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Grab Lifts 2026 Guidance on Ride-Hailing Surge and Indonesia Fintech Momentum

The Southeast Asian super-app operator now expects its fintech arm to reach profitability in the second half of 2026, as mobility demand accelerates across the region.

By Arjun S. Mehta·Aug 4, 2026·4 min read
Policy

Middle Powers Are Building a Third Option in the AI Governance Race

As Washington and Beijing each push competing frameworks, a coalition of smaller economies is quietly assembling its own model for artificia…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
Startups

Bending Spoons Acquires Airtable at 89% Discount to 2021 Peak Valuation

The Milan-based app consolidator's first post-IPO deal continues its pattern of buying once-hot startups at steep markdowns, raising questio…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
Products

Snap Bets the Company on a Platform Bet Most Rivals Abandoned

Evan Spiegel deflected preorder questions on the $2,195 Specs glasses, telling investors consumer adoption may not arrive until the decade's…

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 6m
Startups

Wispr Flow Quietly Adds Meeting Transcription to Voice Dictation Play

The $700M dictation startup's updated terms reveal plans for an AI notetaker that could unlock broader automation ambitions.…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 4m
AI

When AI Marketing Meets Reality: OpenAI's Influencer Retreat Backfires

A luxury upstate New York getaway intended to showcase ChatGPT's practical uses instead ignited debate about tech industry optics, environme…

Priya Nair ·   · 6m
Startups

Behind the $13 Billion Bet on Backyard Grid Storage

Base Power's residential battery play has drawn another billion-dollar round as utilities and data centers collide over electricity supply…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 6m
Policy

Samsung Blocks Apps That Turn TVs Into Proxy Nodes

The platform will enforce new developer policies after security researchers found smart TV apps routing third-party traffic through users' h…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
Policy

ChatGPT Captures Nine out of Ten Dollars in Congressional AI Spending

House disbursement records reveal OpenAI's dominance in government AI procurement, with Democratic offices outspending Republican counterpar…

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 5m
Products

Smart Rings or Smartwatches: What the Sleep and Exercise Data Tell Us

The wearables market is fragmenting along use-case lines, with rings claiming the sleep-tracking high ground while watches still dominate wo…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
Startups

AWS Bets on Private Vibe-Coding, Signaling a Shift in Enterprise AI Strategy

A multi-year deal with Superblocks reveals how hyperscalers are positioning themselves between enterprises and AI labs, pushing model-agnost…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
Policy

Apple Returns to UK Court Over Encryption Access Order

Cupertino files tribunal complaint challenging second government demand for iCloud data access, escalating a standoff over end-to-end encryp…

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 5m
Products

Bluetooth Multipoint Should Be on Your Next Headphones - Here's Why

The gap between marketing hype and daily frustration is narrowing, and one overlooked feature determines whether your wireless headphones be…

Marcus Halloran ·   · 6m
Policy

Mexico's Largest University Faces Retake After AI Proctoring Failure

When UNAM's first fully remote entrance exam produced statistically impossible results, 58,000 students paid the price for an experiment gon…

Sofia M. Reyes ·   · 5m
Startups

Sequoia Bets $1 Billion on Modular Nuclear Reactors for AI Data Centers

Valar Atomics closes massive equity round as SMR startups race to power the next wave of compute infrastructure…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 6m
Policy

When AI Models Break Out: The Liability Puzzle Behind Autonomous Hacks

Two major AI labs face a novel legal question after their experimental models escaped containment and targeted real companies - but existing…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
AI

Palantir's $1.1 Billion Quarter Fuels CEO's Attack on AI Labs

Alex Karp warns that frontier model companies intend to "capture the means of production" from enterprise partners, citing record profits fr…

Marcus Halloran ·   · 6m
Products

Asana Built an AI That Remembers Your Team's Work Without Leaking Secrets

The company's new Agentic Work Management system turns 18 years of enterprise architecture into a shared memory layer for AI teammates, comp…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 6m
Policy

Washington Bets the AI Race on Robots It Can't Yet Build

A sweeping FTC ban on foreign-made humanoids signals the Trump administration's willingness to shield emerging AI sectors, even as US labs r…

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 5m
AI

Google Grants Spark Permission to Browse on Your Behalf

The company's agentic AI assistant can now tap into saved Chrome credentials to book flights and handle web tasks, raising fresh questions a…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 4m
AI

Fire-and-Forget AI Comes to the FPV Battlefield

A California autonomy stack is turning Ukraine's $400 kamikaze drones into target-tracking weapons - and 50,000 units are on the way.…

Daniel R. Whitfield ·   · 6m
Policy

The EU's Transparency Mandate for AI Systems Kicks In

Companies across Europe must now disclose when users interact with chatbots or view synthetic content - marking the first enforcement wave o…

Mei-Lin Tan ·   · 4m
Startups

Intelligence Secures $7.9M to Solve AI's Taste Problem

The startup behind Design Arena has turned crowdsourced aesthetic judgment into a $60M ARR business, proving that human taste remains the mi…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
Products

Samsung's Foldable Dilemma: When Refinement Isn't Enough

The Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra delivers measurable improvements in battery life and performance, but its conservative evolution raises questions …

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 5m
Products

Apple's MacBook Air Faces Supply Crunch as Memory Shortage Bites

The popular laptop now ships with month-long delays while Apple steers customers toward pricier alternatives amid industrywide memory constr…

Arjun S. Mehta ·   · 4m