Thursday, January 15, 2026

Apple lost the AI race — now the real challenge starts
Siri, are you there? It’s me, Gemini. For an AI loser, Apple did an awful lot of winning last year. The mess tha...

AI’s New Math: More Power, Less Compute
The historical link between capability and operating expense in artificial intelligence (AI) is beginning to fracture. Previously, as AI models get smarter, the cost to run them scaled at a near-prohi...

State Street Deploys Infrastructure Platform for Tokenized Assets
Financial services and banking firm State Street has introduced an infrastructure platform for tokenized assets. The company says the platform, announced Thursday (Jan. 15), is designed to ...

BlackRock Says AI Partnership Raises $12.5 Billion Toward $30 Billion Goal
BlackRock has raised $12.5 billion in its artificial intelligence partnership with Microsoft, Bloomberg reported Thursday (Jan. 15), citing commentary from the company’s fourth-quarter 2025 earnings...

Swift Completes Tokenized Asset Trial With BNP Paribas
Swift said it has concluded a digital assets interoperability trial with a trio of banks. The global messaging platform said this effort—conducted in collaboration with BNP Paribas Securi...

OpenAI Prepares to Add Data Centers, Robotics and Consumer Devices
OpenAI is reportedly lining up suppliers to support a major product expansion over the next few years. The artificial intelligence (AI) startup has put out a request for proposals from comp...

Senate Crypto Regulation Markup Fizzles Over Stablecoin Yield Debate
Getting crypto markets legislation passed in the U.S. is becoming as volatile as crypto markets themselves. Thursday (Jan. 15) was supposed to be a big day for the digital asset sector. The...

Kroger Teams With Uber as Food Prices Pressure Consumers
Uber and its associated apps have launched a partnership with grocery chain Kroger. The collaboration adds nearly 2,700 Kroger-owned stores to Uber, Uber Eats and Postmates, letting cu...

Goldman Sachs Leans Into Post-Apple Card Strategy
The latest earnings from Goldman Sachs, released Thursday (Jan. 15), highlight a firm increasingly defined by digital engagement, artificial intelligence and automation, even as management signaled a ...

Alibaba Adds Agentic and Payments Capabilities to Consumer AI App
Alibaba has added agentic and payments capabilities to its consumer-facing artificial intelligence (AI) app Qwen App. With new features that are now available for public testing in China, Q...

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