Hedge funds betting against some of the world’s biggest gambling companies have already made more than $2.3 billion this year as confidence drains from an industry that not long ago looked almost unstoppable. Flutter Entertainment, DraftKings and Entain have all suffered steep share price declines as investors grow more doubtful about how much momentum is…
Kenya is positioning itself as Africa’s Silicon Savannah and its premier tech hub. Touting itself as a “full-package investment destination,” part of the strategy has been encouraging global tech giants to set up operations in the country. Lately, however, the plan has run into a roadblock: electrical capacity. Pull back to May 2024, when Microsoft…
I’ve had View Transitions on the mind a little bit after experimenting with using them to move the focus ring around the page. I found that pretty satisfying, except the part where I was binding events to the tab key myself and keeping track of “focusable” elements. I know better, as that kind of thing…
Residents of Lithuania’s capital were told to head underground and flights were briefly halted over Vilnius after military officials detected suspected drone activity near the Belarus border, another sign that the war surrounding Ukraine is starting to feel less distant across parts of Europe. Phones across the city lit up with emergency shelter warnings. Lithuania’s…
We get it. Artificial intelligence is impressive. But how is it saving CFOs money? Prithwijit Chaki has a take. As Global Leader for Finance Advisory at Genpact, a global professional services firm, Chaki helps chief financial officers harness AI and data to drive measurable business outcomes. With more than two decades of experience advising companies…
Legal immigrants with jobs, apartments, children and long-term plans already built in America could soon be forced to leave the country under a sudden Trump administration green card crackdown that is shaking households, universities and employers across the United States. The policy change, announced by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, would require many foreigners already…
Deepfake-enabled fraud, which began as novel technical exploits, is now a persistent operational risk with a multi-year shelf life within the corporate ecosystem. According to deepfake-detection provider Resemble.AI, deepfakes typically remain in circulation for three-and-a-half years. Resemble.AI’s 2025 Deepfake Threat Report, published in March, references an incident in which a voice clone of a German energy…
What people say, feel, think, and do are often very different things. To understand the underlying reasons for user behavior, it helps to look beyond the surface and explore hidden motivations, root causes, and the different layers of reality that shape how people act. Brought to you by Measuring UX Impact, friendly video course on…
This is the third of seven lessons from Ladina, Head of Media & CEO of Ringier Media Switzerland, that we will publish each day leading up to our World News Media Congress. Her first two covered: Lesson #1 Building products is trivial. Running them isn’t.” Lesson # 2 The living policy. Why AI guidelines are…
Walmart is reshuffling senior leadership and cutting jobs as America’s largest retailer braces for slower consumer spending and a more cautious economic climate. The company is losing two senior executives during a wider restructuring under CEO John Furner, according to Reuters, only days after eliminating roughly 1,000 roles while pushing deeper into automation, delivery operations…