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Microsoft's Data Center Revolt Forces "Community-First" Pledge

Jan 19, 2026

Higgsfield Hits $1.3B Valuation as Video AI Becomes Marketing Infrastructure

The AI video startup raised $80 million to scale its "reasoning engine" that orchestrates multiple models for brand-consistent content, reaching $200 million in annual revenue within nine months.

Jan 19, 2026

Benchmarks & Evaluations

DepthDirector Breaks Video AI's "Inpainting Trap" With 3D Scene Understanding

Tsinghua University researchers demonstrate how explicit depth mapping enables precise camera control in generated videos, moving beyond the fill-in-the-blanks approach that has limited the field.

Jan 19, 2026

Benchmarks & Evaluations

Memory Prices Double as AI Eats the World's RAM

Data centers will consume 70% of global memory production this year, leaving PC builders and enterprise buyers scrambling for increasingly expensive scraps.

Jan 19, 2026

Benchmarks & Evaluations

Apple Picks Google Over OpenAI to Power Siri's Next Chapter

After delays and false starts, Apple is betting on Google's Gemini models—not OpenAI's ChatGPT—to finally deliver the intelligent Siri upgrade it's been promising since 2024.

Jan 16, 2026

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