Companies in 2026 are expected to spend over $2.5 trillion on AI, a 47% increase on 2025. This is a spending spree never seen before in the history of organizational investments, and it’s driven in part by companies giving all employees access to GenAI tools such as Co-Pilot, Gemini, or Claude. Wondering what drove this
Less than two weeks after an Executive Order was signed to create the first United States Space Academy, NASA-led work is in full swing to make the academy a reality and shape the future of America’s aerospace workforce and leadership. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman chaired the first Presidential Commission on the United States Space Academy
Long before becoming a Hollywood mainstay with a market cap of over $315 billion, Netflix was struggling to stay afloat. After the dotcom bust, the then DVD rental company was forced to make its first major round of layoffs in 2001, cutting roughly one-third of its workforce. For Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings, the experience drove
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has survived a vote of confidence before a general election due in November, saying he has the “full support” of his ruling National Party. Luxon had called for an “urgent” meeting with his National Party caucus on Wednesday to address “increased speculation about [his] leadership”. “I have the full
Dr. Erica Schwartz, who appeared before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in July, was confirmed Wednesday as CDC director. Finn Gomez/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Finn Gomez/Getty Images The U.S. Senate confirmed Dr. Erica Schwartz as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly a year after the last
Investors don’t appear to be thrilled with the shakeup in the ranks of Alphabet’s top AI minds. The stock dropped as much as 6% on Wednesday after news broke that DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis will assume an expanded role at Alphabet. It’s a momentous shift for the trajectory of an exec who had recently been