For a long time, games and the platforms they lived on were treated as separate layers. One was the product. The other was distribution. That distinction is becoming less relevant. Across the industry, there are signs that engagement is no longer driven by the game alone, but by the broader system around it. Features that […]

Summary: AI-driven threats are accelerating as security stacks grow louder. Jan Lane argues that leadership clarity, AI integration, workforce awareness and diligence now determine cyber resilience. Rising cybersecurity budgets suggest preparedness, yet outcomes tell a different story. Global cybersecurity spending is projected to exceed $522 billion in 2026, while cybercrime damages are expected to reach […]

Uber announced the launch of a hotel-booking, AI voice assistant, among other new features, on Wednesday, April 29th, during its annual Go-Get event in New York City. The new service comes as a partnership with Expedia Group, expanding the capabilities of both platforms to offer a more complete travel experience for users. The new features […]

Developing frontier technology is often framed as a technical challenge, as if the entire endeavor could be reduced to solving a single equation. In my experience, that framing is incomplete and misleading. The real work has very little to do with arriving at one correct answer and far more to do with navigating an environment […]

The Next Frontier AI Challenge, announced at EurIPS in December, explicitly tells applicants not to try to catch up with OpenAI, but to leapfrog to the next architectural S-curve, with up to €1 billion in follow-on funding dangled for the three winning labs. SPRIND, Germany’s federal agency for breakthrough innovation, opened applications today for its […]