Artur Ślesik

Artur Ślesik is a technology and financial markets journalist at Bez-kabli.pl, covering artificial intelligence, semiconductors, technology stocks and emerging innovations. A graduate of Warsaw University of Technology, he combines a technical background with market analysis to explain how new technologies are shaping industries, businesses and investment trends worldwide.

Intel stock sinks on weak Q1 forecast as AI server chip supply crunch bites
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Intel stock sinks on weak Q1 forecast as AI server chip supply crunch bites

Intel missed Wall Street’s expectations for its quarterly forecast, revealing it can’t meet the booming demand for server processors powering AI data centers. The news sent its shares tumbling in after-hours trading. The warning comes at a critical time for Intel, as it pushes to regain footing in manufacturing and the rapidly expanding AI chip sector. Shares had climbed into 2026, fueled by optimism that a sharper product roadmap and external support might jumpstart growth.
January 23, 2026
Amazon braces for another round of layoffs as thousands more corporate jobs face cuts next week
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Amazon braces for another round of layoffs as thousands more corporate jobs face cuts next week

Amazon is planning a second round of corporate job cuts next week as part of a push to trim about 30,000 white-collar roles, according to two people familiar with the matter. The layoffs could start as early as Tuesday, Jan. 27.https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/amazon-plans-thousands-more-corporate-job-cuts-next-week-sources-say-2026-01-22/?utm_source=chatgpt.com The timing is tight. Workers hit in October were kept on the payroll for 90 days while they applied for other roles inside the company, and that period expires on Monday.
January 23, 2026
Heathrow finally scraps the 100ml liquid rule as £1bn scanners let laptops stay in bags
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Heathrow finally scraps the 100ml liquid rule as £1bn scanners let laptops stay in bags

London, 23 Jan 2026, 13:22 GMT Heathrow, Europe’s busiest airport, announced on Friday that it has upgraded all security lanes with new computed tomography scanners. Passengers can now leave liquids, laptops, and tablets in their hand luggage during screening. The airport invested 1 billion pounds in the technology, which can scan liquid containers up to two litres, doing away with the 100ml limit set in 2006 after a liquid explosives plot was uncovered.
January 23, 2026
Microsoft 365 is back after major outage hit Outlook and Teams for thousands
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Microsoft 365 is back after major outage hit Outlook and Teams for thousands

Microsoft announced it had restored access to its Microsoft 365 suite on Friday following an outage that disrupted service for thousands of users. Reports of issues on Downdetector have since declined toward normal levels. Reuters The incident hit hard because Microsoft 365 powers a huge chunk of office work: emails, shared files, meetings, and the admin consoles that manage it all. When it falters, companies notice immediately—in inboxes, calendars, and help desks alike.
January 23, 2026
TikTok avoids U.S. ban with Oracle-led joint venture deal — here’s who owns what now
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TikTok avoids U.S. ban with Oracle-led joint venture deal — here’s who owns what now

ByteDance announced it has sealed a deal to form a new joint venture, majority-owned by Americans, aimed at safeguarding TikTok’s U.S. user data and ensuring the app continues running in the States. https://www.reuters.com/world/china/tiktok-reaches-deal-new-us-joint-venture-avoid-american-ban-2026-01-23/ This shift is crucial because TikTok faced a stark choice under U.S. law: either sell a substantial portion of its U.S. operations to sever Chinese ownership or risk a total ban across the country. The app claims it connects with over 200 million Americans and serves millions of U.S. businesses for marketing and sales.
January 23, 2026
Rocket Lab’s first 2026 launch puts Open Cosmos telecom satellites in orbit — and the Europe angle is getting louder
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Rocket Lab’s first 2026 launch puts Open Cosmos telecom satellites in orbit — and the Europe angle is getting louder

Rocket Lab confirmed a successful deployment of two satellites for Open Cosmos on Thursday during its inaugural Electron launch of 2026, inserting the spacecraft into a 1,050-km circular orbit. Open Cosmos’ latest launch is significant because the company aims to rapidly transform spectrum rights into operational hardware in orbit, responding to Europe’s push for greater control over satellite communications and data links. According to Open Cosmos, these two satellites mark the debut of its planned low-Earth-orbit telecom constellation — LEO referring to satellites positioned close to Earth, which helps reduce signal latency.
January 22, 2026
OpenEvidence nabs $250 million, doubles to $12 billion valuation as medical AI heats up

OpenEvidence nabs $250 million, doubles to $12 billion valuation as medical AI heats up

