Microsoft's earnings conference call for the fiscal second quarter of 2026 underscored a company accelerating into an AI-first era—while also confronting investor scrutiny over the scale of its infrastructure spending.

Nvidia, on January 26, unveiled a new family of open-source AI models aimed at making weather forecasting faster and less expensive as part of the company's broader push to provide open-source software.

Apple and Google have entered into a multi-year strategic agreement under which Apple's next-generation foundation models will be built using Google's Gemini models and cloud infrastructure. The partnership will provide core technical support for a more personalized version of Siri that Apple plans to roll out in 2026.

At its year-end celebration on January 16, ASUS held a confident tone amid a turbulent global outlook. Jonney Shih, the company's chairman, told employees that despite mounting uncertainty from international tariffs and geopolitical tensions heading into 2025, the company had delivered what he described as a "solid report card," crediting strong execution and organizational cohesion.

AUO Corporation has transformed its Suzhou manufacturing facility into what it calls a "Talent Lighthouse Factory," a first for the global display industry. The designation underscores how AI has become central not only to the company's digital transformation, but also to a parallel reinvention of how talent is recruited, managed, and retained.