Silicon Valley’s relationship with philanthropy has always been a little complicated. On one hand, the region’s wealth creation has produced donors with unusual ambition: they don’t just want to “help,” they want to redesign systems. On the other, philanthropy is…
The warning embedded in this moment for UK policy is unusually blunt: the country cannot afford to let a populist “techlash” narrative take hold—especially if it risks eroding the UK’s hard-won standing in Europe’s technology and life sciences ecosystem. The…
Asia’s tech story is shifting in a way that’s easy to miss if you’re only tracking model benchmarks, funding rounds, or the usual “who’s winning AI” narratives. Two developments—one about where Hong Kong wants to plug into new economic circuits,…
Wealth management has always sold a promise: clarity in a world that rarely offers it. For decades, that promise was delivered through a familiar machine—relationship managers, investment committees, compliance checklists, and the slow choreography of suitability reviews. But the last…
Lovable, the startup known for “vibe coding” and rapid app creation, is reportedly in talks for a major new round of funding that could more than double its valuation to $13.2 billion. The news, first reported by Sifted, points to…
A picture can travel faster than context, and in the age of synthetic media that speed is no longer just a matter of social platforms—it’s also a matter of detection. Earlier this week, a viral image appeared to show Kentucky…
SpaceXAI’s latest Grok release, Grok 4.5, landed this week with a message that will resonate far beyond the usual AI fanfare: the company is pitching a model that aims to deliver “opus-class” performance while being cheaper and more efficient to…
Robotics has always had a “software problem” and a “data problem.” The software problem is that robots need to reason about the physical world—uncertainty, friction, contact, deformable objects, and the messy reality of sensors. The data problem is even more…
Google Photos is taking another step toward turning everyday photo and video libraries into something closer to a personal creative studio. With the introduction of an AI feature called “Video Remix,” the app is adding a new layer of automated…
For years, the AI conversation around artificial general intelligence has been dominated by language: models that can summarize, answer questions, write code, and hold surprisingly coherent conversations. But the more researchers and builders push toward systems that can operate reliably…
Meta is trying to solve a problem that has followed wearable AI from the moment it stopped being science fiction: the fear that the device on your face could be quietly recording you while you’re none the wiser. In a…
OpenAI is taking another swing at one of the hardest problems in conversational AI: how to sound like a person without turning every interaction into an awkward turn-taking exercise. With its latest voice-mode upgrade, the company is introducing a new…