Facepalm: In what is yet more evidence that we shouldn't fear the prospect of a robot takeover, a humanoid machine running Qualcomm's hardware and boasting 700 TOPS of on-device AI processing collapsed like it had been shot during an on-stage tech demo. If that wasn't bad enough, it happened right next to a Qualcomm executive, who seemed almost to die from shock rather than

Bottom line: Many people likely assumed that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's virtual reality ambitions were over when the company publicly stepped back from the sector earlier this year. However, while the losses attributed to the Metaverse division have since shrunk, it is still losing billions per quarter, edging total losses since the end of 2020 ever closer to the $100 billion mark.

Meta's earnings report

In a nutshell: Banning students from using phones in US schools has long been a controversial topic, but for the first time ever, more Americans now support all-day bans – as opposed to the devices only being banned in classrooms.

According to Pew Research Center , 77% of US adults now support in-classroom phone bans for middle and high school students, marking the second consecutive year that support has increased

Rumor mill: Google is planning a sharp increase in production of its in-house AI chips, a move that could put it on par with Nvidia in total accelerator volume within the next few years. According to a research note from Fubon, Google plans to deploy between 12 million and 15 million ninth-generation TPUs by 2028.

If those numbers hold, Google's output would be in

Why it matters: Bryan Johnson, the tech millionaire famed for his many attempts to reverse or even stop the natural aging process, has admitted that after thinking things over, he may have taken the "whole longevity thing" too far. His post comes soon after he was diagnosed with a second autoimmune disease and said that people may live to 500.

Braintree founder Johnson became the subject of many household conversations after

Bottom line: Apple's last quarterly earnings report under CEO Tim Cook showed gains across nearly every category, led by iPhone and Mac sales. The budget MacBook Neo appears to have been a major contributor to that growth. But as the Cupertino company prepares to hand the reins to a new CEO, rising prices could complicate the road ahead. Apple has already begun responding with a new leasing program.

iPhone sales drove the

Ripple effect: Social media addiction has been a subject of public debate for years, but time spent on apps like TikTok and Instagram keeps climbing. Meta has now confirmed it's using AI to personalize the Instagram feed, and that shift is driving a sharp increase in the amount of time users spend on the platform.

During its Q2 2026 earnings call, Meta said its latest Reels ranking update ,

I Smell Teras: While reporting its financial results for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026, Seagate also shared some interesting technology updates. The HDD manufacturer is continuing to develop its HAMR-based storage products, with 50TB drives expected to become available for customer validation soon. Just a reminder: "customers" in this context means Big Tech and AI companies – certainly not the rest of us.