Waymo robotaxis may get Gemini AI in-car assistant
Waymo has been testing an integration of Google’s Gemini AI chatbot into its robotaxis as an in-car assistant, according to researcher Jane Manchun Wong.
Wong discovered a 1,200-line “Waymo Ride A...
AWS outage disrupts Fortnite and Steam
Amazon Web Services encountered a major outage on December 25, disrupting thousands of websites and gaming platforms during peak holiday traffic.
The incident registered over 3,200 user reports on Dow...
China UnionPay Launches Mobile App for Travelers
China UnionPay has launched a mobile app designed to provide one-stop digital services for foreign visitors to China.
The Nihao China app offers services related to payment, transportation,...
Chicago weighs major sports betting tax hike in $16.6 billion budget
Chicago is weighing a $16.6 billion city budget, and one part of it is catching the eye of the sports betting world.
The proposal would shake up how sports wagering is taxed inside city limits. Chicag...
Amazon adds Angi, Expedia, Square and Yelp to Alexa+
Amazon announced on Thursday that its AI-powered digital assistant Alexa+ will integrate with Angi, Expedia, Square, and Yelp starting in 2026 to enable users to book hotels, obtain home-service quote...
Retail Closes the Holiday Season Leaner and More Focused
Retail in 2025 was defined less by a single breakthrough than by a set of pressures that forced retailers to get practical. Consumers kept shopping. But they did it with a sharper pencil, trading down...
Big Tech Moves Toward Specialized AI and Immersive Retail
From new multimodal artificial intelligence (AI) models to immersive storytelling spaces and agent-driven enterprise tools, Big Tech’s latest moves show AI becoming the connective tissue across prod...
