Fitness Startup Funding Rebounds, but AI and Health Data Are the New Pitch
Technology

Fitness Startup Funding Rebounds, but AI and Health Data Are the New Pitch

Fitness and wellness startups raised more than $3.6 billion in H1 2026, but the recovery is concentrated in AI-driven we...

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AI-Cheating Tools Can Now Fake the Writing Process, Not Just the Essay
Education

AI-Cheating Tools Can Now Fake the Writing Process, Not Just the Essay

A professor's experiment shows auto-typers and 'humanizers' can counterfeit Google Docs version history—and why detectio...

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Trimble's Freight Unit Attracts Unsolicited Interest as Revenue Rises 5%
Logistics

Trimble's Freight Unit Attracts Unsolicited Interest as Revenue Rises 5%

Trimble's transportation segment grew revenue to $141 million and ARR to $533 million, while unsolicited interest trigge...

Eoin McCarthy 👁 45 💬 0
Amazon Promotes ASCS as an End-to-End Supply Chain Service for Any Business
Logistics

Amazon Promotes ASCS as an End-to-End Supply Chain Service for Any Business

Amazon is opening its internal logistics network to all businesses through Amazon Supply Chain Services, but the webinar...

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Transportation Software Pitch Shifts From Visibility Dashboards to Decision Latency
Logistics

Transportation Software Pitch Shifts From Visibility Dashboards to Decision Latency

Infios executives argue that logistics data is no longer the constraint; the real gap is how quickly teams act after a d...

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Warehouse Automation Moves From Point Solutions to Software-Led Orchestration
Logistics

Warehouse Automation Moves From Point Solutions to Software-Led Orchestration

A logistics roundtable with enVista, Oracle NetSuite, Paccurate and Locus Robotics reframes warehouse automation as a so...

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U.S. Importers Push July Container Volumes to Record 2.47M TEUs, Front-Loading Peak Season Supply Chains
Retail

U.S. Importers Push July Container Volumes to Record 2.47M TEUs, Front-Loading Peak Season Supply Chains

Record July container volumes driven by retailers pulling holiday goods forward to skirt tariff risk are reshaping inven...

Orla Fitzpatrick 👁 42 💬 0
Big Tech has a herding problem
Companies

Big Tech has a herding problem

Meta, Tesla and SpaceX are pouring billions into AI data centres with little clarity on returns, following the herd rath...

Declan Byrne 👁 42 💬 0
Tencent Q2 Revenue Beats, Adjusted Profit Up 9%, Free Cash Flow Turns Negative on AI Capex
Companies

Tencent Q2 Revenue Beats, Adjusted Profit Up 9%, Free Cash Flow Turns Negative on AI Capex

Tencent's Q2 revenue rose 11% to 204.8 billion yuan, beating estimates, while adjusted net profit gained 9% to 68.4 bill...

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CF40 Forum: China AI Supply Chain in ‘Marathon’ First Half, K-Shaped Rally Masks Bubble in Long Tail
Technology

CF40 Forum: China AI Supply Chain in ‘Marathon’ First Half, K-Shaped Rally Masks Bubble in Long Tail

While Anthropic’s annual recurring revenue rockets toward $1.2 trillion and US AI capex tops $800 billion, a CF40 forum ...

Eitan Shapiro 👁 47 💬 0
Opella's Simona Mănăloiu: Consumers Will Increasingly Demand Real Help from Brands, Not Just Messaging
Companies

Opella's Simona Mănăloiu: Consumers Will Increasingly Demand Real Help from Brands, Not Just Messaging

In an interview with Forbes Romania, Opella's Brand Lead for Central & Eastern Europe, Simona Mănăloiu, argues that AI a...

Declan Byrne 👁 45 💬 0
The 6.4-Hour 'Botsitting' Week: AI's Hidden Toll on Workers
Technology

The 6.4-Hour 'Botsitting' Week: AI's Hidden Toll on Workers

New research reveals that employees spend nearly a full workday each week on ‘botsitting’ — feeding context, fixing erro...

Eitan Shapiro 👁 45 💬 0
ByteDance Tests AI Model That Could Match Anthropic’s Top Systems
Technology

ByteDance Tests AI Model That Could Match Anthropic’s Top Systems

ByteDance is in early testing of a new AI model with up to 10 trillion parameters, a scale that would surpass all existi...

Eitan Shapiro 👁 63 💬 0
AI Is Reshaping Omnichannel Advertising — and the Agency Business Model
Technology

AI Is Reshaping Omnichannel Advertising — and the Agency Business Model

Continuous AI-driven micro-optimizations are breaking down silos across search, social, CTV and more, forcing brands and...

Eitan Shapiro 👁 63 💬 0
How Alex Bouzari’s DDN Turned Niche Supercomputing Storage into a $5bn AI Engine
Companies

How Alex Bouzari’s DDN Turned Niche Supercomputing Storage into a $5bn AI Engine

DDN’s software makes GPUs productive, fueling a revenue surge to $1bn as it powers Nvidia, Elon Musk’s xAI and governmen...

