It’s been four months since the US captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and brought him to the US to stand trial. His vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, is now in charge, but the Trump administration has been largely silent on what comes next for the country. In the meantime, Missy Ryan, a staff writer at the…
Brian Chesky received $242,122 in 2025 reported compensation as Airbnb’s co-founder and CEO, but that number barely explains his wealth. A reasonable current estimate for Chesky’s net worth is $9.5 billion to $12.5 billion, with the clearest evidence sitting in Airbnb’s proxy filing, his disclosed shareholding and the company’s latest share price. Airbnb’s 2026 proxy…
Home Private Credit Suntera’s Von Bevern on the ‘Speed’ Advantage of Private Credit Michael Von Bevern of Suntera breaks down how private credit lenders are faster and act more like business partners than banks in a tightening global market. As traditional banks continue to retreat from risk, private credit is stepping in to provide the…
Disney reported $25.2bn in quarterly revenue and $1.57 adjusted earnings per share, sending its shares higher even as attendance at its US parks slipped. Investors looked past the weaker footfall because Disney made more money from the customers it still had, while streaming, cruises and stronger earnings guidance gave the market a wider profit story….
“I bring some bad news and good news,” said Rosalia Lloret, Senior Advisor to the President, elDiario.es. The bad news, she added, is that “the AI platform economy is shaking to its core” and the media industry is under sustained pressure. At our recent Digital Media Asia conference in Manila, across the sector, she said,…
Earlier this spring Canada hosted representatives from 18 countries to establish the Defence, Security & Resilience Bank (DSRB). The initiative aims to create a multilateral AAA-rated bank that can provide loans to allied governments and allow countries to borrow directly from the institution at a lower cost. Backers of the proposed DSRB want it to…
Despite the US and Iran exchanging fire and new missile attacks aimed at the United Arab Emirates this week, the Trump administration maintains that the ceasefire that began in early April is still in effect. Iran’s attacks on commercial and US Navy ships are still “all below the threshold of restarting major combat operations at…
Founded in 1949, dpa (Deutsche Presse-Agentur) is a joint venture of about 170 German media companies with the mission to provide reliable information for media outlets, companies and organisations to use in their journalistic work. dpa’s work has historically fallen into two key areas, said Yannick Franke, the press agency’s AI Team Lead, speaking at…
Apple has agreed to pay $250mn to settle claims that it overstated Apple Intelligence features tied to Siri, including a personalised AI assistant promoted around the iPhone 16 launch but delayed after customers had already bought eligible devices. The settlement is small by Apple’s standards, but the damage risk is larger: the company has turned…
What does it really take to build local-first web apps in 2026? A grounded, experience-driven perspective for developers who’ve been doing this long enough to be skeptical of silver bullets. Last October, I was sitting in a hotel room in Lisbon, the night before I was supposed to demo a project management tool my team…