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Condé Nast licenses its content for use across Microsoft Copilot experiences and hires Vasanth Williams as its new chief product and technology officer (Mark Stenberg/Adweek)
https://www.adweek.com/media/conde-nast-vasan…

Condé Nast Names New Chief Product and Technology Officer, Joins Microsoft AI Licensing Pilot
Longtime technology executive Vasanth Williams joins the company from Major League Baseball

(IEEE Spectrum) 11 Amazing engineering events in 2026: Brain chip helps blind people see https://spectrum.ieee.org/new-technology-2026 on Elon Musk and Neuralink Blindsight: "some experts worry he is overpromising on the quality of the brain-computer interface";

New Technology in 2026: Brain Chips and Space Missions
11 new technologies coming in 2026 may bring life-changing impacts to users. How might they change your life?

The NYT sues Perplexity, claiming the AI startup violated its copyrights and failed to stop using its content despite repeated demands over the past 18 months (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/technology/new-york-times-perplexity-ai-l…

New York Times Sues A.I. Start-Up Perplexity Over Use of Copyrighted Work
Filed in federal court on Friday, the suit joins more than 40 other court disputes between copyright holders and A.I. companies.

Yoshua Bengio, Turing Award winner: ‘There is empirical evidence of AI acting against our instructions’
https://english.elpais.com/technology/2026-02-03/yoshua-bengio-turing-award-winner-…

Yoshua Bengio, Turing Award winner: ‘There is empirical evidence of AI acting against our instructions’
The scientist, a pioneer in neural networks, warns that ‘the capabilities of artificial intelligence continue to advance at a rate which seems faster than risk management practices’

Lyte: Frühere Apple Face ID-Ingenieure lancieren ihr Robotik-Start-up
Die LyteVision-Technologie des Unternehmens soll als visuelles Gehirn von Robotern dienen. Erfahrungen bei Apple und PrimeSense bilden die Grundlage.

In today's 'no shit' news, best not to trust Google AI Overviews or any kind of 'AI' thing for any kind of real, reliable health advice
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/02/google-ai-overviews-ri…

NBCUniversal's Peacock plans to roll out Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos on live sports in 2026, saying it's the first streamer to use Dolby's full tech suite (Dade Hayes/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/01/peacock-dolby-picture-sound…

Peacock To Integrate Dolby Picture And Sound Technology, Calling It A Streaming First
NBCUniversal's Peacock is integrating Dolby's full set of picture and sound technology, calling the move a streaming first.

Sources: Meta does not plan to abandon building the metaverse, and expects to shift the savings from the layoffs into investments in its AR glasses (Mike Isaac/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/technology/meta-cuts-metaverse-unit.html

Meta Weighs Cuts to Its Metaverse Unit
Meta plans to direct its investments to focus on wearables like its augmented reality glasses but does not plan to abandon building the metaverse.

Nach dem Aus für die Autoproduktion: VW-Standort Dresden wird Innovationscampus
Statt der Werksschließung plant der Autobauer Volkswagen die Umwandlung seines Montagewerks in Dresden in ein Technologiezentrum. In wenigen Wochen geht es los.

Affirm reports Q2 revenue up 30% YoY to $1.12B, vs. $1.06B est., GMV up 36% to $13.8B, and forecasts Q3 revenue slightly above est.; AFRM drops 6% after hours (Reinhardt Krause/Investor's Business Daily)
https://www.investors.com/news/technology/affir…

Affirm Earnings, Revenue, Merchant Volume Top Estimates
Affirm stock dipped amid fiscal Q2 earnings and revenue that topped estimates while guidance came in slightly above views.