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cnbc.com - Elaine Yu - While Musk's Neuralink drills into skulls, China's BrainCo bets the future of brain tech is wearable
While Musk's Neuralink drills into skulls, China's BrainCo bets the future of brain tech is wearable
CNBC

Companies around the world, especially in the U.S. and China, are racing to build brain-computer interfaces – some through invasive implants, others by skipping surgery altogether. Investors and industry players say the market for…

wnd.com - James Varney. Real Clear Wire - When Uncle Sam turns venture capitalist, what could go wrong? * WorldNetDaily * by James Varney. Real Clear Wire
When Uncle Sam turns venture capitalist, what could go wrong? * WorldNetDaily * by James Varney. Real Clear Wire
WorldNetDaily

The battery recycler Ascend Elements was riding high in 2023, flush with hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding. The seed money provided to the Massachusetts company, which launched in 2017, was one of several large bets the Biden…

forbes.com - Brett Owens - 5 Deeply Discounted CEFs Paying Up To 10.2%
5 Deeply Discounted CEFs Paying Up To 10.2%
Forbes

The Taiwan Fund (TWN) is a perfect example of how CEFs let us buy even white-hot assets for less than they're worth. Nomura Asset Management's Sky Chen is tasked with building a portfolio of stocks listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange that represent…

jpost.com - YOSSI HURST - Kurdistan looks to follow Israel's lead and become the next Start-Up Nation
Kurdistan looks to follow Israel's lead and become the next Start-Up Nation
The Jerusalem Post

The Kurdistan Region is trying to change its image in the world. For decades, outsiders have focused on Saddam Hussein, genocide, ISIS, oil, and security. All of this is significant to Kurdistan's past and present. But if a place is known mostly…

axios.com - Katie Fehrenbacher - Energy and climate deals of the week
Energy and climate deals of the week
Axios

• Quaise Energy, a developer of geothermal energy drilling tech, raised $144m in Series B funding led by Prelude Ventures. Go deeper • Oxylabs, a Lithuanian data infrastructure platform, raised $130m from Warburg Pincus at a $3.6b…

heavy.com - Chris Lewis - Seattle Seahawks Sold to Vinod Khosla for $9.6 Billion
Seattle Seahawks Sold to Vinod Khosla for $9.6 Billion
Heavy

On Saturday, the Seattle Seahawks completed their ownership sale sweepstakes by selling the franchise to Vinod Khosla's group for $9.6 billion. Khosla formally had a minority stake in the San Francisco 49ers. Its exists as one of the biggest sales…

businessinsider.com - Lakshmi Varanasi - What smart people are saying about Apple's lawsuit accusing OpenAI of stealing trade secrets
What smart people are saying about Apple's lawsuit accusing OpenAI of stealing trade secrets
Business Insider

The AI talent war may now be worthy of a Hollywood adaptation. In a new lawsuit that reads like a corporate crime thriller, Apple accused OpenAI of poaching former Apple employees, conducting 'show and tell' interviews, and accessing confidential…

news-medical.net - Harvard University hosts the world's largest conference dedicated to longevity biotechnology
Harvard University hosts the world's largest conference dedicated to longevity biotechnology
News-Medical

The 13 Aging Research & Drug Discovery (ARDD) Meeting, the world's largest conference dedicated to longevity biotechnology, will take place from October 1-3, 2026, at the David Rubenstein Treehouse at Harvard University. Marking the high-profile…

fastcompany.com - Anushk Mittal - Stop hiring for the résumé. Start hiring for obsession
Stop hiring for the résumé. Start hiring for obsession
Fast Company

Over the past four years, I've interviewed thousands of candidates and extended offers to about 40 people. I'm 27 years old and to this day, I have never been on the other side of the job interview. Instead, I've started two companies and…

taipeitimes.com - 台北時報 - Inside Ukraine's game-changing drone industry
Inside Ukraine's game-changing drone industry
Taipei Times

By Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Viktor Koziuk, and Ilona Sologoub If necessity is the mother of innovation, Ukraine's military technology industry, particularly drone production, is Exhibit A. When Russia first attacked Ukraine in 2014, drones were used…

sfstandard.com - Natallie Rocha - SF's anti-AI protesters just marched past three tech giants
SF's anti-AI protesters just marched past three tech giants
The San Francisco Standard

Outside OpenAI's Mission Bay headquarters, a group of more than 100 people gathered on Saturday around noon with homemade signs and practiced rallying cries in front of large banners that read “QuitGPT” and “Stop The AI…

memeburn.com - Vincee Cole - AI Startup Revenue Growth Hits Record Pace in 2026 - Memeburn
AI Startup Revenue Growth Hits Record Pace in 2026 - Memeburn
Memeburn - Internet+Culture

Mercor just announced it crossed $2 billion in gross annualized revenue — four months after hitting $1 billion. That's the kind of growth curve that doesn't happen in normal markets, and it's not happening in isolation. Here's what's behind…

techcrunch.com - Connie Loizos - Reed Jobs would rather talk about curing cancer than his last name
Reed Jobs would rather talk about curing cancer than his last name
TechCrunch

Reed Jobs is easy to like. He's motormouthed, self-deprecating, prone to video-game analogies, and clearly loves his work. He doesn't particularly want to discuss the fact that he is Steve Jobs's son, but he's not uptight about it, either. When our…

ndtv.com - Vinay Sarawagi - The New Cold War: America Invents, China Deploys
The New Cold War: America Invents, China Deploys
NDTV

SpaceX remains pioneer of reusable launch. But the question is no longer whether China can participate On Friday, off the coast of Hainan, a Long March-10B booster separated from its upper stage, descended vertically over the South China Sea, and…

express.co.uk - Sarah Barltrop - UK's 'best place to live' is pretty market town packed with 80 independent shops
UK's 'best place to live' is pretty market town packed with 80 independent shops
Daily Express

The pretty town with lots of independent shops One charming market town in Hampshire doesn't force you to pick between countryside, coast or city. Here, you get access to all three, with a vibrant selection of independent retailers included. On the…

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