The disk drive industry has never been a simple story of supply and demand. It’s a story of precision manufacturing, long planning cycles, and a supply chain that can’t easily “turn on a dime” when conditions shift. That’s why the…
AI is no longer arriving in the workplace as a distant promise or a pilot project that lives in a lab. It is showing up as a working presence: chatbots that answer customer questions, copilots that draft emails and code,…
For decades, people have reached for the same metaphor when trying to explain what minds do. The brain is a machine. Neurons are switches. Thoughts are computations. Memory is storage. Attention is bandwidth. Even when we don’t say it out…
OpenAI’s spending last year reached $34 billion, according to audited figures shared as the company edges closer to a planned IPO. The number is striking not only for its size, but for what it implies about how OpenAI is building—at…
Bain Capital is reportedly on track to pocket a gain of roughly $15bn from its investment in Kioxia, a chipmaker best known for memory and storage technologies that sit quietly at the center of modern computing. The figure—if it holds…
A new study from Estonian researchers is adding fresh urgency to a debate that has been simmering since open-source generative AI began moving from labs into everyday information ecosystems: when these systems are asked to help people navigate misinformation, how…
Private equity firms that have spent the past decade loading up on law firms, accountancy practices and other professional-services platforms are now confronting a new kind of risk—one that doesn’t arrive as a competitor with a bigger sales team, but…
Anthropic’s weekend didn’t look like the kind of celebration that usually follows a major model release. While much of the country was focused on sports and other distractions, the company was dealing with something far more immediate and consequential: a…
Stanford’s commencement ceremony on Monday became the latest flashpoint in a fast-growing debate over what tech companies owe the public when their products—and especially their AI systems—are used in ways students and critics consider harmful. According to reports from TechCrunch,…
The story of the Trump administration’s reported order to Anthropic to pull certain cybersecurity models has already picked up a familiar narrative shape: an abrupt government intervention, a major AI vendor forced to adjust course, and a public explanation that—at…
Facebook’s search experience is getting a new layer of “thinking,” and Meta is positioning it as more than just a smarter way to find posts. Starting today, Facebook users will see an “AI Mode” option alongside the familiar search modes…
SpaceX’s stock has kept running—again—after what traders are calling a blockbuster debut that immediately rewired expectations for Elon Musk’s AI, satellite, and rocket ecosystem. For a second straight session on Monday, the company’s shares climbed further, extending gains by roughly…