U.K. Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy remains in post under new Prime Minister Andy Burnham, overseeing the BBC's royal charter renewal and the Paramount/Warner Bros. Discovery merger, while Kanishka Nara…
AI startup Decart released Lucy 2.5, a live video model that generates real-time visual effects such as fireballs and smoke, and also improves physics simulations for robotics training. The model offe…
AI agent reliability fails primarily because each run assembles context differently, with retrieval order, memory state, and tool outputs varying even at temperature zero, leading to accuracy variatio…
Allen & Co.'s Sun Valley conference in July 2026 attracted AI leaders including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, alongside media moguls discussing deals involving Comcast, Paramou…
LiveRamp is running a five-month B2B campaign on Netflix to promote its trustworthiness amid scrutiny of its Publicis deal. Reddit is using AI tools to combat stealth marketing content planted by bran…
Meta has introduced a $19.99 monthly subscription for its Ray-Ban smart glasses, limiting the 'conversation focus' feature to three hours per month unless users pay. The feature runs entirely on-devic…
Chip stocks have more than doubled in the first half of 2026 despite a turbulent period marked by the Iran war and geopolitical tensions, with the U.S. SOX chip index posting its best second quarter o…
Wall Street opened higher on Monday after the US and Iran agreed to pause hostilities, with the Dow Jones, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite rising 0.3%, 0.4%, and 1.3% respectively. AI stocks traded mixe…
AI is reshaping streaming TV advertising, with buyers, sellers, and viewers holding distinct priorities. Buyers seek AI to improve campaign planning and optimization but resist full autonomy, sellers …
Engineering leaders from Nationwide, Comcast, TD Bank, and HPE discussed AI adoption strategies at DX Annual, emphasizing that AI integration requires redesigning the software development lifecycle, n…
A new type of demand-side platform, dubbed the direct booking engine (DBE), is emerging with lower take rates and direct supply access, according to Pontiac Intelligence CEO Keith Gooberman. Meanwhile…
Brinker International CIO Chris Caldwell spent two years rebuilding the restaurant chain's core technology infrastructure, including Wi-Fi and back-office systems, before exploring AI use cases. The C…
Fox Corp. has agreed to acquire streaming pioneer Roku in a cash-and-stock deal valued at approximately $22 billion, including debt. The combined company will become the third-largest player in U.S. t…
A U.S. federal court denied China-based AI company MiniMax's motion to dismiss a copyright lawsuit brought by Walt Disney, Comcast's Universal, and Warner Bros Discovery. The studios allege MiniMax us…
President Donald Trump requested $1 billion in taxpayer funding for security upgrades to a White House ballroom project, including a rooftop hardened against drone strikes and a "drone port" for milit…