Europe’s video game business reached a striking milestone in 2024: €24 billion in combined turnover and more than 6,600 studios. Yet behind those numbers is a less comfortable story. The industry expanded its company base while employment growth effectively stopped. That divergence suggests the European games market is entering a more mature and selective phase. New studios are still being…

BMW’s latest earnings reveal a problem that goes beyond one weak quarter: China is becoming a fundamentally harder market for European premium automakers. BMW’s second-quarter net profit dropped nearly 35% to €1.2 billion, while deliveries in China plunged more than 30%. The contrast with relatively resilient European and U.S. demand highlights how quickly competitive conditions have diverged between major regions.…

Uber’s autonomous-vehicle strategy is less about inventing a self-driving car than controlling the marketplace around it. That distinction could become one of the most important competitive advantages in the robotaxi industry. Instead of betting on a single autonomous-driving technology, Uber is assembling a portfolio of partners. The logic resembles an operating-system strategy: AV developers provide the vehicles and autonomy stack,…

Apple’s latest silicon strategy points to a larger shift in AI computing: some of the most capable inference machines may increasingly sit on engineers’ desks rather than inside cloud data centers. The M5 Ultra is particularly important because its value is not defined by conventional PC performance. Its combination of large unified memory, high memory bandwidth and multi-die processing targets…

The latest jump in cryptocurrency-linked stocks reveals a fundamental transformation in how investors gain exposure to Bitcoin. Instead of buying the asset directly, investors can now choose businesses whose earnings, balance sheets or operating models become increasingly sensitive to the price of BTC. That distinction matters because equities can magnify both directions of the market. A Bitcoin rally can improve…

Search is becoming less about sending users to websites and more about supplying information directly inside AI-generated answers. That shift is quietly changing the value of platforms such as Reddit and YouTube. Reddit benefits from millions of conversations containing product experiences, recommendations and problem-solving discussions. YouTube brings another advantage: demonstrations, reviews and tutorials that provide AI systems with rich contextual…

Gold’s move above $4,500 is more than another milestone for the precious-metals market. It reflects a growing tension between monetary policy, Treasury debt management and investor expectations about the future of U.S. rates. The metal gained roughly 4% in a single session, while the dollar weakened and long-term Treasury yields moved lower. At the same time, short-term yields rose, creating…

The Computer Becomes the Interface The next competitive battle in artificial intelligence may not be about producing better answers. It may be about completing the work that comes after the answer. xAI’s Grok Bot is built around that premise. Instead of operating primarily through prompts, the system gives AI agents their own cloud computer, allowing them to interact with websites,…

Disney’s partnership with TikTok signals a broader change in how entertainment companies think about intellectual property. Instead of treating fans primarily as viewers, Disney is increasingly treating them as participants who can extend the life and visibility of major franchises through short-form video. The planned Disney Creator Ambassador Program gives selected creators access to material from hundreds of Disney properties,…

A pottery class turned out to be more effective at getting strangers to actually meet than a decade of algorithm tweaks ever managed. That's the early signal behind Tinder's push to expand its Events feature well beyond its original test market. From One Pilot City to Nine More After launching in Los Angeles in March, Events drew engagement from 66%…

A decade. That's roughly how long it would take Meta to break even on its artificial intelligence investment if the company somehow started pulling in $100 billion a year from AI products — a figure nowhere close to today's numbers. The Non-Advertising Gap Meta's total 2025 revenue reached $200.97 billion, yet only $4.8 billion of that came from sources outside…

Gemini Powers a New Era of Search Google reported another impressive quarter as artificial intelligence continued transforming its advertising ecosystem. The company's Gemini model has become a central component of Search, helping advertisers reach consumers with greater precision while improving the relevance of search results. Rather than replacing traditional search, AI is making it smarter and more effective for both…

PC gamers may soon face another major increase in graphics card prices. Nvidia is reportedly raising the cost of GPU packages supplied to board partners by 20% to 30%, with the change expected to affect the entire GeForce RTX lineup. Retail prices are already moving sharply. An Asus TUF RTX 5080 that sold for about $1,199 during winter is now…

The internet finally has a top-level domain bearing its most familiar name. Verisign has added .web to the global Domain Name System, ending a dispute that stretched across decades of internet history. The delay was not technical. The extension was proposed as early as 1997, but competing claims intensified when ICANN auctioned it in 2016. Seven applicants participated, and NU…

Artificial intelligence has sparked an unexpected surge in demand for physical books—not from readers, but from companies building next-generation AI models. As online content becomes increasingly saturated with AI-generated material, developers are searching for reliable human-written sources to improve model quality. Printed books offer structured, professionally edited information created long before generative AI flooded the web. That makes them valuable…