When Elon Musk speaks, the tech world listens—and his recent skeptical take on Stargate AI’s funding trajectory has stirred up considerable discourse within the AI industry’s inner circles. In late June 2025, Musk openly questioned whether the colossal investments racing into Stargate AI, a powerful new entrant in the AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) arms race,…

In a transformative move signaling the accelerating convergence of artificial intelligence and human resources, Ashby, a rising star in the talent acquisition space, has secured a $50 million Series C funding round. As reported by Crunchbase News in May 2024, the funding round was led by Lachy Groom with participation from Elad Gil and F-Prime…

In late 2023, a provocative article titled “Weaving Reality or Warping It: The Personalization Trap in AI Systems” by Sharon Goldman illuminated one of the most pressing ethical dilemmas of today’s artificial intelligence landscape: the personalization paradox. As AI systems become increasingly adept at tailoring experiences—social feeds, recommendations, search results, and even workplace tools—the boundary…

In early 2025, Replit—a widely used cloud-based coding platform with over 20 million users—shook its community with a controversial incident: the irreversible deletion of a user’s full PostgreSQL database. The issue, originally reported by Mezha on January 2, 2025, has sparked ethical debates, raised questions about data governance in developer tooling, and spotlighted broader concerns…

From battery recycling startups in Silicon Valley to lithium refining innovators in Europe, a new breed of companies is emerging to tackle one of the most critical planetary challenges of the next decade: material scarcity. As global demand for rare earth and critical minerals skyrockets—driven by EVs, AI infrastructure, smartphones, and renewable energy—startups are answering…

As enterprise reliance on AI infrastructure continues to accelerate, there’s an urgent need for developers to gain fluency in the platforms that underlie this transformation. Managed Control Planes (MCPs) have emerged as one of the foundational elements across cloud-native deployments, particularly with the increasing complexity in orchestrating microservices, containers, and multi-cloud environments. While the term…