Tech bigwigs like Sam Altman and Elon Musk say yes. Not everyone agrees.

Wealth inequality is becoming extreme. Political corruption is rampant in the United States. Billionaires are building fortified bunkers to protect themselves from the inevitable social upheaval that lies in our future (they fear).

Between the AI agent craze and the global memory-chip shortage, Apple might struggle to keep these refreshed little powerhouse Macs in stock

Anthropic is poised to debut on the stock market at a time when the public is increasingly upset about data centers and is fearful about AI taking jobs.

The ChatGPT maker has changed its tune in recent years after opposing prior attempts at tougher rules.

Cheap energy, abundant land, and proximity to Beijing have turned a city in Inner Mongolia into a crucial hub for data centers.

'I can't stop': 80% of developers find AI coding more addictive than helpful

August 22, 2026, 7:30 AM ET courtesy of DST Global Two celestial bodies orbiting each other trace stable, predictable paths. Add a third, and the system turns chaotic: each body is large enough to bend the others’ paths, and a small nudge by one can swing the trajectory of all three. That is how I have come to see the AI economy in 2026 — as three bodies pulling on one another: the closed-source frontier labs, led by OpenAI and Anthropic; open-weight models, mostly out of China; and the

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent believes that AI will provide such a big productivity boom that it will lower prices in the future. Others are more concerned with the here and now.

The AI era is rapidly advancing, bringing transformative capabilities but also escalating privacy and security threats.

Built by DeepMind alumni, British AI lab Inherent released Faraday, an AI agent whose ability to replicate scientific papers could be a stepping stone for innovation.

Winning doesn’t change your principles. It reveals them. Aug 22, 2026 Mark Zuckerberg. When you’re on top, protecting your advantage can feel like common sense. Disney built an empire on public-domain stories. Then, it fought to extend copyright once Mickey was worth billions. Medieval guilds guarded the knowledge that kept outsiders from competing. Twitter tightened access to its open API after its ecosystem became valuable. However, when you’re the one trying to catch up, openness and access

You can keep Instagram from using your activity outside the app to influence the ads you get.

Apple is scaling back work on its Vision Pro headset as it shifts resources toward artificial intelligence and smart glasses. The Cupertino tech giant is largely shutting down a team focused on Vision Pro gaming and reducing the size of the group that produces immersive video, according to Bloomberg. The restructuring affects more than 200 positions across Apple’s Vision Pro, Siri and software teams.

Hong Kong has never had the luxury of abundant land for development. A small territory supporting a large and highly urbanised population must constantly make difficult choices about housing, transport and infrastructure. This is especially true when…

A sweeping agreement with startup Poolside aims to build an open AI ecosystem in the U.S. to compete with Chinese heavyweights and American AI giants

Here’s the gear you need to use your Mac mini as a dedicated AI agent host.

Joi AI hired 10 people to masturbate using AI companions as part of a monthlong “wellness” study. The company claims the practice could help “solve male loneliness.”

Elon Musk believes AI could generate up to $500 billion in annual revenue for SpaceX as early as next year.

Municipal moratoria on resource-sucking builds are a sign of things to come

Author and public speaker Katherine Martinko says parents are the most powerful model for healthy screen habits. Here’s how to lead by example this summer.

I founded Xanadu to build the world’s first scalable quantum computer. Keeping the industry here may be even harder.