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…

The European venture capital (VC) landscape exhibited a mixed performance in Q1 2025, staying relatively flat compared to the previous quarter. Yet, amidst this plateau, one sector has been quietly but steadily gaining prominence—healthcare. According to a recent analysis by Crunchbase News, the healthcare sector’s share of venture funding in Europe rose significantly, even as…

Artificial intelligence is evolving at an unprecedented pace, with monumental innovations reshaping the technological landscape every quarter. In Google’s most astounding breakthrough to date, the company has publicly revealed a new AI supercomputing accelerator chip named Ironwood—claiming a performance level 24 times greater than that of Frontier, the reigning world’s fastest supercomputer as recognized by…

When Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI launched its chatbot “Grok” on X (formerly Twitter), much of the public interest centered around its quirky personality and unfiltered tone. However, according to a recent exposé by Fortune, an alarming application of Musk’s AI ventures has come to light: an initiative dubbed “DOGE” is quietly analyzing social media…

In the first quarter of 2025, startup funding activity in Latin America experienced a notable contraction, reflecting both global tightening of capital flows and unique regional challenges. According to a recent Crunchbase News report, startup investment in Latin America fell by 16% compared to Q4 2024 and remains down an astonishing 85% from the same…