For decades, advertising has quietly powered the modern internet. It funded the rise of search engines, social platforms, maps, email and media, making them accessible to billions of people around the world. Most users never paid directly for these services, and yet they benefited from one of the most open and expansive information ecosystems ever…
On the bustling floor of the Semafor World Economy conference in Washington D.C. this week, a row of glass-doored WeWork pods by the window offers a much-needed refuge for the business executives, journalists and other attendees looking for a quiet space to get some work done. WeWork launched these portable workspaces, called WeWork Go, at…
Banks are among the most enthusiastic adopters of A.I., but also the most exposed to the technology’s growing cybersecurity threats. That vulnerability came into sharper focus earlier this month with the release of Anthropic’s Mythos Preview, a highly advanced A.I. model that’s drawn concern across Wall Street. On earnings calls, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and…
Meta, with more than 60 offices, nearly 80,000 staffers, might soon have two Mark Zuckerbergs: one human and one digital. The company is reportedly developing an A.I.-powered version of its CEO that can interact with staff when the real Zuckerberg isn’t available, according to the Financial Times. The avatar will be trained on Zuckerberg’s images,…
Sundar Pichai’s biggest A.I. wins may come from other companies instead of Google itself. As the longtime CEO of Google and its parent, Alphabet, Pichai has poured billions into A.I. products and cloud services, but it’s Google’s early bets on companies like SpaceX and Anthropic that are set to deliver the real payday. Both firms…
As the four astronauts on the Artemis II mission return to Earth today (April 10), the flight is refocusing attention on human space travel, just as NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman is defending the role of billionaire-backed companies in the industry. In an interview this week with Politico’s Dasha Burns, Isaacman argued that the private companies…
Amazon is going all in on A.I. and betting more money on it than anyone else in Silicon Valley. Under CEO Andy Jassy, the tech giant plans to pour a staggering $200 billion into A.I. infrastructure this year, the biggest corporate investment of its kind, as it races to seize what Jassy calls a “once-in-a-lifetime…
The New York Times reporter John Carreyrou’s new evidence suggesting that British cryptographer Adam Back is the man behind the Bitcoin creator’s pseudonym, Satoshi Nakamoto, is captivating global attention. This renewed scrutiny comes amid heightened volatility in Bitcoin’s price, which fell from its all-time high of more than $125,000 last October to less than half…
In late 2025, Brussels launched a new multi‑billion‑euro Innovation Fund calling for net‑zero technologies and for hydrogen and industrial decarbonization. Deadlines run into spring 2026, and bids already far exceed the money available. At the same time, the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP) and a simplified InvestEU program were mobilizing tens of billions more…
Charlie Munger once told a story about a town that built a single, magnificent grain silo. It reduced costs. It impressed visitors. It eliminated redundancy. For years, it worked perfectly. Then one wet season, moisture entered at the base and the entire harvest spoiled at once. The neighboring town kept five smaller silos spread across…
