For years, the knock against OLED televisions has been straightforward: stunning contrast and inky blacks, yes, but brightness that couldn’t keep pace with the best LCD panels. Samsung Display, the panel-making arm of the South Korean electronics giant, is now making its most aggressive move yet to close that gap — and it’s doing so with a pair of technologies that promise to fundamentally alter what consumers and industry professionals should expect from premium displays.
The Federal Trade Commission is intensifying its examination of Microsoft’s sprawling cloud computing and artificial intelligence businesses, a move that signals growing regulatory concern over the tech giant’s dominant position in two of the most consequential sectors of the modern economy. The probe, which has been building quietly for months, now appears to be entering a more aggressive phase — one that could reshape how Microsoft and its rivals compete for the enormous revenues flowing into AI infrastructure and enterprise cloud services.
Ransomware’s Relentless 2025 Surge: Inside the Record-Breaking Wave Reshaping Cybersecurity Strategy
The first quarter of 2025 has delivered a stark warning to enterprises, governments, and cybersecurity professionals worldwide: ransomware is not merely persisting — it is accelerating at a pace that has shattered historical records and forced a fundamental reassessment of defensive postures across every sector of the global economy.
When Meta Platforms first partnered with EssilorLuxottica to release the Ray-Ban Stories in 2021, the product was met with a collective shrug from the tech industry. The glasses were clunky, limited in functionality, and seemed like a vanity project from a company that had just bet its entire corporate identity on a metaverse vision that few consumers understood. Four years later, that early, unglamorous bet on face-worn computing is emerging as one of the most strategically prescient moves in consumer technology — and Meta’s rivals are scrambling to catch up.
When Ferrari unveiled its first fully electric vehicle, the marque’s leadership made a decision that sent ripples through both the automotive and technology worlds: they handed the interior design reins to Jony Ive, the legendary former Apple chief design officer whose minimalist aesthetic defined a generation of consumer electronics. The result is a cabin that has sparked fierce debate among Ferrari purists, tech enthusiasts, and design critics alike — and it reveals a great deal about where luxury automaking is headed in the electric era.
In the annals of Super Bowl advertising — a domain historically ruled by beer brands, automakers, and celebrity-studded spectacles — few campaigns have managed to be simultaneously self-deprecating and strategically brilliant. Anthropic, the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence company, appears to have pulled off exactly that feat during Super Bowl LX in February 2026, running a series of ads that openly mocked the AI industry’s tendency toward grandiose promises and dystopian undertones.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency has quietly signed a significant new contract with Clearview AI, the controversial facial recognition company whose massive database of scraped internet photos has long drawn the ire of privacy advocates, civil liberties organizations, and even some lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
For the millions of Americans who board Amtrak trains each year, the act of choosing a seat might seem like an afterthought — a minor logistical step wedged between buying a ticket and settling in for the ride. But for frequent riders, seat selection is a deliberate, strategic decision that can mean the difference between a productive, comfortable journey and hours of regret. A growing body of advice from seasoned rail travelers is now shedding light on the unwritten rules of train seating, offering insights that go far beyond the obvious preference for a window over an aisle.
For decades, the archetype of the successful startup founder involved assembling a team — hiring engineers, marketers, salespeople, and operations staff to transform a vision into a viable business. That playbook is now being rewritten in real time by entrepreneurs who are replacing human headcount with artificial intelligence agents capable of performing complex, autonomous tasks around the clock.
For years, artificial intelligence was the tide that lifted all boats on Wall Street. Now, a growing chorus of analysts and investors is warning that the same technology poised to revolutionize industries will also leave a trail of corporate casualties — and the market is only beginning to price in the damage.