If you’re heading to a major sporting event, concert, or festival this year, there’s a good chance facial recognition technology is part of the security setup. The 2026 FIFA World Cup is the clearest example yet — stadiums across the US, including Gillette in Boston, Hard Rock in Miami, and Mercedes-Benz in Atlanta, are using…
Jeff Bezos just stepped out of stealth mode with one of the most ambitious AI bets of the year. Prometheus, the startup he co-founded with former Google executive Vik Bajaj, raised $12 billion this week at a $41 billion valuation. Backers include JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, and Bezos himself. This is the company’s second raise. It launched quietly…
AI regulation has moved off the whiteboard and into the halls of Congress. And OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is making sure his company shapes whatever comes next. In early June, Altman made the rounds on Capitol Hill, meeting with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Mike Johnson, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, and Senator…
African startups funding in 2026 has hit a remarkable milestone. As of June 3, the continent’s tech ecosystem had raised $1.3 billion — a figure that took nearly all of last year’s first half to achieve. The acceleration has been swift, unexpected, and driven in no small part by one electric mobility company landing one…
2026 has been a brutal year for cybersecurity. Wars are being fought on digital fronts as well as physical ones. Ransomware gangs are holding critical institutions hostage. Nation-state hackers are targeting power grids, water systems, data breaches, and government networks. And the attacks are getting bolder, more destructive, and harder to contain. We are only…
Red light therapy has gone from a niche wellness trend to a mainstream consumer product category in under five years. LED face masks are now sold at Sephora, Target, and Amazon. Dermatologists recommend them. Beauty influencers swear by them. But strip away the marketing and the before-and-after photos, and a fair question remains: what does…
ServiceNow — the enterprise software platform used by thousands of organisations worldwide for IT management, HR workflows, and customer service operations — has disclosed a security incident. Attackers exploited an unauthenticated access flaw in a vulnerable API endpoint to query data from customer instances. The breach is significant not because of its scale — ServiceNow…
Microsoft released its June 2026 Patch Tuesday yesterday — and it broke records. 200 vulnerabilities patched. 33 rated critical. 6 zero-days fixed. It is the largest single security update Microsoft has ever shipped. Then, hours later, a security researcher dropped a brand new exploit — affecting fully patched Windows 10 and Windows 11 machines. The update that…
Every week brings a new gadget or app claiming to change your life. Here’s a simple framework for cutting through the hype and deciding what tech product is actually worth your money.
SpaceX prices its record $75 billion IPO tonight at $135 per share. Trading starts tomorrow on Nasdaq. Here’s what the S-1 financials actually say, and what to watch at the open.
China just announced a $295 billion state-backed AI infrastructure plan over five years. Here’s what it involves, why it matters, and what it means for the global AI race.
OpenAI has filed confidentially for a $1 trillion IPO targeting September 2026. Here’s what the numbers actually look like, revenue, losses, risks, and what happens next.
Apple just did something it has never done before. At today’s WWDC 2026 keynote — reportedly Tim Cook’s last — the company announced iOS 27 Extensions: a new framework that lets you replace Siri as your default AI with Claude, Gemini, or ChatGPT across every Apple Intelligence feature on your iPhone. This is a big deal….