OpenEvidence, a medical AI startup with tools in use by U.S. doctors, announced it has secured $250 million in new funding, pushing its valuation to $12 billion—twice what it was just three months ago. The Series D round, co-led by Thrive Capital and DST Global, brings the company’s total funding close to $700 million. Back in October, OpenEvidence was valued at $6 billion after raising about $200 million, according to PitchBook. The company claims its platform is now used daily by over 40% of U.S. physicians across more than 10,000 hospitals and medical centers. The round’s size is significant since healthcare has been a more cautious, slower adopter of generative AI—systems that generate human-like text—compared to consumer apps or office
January 22, 2026
Webb catches a baby Sun-like star making crystals — and blasting them toward comet territory
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Webb catches a baby Sun-like star making crystals — and blasting them toward comet territory

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope detected heat-formed crystals close to a young star similar to our Sun and found evidence these crystals are drifting toward the chilly edges of its planet-forming disk, shedding fresh light on the comet mystery. Crystalline silicates require intense heat to form, but comets in our solar system mostly linger in frigid zones far from the Sun. This new research links the crystals to the scorching inner region of a young system and to winds capable of pushing them outward—an essential piece for models explaining the mix of hot and cold materials.
January 22, 2026
Under Armour data breach scare: 72 million customer records surface on hacking forum
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Under Armour data breach scare: 72 million customer records surface on hacking forum

Under Armour announced Thursday that it’s looking into reports of a hack exposing data tied to roughly 72 million accounts, following the appearance of its records on a hacking forum online. These claims are gaining traction as breach alerts start hitting inboxes, dragging the episode into the cybercrime spotlight. Once a dataset goes public, it’s nearly impossible to reel back, even if the victim later contests its contents.
January 22, 2026
Apple to turn Siri into ChatGPT-style chatbot in iOS 27, powered by Google Gemini – report
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Apple to turn Siri into ChatGPT-style chatbot in iOS 27, powered by Google Gemini – report

Apple is gearing up for a significant Siri revamp that will transform the assistant into a built-in AI chatbot across iPhone, iPad, and Mac software later this year, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday. Known internally as Campos, the initiative aims to replace Siri’s existing interface, according to the report. This shift is significant since chatbots—designed for open-ended conversations—are now the frontline of the AI boom. Apple has come under scrutiny for its speed and ambition, especially as competitors roll out rapid updates in widely used products.
January 22, 2026
Spotify rolls out AI “Prompted Playlist” in U.S., Canada as Premium price hike nears
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Spotify rolls out AI “Prompted Playlist” in U.S., Canada as Premium price hike nears

New York, January 22, 2026, 12:00 PM On Thursday, Spotify launched its AI-driven “Prompted Playlist” feature for Premium users in the US and Canada, following a trial run in New Zealand. This lets subscribers create playlists by typing in prompts tied to their listening habits. “Listeners don't just want Spotify to understand them. They want to actively shape their own experience,” said Molly Holder, Spotify’s VP of product personalization. The rollout comes as the company plans to hike its monthly Premium price by $1 to $12.99 in the US, Estonia, and Latvia starting February.
January 22, 2026
Autodesk’s 1,000-job cut: Why the AutoCAD maker is shrinking sales to fund AI and cloud
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Autodesk’s 1,000-job cut: Why the AutoCAD maker is shrinking sales to fund AI and cloud

Autodesk said it will lay off about 7% of its global workforce, or roughly 1,000 jobs, as it redirects spending toward its cloud platform and artificial intelligence work. The cuts land as software companies keep reworking sales teams and budgets to free up money for AI and cloud products, even when the core business is holding up. Autodesk’s shares rose more than 3% after the announcement, despite the stock being down about 13% so far this year.
January 22, 2026
Waymo robotaxis launch in Miami: who can ride today, where they go, and what’s still off-limits
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Waymo robotaxis launch in Miami: who can ride today, where they go, and what’s still off-limits

Alphabet’s Waymo opened its driverless taxi service to public riders in Miami on Thursday, starting paid trips without a human driver behind the wheel in a limited part of the city. The initial coverage area spans about 60 square miles, including neighborhoods such as the Design District, Wynwood, Brickell and Coral Gables. The launch turns months of testing into paying rides in a city Waymo has been circling for years, and it gives the company a new showcase market at the start of 2026. Waymo already runs fully driverless ride-hailing in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Austin, Atlanta and Phoenix, and said it ended 2025 with about 450,000 paid driverless trips a week.
January 22, 2026
Bezos’ Blue Origin takes on Starlink with TeraWave plan for 5,408 satellites
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Bezos’ Blue Origin takes on Starlink with TeraWave plan for 5,408 satellites

