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Is India The Next AI Frontier?
At the India AI Summit in New Delhi, global tech and political leaders cast AI as a ‘triple whammy’ of globalization, financial-crisis-scale capital risk, and social-media-level disruption, as India courts more than $200 billion in AI investment while grappling with whether its state-level reforms can match its global ambitions.
Apple’s AI Wearables Ambitions
In a bid to regain momentum in consumer AI, Apple is designing smart glasses, a disc-like AI pendant, and camera AirPods to complement a long-delayed Siri upgrade meant to rival chatbots like ChatGPT and Gemini.
Evan Spiegel Joins TBPN
United Nations Urges for Science-Backed Global AI Policy
At the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, UN Secretary General António Guterres called for science-based, globally shared evidence to govern AI, backing a new 40‑expert panel to close the “AI knowledge gap” and ensure the technology speeds up the Sustainable Development Goals instead of deepening inequality and fragmentation.
2026 Forbes BLK Money Masters
ForbesBLK’s 2026 Money Masters list celebrates 50 Black leaders in private equity, private credit, and venture capital who collectively manage over $200 billion, introducing new billionaires like David Grain and Stefan Kaluzny while marking Robert Johnson’s return to the billionaire ranks.
Phil Spencer Retires
Microsoft has appointed Asha Sharma as EVP and CEO of Microsoft Gaming, with Matt Booty elevated to Chief Content Officer, as the company enters Xbox’s next era, recommitting to its core fans, betting on bold new games, and vows not to flood players with ‘soulless AI slop.
MSG Sports Considers Strategic Split
MSG Sports is weighing a plan to spin off the Knicks and Rangers into two separate public companies, aiming to unlock value, sharpen each franchise’s strategic focus and give investors clearer ways to price the assets.
A Breakthrough for Lab Grown Spinal Cords
In a major step toward treating spinal cord damage, researchers from Northwestern University grew human spinal cord organoids with their own immune cells, simulated traumatic injuries, and showed that a dynamic nanofiber “dancing molecules” therapy can sharply reduce scarring and restart nerve growth.
CRISPR Breakthrough for Antibiotic Resistance
UC San Diego scientists have developed a gene drive–inspired CRISPR system that spreads through bacterial communities and surgically deletes plasmid-borne antibiotic resistance genes, restoring sensitivity to existing drugs even inside stubborn biofilms in hospitals, farms, and wastewater systems.
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150MW - The geothermal deal Google has signed to feed data center growth
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