Even in Silicon Valley, skepticism looms over robots, while ‘China has certainly a lot more momentum on humanoids’
Robots have long been seen as a bad bet for Silicon Valley investors — too complicated, capital-intensive and “boring, honestly,” says venture capitalist Modar Alaoui.Alaoui, founder of the Humanoids Summit,…
Banking on carbon markets 2.0: why financial institutions should engage with carbon credits
The global carbon market is at an inflection point as discussions during the recent COP meeting in Brazil demonstrated. After years of negotiations over carbon market rules under Article 6 of…
Oracle’s collapsing stock shows the AI boom is running into two hard limits: physics and debt markets
Earnings guidance was also weak, and the company raised its forecast for fiscal 2026 capex by another $15 billion. The bulk of that is going into data centers dedicated to…
Gen Z is drinking 20% less than Millennials. Productivity is rising. Coincidence? Not quite
For all the noise surrounding alcohol today, one fact rarely enters the conversation: societies with moderate, responsible drinking habits consistently outperform economically. Across OECD economies, decades of analysis confirm this…
‘The question is really just how long it will take’: Over 2,000 gather at Humanoids Summit to meet the robots who may take their jobs someday
Robots have long been seen as a bad bet for Silicon Valley investors — too complicated, capital-intensive and “boring, honestly,” says venture capitalist Modar Alaoui.Alaoui says many researchers now believe…
Trump names Warsh, Hassett as top Fed contenders, WSJ says
President Donald Trump said that Kevin Hassett and Kevin Warsh are his top choices to lead the US Federal Reserve and that he expects the next chair of the central…
‘Godmother of AI’ says degrees are less important in hiring than how quickly you can ‘superpower yourself’ with new tools
Founders of AI startups in Silicon Valley are valuing degrees less and seeking out candidates who can work quickly, adapt, and build AI models.Li, also the founding codirector of Stanford’s…
Trump says ‘starting’ land strikes over drugs in latest warning
President Donald Trump said the US would be “starting” land strikes on drug operations in Latin America, though again declined to provide details on when and where the escalation of…
Creative workers won’t be replaced by AI—but their roles will change to become ‘directors’ managing AI agents, executives say
With AI agents handling more tasks, Xu said that workers will shift “from producers to more directors.” Instead of asking, “How do I accomplish the goal?” they’ll instead focus on,…
The CEO of one of Asia’s largest co-working space providers says his business has more in common with hotels
Kong Wan Sing, the founder and CEO of JustCo, one of Asia’s largest co-working space providers, doesn’t quite think of himself as leading an office company. Instead, he sees parallels…
