Daily AI & Tech News for Normies

January 13, 2026

Amazon's new smart gadget actually works
OpenAI drops 100 million dollars on this tiny health records company to power their new ChatGPT doctor thing
Claude can now mess with files on your computer directly
App makers earned $550B from Apple
French defense company building war robots just got 200 million dollars from airplane maker Dassault
Chevy Bolt RETURNS with better batteries and range!
New York governor wants to finally let robot cars drive around in smaller cities
Kia's new electric car looks awesome and affordable but of course there's something they're not telling us
This wild-looking electric car mixes Hyundai tech with German engineering
NASA BOOSTS Webb telescope
Wind farm companies are fighting back against Trump's plan to stop offshore projects
Facebook's parent company brings on Trump's former security advisor as their new top executive
These robot cleaners actually work now and don't give up halfway through your house like before
Over 100 tech companies just hit the billion-dollar club this year alone
Guy who made those Pebble smartwatches says his new company isn't chasing venture capital money
Hackers broke into Betterment investment app, stole customer info, then sent them FAKE crypto scam messages
Laser car company selling for millions
Company taking reservations for moon hotel stays at a quarter million per room
Verizon can now keep your phone LOCKED forever since the government dropped that unlock rule
Judge says Trump broke the law cutting energy funds from Democrat states
Scientists figured out Pompeii switched to cleaner water sources which made their public baths way more sanitary
Court might defang FCC
Google ignores own rules
GameStop shutting down hundreds of stores, and yeah that's probably not good
Skip junk food
These new computer screens are getting MASSIVE with picture quality that'll blow your mind
UK court says no to fired Rockstar workers asking for paychecks while waiting for their hearing
Framework computer company bumps up their desktop prices again because there still aren't enough memory chips around
Meta cutting hundreds of jobs from their virtual reality team
UK fast-tracks law making fake nude photos a crime after Grok mess