E-ink desk calendar with AI insights and a customizable companion avatar hits $249, ships mid-2026

AUO's 800Hz monitor, Microsoft-NVIDIA update woes, Xbox exec shakeup, and new games define tech's turbulent week.

DHS seeks Canadian data under 1930s law, New Mexico sues Meta over teen notifications, and AI firms grant US early model access.

Murena's /e/OS tablet offers a privacy-focused alternative to iPadOS and Android, but its high price raises questions about accessibility.

India's first GenAI unicorn shifts to cloud services amid economic challenges.

Seattle-based CopilotKit secures $27M in Series A funding to help developers deploy app-native AI agents.

Meta uses AI to analyze facial features to identify underage users in select countries.

Thousands of Daemon Tools users infected with backdoor; Instructure suffers data breach.

Etsy and Meta integrate AI assistants into shopping and smart glasses, while Amazon enhances code development tools.

PayPal cuts jobs, modernizes tech stack with AI-led turnaround

Async Rust remains a minimal design with unresolved tradeoffs. Training LLMs from scratch gains traction. A container security flaw emerges.

Google integrates Gemini Nano into Chrome 126 without explicit user consent, raising privacy concerns.