business, Style, Technology

Over 4,000 exhibitors flocked to Las Vegas, Nevada this week to showcase their wares at CES 2026. The Engadget team, as usual, was out in full force covering the show. The week began with press conferences from huge companies at the show, mostly filled with AI buzzwords, vague promises and quite little in the way of hard news.

Mashable : Technology
App logo of Character.AI displayed on a phone.

Character.AI and Google have settled several lawsuits filed against both companies by parents of children who died by suicide following lengthy conversations with chatbots on the Character.AI platform. Their exchanges allegedly included concerning discussions of the teens' mental health and well-being.

Engadget : Technology

Amazon is making a return, of sorts, to physical retail via plans to build a big-box retail store in the Chicago suburbs,

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Xreal 1S glasses, TCL X11L TV, and DuRoBo Krono e-reader arranged on gray, blue, and purple backdrop

There's a second acronym constantly looming above the floor of any CES: TBD. That's the most info we have about a good chunk of products announced at CES 2026 so far.