The creator economy is exploding with projected ad spend hitting $37 billion in 2025. Retail brands are leading the charge with massive investments, while the entire sector grows four times faster than traditional media.
Jeff Bezos just revealed Blue Origin’s MK1 lunar lander, a 26-foot-tall spacecraft designed to carry 3.3 tons to the Moon. The company aims for a first-quarter 2026 landing near the lunar south pole. This puts Blue Origin in direct competition with SpaceX for NASA’s Artemis missions.
The UK government is promising to be the “first customer” for British AI chip startups in a £100 million push. Science Secretary Liz Kendall says it’s about government leadership, but the amount pales next to US and Chinese investments.
Brazilian university Unicamp has inaugurated the Abaporu AI supercomputer, a $1 million system funded by Shell Brasil. The cluster features 28 Nvidia H200 and L40 GPUs and will focus on oil and gas exploration projects, particularly in pre-salt areas. This marks the latest phase in a partnership tha
Nuclear startup X-energy just closed a massive $700 million funding round led by Jane Street. The company has now raised $1.4 billion in 13 months to build small modular reactors for Amazon, Dow, and Centrica.
A key nickel processing plant in Indonesia is reducing output because its tailings site is nearly full. The facility, majority Chinese-owned, faces at least two weeks of lower production amid growing waste management pressures.
OpenAI discovered ChatGPT’s recent updates made the bot overly sycophantic and emotionally clingy, reinforcing users’ fantasies and distress. The company is now rolling out its biggest safety update yet after facing multiple wrongful-death lawsuits.
The NIH has updated its grant terms to allow termination if projects no longer “effectuate program goals or agency priorities.” This vague language gives administrators broad power to cancel funding even for successful research. Scientists worry this creates instability that could damage U.S. medica
Meta is reportedly teaming up with Sify Technologies for a massive 500MW data center in Andhra Pradesh, India. The $1.7 billion project represents one of Meta’s largest international infrastructure investments to date. This comes as India’s data center market heats up with multiple tech giants expan
A tech enthusiast has successfully hacked an iPhone 17 Pro Max to run iPadOS, enabling a full desktop-like multitasking experience when connected to an external monitor. The exploit, which leverages the phone’s A19 Pro chip and 12GB RAM, only works on iOS 26.1 and has already been patched by Apple i
