14 May 2026
AI Promised the Audemars Piguet x Swatch Wristwatch. China Will Deliver It
For a week now, Instagram’s watch fans have been losing their minds over what looked like leaked product images. Vivid plastic Audemars Piguet Royal Oak wristwatches in bright colors: navy and orange, pink, yellow, and green. Captions guessed about prices and launch queues. Comment sections argued over colors. None of it was real. Every image was AI-generated.
@wired, Jeremy White
2026
14 May 2026
Googlebooks are the first anti-personal computers
PCWorld explores Google’s new Googlebooks, AI-first laptops featuring Gemini integration and the Magic Pointer tool that predicts user actions and offers contextual suggestions. These systems represent a fundamental shift from traditional computing by automating tasks like image merging and calendar updates without explicit user prompts. While offering frictionless assistance, this predictive…
Ashley Barry Biancuzzo
2026
14 May 2026
Physical AI moves closer to factory floors as companies test humanoid robots
British technology company Humanoid will deploy humanoid robots at factories operated by German industrial supplier Schaeffler, Reuters reported.
@ai_technews, Muhammad Zulhusni
2026
14 May 2026
This robot can do 8 hour warehouse shift without any breaks, leaving internet talking about job security
Figure showed its humanoid robot working in a warehouse and sorting packages for long hours. The video started online talks about AI robots and future job security. People also noticed the robot was slower and rougher than human workers while handling boxes.
News Desk
2026
14 May 2026
Cashier-less supermarkets, AI robots, new-energy vehicles: Social media posts show US journalists covering Trump’s China visit struck by remarkable changes in …
Cashier-less supermarkets, AI robots, new-energy vehicles: Social media posts show US journalists covering Trump’s China visit struck by remarkable changes in the country
@globaltimesnews
2026
14 May 2026
Humanoid’s 1,000+ Robot Deal with Schaeffler Hints At 100,000 Units By 2031
Over 1,000 humanoid robots by Humanoid, a UK company, will now be working for Schaeffler, the German automotive and industrial supplier.
John Koetsier
2026
14 May 2026
Nvidia Reports Earnings This Month, and I'm Not Buying Shares. 1 AI Stock to Buy Now Instead.
Nvidia ( NVDA +3.97% ) is set to report its fiscal first-quarter 2027 results after the market closes on May 20. Heading into the report, shares sit near record highs, up about 21% year to date as of this writing. The AI chipmaker has also guided for fiscal first-quarter revenue of about $78 billion -- a forecast that implies approximately 75% year-over-year growth. So why am I not buying ahead…
Daniel Sparks
2026
14 May 2026
Google is about to release a new Gemini model
The next Gemini is coming at I/O on Tuesday, but it won't be pushing the frontier.
Alex Heath
2026
14 May 2026
'Completely private': Meta AI gets Incognito Chat
A feature called Incognito Chat is coming to Meta AI and WhatsApp soon, according to Mark Zuckerberg. The Meta CEO announced the feature on his Facebook page and described it as allowing users a "completely private way" to interact with the company's AI assistant. "This is the first major AI product where there is no log of your conversations stored on servers," Zuckerberg wrote.
@mashable, Rebecca Ruiz
2026
