Why Enterprises Keep Getting Stuck with Research Hardware

Share “AI Buyers’ Remorse: Why Companies Are Getting Stuck With Research Hardware” on Twitter Share “AI Buyer’s Remorse: Why Companies Get Stuck With Research Hardware” on Facebook Share “AI Buyer’s Remorse: Why Companies Get Stuck With Research Hardware” on LinkedIn Many customers purchase AI systems originally designed for research labs and attempt to integrate them…

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Texas Instruments Buys Silicon Labs To Fuel Edge AI Scale

Analyst(s): Brendan BurkePublication date: February 10, 2026 Texas Instruments (TI) has agreed to acquire Silicon Labs for $7.5 billion in cash, combining TI’s scale of analog and embedded processing with Silicon Labs’ wireless connectivity portfolio. The deal highlights a strategic bet on manufacturing capabilities and integrated markets. What is covered in this article: Transaction: Texas…

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A consumer watchdog issued a warning about Google’s AI agent shopping protocol — Google says she’s wrong

Shortly after Google announced its new universal commerce protocol for AI-powered sales agents, a consumer economy watchdog sounded the alarm. In a post now viral on X Viewed nearly 400,000 times, Lindsay Owens wrote on Sunday: “Big/bad news for consumers. Google today announced how it plans to integrate shopping into its AI offerings, including search…

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AI bot swarms threaten to undermine democracy

A joint essay with Daniel Thilo Schroeder and Jonas R. Kunst, based on a new paper on swarms with 22 authors (including myself) who just published in Science. (A preprinted version is hereand you can see WIRED’s coverage here.) Automated bots spreading misinformation have been a problem since the early days of social media, and…

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