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A Manhattan federal jury found that Live Nation and Ticketmaster illegally maintained monopoly power in the ticketing market. The findings follow an antitrust case brought by states after a separate DOJ settlement. CNN reports: The verdict was reached following a lengthy trial in New York federal court that included testimony from top executives in the music and entertainment industries. Jurors...
Luma AI today announced that Boundless, an independent creative agency based in Johannesburg, South Africa, has produced Mazda’s first AI-produced commercial using Luma Agents, Luma’s AI-powered creative workflow system.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Spotify and several major record labels, including UMG, Sony, and Warner, secured a $322 million default judgment against the unknown operators of Anna’s Archive. The shadow library failed to appear in court and briefly released millions of tracks that were scraped from Spotify via BitTorrent. In addition to the monetary penalty, a...
The White House has announced that NASA will work with the Departments of Defense and Energy to put nuclear reactors in orbit and on the surface of the moon.
The company, which owns the social media app Snapchat, said it was laying off about 1,000 employees as it increased its reliance on artificial intelligence.
AI is making it easier to design chips and optimize software for different silicon. Some startups envision a revolution in chipmaking.
Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas
The critical Atlantic current system appears significantly more likely to collapse than previously thought after new research found that climate models predicting the biggest slowdown are the most realistic. Scientists called the new finding “very concerning” as a collapse would...
Science rarely produces identical outcomes. Mistaking this for failure turns caution into an excuse for inaction
A new set of studies out this month suggests that as many as half of all results published in reputable journals in the social sciences can’t be replicated by independent analysis. This is part of a long-running problem across many research fields – most visibly in the social...
WPP, Dentsu and Publicis settled claims they colluded on policies to combat misinformation, denying ad revenue to publishers on the right.
The price increases range from $200 to $300, and Microsoft doesn’t sell a sub-$1,000 Surface anymore. The rising cost of consumer tech is a common theme in 2026.
Prof Michael Krawczak says the required molecular genetic testing comes at a cost, but should not be ruled out as it was in a recent court case
I read with great astonishment your article regarding the court of appeal’s decision on proving paternity in the case of a child whose father could be either one of a pair of monozygotic twins (Court of appeal says it cannot rule on which identical...
Digital assets in 2026 are valued by active users, liquidity, and major exchange support. Investors now prioritize infrastructure over hype. BlockDAG, Solana, Avalanche, and Chainlink lead this shift. They offer high-speed execution and the vital data feeds necessary for modern decentralized finance. These projects represent the backbone of a maturing industry that rewards technical reliability...
Allbirds made a surprise announcement this morning: it’s pivoting from sustainable shoes to AI compute infrastructure, rebranding as NewBird AI after selling its brand assets and closing its U.S. full-price stores. The move sent shares soaring more than 700%. CNBC reports: The move boosted shares of the miniscule market cap company — it was valued at about $21 million at Tuesday’s close — by...
Amazon is paying more than $11 billion for a small satellite company.
Tortola, British Virgin Islands — Chronyx Studios, the game development studio behind Sands of Avalon, is highlighting the successful close of its $1.5 million Seed round, completed in July 2022, with backing from MH Ventures, HVS Ventures, NeuralHash Capital，Brotherhood Ventures, GAP VC, TPC, and other investors. The funding provided an important foundation for the studio’s […]
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Wall Street Journal: Rivian is joining with Redwood Materials to reuse EV batteries for energy storage — the largest repurposed-battery energy storage system for an automotive manufacturer in the U.S., executives told The Wall Street Journal. Redwood Materials is a battery-recycling firm started by Tesla co-founder JB Straubel. Once completed later...
In a letter obtained by WIRED, the Energy Information Administration tells two senators that it plans to develop a mandatory assessment of data centers’ energy use.
Luxury hospitality is often sold through image, but guests usually remember something else. They remember whether the stay felt smooth, whether the service stayed calm under pressure, and whether small problems were prevented before they could interrupt the experience. That is the lens Yasam Ayavefe brings to modern hospitality. His view places lasting luxury in […]
Chinese EV giant BYD is shunning launch discounts in South Africa, betting brand-building beats short-term sales gains.
As artificial intelligence makes many tasks easier, the human work of cajoling, arm-twisting and reassuring appears to be rising in importance.
A.I. has always been compared to human intelligence, but that may not be the right way to think about it. What it does well can help predict what jobs it may replace.