Most businesses, which includes modern ones, invest heavily in technology, but they rarely plan for its eventual and inevitable exit strategy. Generally speaking, companies spend millions on the latest hardware while overlooking the critical phase when those assets reach their end. This lack of planning creates a massive gap in the operational lifecycle of many otherwise successful global organizations. Decisions …

The Department of Homeland Security has been increasing pressure on tech companies to identify the owners of social media accounts that criticize Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to The New York Times. This echoes other recent reporting, with Bloomberg pointing to five cases in which Homeland Security sought to identify the owners of anonymous Instagram accounts, with the department …

Elon Musk is “actively” working to make xAI’s Grok chatbot “more unhinged,” according to a former employee who spoke to The Verge about recent departures from Musk’s AI company. This week, following the announcement that Musk’s SpaceX is acquiring xAI (which previously acquired his social media company X), at least 11 engineers and two co-founders said they’re leaving the company. …

Much of Silicon Valley has spent years chasing mega-rounds and buzzy AI deals. Meanwhile, Stacy Brown-Philpot is running Cherryrock Capital like a throwback to venture capital’s earlier days, writing smaller Series A and B checks to founders that larger firms routinely overlook. The former TaskRabbit CEO and decade-long Google veteran launched Cherryrock a year ago after seeing what she calls …

Airbnb plans to double down on artificial intelligence to improve its user experience for both guests and hosts. During a fourth-quarter earnings call, Airbnb’s CEO, Brian Chesky, said the company is building an “AI-native experience” aimed at helping guests book trips, assisting hosts with their listings, and running the company more efficiently. According to Chesky, there’s an AI search tool …

کرکٹ کی دنیا کا سب سے بڑا مقابلے، ٹی ٹوئنٹی ورلڈ کپ میں پاکستان اور بھارت آج کولمبو میں آمنے سامنے آئیں گے۔ دونوں ٹیمیں گروپ اے میں مسلسل دو کامیابیوں کے ساتھ میدان میں اتریں گی۔ گراؤنڈ میں آج بادل گرجے برسیں گے یا پھر کھلاڑی؟ ہینڈ شیک ہوگا یا نہیں؟ کئی سارے سوالات دل میں لیے دنیا بھر …

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Disney is going after another generative AI tool, accusing ByteDance and its recently released Seedance 2.0 of using its copyrighted material without permission. As first reported on by Axios, the Walt Disney Company sent a cease-and-desist letter to ByteDance, claiming the Chinese company developed its Seedance tool “with a pirated library of Disney’s copyrighted characters from Star Wars, Marvel, and …

Zardari stated that a true leader must be prepared to fight, face imprisonment, protect the party, and safeguard the people. Web Desk February 15, 2026 SADIQABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has said that those who make fiery speeches cannot endure the hardships of imprisonment or make real sacrifices for political struggle. Addressing party workers in Sadiqabad, Punjab, the president stated …

Much has changed for Jenny Wang, the founder who’s bringing “Clueless” fashion tech to life.  Last year, her company, Alta, raised $11 million in a round led by Menlo Ventures to let users create digital closets and try on their clothes with their own virtual avatars. It’s a tech once seen only in movies, most notably in “Clueless,” where Cher …

This book made my skin crawl, but I couldn’t put it down. Persona is an unsettling, at times horrifying, novel that explores identity, isolation, exploitation and human connection under the warping influences of the internet and an economic system that leaves many people struggling just to get by. It reads like a nightmare, with prose that is surreal and disorienting …

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Hollywood organizations are pushing back against a new AI video model called Seedance 2.0, which they say has quickly become a tool for “blatant” copyright infringement. ByteDance, the Chinese company that recently finalized a deal to sell TikTok’s U.S. operations (it retains a stake in the new joint venture), launched Seedance 2.0 earlier this week.  According to the Wall Street …