Artificial intelligence technology is in an “industrial bubble,” Amazon founder Jeff Bezos told a tech conference in Italy on Friday, but the benefits to society will be “immense.”

“Investors don’t usually give a team of six people a couple billion dollars with no product… and that’s happening today,” Bezos told an audience at Tech Week in Turin.

“This is a kind of industrial bubble,” said Bezos, who has invested in the American generative AI start-up Perplexity.

But that is not the same as a banking bubble such as the 2008 financial crisis, he argued.

“Those bubbles society wants to avoid. The ones that are industrial are not nearly as bad, it could even be good, because when the dust settles and you see who are the winners, society benefits from those inventions… and that’s what’s going to happen here.”

“This is real,” Bezos continued. “The benefits to society from AI are going to be gigantic.”

Multiple technologies are in a kind of “golden age,” he said, echoing language used by US President Donald Trump. “There’s never been a better time to be excited about the future.”

“AI is real. And it is going to change every industry… it is going to affect every company in the world.”

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Excited by the fervor of new gaming handhelds hitting the market but don’t want to shell out the big bucks? The Legion Go S with SteamOS installed offers an easy entry into the space, is great for occasional travelers and couch gamers, and is marked down by $120 at Best Buy.

Having spent time with both the SteamOS and Windows models, I prefer the one running Valve’s custom handheld software. While Lenovo does a good job bridging the gap with extra buttons and control options, trying to use a desktop operating system with just a controller and touchscreen can often be a frustrating experience. With SteamOS, you turn on the device, scan a QR code with your phone, and within minutes you’re downloading your games and save files from the cloud.

This Legion Go S is fairly bulky, which I actually found more comfortable than slimmer options. It has built-in controller grips, and a spacious button layout, plus triggers and bumpers that are luxurious and well-placed. The screen is nice and bright, and features a 120-Hz refresh rate, although it’s an IPS panel instead of the OLEDs we’re starting to see elsewhere. This model comes with 1 TB of storage and 32 GB of memory, plus a MicroSD card slot if you want to really load up on games.

Like with most of the non-Nintendo gaming handhelds, you’ll probably need to tweak settings or even resolution to get the latest games running smoothly. I did find it more powerful than my aging Steam Deck, and in games like Vampire Survivors and Trackmania 2020, the kinds of games I often play on the go, it had no problem and required very little tweaking. A lot of that is thanks to the SteamOS support, which helps games automatically understand the device’s capabilities better than Windows often does with custom hardware.

I’ve got the new Legion 2 in hand and am working on a full review, but know that it’s a larger and more expensive device and also runs Windows out of the box. If you’re looking for a more compact device and plan on using SteamOS for your gaming, this is a solid deal on a capable handheld.

As Bad Bunny continues to avoid the continental US on his world tour out of fears of ICE raids, news that he’ll be headlining the Super Bowl LX halftime show has been met with a furious backlash from MAGA influencers who’ve complained that he “doesn’t sing in English” and has been critical of Donald Trump.

The controversy has escalated beyond social media with Corey Lewandowski, adviser to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, threatening the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the event to detain and deport undocumented immigrants. “There is nowhere that you can provide safe haven to people who are in this country illegally. Not the Super Bowl and nowhere else,” he told right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson on The Benny Show. “We will find you. We will apprehend you. We will put you in a detention facility and we will deport you, so know that that is a very real situation under this administration.”

The episode exposes the anatomy of manufactured outrage and once again positions America’s largest sporting event as a battleground for the country’s identity politics.

The news, confirmed by the NFL late Sunday night, quickly became fuel for the controversy engine operating full-time on platforms like X. Within hours, a chorus of right-wing commentators and influencers activated a now-familiar script. Johnson branded him “a massive Trump hater” and an “anti-ICE activist.” Jack Posobiec, a prominent Pizzagate promoter, took aim at Jay-Z, whose company Roc Nation produces the event, as the architect of cultural “engineering.” The “End Wokeness” account, with 4 million followers, resorted to visual mockery, posting an image of the artist in a dress in response to the announcement.

These attacks are not random; they are textbook tactics of a culture war that seeks to mobilize its base by identifying a symbolic enemy. In this case, Bad Bunny. Not only is he an artist who sings predominantly in Spanish—a fact that influencer Mario Nawfal countered by saying that the “average halftime viewer in Des Moines doesn’t speak fluent reggaeton”—but his activism is explicit, consistent and directly antagonistic to the ideological platform of American conservatism.

Bad Bunny is unapologetically political

The hostility towards Bad Bunny is not rooted in his music, but in his message. His decision not to tour in the United States, out of a stated fear that his fans will be targeted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids, is a political statement that few stars dare to make. “People from the US could come here to see the show. Latinos and Puerto Ricans of the United States could also travel here, or to any part of the world. But there was the issue of—like, fucking ICE could be outside [my concert]. And it’s something that we were talking about and very concerned about,” he said in an interview with i-D magazine.

This stance transforms his concerts from mere entertainment events into potential sanctuaries, and his absence into an act of protest.

Bad Bunny has been an outspoken critic of Puerto Rico’s status as an unincorporated territory, which limits the rights and opportunities of its citizens. His activism has focused on supporting the island, where his 31-day residency generated a $400 million economic impact, according to an estimate from Wells Fargo.