As venture capital flows continue to fluctuate in 2024 amidst macroeconomic ripples and advancing innovation, this past week’s standout funding rounds offered an intriguing glimpse into where growth-centric investment is headed. Among the largest deals, Base Power—a California-based fusion energy startup—secured the biggest funding of the week, highlighting a growing venture interest in next-gen energy…

In a significant leap for the field of AI-driven software development, DeepCoder has released an open-source 14-billion-parameter code generation model that matches or exceeds the performance and efficiency of proprietary models like OpenAI’s Codex and Meta’s Code Llama. Developed as a collaborative venture between AI startup Hugging Face and ServiceNow Research, DeepCoder’s new release represents…

In a week marked by escalating state-sponsored cyber threats and rising concerns about AI’s vulnerability, cybersecurity continues to dominate headlines globally. As both attacks and defenses evolve, organizations find themselves in an arms race requiring real-time innovations and robust digital policies. This week’s developments underline significant shifts in cyber resilience strategy, AI-driven security models, and…

Global investment patterns are being reshaped by a complex storm of geopolitical tensions, particularly in the form of rising tariffs and economic uncertainty. As supply chains fracture and policy becomes unpredictable, the ripple effects of these conditions are being felt across every facet of global finance—from venture capital allocations to strategic mergers and acquisitions (M&A),…

In the ever-accelerating race to dominate artificial intelligence (AI) at both theoretical and hardware levels, Japan’s NTT Corporation – one of the world’s largest telecommunications companies – has taken an ambitious and highly strategic leap. The tech giant recently unveiled two groundbreaking announcements: the launch of a new research division dubbed the “AI Physics Group,”…

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to redefine industries, its environmental footprint has become the center of growing scrutiny. Headlines have increasingly questioned whether AI is harming the fight against climate change, framing the discussion as a dilemma between innovation and sustainability. While concerns about massive energy consumption from training large AI models like GPT-4 or…