On Wednesday, Blue Origin unveiled TeraWave, a satellite network promising symmetrical data speeds reaching 6 terabits per second. The service aims to support tens of thousands of enterprise, data center, and government customers. The company plans to start deploying the constellation of 5,408 satellites in the fourth quarter of 2027. The bet arrives as cloud computing relentlessly devours bandwidth, pushing customers with vast networks to seek backup routes beyond just fiber. Major outages tend to flip redundancy from a “nice to have” into an urgent buy.
January 22, 2026
Pig Neurons in Human Brains? The 2025 Reality Check on Neuron Xenotransplantation—Breakthroughs, Risks, and What Happens Next
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Pig Neurons in Human Brains? The 2025 Reality Check on Neuron Xenotransplantation—Breakthroughs, Risks, and What Happens Next

Neuron xenotransplantation is the transplantation of neurons or their precursors between species, most realistically from genetically engineered pigs to human patients. It’s distinct from allografts and from organoid research that places human cells into animals for modeling. The therapeutic aim is to replace or modulate circuits, for example by adding GABAergic interneurons to restore inhibition in focal epilepsy, or by providing trophic support in neurodegeneration. Frontiers, PMC “Xenotransplantation is viewed…as having the potential for treating not only end‑organ failure but also chronic debilitating diseases,” notes the U.S. FDA. U.S. Food and Drug Administration
August 18, 2025
AI That Knows How You Feel
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AI That Knows How You Feel: The Rise of Emotion-Detecting Tech

Artificial intelligence is no longer just about crunching numbers or recognizing faces – it’s learning to read how we feel. So-called emotion-detecting AI uses algorithms to analyze our facial expressions, tone of voice, text messages, and even body signals to infer human emotions. The promise is enticing: more intuitive apps, empathetic robots, and personalized experiences that respond to our moods. But as this technology moves from research labs into workplaces, schools, and public spaces, it raises big questions. How exactly do these AI “mind readers” work? Where are they being used today? And why are some experts as excited about the possibilities as others are alarmed about the pitfalls? In this in-depth report, we’ll explore how emotion-detecting AI works, real-world
August 18, 2025
Inside the Secret AI
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Exposed: Inside the Secret AI Race – Leaks, Rumors, and the Hidden Quest for AGI

he world’s biggest tech labs are locked in a secretive race to build the next breakthrough in artificial intelligence – perhaps even an artificial general intelligence, a system with human-level cognitive abilities. While AI chatbots like ChatGPT have dazzled the public, insiders and leaked documents hint at even more powerful large language models and AGI projects brewing behind closed doors. From hush-hush research at OpenAI and DeepMind to clandestine government programs, a web of secrecy surrounds these developments. This report digs into the latest leaks and speculation about undisclosed AI models, the culture of secrecy among AI leaders, geopolitical jockeying in the AI domain, and the ethical dilemmas of developing potent AI in the dark. We’ll separate confirmed facts from
August 18, 2025
IBM Quantum Supercomputer
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IBM’s 4,000-Qubit Quantum Supercomputer Could Change Computing Foreve

IBM is on the brink of a quantum computing breakthrough: a “quantum supercomputer” with over 4,000 qubits by 2025. The tech giant’s ambitious plan – part of a larger quantum strategy – promises to revolutionize computing by tackling problems that today’s fastest supercomputers can’t handle. In this report, we’ll break down IBM’s quantum journey, the design of its 4,000+ qubit system, expert insights, how it compares to rivals like Google and IonQ, and what a 4,000-qubit machine could mean for the world. IBM has been a pioneer in quantum computing, leading the charge in both hardware and software development. Back in 2020, IBM laid out a quantum roadmap and has hit each milestone since. They demonstrated the 127‑qubit Eagle processor
August 17, 2025
Does Putin Use Body Doubles? The Truth Behind the Rumors
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Does Putin Use Body Doubles? The Truth Behind the Rumors

Speculation that Putin might use decoys dates back nearly to the start of his rule. In August 2000, just months after Putin became president, Russia’s Federal Protective Service chief Yevgeny Murov publicly stated that Putin “had no doubles,” addressing early rumors head-on en.wikipedia.org. Putin himself denied the idea in 2001, dismissing whispers that he had a stand-in. The notion may have seemed far-fetched – but it never fully died out. By 2004, even a Russian tabloid was running a story about an “alleged body double” from Putin’s hometown trying to sell the president’s ancestral house en.wikipedia.org, blurring tabloid gossip with conspiracy. Throughout the 2000s and 2010s, the Putin body-double theory simmered on the fringes. A popular meme in the 2010s
August 17, 2025
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