Google Cloud is making a calculated bet that the future of artificial intelligence in Europe hinges not on regulatory confrontation but on structured collaboration — a model that pairs American hyperscale computing power with European legal frameworks, local partners, and sovereign data controls.
Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta Platforms, revealed this week that he personally approached Apple CEO Tim Cook to discuss collaborative efforts around the wellbeing of teenagers and children online — only to be rebuffed.
For years, Android users have been left guessing about which apps are quietly draining their phone batteries in the background. Google’s upcoming Android 16 release is set to change that with a new transparency feature that will finally show users exactly which applications are consuming power behind the scenes — and give them the tools to shut those apps down.
Perplexity AI, the search startup that has positioned itself as a direct challenger to Google, is preparing to bring its AI-powered Comet web browser to the iPhone as early as next month. The move represents a significant expansion of the company’s ambitions beyond its popular answer-engine app and into the fiercely contested territory of mobile web browsing — a market long dominated by Apple’s Safari and Google’s Chrome.
A hacker operating under the alias “Sp1d3r” has claimed responsibility for breaching systems connected to Adidas, allegedly exfiltrating a massive trove of customer data that includes millions of records. While the German sportswear giant has confirmed a data security incident, it has pointed the finger at a third-party customer service provider as the actual point of compromise — a distinction that raises significant questions about supply chain security and corporate accountability in an era of increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks.
A small but fast-growing prediction market called Kalshi has earned something few financial startups ever achieve: serious academic attention from researchers at the Federal Reserve. A new working paper published by Fed economists suggests that Kalshi’s contracts on economic events may contain genuinely useful forecasting signals — a finding that could reshape how policymakers, traders, and analysts think about the role of betting markets in economic prediction.
Ryan Cohen has never been one to mince words. The GameStop chairman and co-founder of Chewy has built a reputation as a blunt, meme-savvy corporate leader who views bloated management structures and boardroom complacency as existential threats to shareholder value. Now, in a series of pointed public statements and strategic moves, Cohen is making clear that his philosophy of lean operations, minimal bureaucracy, and aggressive cost discipline isn’t just a personal preference — it’s a corporate doctrine he believes Wall Street has largely forgotten.
The promise of autonomous vehicles has always carried with it an implicit guarantee: that the cars of tomorrow would drive themselves, freeing humans from the tedium and danger of operating a motor vehicle. But a growing body of evidence suggests that the reality behind the most prominent self-driving programs in the United States is far more labor-intensive—and far more globally distributed—than Silicon Valley’s marketing materials would have consumers believe.
Accenture, the global consulting and technology services giant with more than 770,000 employees worldwide, has taken a decisive step that may define how large corporations manage the transition to artificial intelligence in the workplace: the company is now linking staff promotions directly to how effectively employees adopt and use AI tools in their daily work.
For years, WhatsApp users have flooded Meta’s feedback channels with a single, persistent request: give us more control over group chats. This week, the messaging giant answered with what it calls one of the most significant group communication updates in the platform’s history — the launch of sub-groups within existing WhatsApp groups, a feature that allows administrators to create focused, topic-specific channels nested inside larger group conversations.
