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The appeal of Stranger Things is not abating, as the Netflix series continues to top Nielsen’s Top 10 Overall Streaming chart for the week of December 8.With the holiday season in full swing, Stranger Things finished the week with 3.02 billion viewing minutes. This latest win keeps Netflix at the top for five consecutive weeks.According to Nielsen Streaming Content Ratings, four titles, three from Netflix and one from Paramount+, crossed the billion-viewing-minutes mark. Netflix had the most titles on the chart with five. It was followed by Hulu with four. The No. 2 and No. 3 positions in the chart remain…

After years of chatbots and image generators, AI is finally leaving the screen. At CES 2026, that shift became impossible to ignore.  The annual tech showcase in Las Vegas was dominated by “physical AI” and robotics, from Boston Dynamic’s newly redesigned Atlas humanoid robot to AI-powered ice makers (yes, really). The companies in attendance clearly want consumers […]AI,ces 2026,Equity Video,humanoid robotics,nvidia,OpenAI,physical ai,roboticsAI,ces 2026,Equity Video,humanoid robotics,nvidia,OpenAI,physical ai,robotics#CES #2026s #physical #takeover1767985764

I’m happy to report that Burtran’s claim was correct—its operation did not result in a spike of radioactivity. My entire apartment was measuring around 20 clicks per minute, or CPM—for context, 5-50 CPM is normal background. It’s when the number hits over 2,000 that the GQ GMC Geiger Counter Nuclear Radiation Safety Guide says to evacuate and report it to the government.Photograph: Lisa Wood ShapiroFilter FortitudeBurtran also claims that, with its beefed-up HEPA 14 filters, the Nano-Oxy “captures 99.995 percent of ultra-fine particles down to 0.1 micron, surpassing HEPA 13 efficiency by up to 90 percent.”HEPA is an acronym for…

The transitional week between 2025 and 2026 saw NBC News’ Today capture the top spot in both total viewers and the prized Adults 25-54 demo. However, ABC News’ Good Morning America was the only show to record week-to-week gains in either of the measured categories.NOTE: Good Morning America was retitled on Monday (12/29/25) and Friday (01/02/26) to GMA-ABC. Today and CBS Mornings were retitled to Today-TS and CBS Morn on Friday. All three morning shows were coded as specials on Wednesday (12/31/25) and Thursday (01/01/26). These retitled telecasts are excluded from the weekly and season averages. ABC’s weekly averages are…

Meta today announced three deals to provide its data centers with nuclear power, one from a startup, one from a smaller energy company and one from a larger company that already operates several nuclear reactors in the U.S. Oklo and TerraPower, two startups developing small modular reactors (SMR), each signed agreements with Meta to build multiple reactors, while Vistra is selling capacity from its existing power plants. Nuclear power has become a favored power source for tech companies as their AI ambitions have grown, providing stable 24/7 electricity. Startups and existing reactors have benefitted from the race for data center…

After creating thousands of “undressing” pictures of women and sexualized imagery of apparent minors, Elon Musk’s X has apparently limited who can generate images with Grok. However, despite the changes, the chatbot is still being used to create “undressing” sexualized images on the platform.On Friday morning, the Grok account on X started responding to some users’ requests with a message saying that image generation and editing are “currently limited to paying subscribers.” The message also includes a link pushing people toward the social media platform’s $395 annual subscription tier. In one test of the system requesting Grok create an image…

Nvidia Hires Google Cloud Marketing Leader as Its First CMO Nvidia has hired longtime Google executive Alison Wagonfeld as its first chief marketing officer. Nvidia is formalizing its marketing leadership for the first time as the company’s role at the center of the AI economy continues to expand.The chipmaker has hired longtime Google executive Alison Wagonfeld as its first chief marketing officer. In a LinkedIn post announcing the move on Thursday, Wagonfeld called the decision a transition “from one AI leader to another,” noting that Nvidia and Google already share a close partnership. She said she would oversee both marketing…

Elon Musk’s AI company has restricted Grok’s controversial AI image-generation feature to only paying subscribers on X, after the tool invited heavy criticism from across the world for letting users generate sexualized and nude images of women and children. In replies to users on Friday, Grok said only paying subscribers on X would be able to generate and edit images on the platform. Notably, these limits do not apply to the Grok app, which, at the time of publication, was letting anyone generate pictures without having to pay for a subscription. Initially available to anyone with daily limits, Grok’s image…

