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Data center stocks have become central to investor portfolios as cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) drive record demand for capacity and networking gear. These names tend to combine durable revenue with capital-spending cycles that can amplify earnings when enterprise customers expand deployments. Analyst ratings on Barchart point to three leaders for 2026. First of all, we have Nvidia (NVDA), which supplies the GPUs and AI accelerators that power modern data centers, positioning it to capture infrastructure spending. Secondly, Amazon (AMZN) benefits from Amazon Web Services’ dominant cloud share and steady enterprise demand. Finally, Broadcom (AVGO) offers networking silicon and…

2026 highlights several developments in new, emerging and evolving technologies that could revolutionize industries — and society — in unimaginable ways. Here are our picks of emerging technology to watch in 2026, listed alphabetically. Some of these technologies are new and waiting for the opportunity to make their mark. Others are more familiar and could potentially evolve in the coming year. Read on and let us know in our survey what tech you’re watching in 2026. 1. Advanced IoT (AIoT) The internet of things and its proliferation of devices have brought real-world monitoring and control to every industry, including…

CES has always been a robot extravaganza, and this year’s event saw the announcement of a number of important robotics developments, including the new, production-ready debut of Atlas, the humanoid from Boston Dynamics. Then there were all the robots on the showroom floor, where bots often serve as good marketing for the companies involved. If they don’t always give a totally accurate representation of where commercial deployment is at the moment, they do give visitors a peek at where it might be headed. And, of course, they sure are fun to look at. I spent a decent amount of time…

Editor’s note: This work is part of AI Watchdog, The Atlantic’s ongoing investigation into the generative-AI industry.On Tuesday, researchers at Stanford and Yale revealed something that AI companies would prefer to keep hidden. Four popular large language models—OpenAI’s GPT, Anthropic’s Claude, Google’s Gemini, and xAI’s Grok—have stored large portions of some of the books they’ve been trained on, and can reproduce long excerpts from those books.In fact, when prompted strategically by researchers, Claude delivered the near-complete text of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, The Great Gatsby, 1984, and Frankenstein, in addition to thousands of words from books including The…

Quick SummaryYou can build a working beginner cybersecurity home lab in 2026 by keeping it small and mission-driven – use host-only isolation, snapshots, and focused exercises so you can safely break and rebuild. A practical starter fits 2-4 VMs (Kali attacker, a vulnerable target like Metasploitable, plus a Windows endpoint), runs on at least 16 GB RAM (32 GB recommended), costs about $0-$500 depending on upgrades, and can be stood up in a few hours with hands-on exercises completed over a 60-day mission. You know that feeling when you finally finish a big LEGO spaceship from the box art, then…

This post is co-written by TrueLook and AWS. TrueLook is a construction camera and jobsite intelligence company that provides real-time visibility into construction projects. Its platform combines high-resolution time-lapse cameras, live video streaming, and AI-powered insights to help teams monitor progress, improve accountability, and reduce risk across the entire project lifecycle. TrueLook used Amazon SageMaker AI to build and deploy an AI-powered construction safety monitoring system that automatically detects personal protective equipment (PPE) by combining TrueLook’s experience in jobsite camera systems using the AWS machine learning (ML) infrastructure. TrueLook has built a solution that identifies safety issues through automated image…

The world of crypto and blockchain faces a big new threat: . Experts say quantum computers could crack today’s security by 2030. This puts billions in digital assets at risk. But Web3 builders are not sitting still. They are working hard to create . In this post, we break down the danger, what is vulnerable, and the clear steps to stay safe.What Makes Quantum Computers So Powerful?Quantum computers are not like regular ones. Normal computers use bits that are 0 or 1. Quantum ones use qubits. These can be 0, 1, or both at once. This is called superposition. They…

Heterogeneous computing is quietly redefining how AI shows up in everyday devices, shifting intelligence closer to where people actually use it rather than keeping it locked inside distant cloud systems. As AI moves into physical products, success depends less on raw performance and more on how CPUs, GPUs and NPUs work together efficiently. Heterogeneous computing shows up as faster-feeling AI, better battery life and intelligence that responds in context without constantly calling attention to itself, according to Chris Bergey (pictured), executive vice president of the Edge AI Business Unit at Arm. “Our partnership with Nvidia has been super strong, and…

A recently announced collaboration between Microsoft and Hexagon Robotics illustrates a broader shift underway in industrial automation. The agreement brings together Microsoft’s cloud computing and AI stack with Hexagon’s long-standing capabilities in robotics, sensing, and spatial data. The stated objective is not experimentation, but the scaled deployment of AI-enabled, humanoid robots in live industrial environments. At the centre of the partnership is AEON, Hexagon’s industrial humanoid robot. AEON has been designed to operate in factories, logistics centres, engineering facilities, utilities infrastructure, and inspection-heavy environments where variability and safety constraints limit the usefulness of traditional fixed automation. The collaboration focuses on…

AnalystView Market Insights With worldwide e-commerce sales estimated at nearly US$27 trillion, over 5.5 billion internet users worldwide, and close to 58% of the global population living in urban areas, government-backed digital trade and smart logistics initiatives are accelerating the adoption of AI-enabled micro-fulfillment infrastructure globally. San Francisco, USA, Jan. 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Global Micro-Fulfillment Market is emerging as a critical enabler of modern retail and logistics as consumption patterns shift toward digital-first purchasing and faster order expectations. As online shopping becomes deeply embedded in everyday life, consumers increasingly expect near-instant order processing, precise fulfillment, and flexible…