AI is changing the economics of the internet, and with it the old assumption that technology can be left to “work itself out.” For decades, policymakers largely treated new digital tools as a kind of economic weather: disruptive, sometimes chaotic,…
The Industrial Revolution is one of those historical labels that behaves like a shortcut. People invoke it to explain everything from productivity growth to urban poverty, from labor unrest to the rise of modern capitalism. But there’s a persistent problem…
Hungary’s anti-graft watchdog has put a startling figure into the public debate: its head says as much as €160bn may have been siphoned off during Viktor Orbán’s 16 years in power. The claim is not a court finding and does…
The AI boom has a familiar look from the outside: gleaming data, flashy demos, and the relentless race for faster chips. But if you zoom out from the headlines and follow the money to where it physically lands, another story…
India’s place in the global AI story is often framed as a binary: either the country is “winning” or it’s “falling behind.” But the reality emerging from India looks less like a finish-line race and more like a long-distance sprint…
Apple’s AI story has never been the kind that fits neatly into a single scoreboard. For months, the loudest version of the debate has sounded like this: other companies are shipping dramatic, model-first breakthroughs faster, so Apple must be lagging.…
Mercor’s Brendan Foody has taken aim at a practice he describes as “dual-pricing” in venture and secondary transactions, alleging that Sequoia and other major investors have sold the same equity interests at two different prices. The claim, as presented by…
Apple has finally moved to modernize Siri in a way that signals it intends to compete directly with the chatbot era—while also trying to neutralize one of the biggest objections users have raised about AI assistants: privacy. In an announcement…
Apollo and Blackstone have teamed up to raise $35 billion for a chip-focused financing package that will help Anthropic fund the next stage of its AI buildout, according to the Financial Times. The transaction is being positioned as one of…
Tools for Humanity, the eye-scanning identity verification company founded by Sam Altman and best known for its iris-based authentication technology, is reportedly laying off employees as it grapples with slower-than-expected revenue growth. The news arrives amid a broader moment of…
Apple’s WWDC keynote has always been a kind of theater: part product roadmap, part design manifesto, part “trust us, this will matter to you.” But the 2026 show leaned even harder into artificial intelligence, and not just in the usual…
Safari has always been a little like a beautifully designed apartment with fewer rooms than you expected. The layout is great, the experience is smooth, and the privacy story is strong—but when it comes to browser extensions, many people feel…