Castelion has secured $350 million to move its Blackbeard hypersonic missile from testing to mass production. The funding aims to close a critical U.S. capability gap against China and Russia by building a new manufacturing base.
A new Harvard Youth Poll reveals a generation under strain, with 59% seeing AI as a threat to their job prospects. The challenge for leaders is shifting the narrative from job loss to job transformation.
The massive spending on AI isn’t just flowing to Big Tech. Industrial equipment makers like Caterpillar and Cummins are seeing explosive growth by providing the crucial power generators for new data centers. Their stock prices are hitting records as demand for backup and primary power soars.
A motion-controlled gaming cube called the NEX Playground is having a shockingly big holiday season. According to sales data, it was the #2 selling hardware in the US last week, beating the PS5.
Microsoft has publicly refuted a report from The Information alleging it lowered sales growth targets for AI products. The company says the report misunderstands how sales quotas work, but didn’t address specific claims about missed targets.
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt says the AI boom isn’t a bubble—it’s under-hyped. He believes the real disruption will come from automating the boring, expensive backbone of corporate operations, and that Wall Street is underestimating the shift.
Fin, a startup from ex-Citadel engineers, just raised $17 million to build a global payments app using stablecoins. It’s targeting large transfers, like hundreds of thousands of dollars, that are clunky with traditional banks. The app plans to pilot with import/export businesses next month.
A major EU research project is taking a radical approach to securing future 6G networks: copying the human body. The NATWORK consortium is developing an AI-driven “autoimmunity” system for telecoms, funded with over €6.1 million. The goal is to create networks that can learn, adapt, and defend thems
Code in the ChatGPT app hints at a future integration with Apple Health data. This could personalize health answers but raises major privacy and accuracy alarms. Relying on AI for medical advice is notoriously risky.
The U.S. Department of Energy is reorganizing, launching new offices for AI/quantum and fusion. Scientists worry this comes at the expense of the agency’s foundational $8.2 billion Office of Science, which funds broad basic research.
