The United States government may be grappling with the most consequential cybersecurity breach in its history — one that didn’t originate from a hostile foreign intelligence service or a sophisticated criminal syndicate, but potentially from within its own walls. The Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE, the cost-cutting initiative spearheaded by Elon Musk and operating under executive authority from President Donald Trump, has been granted sweeping access to some of the most sensitive federal databases in existence.
A coalition of more than 100 technology companies, advocacy organizations, and developers has issued a pointed open letter to Google, warning that the Android operating system—long celebrated as the world’s most widely deployed open-source mobile platform—is being systematically locked down in ways that threaten competition, innovation, and user freedom.
The artificial intelligence trade that defined Wall Street for the better part of two years is showing cracks. After a relentless run-up in semiconductor and mega-cap technology stocks, a growing chorus of analysts and portfolio managers is warning that the easy money in AI has already been made — and that the next wave of outperformance will come from companies that actually use AI to transform their businesses, not the ones selling the picks and shovels.
When Stripe last made headlines for its valuation, the story was one of painful contraction. The payments company, co-founded by Irish brothers Patrick and John Collison, had seen its internal valuation slashed from a peak of $95 billion in 2021 to $50 billion in early 2023. Now, in a dramatic reversal, Stripe has surged to a $159 billion valuation — a 74% leap that cements its position as the most valuable private technology company in the world and raises pointed questions about whether the company will finally pursue a public listing.
A group of United States senators is demanding transparency from some of the nation’s largest electric utility companies over secretive contracts with technology giants — agreements that local communities say are being shielded behind nondisclosure agreements even as residents face rising electricity bills and strained power grids.
DJI, the world’s dominant consumer drone manufacturer, has filed a federal lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission, challenging the agency’s decision to place the company on a restricted list that effectively bars it from selling new products in the United States. The legal action, filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, marks a dramatic escalation in the years-long standoff between the Shenzhen-based company and American regulators who view its products as a national security threat.
For more than two decades, search engine optimization professionals have operated under a relatively stable set of assumptions about how Google ranks content. Publish something authoritative, build links, optimize for keywords, and wait for the algorithm to reward you. But a fundamental shift is underway—one that threatens to upend the economics of content production and force marketers to reconsider what it means to keep content “fresh” in an age when artificial intelligence is reshaping search results from the inside out.
Forget the old days when slapping subtitles on and calling it localization passed muster. In 2026, that approach gets you laughed out of emerging markets. The real winners? Studios that treat localization like core gameplay – messy, nuanced, expensive, but insanely rewarding. Localized titles routinely pull 50–80% more revenue from non-home territories. Miss the cultural beats? Watch your retention tank.
A high-stakes patent infringement lawsuit between two of the most prominent electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) companies is casting a long shadow over the nascent air taxi sector, raising uncomfortable questions about intellectual property, competitive strategy, and whether the industry’s rapid growth could be stalled by courtroom battles before a single commercial passenger is carried.
At Apple Inc.’s annual shareholder meeting on February 24, 2026, investors overwhelmingly sided with the company’s board of directors in voting down a proposal that would have required a third-party audit of Apple’s operations in China. The vote, which also saw shareholders reject several other activist-driven measures, underscores the degree to which Apple’s leadership continues to maintain firm control over corporate governance decisions — even as scrutiny of the tech giant’s deep ties to Chinese manufacturing intensifies.