Artificial intelligence (AI) agents designed for software development tasks are among the most aggressively advancing frontiers in machine learning. Yet the real-world capabilities of these AI coding agents remain inconsistently validated. In December 2025, Ars Technica published a critical benchmark report—a deep empirical test involving AI agents and the classic game of Minesweeper—that offered more…

In the latest funding cycle tracked through mid-May 2025, investor sentiment has coalesced strongly around cybersecurity and energy technologies. Despite broader venture funding volumes remaining below their 2021 and early 2022 highs, what stands out is the sectoral precision with which capital is now being allocated. A deep dive into recent mega-rounds reveals that security—particularly…

Wall Street’s early-2025 rally—dominated by euphoria in artificial intelligence equities—is beginning to generate fresh concern among analysts who warn that extreme valuations, margin compression, and softening growth expectations may mark the overheated peak of an AI-driven speculative cycle. A 25% drop in CoreWeave’s secondary market valuation earlier this month has heightened anxiety that the sector’s…

TAE Technologies, a California-based nuclear fusion startup, has long operated at the forefront of alternative plasma-based fusion methods. But in a move that has stunned both the energy and media industries, the company recently revealed that it had merged with Digital World Acquisition Corp (DWAC), the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) that previously attempted to…

Instacart’s stock price slid 9% in premarket trading on December 17, 2025, following revelations that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) had launched a formal investigation into the grocery delivery firm’s AI-driven pricing tool. The probe, linked to possible consumer deception via dynamic pricing algorithms, has ignited industry-wide debate around the ethics, transparency, and legality…

As of early 2025, the tech industry finds itself navigating a prolonged recalibration. After a wave of exuberant hiring in 2021–2022, tech companies have executed successive rounds of layoffs, impacting hundreds of thousands of workers. While much of the discussion around these layoffs has focused on human cost and macroeconomic causes, a less-explored dynamic has…