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London at dawn. Dukas | Universal Images Group | Getty ImagesLONDON — European stocks are expected to open broadly higher on Tuesday as investors track geopolitical developments following the U.S.’ ouster of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. The U.K.’s FTSE index is seen opening 0.4% higher, Germany’s DAX up 3%, France’s CAC 40 0.2% higher, and Italy’s FTSE MIB up 0.25%, according to data from IG. Positive sentiment looks set to continue for global markets Tuesday as global investors digest the ousting and capture of Maduro last weekend. European bourses traded higher Monday, and the U.S.’ three major averages rallied following the…

It’s pretty impossible to simulate a human conversation in a video game. There are simply too many variables to account for, but one can hope some day we’ll be able to experience highly intelligent and adaptable NPC AIs in video games. It might not be long until we have something like this, with a game like inZOI already experimenting with its own gen-AI that can create thoughts and text messages from Zois on the fly to match their personality and interests. Related Great Games Where Your Decisions Truly Matter The following games stand out for forcing players to make tough…

AMD Chair and CEO Lisa Su kicked off her keynote at CES 2026 with a message about what compute could deliver: AI for everyone. As part of that promise, AMD announced a new line of AI processors as the company thinks AI-powered personal computers are the way of the future. The semiconductor giant revealed AMD Ryzen AI 400 Series processor, its latest version of its AI-powered PC chips, at the yearly CES conference on Monday. The company says the latest version of its Ryzen processor series allows for 1.3x faster multitasking than its competitors and are 1.7x times faster at…

A new Baldur’s Gate 3 mod brings several iconic locations from Barovia, the setting of the Curse of Strahd Dungeons and Dragons campaign, into the game. While this mod doesn’t include any playable content, it is perfect for fans looking to take some spooky screenshots of their Baldur’s Gate 3 characters in Barovia. While Dungeons and Dragons has released over two dozen adventures for 5th Edition over the last decade, none can quite compare to Curse of Strahd as far as popularity is concerned. The gothic horror module takes players into Barovia, the dark realm of Count Strahd von Zarovich,…

US companies moving into Venezuela to extract the country’s enormous crude oil reserves could lower electricity prices for Bitcoin miners and improve their profitability margins, analysts at crypto exchange Bitfinex said.“Cheaper and more abundant energy would improve miner margins globally and could unlock a new phase of mining expansion, particularly in regions able to secure long-term power contracts,” the Bitfinex analysts said in a note on Monday.The US started seizing Venezuelan oil tankers in December, and it is expected to start extracting Venezuela’s 303 billion barrels worth of crude oil reserves after capturing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Saturday.Chevron is…

CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Monday that investors chasing the market’s reaction to Venezuela’s political upheaval are making a familiar mistake: confusing short-term trading opportunities with long-term investing.Cramer urged investors to focus on owning high-quality stocks and sticking with them, rather than jumping into trades where valuations could swing on every passing headline.”Along with an index fund, I want you to own individual stocks — not trade them,” Cramer said. “Let the power of compounding do its work.”Cramer’s comments came as markets rallied broadly. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 594.79 points, or 1.23% to hit a new all-time high. However, Cramer warned…

One year after New York’s much-delayed and hotly debated congestion toll went into effect, Gov. Hochul, Mayor Mamdani and MTA Chairman Janno Lieber Monday released numbers they argue point to the success of the program, which charges drivers a base toll of $9 to enter Midtown and lower Manhattan. According to state data, vehicular traffic into the congestion zone is down 11% compared with last year, with 27 million fewer vehicles traveling the streets, an average of 73,000 fewer per day. “The results are extraordinary, beyond what we could have expected,” Hochul told reporters Monday. “People with asthma are breathing…

A couple of weeks after Merriam-Webster named “slop” as its word of the year, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella weighed in on what to expect from AI in 2026. In his classic, intellectual style, Nadella wrote on his personal blog that he wants us to stop thinking of AI as “slop” and start thinking of it as “bicycles for the mind.” He wrote, “A new concept that evolves ‘bicycles for the mind’ such that we always think of AI as a scaffolding for human potential vs a substitute.” He continued: “We need to get beyond the arguments of slop vs sophistication…

Nvidia released a new stack of robot foundation models, simulation tools, and edge hardware at CES 2026, moves that signal the company’s ambition to become the default platform for generalist robotics, much as Android became the operating system for smartphones.  Nvidia’s move into robotics reflects a broader industry shift as AI moves off the cloud and into machines that can learn how to think in the physical world, enabled by cheaper sensors, advanced simulation, and AI models that increasingly can generalize across tasks.  Nvidia revealed details on Monday about its full-stack ecosystem for physical AI, including new open foundation models…

Today at the Consumer Electronics Show, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang officially launched the company’s new Rubin computing architecture, which he described as the state of the art in AI hardware. The new architecture is currently in production and is expected to ramp up further in the second half of the year. “Vera Rubin is designed to address this fundamental challenge that we have: The amount of computation necessary for AI is skyrocketing.” Huang told the audience. “Today, I can tell you that Vera Rubin is in full production.” The Rubin architecture, which was first announced in 2024, is the latest…