Did California lose Larry Page? The Google and Alphabet cofounder, who left day-to-day operations in 2019, has seen his net worth soar in the years since—from around $50 billion at the time of his departure to somewhere approximating $260 billion today. (Leaving his job clearly didn’t hurt his wallet.) Last year, a proposed ballot initiative in California threatened billionaires like Page with a one-time 5 percent wealth tax—prompting some of them to consider leaving the state before the end of the year, when the tax, if passed, would retroactively kick in. Page seems to have been one of those defectors;…

Andreessen Horowitz just announced the firm has just raised a little more than $15 billion in new funding. The haul represents over 18% of all venture capital dollars allocated in the United States in 2025, according to firm co-founder Ben Horowitz, but even more jaw-dropping is that it brings the organization to more than $90 billion in assets under management, putting it neck-and-neck with Sequoia Capital as among the largest venture firms in the world. Which is fitting, since a16z appears to be very friendly with actual sovereign wealth funds, including at least one from Saudi Arabia. The firm, which…

As age-verification laws continue to dismantle the adult industry—and determine the future of free speech on the internet—a Utah lawmaker proposed a bill this week that would enforce a tax on porn sites that operate within the state.Introduced by state senator Calvin Musselman, a Republican, the bill would impose a 7 percent tax on total receipts “from sales, distributions, memberships, subscriptions, performances, and content amounting to material harmful to minors that is produced, sold, filmed, generated, or otherwise based” in Utah. If passed, the bill would go into effect in May and would also require adult sites to pay a…

Ads of the Week: 8 Campaigns That Caught Our Eye, From Equinox to Dunkin’ This week’s standout campaigns run the gamut of New Year messages, from motivational calls to action to ditching resolutions altogether. While Apple Watch urges people not to quit, Premier Protein suggests big changes can wait. Megan Thee Stallion plays an enthusiastic fitness instructor for Dunkin’, and Equinox cleverly subverts AI slop to inspire self-belief.Plus, our Most Effective Ad of the Week, in partnership with EDO, is an inclusive take on fitness.Keep reading for more of the week’s most notable ads.Equinox | “Question Everything But Yourself” by Angry…

Following the success of TikTok and Instagram Reels, Disney announced that it’s bringing short-form video content to Disney+ in the U.S. this year in a bid to boost daily engagement. Disney made the announcement at its Tech + Data Showcase event at CES 2026. The company said in the blog post that the experience “will evolve as it expands across news and entertainment and delivers a more personalized, dynamic experience that reinforces Disney+ as a must-visit daily destination.” Disney told Deadline that the videos could include original short-form content, repurposed social clips, scenes from TV shows or movies, or a combination.…

Physical AI sounds like a contradiction in terms. A computer, but a body?But for the marketing architects, it’s the latest term of art, a buzzword meant to point us citizens toward a bright and promising technological future.Back here on earth, the term is maybe most useful as a way to understand how automotive companies are thinking about themselves right now: as tech pioneers. It’s also a handy shortcut to understanding how appetizing the automotive industry is for the companies that make chips—what could be a $123 billion opportunity by 2032, up some 85 percent from 2023. The giant CES consumer…

Brands Spent More than $1B on Celebrities in Ads Last Year Getty Images Celebrities are playing a bigger role in advertising than ever before.Brands are significantly increasing their investment in celebrity talent in ads even as they consolidate their number of commercial productions, according to a new report from XR (Extreme Reach), an ad operations and talent payment platform.The XR State of Pay report analyzed thousands of U.S. commercial productions and talent payments worth $8 billion between 2019 and 2025. It found that total spending on paid guarantees (contractually committed compensation) for celebrities including actors, musicians, athletes, and other high-profile talent…

You might think it’s pretty weird to hear the founders of a VR company and a social media platform publicly complaining about how things used to be better back in the dial-up days. Nevertheless, that is what happened at CES on Wednesday, when Oculus creator Palmer Luckey and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian gave a joint talk about the joys of “tech nostalgia.” Luckey, who initially made his fortune in VR and now runs the defense contractor Anduril, and Ohanian both seemed to agree: Stuff was better in the old days. The catch, however, is that Luckey and Ohanian weren’t really…