The $19 trillion ETF industry is wrestling with a big question: should daily-traded funds hold private companies like SpaceX? One fund is going all-in, but major players like JPMorgan are hitting pause, citing serious liquidity concerns.
OpenAI is teaming up with government contracting giant Leidos to deploy its AI across federal agencies. The partnership aims to “transform federal operations,” focusing on national security and defense. It’s a major step in embedding commercial AI deep within the government’s machinery.
Anthropic has launched Cowork, a file and task management AI agent built for non-programmers. The company reportedly built it in about a week and a half using its own Claude Code product. This move signals a major push into autonomous AI tools, but raises big questions about security and the future
According to Circana analyst Mat Piscatella, over 3,500 different games sold at least one new physical unit at US retail in 2025. His “sickos” lists highlight titles, like an Xbox 360 Burnout Paradise, that moved just a single copy, uncovering a strange retail archaeology.
In an interview, Demis Hassabis said parts of the AI industry, like multi-billion dollar seed rounds for startups with no product, look unsustainable. He remains confident in Google’s position, highlighting Gemini’s growth and a focus on multimodal AI for real-world assistants.
ASRock has announced its next-generation NUC BOX mini PCs, featuring Intel’s upcoming Core Ultra Series 3 “Panther Lake” and AMD’s Ryzen AI 300 “Strix” processors. The tiny systems, slated for 2026, support up to 128GB of RAM and offer a dense array of high-speed ports.
A new blueprint reveals the massive gap between AI hype and reality in banking. While adoption jumped to 58%, progress is stalling because of fragmented data and poor governance. Here’s what needs to change.
Meta has laid off 10% of its Reality Labs division, cutting about 1,000 jobs focused on VR hardware and Horizon Worlds. The company is shifting investment toward AI and smart glasses, chilling the VR industry and sparking fears of a prolonged downturn.
AMD’s open-source Linux graphics drivers are leveling up. The new Mesa 26.0 release brings a dedicated transfer queue for faster data movement and crucial new performance counters for the upcoming RDNA4 architecture.
According to a Dark Reading analysis, 2025 was a wake-up call that cyber risk is a decision problem, not just a technical one. Major incidents at Change Healthcare, Ascension, and the global CrowdStrike outage showed that when systems become unreliable, human judgment falters.
