Technology

4 Personal Branding Trends for Gen X CEOs in 2026

February 19, 2026
Gen X CEOs who win at personal branding are moving away from generic, AI-written visibility toward a strategic approach that prioritizes depth, intention, trust and quality over volume.

Microsoft has a new plan to prove what’s real and what’s AI online

February 19, 2026
AI-enabled deception now permeates our online lives. There are the high-profile cases you may easily spot, like when White House officials recently shared a manipulated image of a protester in Minnesota and then mocked those asking about it. Other times, it slips quietly into social media feeds and racks up views, like the videos that…

The Download: autonomous narco submarines, and virtue signaling chatbots

February 19, 2026
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How uncrewed narco subs could transform the Colombian drug trade For decades, handmade narco subs have been some of the cocaine trade’s most elusive and productive workhorses, ferrying multi-ton loads of illicit drugs…

How uncrewed narco subs could transform the Colombian drug trade

February 19, 2026
On a bright morning last April, a surveillance plane operated by the Colombian military spotted a 40-foot-long shark-like silhouette idling in the ocean just off Tayrona National Park. It was, unmistakably, a “narco sub,” a stealthy fiberglass vessel that sails with its hull almost entirely underwater, used by drug cartels to move cocaine north. The…