Comcast Paid $23 Billion for NBCUniversal. Now It’s Spinning It Off Because the Strategy ‘Was Not Working.’
The spinoff announcement sent Comcast’s stock up 23% — and may have turned NBCUniversal into a takeover target.
Debates over AI consciousness are a trap
“Runaway” AI, “rogue” agents, and “autonomous” actors—the current rhetoric would have you believe that AI agents are not only awake and aware, but angry at their creators. Prominent tech leaders such as Demis Hassabis, Dario Amodei, and Sam Altman push for regulation of these seemingly “superhuman” systems, while a separate faction, led by policy organizations…
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The President of a $159 Billion Startup Says College Students Should Use This Strategy to Stand Out in a Competitive Job Market
He says the strategy is “not that hard” to enact.
In major privacy win, Supreme Court rules geofence warrants are protected by privacy rights
The Supreme Court’s decision to limit geofence warrants is a win for privacy advocates, who called their use unconstitutional but sought an outright ban.
WhatsApp now lets you reserve usernames
WhatsApp username can be between 3 to 35 characters length
WhatsApp not lets you reserve usernames
WhatsApp username can be between 3 to 40 characters length
Agent confidence on the technical frontier
Enterprise investment in AI is booming. Gartner is calling 2026 an “inflection year” for organizations to align their AI projects with strategic business objectives. As the pressure to prove ROI mounts, executives and technology leaders are looking to agentic AI to drive the measurable financial outcomes their businesses seek. A prime opportunity for AI agents…
Rocket Lab continues buying spree by acquiring satellite company Iridium
The all-stock deal values Iridium at $8 billion, and gives Rocket Lab even more firepower to compete against Amazon and SpaceX.
Ford Tried to Fix Its Quality Problems With AI. It Didn’t Work. So They Brought Back a Squad of Human ‘Gray Beards.’
The automaker leaned on AI to solve its quality woes and got worse results. So it rehired 350 veteran engineers.
This Startup Is Challenging Waymo and Tesla With Its ‘Off-the-Shelf’ Self-Driving Technology
While Tesla and Waymo are building self-driving cars for themselves, Wayve wants to sell its AI to everyone else.
These 3 Innovative Ideas Seemed Like the Future for Restaurant Franchises — Here’s Why They All Failed
Dynamic pricing, restaurant subscriptions and hot food vending machines had promise a year ago but went south.