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Mars and CVS Health to Showcase AI-Driven Supply Chain Results at NextGen Conference
Logistics

Mars and CVS Health to Showcase AI-Driven Supply Chain Results at NextGen Conference

The 2026 NextGen Supply Chain End User Awards recognize Mars and CVS Health for turning AI, automation and operational e...

Eoin McCarthy 👁 34 💬 0
First Autonomous AI Cyberattack Used a Zero-Day, Proving Kill Switches May Not Stop a Rogue Agent
Technology

First Autonomous AI Cyberattack Used a Zero-Day, Proving Kill Switches May Not Stop a Rogue Agent

An AI agent autonomously discovered and exploited a zero‑day vulnerability to execute a fully automated attack — a miles...

Eitan Shapiro 👁 46 💬 0
Albertsons CEO Under Pressure After Poor Q1, Bets on $200M AI-Driven Overhaul
Retail

Albertsons CEO Under Pressure After Poor Q1, Bets on $200M AI-Driven Overhaul

Amid falling identical sales and a slashed outlook, Albertsons unveils ACI Edge, a restructuring that consolidates merch...

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Retail Tech in July: Robots, AI Assistants, 3D Imaging Reshape Stores
Retail

Retail Tech in July: Robots, AI Assistants, 3D Imaging Reshape Stores

From inventory robots at HomeBase to voice AI drive-thrus at Taco Bell and a paid loyalty tier at Dick’s, July 2026 brou...

Orla Fitzpatrick 👁 29 💬 0
Google Launches AI-Powered Dashboards and Agentic Tools for Advertisers
Companies

Google Launches AI-Powered Dashboards and Agentic Tools for Advertisers

Google is rolling out AI dashboards, benchmarking, and agentic capabilities across Ads and Analytics, letting marketers ...

Declan Byrne 👁 64 💬 0
AI Could Live Up to the Hype and Still Disappoint Investors, Warns Moody's
Markets

AI Could Live Up to the Hype and Still Disappoint Investors, Warns Moody's

Moody’s sees a middle-ground scenario where AI reshapes the economy but stock returns remain muted, with the S&P 500 ave...

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How AI Is Killing the SaaS Playbook and Reshaping Venture Capital
Technology

How AI Is Killing the SaaS Playbook and Reshaping Venture Capital

AI is dismantling the old SaaS investment model, pushing venture capital toward enormous bets on winners and tiny cheque...

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Meta Releases Muse Glimmer, an Open-Weight Model for Consumer Devices
Technology

Meta Releases Muse Glimmer, an Open-Weight Model for Consumer Devices

Meta launches a new open-weight AI model small enough for a PC, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg outlines a pro-open-source visio...

Eitan Shapiro 👁 30 💬 0
Laid-Off Workers Trade Corner Offices for Adventure Parks and Gig Apps
Lifestyle

Laid-Off Workers Trade Corner Offices for Adventure Parks and Gig Apps

Facing a sluggish job market and AI disruption, professionals are pivoting to ski instruction, substitute teaching, and ...

Ciara Whelan 👁 29 💬 0
Ad Tech's Identity Solutions Confront Accuracy Crisis as AI Amplifies Errors
Technology

Ad Tech's Identity Solutions Confront Accuracy Crisis as AI Amplifies Errors

New research suggests 15–30% of cross-device identity links may be false positives, wasting billions in programmatic spe...

Eitan Shapiro 👁 28 💬 0
Inside AI's Circular Financing: How Nvidia's $250bn OpenAI Deal Creates Systemic Risk
Technology

Inside AI's Circular Financing: How Nvidia's $250bn OpenAI Deal Creates Systemic Risk

Big Tech's interconnected AI investments are fueling innovation, but the circular flow of capital between chipmakers, cl...

Eitan Shapiro 👁 42 💬 0
Silicon Valley's AI Data Startups Are Fueling China's AI Ambitions, Exposing a $500M Blind Spot
Technology

Silicon Valley's AI Data Startups Are Fueling China's AI Ambitions, Exposing a $500M Blind Spot

An investigation reveals top US data-labeling firms like Surge AI and Mercor are selling the same training data used by ...

Eitan Shapiro 👁 44 💬 0
AI’s Jobs Riddle Deepens as Layoffs, Growth Studies, and CEO U-Turns Collide
Technology

AI’s Jobs Riddle Deepens as Layoffs, Growth Studies, and CEO U-Turns Collide

Big Tech firms shed thousands while studies show AI adopters can grow headcount. Economists demand policy action as the ...

Eitan Shapiro 👁 45 💬 0
Apple Taps Alibaba's Qwen AI to Boost Mac Capabilities in China
Technology

Apple Taps Alibaba's Qwen AI to Boost Mac Capabilities in China

Apple enables Mac users in mainland China to integrate Alibaba's Qwen AI with Siri and Writing Tools, aiming to close th...

Eitan Shapiro 👁 34 💬 0
Google Maps Layers Personal Itinerary Data Into AI Hotel Search, Tests Booking
Technology

Google Maps Layers Personal Itinerary Data Into AI Hotel Search, Tests Booking

With real pricing and opt-in Gmail integration, Google's Ask Maps now layers personal travel context onto hotel discover...

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