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According to McKinsey, 6% of organizations qualify as AI high performers, meaning they attribute at least 5% of their earnings to AI use. Forty-four percent have scaled AI across the organization, up from 38% a year earlier. The tools are present. The capability is not evenly distributed.

Limassol-based entrepreneur and investor Alexey Gubarev, a co-founder of Cyprus's TechIsland, argues that the race for AI infrastructure will be decided not by who spends the most, but by who can turn money into working compute, and that the bottlenecks on each side of the Atlantic look very different.

Roughly 80% of retail sales still happen in physical stores, but retailers lose $125 billion in sales each year due to poor visual merchandising, according to a recent report.

Inside companies, the story and the work don't always match.

Alphabet, Amazon and Meta are among the companies whose investments in artificial intelligence are driving the increase.

Explore how INIU Outdoor is entering the rugged power market with the Rugged 10000, combining portable charging, durability testing, and outdoor-focused design.

Despite having a traditionally conservative stance towards cryptocurrencies, the Chinese Communist Party is moving forward with the construction of a national blockchain network as part of a wider strategy to upgrade Chinese digital infrastructure.

Two-time presidential candidate Bernie Sanders made the statement after news emerged that an Anthropic AI model sent the Philadelphia Police Department a fake tip about an unsolved murder case.

Michael Sentonas, president of endpoint security company CrowdStrike argued that a slow down won't address the core security concerns.

The company is bringing its most advanced models, cybersecurity researchers, and engineers directly to companies responsible for protecting essential services.

Deloitte's 2026 Global Retail Industry Outlook, based on a survey of 330 retail executives, found that nearly 68% of respondents expected to deploy agentic AI for key operational and enterprise activities within 12 to 24 months.

The planning comes as frontier AI models gain stronger cyber capabilities and companies build new safeguards around critical infrastructure and advanced systems.

Learn how CARTISTEM, a stem cell-based cartilage treatment available in South Korea, may help selected patients with stage 2–3 knee osteoarthritis, including eligibility, recovery and U.S. regulatory status.

Stocks fell on Thursday following reports that its annualized revenue hit $50 billion at the end of September, lower than the $68 billion reported late last month.

I write this as the co-founder and CEO of a company building AI to help protect nations. I believe autonomous systems will be essential to defending against threats that move faster than people can respond. The standard I am arguing for applies to me, too.

The touchscreen MacBook represents a major departure from Apple's traditional approach to personal computers.

Samsung will release its full results on Oct. 29. Investors will get a detailed breakdown of how its semiconductor and consumer businesses performed.