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CES Gave Us a Glimpse of the Future. Watch for These Tech Trends in 2026

Earlier this month, our team fanned out across CES 2026 in Las Vegas, encountering thousands of new products, many poised to revolutionize how we interact with technology. It's not all about AI, though, of course, that's a big theme. We saw some…

Why the Tech World Is Going Crazy for Claude Code

In the AI industry, there's always a hot new thing. First it was ChatGPT. Then it was the image generators. There was the DeepSeek moment. In the latter half of last year, everyone was excited about how good Google's Gemini was. In January 2026…

Ed Zitron on big tech, backlash, boom and bust: 'AI has taught us that people are excited to replace human beings'

If some time in an entirely possible future they come to make a movie about “how the AI bubble burst”, Ed Zitron will doubtless be a main character. He's the perfect outsider figure: the eccentric loner who saw all this coming and…

Trump wants tech giants to pay for power. They'd love to

US President Donald Trump is calling for an emergency wholesale electricity auction that, his administration says, will force technology companies to pay for the new power they need to run massive AI data centres under construction across the…

The tech driving SA's BNPL growth

Shailesh Mali, senior consultant for credit risk decisioning at LexisNexis Risk Solutions. Innovative retail and fintech solutions are driving growth in SA's buy now, pay later (BNPL) market, which is projected to expand by 13.6% annually.

Why Tech Fund Manager Cathie Wood Sees a 'Golden Age' for US Stocks Ahead

ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood, known for big bets on disruptive technologies, said she sees strong gains for U.S. equities in the next few years. Wood suggested falling interest rates, tax cuts, and deregulation could help support investments in…

Luminous Power Technologies appoints Vivek Abrol as MD & CEO

Luminous Power Technologies has announced the appointment of Vivek Abrol as managing director and chief executive officer, effective Monday, January 19, 2026. Abrol will focus on driving profitable growth across the Luminous portfolio, advancing…

The Rise of Prediction Markets

A surge of antigovernment protests swept Iran this month, leading to civilian casualties and prompting President Trump to hint that he was considering military intervention. Somehow, it was also a betting opportunity. On the popular platforms…

China Tech Boom Leaves Economic Malaise Behind

By Jeanny Yu, Bloomberg Markets Live strategist and reporter Nearly a year after DeepSeek's AI breakthrough rattled global markets, China is entering 2026 with a fresh wave of technological advances that are powering a stock rally, even as its…

Tech hiring fell hard after COVID. These jobs survived.

After a bruising pullback from pandemic-era highs, tech hiring is settling into a more sustainable phase, according to a new study on top jobs from Indeed. Postings for tech roles are down 36% from early 2020, but job listings for some specialized…

Texas Tech answers the bell, Florida returns to top of SEC and more college basketball thoughts

By Brendan Marks, Lindsay Schnell and Justin Williams All-America candidate JT Toppin scored 27 and No. 15 Texas Tech ended the game on a sizzling 32-10 run over the final nine and half minutes, coming back from a 9-point deficit to top No. 11 BYU…

S&P 500 Earnings: Tech Sector Revisions Still Robustly Positive

2025 S&P 500 EPS growth estimates have risen from +20.9% in October to +25.4% as of January 16, 2026, reflecting strong tech sector performance. Tech sector EPS is expected to grow +31.1% in 2026, outpacing the already elevated 2025 estimate, as AI…

CCL Industries to acquire ALT Technologies for $32m

CCL Industries has agreed to purchase Advanced Safety Technologies and its subsidiaries, collectively operating as ALT Technologies, for approximately $32m in an all-cash, debt-free deal. The completion of the transaction remains subject to…

Airlie backs BHP and battered ASX tech stocks to fuel recovery

Airlie Funds Management is betting on a resurgence in technology stocks and resilient iron ore markets as its flagship $1 billion fund looks to recover from a gruelling year, where it lagged the sharemarket by 7 per cent. The Australian Share Fund…