Microsoft's Windows and Surface event on October 7 will push local AI, RTX Spark silicon and the Surface Laptop Ultra. Here is what to expect.
The OpenAI $1.2 trillion valuation under discussion would keep it private past 2026, funding training costs as annualized revenue passes $40 billion.
Amazon's Alexa+ India launch gives every eligible customer free Early Access from September 16, 2026, with Hindi and Hinglish support; Prime users stay free.
Emerald AI, Google and Nvidia launch the AI Energy Management Alliance with 18 members to make AI data centers paid, flexible grid resources.
Anthropic compute commitments reached $517 billion across 14.8 GW in 11 months, nearly tripling earlier estimates and concentrating risk on Nvidia.
Google's September 16 agentic commerce update arms merchants for the 2026 holidays with agentic checkout, AI Mode discounts and the UCP standard.
AWS adds an Amazon Bedrock AgentCore consent portal that captures end-user OAuth approval for AI agents and logs every action in CloudTrail.
Deloitte puts the AI agent pilot failure rate at 89%, while Teradata finds just 14% of enterprises have scaled an agent beyond pilot.
Meta One subscription bundles Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook from $2.99 a month, charging for AI image and Muse video generation while core apps stay free.
Oracle layoffs expand by $700M to a $2.8B restructuring bill as the company guides $90-95B FY2027 capex and RBC warns a training slowdown could hit OCI growth.
The draft EU Kids Act sets 15 as the unsupervised-account age and folds AI chatbots and companion apps into child-safety rules with age-verification duties.
Diablo IV Switch 2 arrives with the base game and both expansions for $69.99, but retail boxes hold only a code and Battle.net login is required.
Shield AI valuation could top $20 billion in new funding talks, six months after a $12.7 billion round, repricing autonomy software in defense AI.
Valve opens Steam Frame VR headset reservations at $1,059 through September 17, with a randomized lottery and purchase invitations from September 18.
Foundation Future Industries won a $24 million Pentagon battle robot contract and is testing a combat humanoid with US forces after fielding only about 10 units.
