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Garmin launches AI-powered food tracking feature at CES 2026, exclusive to Connect+ subscribers

Garmin unveiled a food tracking feature at CES 2026 in Las Vegas, bringing AI-powered image recognition and calorie monitoring to its Connect+ subscription service. Users can now log food intake directly through the app or compatible smartwatches for $6.99 per month, integrating nutrition data with existing fitness metrics to create personalized wellness insights.

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Acer unveils Swift and Aspire AI laptops with Intel's Panther Lake chips at CES 2026

Acer showcased its 2026 Swift and Aspire laptop lineups at CES, featuring Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors and Copilot+ PC capabilities. The Swift 16 AI leads with a massive haptic touchpad and OLED display, while the ultra-light Swift Edge models weigh under 2.20 pounds with military-grade durability. All models promise enhanced AI capabilities for productivity and creative work.

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Nvidia unveils reasoning AI for autonomous driving, challenges Tesla with open-source approach

Nvidia launched Alpamayo, a family of open-source AI models designed to solve the rare edge cases that plague self-driving cars. The technology debuts in the Mercedes-Benz CLA in Q1 2026, with a Level 2+ driver-assist system that CEO Jensen Huang calls the 'ChatGPT moment for physical AI.' The chipmaker also plans to test a robotaxi service with a partner by 2027, marking its aggressive push into autonomous vehicles despite automotive revenue representing just 1.2 percent of its total business.

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Nvidia unveils Rubin platform and physical AI models, targeting autonomous driving at CES 2026

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang opened CES 2026 with the Rubin platform—a six-chip AI system now in full production—alongside Alpamayo, an open reasoning model for autonomous vehicles. The company also showcased the Mercedes-Benz CLA running AI-defined driving and announced plans to test a robotaxi service by 2027, positioning itself as the backbone of physical AI across robotics, healthcare, and climate science.

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HyperX Neurable gaming headset reads brainwaves to boost accuracy and prevent tilt

HyperX and Neurable unveiled a concept gaming headset at CES 2026 that uses brain-sensing technology to track focus levels and cognitive load. The prototype features integrated EEG sensors that read brainwaves during gameplay, helping gamers improve reaction times by 40 milliseconds and boost accuracy by up to 3% while preventing performance crashes.

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Nvidia launches Vera Rubin AI computing platform with 5x faster inference and 10x cost reduction

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang unveiled the Vera Rubin architecture at CES, announcing it's already in full production. The next-generation AI superchip platform promises to deliver five times faster inference performance than Blackwell while cutting costs per token by up to 10x. Major cloud providers including Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, and Google Cloud will begin deploying Rubin systems in the second half of 2026.

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Nvidia releases physical AI stack to become the Android of generalist robotics

Nvidia unveiled a comprehensive robotics ecosystem at CES, including open-source AI models like Cosmos and Isaac GR00T for humanoid robots, the Isaac Lab-Arena simulation framework, and Blackwell-powered Jetson T4000 hardware. The company aims to become the default platform for generalist robotics, with partners like Boston Dynamics and Caterpillar already deploying the technology across industrial and consumer applications.

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Nvidia launches Alpamayo AI models to bring human-like reasoning to autonomous vehicles

Nvidia unveiled Alpamayo at CES 2026, a family of open-source AI models designed to help autonomous vehicles reason through complex driving scenarios like humans. The platform includes a 10-billion-parameter vision language action model, simulation tools, and over 1,700 hours of driving data to train self-driving systems for rare edge cases.

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Nvidia unveils Vera Rubin AI chips with 5x performance boost as competition intensifies

Jensen Huang announced Nvidia's next-generation Vera Rubin platform is in full production, delivering five times the AI computing power of its Blackwell predecessor. The chipmaker faces mounting pressure from rivals like Advanced Micro Devices and customers including Google developing their own AI accelerators, while navigating strong H200 demand from China.

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Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live on stage at hacker conference in Hamburg

A hacktivist known as Martha Root, dressed as Pink Ranger, remotely wiped three white supremacist websites during a live demonstration at the Chaos Communication Congress in Hamburg. The hacker used AI chatbots to infiltrate WhiteDate, WhiteChild, and WhiteDeal, exposing over 6,500 users and their data. The sites remain offline as the incident sparks debate over digital activism and cybersecurity.

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Mercedes-Benz brings autonomous driving to city streets with new AI-powered system

Mercedes-Benz is launching MB.DRIVE ASSIST PRO in the US, bringing autonomous driving capabilities to city streets for the first time in a production vehicle outside of Tesla. The advanced driver-assistance system navigates urban environments, handles intersections, obeys traffic lights, and manages parking—all while requiring driver supervision. Priced at $3,950 for three years, it debuts on the new CLA and directly competes with Tesla Full Self-Driving.

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FuriosaAI launches RNGD chip in mass production to challenge Nvidia's AI inference dominance

South Korean startup FuriosaAI has begun mass production of its RNGD neural processing chip, designed specifically for AI inference workloads. Founded by former Samsung engineer June Paik, the company claims its chip delivers up to 2.25 times better inference performance than competing GPUs while consuming less power. Valued at over $700 million after rejecting an $800 million acquisition offer from Meta, FuriosaAI aims to break Nvidia's market dominance.

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Hyundai to deploy Boston Dynamics Atlas humanoid robots in car factories by 2028

Hyundai unveiled a production-ready version of Boston Dynamics Atlas at CES, marking a shift from research platform to commercial humanoid robot. The automaker plans to produce 30,000 units annually starting in 2028, deploying them at its Georgia plant for tasks like parts sequencing. By 2030, Atlas will handle complex assembly operations, competing directly with Tesla's Optimus in the race to automate manufacturing.

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Boston Dynamics teams with Google DeepMind to bring Gemini AI to Atlas humanoid robot

Boston Dynamics announced a strategic partnership with Google DeepMind at CES 2026 to integrate Gemini Robotics AI foundation models into its next-generation Atlas humanoid robot. The collaboration aims to develop advanced robot capabilities for industrial tasks, with testing planned at Hyundai auto factories in the coming months.

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XGIMI unveils MemoMind AI glasses at CES 2026 with hybrid-LLM technology and modular design

Projector maker XGIMI introduced its first AI-powered wearables brand, MemoMind, at CES 2026. The lineup features the Memo One with dual-eye displays and the ultra-light Memo Air Display at just 28.9 grams. Both models use hybrid-LLM AI that switches between OpenAI, Azure, and Qwen for tasks like translation and note-taking, with prices starting at $599.

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