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The Guardian view on venture capitalism: investor profits are no industrial strategy | Editorial
Britain keeps selling its most valuable companies. The Financial Times calculates that 300 went to foreign buyers, mostly American, over the past decade. What if innovation were scaled up to serve social needs here rather than US investors'…
VC Insider: The AI market is getting nervous
Hello. It's Katie Roof. Jensen Huang is out as Nvidia's CEO, adding to the uncertainty facing an AI industry already grappling with compute shortages and a backlash against data centers. What comes next for Nvidia, the AI trade, and Anthropic's…
Donald Trump Jr. exits advisory role at Kalshi prediction market
It was a mutual arrangement to end the advisory role, a Kalshi spokesperson said. Both the platform and Trump Jr. agreed it was a conflict of interest to keep the president's son as an advisor while serving as a top investor for Polymarket, the…
Kalshi Dumps Donald Trump Jr. as Political Winds Change
Kalshi, the world's largest prediction market, has dropped Donald Trump Jr. as an advisor. The president's son joined Kalshi as a strategic adviser in January 2025, shortly before his father's return to the White House. He joined rival Polymarket's…
AI industry execs brace for future without leading hype man, Nvidia's Jensen Huang
Tech industry insiders awoke Thursday morning with an unfamiliar, and somewhat alarming notion to contemplate: life without Jensen Huang. Huang's abrupt resignation as CEO leaves one of the world's most valuable companies without the leader who has…
AI industry weighs future without Nvidia's Huang
Huang's abrupt fall comes at a sensitive time for the sector, just days before the closely watched IPO of AI firm Anthropic and amid mounting concerns about the financial soundness of the industry's colossal investment spree. Before his resignation…
What Makes A VC Say Yes To A Founder
Mary Minno is a Founding Partner at Treehub. Over the past year, I've backed 43 startups. This fall, I'm teaching Stanford School of Medicine's AI Lab master's course, training medtech entrepreneurs. Between investing at Treehub and teaching at…
WATCH: How AI, autonomous weapons and new defense technologies are reshaping the future of warfare and U.S. national security.
On November 19 at 1:45 p.m. ET, tune in to conversations with Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), Boeing Defense, Space & Security president and CEO Steve Parker, In-Q-Tel president and CEO Steve Bowsher, Forterra CEO Josh…
Look at the Poundland scandal and see a crisis that goes beyond Britain's high streets | Polly Toynbee
In the Poundland I visit, a treasure trove of bargains, the staff are dejected. The shelves are emptying because the owners have withheld £50m needed for new stock and paying wages. It's just one of 600 stores in peril, and these employees…
Exclusive | Palm Beach's $100 Million Listings Club Adds Another Waterfront Property
A waterfront property in Palm Beach, Fla., that last sold for about $51.6 million two years ago is going on the market for $100 million—amid a half-dozen big-ticket listings and sales on the exclusive barrier island within the last two…
Kalshi Ends Donald Trump Jr. Advisory Role Over Polymarket Ties
Latest News PublishedNov 12, 2026 The prediction market operator said the decision was mutual and followed 1789 Capital's investment in rival Polymarket, denying political considerations. Prediction market platform Kalshi has ended its advisory…
Homegrown quantum start-up wins unicorn status with $420m raising
Australian quantum computing software company Q-CTRL has bucked the cautious global technology investment market to land one of the year's biggest funding rounds, crashing through the unicorn billion-dollar valuation milestone. The $US290 million…
Nomura explores possible sale of Laser Digital crypto unit
Nomura Holdings is exploring the sale of its crypto business Laser Digital Holdings, after losses at the Zurich-based entity last year pushed the brokerage's entire European operation into the red. Japan's largest securities firm is talking to…
Kalshi says it's cutting ties with Donald Trump Jr. over his firm's big investment in rival Polymarket
Prediction market giant Kalshi said Thursday it has cut ties with Donald Trump Jr. over his venture capital firm increasing its stake in rival Polymarket. Kalshi said it and Trump parted ways after his firm 1789 Capital led a major funding round…
The Technofeudalist Nightmare of K-12 Curricula
In 1956, an ancient gentleman named Samuel James Seymour appeared on a game show called “I've Got a Secret,” where he revealed, in a small voice weakened by a recent fall, that he was likely the last living witness to the…
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