Daily AI & Tech News for Normies

January 14, 2026

Consumer watchdog warns Google's new shopping AI will rip you off, Google fires back saying nah
New York governor says robotaxis can drive everywhere in the state except the one place people actually live
Apple bundles creator apps monthly
Doctors want AI help, just not chatty AI
Ring's founder thinks doorbells should become AI assistants
AI company BUYS startup
EPA decides clean air's health benefits are too uncertain to count in cost calculations anymore
Signal's founder just dropped an AI assistant that actually keeps your data private
Honda debuts fancy new logo for its electric cars
Google's Veo update lets you make VERTICAL videos from photos
Jeep's new EV has terrible pedal mapping
Microsoft promises AI data centers won't spike electricity
Samsung's smart fridge is basically SPYING on you now
Meta shuts down three VR studios because the metaverse isn't working
Instagram founder switches roles at Anthropic
Google quietly brings back JPEG XL after dramatically dumping it like a bad ex
Engadget picks the streaming devices worth buying when your smart TV sucks
Chinese phones pack insane specs but importing them to the US is basically playing tech roulette
Tesla gives someone who isn't Elon a $200M bonus
Insta360's new webcam uses AI to follow you around like a creepy robot
Hackers just dropped some seriously sophisticated Linux malware nobody's seen before
China's WINNING Space Race
OpenAI plans another Super Bowl ad because apparently we need more AI commercials during football
MSI finally drops its Ryzen AI Max+ mini PC into a crowded field of 30+ competitors
Robot company 1X drops world model so their bots can finally learn stuff
Ring genius
Apple made an ad about the iPhone 17's scratch-proof screen
Moon hotel takes DEPOSITS
Arm quietly splits into AI divisions as robots become the new priority
Los Angeles spent a year learning fire safety lessons they'll probably ignore next time
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