CES 2026 Day 1: AI Chips, Robotaxis, and Musical Lollipops
The first day of CES 2026 was dominated by AI hardware wars and quirky robots. While chip giants made major announcements, a musical lollipop and waddling robots stole the show’s heart.
Month: January 2026
Hyundai’s Boston Dynamics Shows Off Atlas Robot at CES
Hyundai’s Boston Dynamics publicly demonstrated its humanoid robot Atlas for the first time at CES. The company plans to have a product version assembling cars at a Georgia plant by 2028, aided by a renewed AI partnership with Google’s DeepMind.
Timekettle’s AI translation just got a major, sci-fi worthy upgrade
Timekettle is pushing real-time translation tech closer to sci-fi fantasy with a major CES 2026 reveal. Its new AI system dynamically picks the best language model for each conversation, while upgraded hardware captures speech more cleanly. The result is faster, more accurate translations across 43
AI’s Big Promise: More Work, Not Less
A new report warns that AI adoption might backfire, increasing workloads instead of reducing them. As AI handles routine tasks, humans are left managing the AI, leading to new mental health pressures and potential burnout.
OneStream Goes Private as Hg Capital Nears Takeover Deal
Private equity giant Hg Capital is nearing a deal to acquire OneStream, a financial planning software company. The move comes after a 35% stock drop over the past year made the firm a takeover target.
AMD’s CES 2026 Play: Small AI Bumps, A New X3D Chip, And ROCm Hype
AMD’s CES 2026 announcements were more about refinement than revolution. The Ryzen AI 400 series laptops get minor clock bumps, a new Ryzen 7 9850X3D arrives, and the company is pushing hard on ROCm software improvements for local AI.
AMD Takes Aim at Nvidia With New AI Chips for Corporate Data Centers
AMD is launching a new AI chip, the MI440X, designed for compact corporate data centers. CEO Lisa Su also previewed the MI500 series for 2027, promising up to 1,000x the performance of its 2023 models. The push highlights AMD’s aggressive strategy to capture more of the lucrative AI hardware market.
Nvidia’s Rubin AI Chip Reveal Shows the Race Is Accelerating
Nvidia just pulled the curtain back on its next-gen Vera Rubin AI platform months ahead of schedule. The announcement at CES 2026 signals a major acceleration in the AI hardware race, with Nvidia claiming massive performance leaps.
AMD’s new chips could make gaming laptops way cheaper
AMD is expanding its Ryzen AI Max+ lineup with two new chips that lower the CPU specs but keep the powerful 40-core GPU. This move aims to bring high-end gaming and AI performance to more affordable laptops, potentially reshaping the mid-range market in 2026.
Intel’s New iGPU is Shockingly Fast, But Can They Deliver?
Intel just launched its Panther Lake CPUs with a new flagship iGPU, the Xe3-based Arc B390. The performance claims are staggering, putting it ahead of AMD’s best and even Nvidia’s RTX 4050 laptop GPU. But history tells us to be skeptical of Intel’s graphics promises.