As we move deeper into the second half of the decade, businesses across every industry are recalibrating their digital strategies around artificial intelligence. Whether you’re a startup founder, CTO, or part of an AI software development company, the accelerating pace of innovation is reshaping how systems are built, deployed, and maintained. 2026 is proving to be the most transformative year …

Physical shops are still very much in demand in the UK.But who is buying shops in 2025? Read on as we explore who is buying UK shops in 2025. Big Companies and Investment Funds New research from BusinessesForSale.com states that big companies may buy multiple shops that have the potential to be financially profitable. And in some cases, they may …

For the better part of a decade, the Silicon Valley mantra of “move fast and break things” has permeated the global business consciousness. It suggests that speed is the ultimate competitive advantage and that failure is merely a stepping stone to success. While this philosophy might work for venture-backed software unicorns with millions in runway, it is proving to be …

Ihab Abou Letaif is a business professional with experience in retail operations and consumer goods. His work focuses on how businesses operate day-to-day, especially in complex, high-pressure markets. He is known for a practical and disciplined approach to management. His career has been shaped by hands-on roles in operations, finance, and business development. He has worked closely with store performance, …

Benjamin Nasberg is a Canadian entrepreneur and the CEO of Carbone Restaurant Group. He is known for building scalable hospitality businesses while staying closely connected to the people and communities behind them. His career reflects a steady focus on growth, culture, and practical leadership. Nasberg began working in restaurants at the age of 16. Those early roles gave him a …

For most of its history, Gradeall International operated the way thousands of UK manufacturers still do. Build good equipment, look after your customers, grow through word of mouth and trade shows, and trust that reputation would do the heavy lifting. Based in Dungannon, County Tyrone, the company manufactures tyre balers, sidewall cutters, waste compactors, and glass crushers — specialist recycling …

Bracken McKey has spent his career turning responsibility into results. Not through bold claims or flashy moves. But through steady work, clear thinking, and ideas that could hold up under pressure. Over more than 25 years in the legal field, McKey helped shape how serious cases were handled in Washington County. He took on leadership roles. He built systems. And …

Gaming now transcends the physical realm. If you want the thrill of spinning today, you no longer need to live near a casino or plan a trip. That excitement, which once required time and travel, can now be accessed wherever you are. Let’s be clear – this isn’t about good versus bad, or old versus new. Physical casinos are undeniably …

Waymo has pulled the human safety driver from its autonomous test vehicles in Nashville, as the Alphabet-owned company moves closer to launching a robotaxi service in the city. Waymo, which has been testing in Nashville for months, is slated to launch a robotaxi service there this year in partnership with Lyft. Riders will initially hail rides directly through the Waymo …

Another day, another wave of gaming layoffs. Today it’s Riot Games with the announcement that it’s cutting jobs on its pair-based fighting game 2XKO. For context, a representative from Riot confirmed to Game Developer that about 80 people are being cut, or roughly half of 2XKO’s global development team. “As we expanded from PC to console, we saw consistent trends …

YouTube megastar MrBeast announced on Monday that his company, Beast Industries, is buying Step, a teen-focused banking app. Step, which raised half a billion in funding and has grown to over 7 million users, offers financial services geared toward Gen Z to help them build credit, save money, and invest. The company has attracted celebrity investors like Charli D’Amelio, Will …

Social network Bluesky is finally rolling out one of users’ most-requested features: drafts. Bluesky’s competitors, X and Threads, have long supported the ability to write drafts, which is seen as a baseline feature for services like this. Users can access drafts on Bluesky the same way they do on these other platforms, which is by opening the new post flow and …

House Judiciary Committee member Jamie Raskin (D-MD) has asked the US Department of Justice to turn over all its communications with both Apple and Google regarding the companies’ decisions to remove apps that shared information about sightings of US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officers. Several apps that allowed people to share information about where they had seen ICE members were …

On Monday, Databricks announced it reached a $5.4 billion revenue run rate, growing 65% year-over-year, of which more than $1.4 billion was from its AI products.  Co-founder and CEO Ali Ghodsi wanted to share these growth numbers because there’s so much talk about how AI is going to kill the SaaS business, he told TechCrunch. “Everybody’s like, ‘Oh, it’s SaaS. What’s …

As Anthropic expands into India, a local software company has filed a court complaint saying it was already using the name “Anthropic,” spotlighting how the rapid global push of AI firms can collide with local incumbents. The filing comes amid Anthropic deepening its focus on India, announcing an India office last October and more recently appointing former Microsoft India managing …