Dodging pickpockets at Mexico's historic plaza, a New York steak taco and honoring my cousin Claudia as she braves her fight against breast cancer.

While the inside of Mexico City Stadium was a fiesta, the ride back from the historic coliseum was something straight out of a Grand Theft Auto video game.

From the quiet streets of the neighborhood where I grew up to soaring through the clouds, above the Aztecs' "birthplace of the gods."

The new rankings could play a role in determining which of the eight third-place teams advance to the Round of 32 at the 2026 World Cup.

Cristiano Ronaldo's final World Cup, the next soccer superstar and the two kits worth talking about at the 2026 World Cup.

We talk to hometown fans about their hopes and dreams for their teams and their lives in America.

The new rankings could play a role in determining which of the eight third-place teams advance to the Round of 32 at the 2026 World Cup.

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The 2026 World Cup will feature eight 40-something players. That's almost as many as the previous 22 tournaments combined.

From floating barges to stacked music line ups, cities across North America are getting official and un-official watch parties set up for the 2026 World Cup.

Teenager Lucas Herrington is poised to be a key World Cup starter for Australia, which are rocking their gold and yellow in Oakland and Alameda this summer.

The play-by-play announcer discussed his journey from calling USL games to joining the Fox Sports crew for a historic, 48-team tournament spanning three nations.

Harry Maguire, João Pedro and Luis Suárez will be some of the biggest names missing this summer at the 2026 World Cup.

Group H is headlined by Spain, one of the favorites to win the World Cup, and also features Uruguay, Saudi Arabia and a surprisingly talented Cabo Verde.

Aitor Karanka, Spain's sporting director, sat with The 2026 Dispatch to discuss why the World Cup contender picked Chattanooga, Tennessee, for its group-stage base camp.

The 2026 World Cup will feature more games than ever before, including 72 matches in the group stage alone. Here are the 10 most important matches to watch.

Shakira is back with another World Cup anthem, but for Jelly Roll and Italy, "Dai Dai" must be a painful track to listen to.

The 2026 Dispatch is a newsletter focused on the 2026 World Cup in the U.S., Mexico and Canada. It provides coverage and analysis of the quadrennial event written by journalist Salvador Rodriguez. Cli...

The company is preparing to expand in several new cities in 2026.

More than 1,400 Salesforce employees have signed a letter calling on CEO Marc Benioff to cancel all potential business with the U.S. ICE agency.

In Alphabet's annual report, the company said AI poses business risks, including its potential impact on advertising.

Tech companies including Google and Microsoft are paying influencers hundreds of thousands of dollars to promote AI products.

Slashwork is backed by former Meta executives Sheryl Sandberg, David Fischer, Carolyn Everson and Julien Codorniou, who led Facebook Workplace.

Five months after OpenAI and Nvidia announced a $100 billion deal, no contract has been signed and no money has changed hands.

A tech watchdog organization found 55 nudify apps on Google Play and 47 in the Apple App Store.

While a few leaders have voiced outrage, the tech sector has stayed widely silent after the second fatal shooting by Federal agents in Minneapolis this month.

The positional swap will mark a fundamental shift in the semiconductor industry, reflecting Nvidia's growing importance amid the AI infrastructure buildout.

Meta's deprioritizing virtual reality in favor of artificial intelligence and Internet-connected smart glasses raised concerns about the future of the industry.

Miami represents the sixth market for Waymo, which is owned by Google parent Alphabet.

More than half of all ads on Meta's Instagram ran in the service's short-form video Reels product in 2025, up from 35% in 2024, according to Sensor Tower.

Josh Woodward, a 16-year Google veteran, is tasked with running the Gemini app and going head-to-head with OpenAI in the booming generative AI market.

Apple this year delayed its big Siri upgrade to 2026. As the company looks ahead, the pressure is on for the iPhone maker to show investors its AI strategy.

Robotaxis grew rapidly in 2025 with Waymo expanding fastest, Zoox debuting public rides and Tesla launching autonomous rides with human supervision.

Meta’s push to develop its next frontier model, codenamed Avocado, under new AI leadership is creating internal friction as it races rivals OpenAI and Google.

Meta’s push to develop its next frontier model, codenamed Avocado, under new AI leadership is creating internal friction as it races rivals OpenAI and Google.

A YouTube tool that uses creators' biometrics to remove AI-generated videos also allows Google to train its AI models on that sensitive data, experts told CNBC.

Social media users said they were experiencing issues with Netflix on Wednesday, the night of the "Stranger Things" fifth season premiere.

The probe comes as Amazon faces stiffer competition from Walmart, which has also begun drone deliveries.

This holiday shopping season features more advanced smart glasses, smart speakers with generative AI and a pendant users can wear to carry around an AI friend.

If Waymo does begin operating in those markets next year, that would bring the robotaxi company's list of 2026 planned expansions to 15 cities.

Riders can sign up to join the "Zoox Explorers" program to take free rides on the company's box-shaped vehicles in certain San Francisco neighborhoods.

The Google sister company has been testing robotaxi freeway rides with employees for more than a year.

Mustafa Suleyman has become one of the most influential voices in tech to come out against building seemingly conscious AI.

The Meta AI app has seen a major jolt in downloads since the company launched Vibes and began paying creators to make AI-generated videos.

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman said the software company won't build erotica AI services, the latest break with rival-partner OpenAI.

The robotics system is called Blue Jay, and Amazon said it's already being deployed in one of its South Carolina warehouses.

After years of rolling out features designed to provide users with factual and accurate information, Google is now touting its commitment to "free expression."