Arctic Sea Ice Reaches Annual Low

With the end of summer approaching in the Northern Hemisphere, the extent of sea ice in the Arctic shrank to its annual minimum on Sept. 10, according to NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center. The total sea ice coverage was tied with 2008 for the 10th-lowest on […]

De-risking investment in AI agents

Automation has become a defining force in the customer experience. Between the chatbots that answer our questions and the recommendation systems that shape our choices, AI-driven tools are now embedded in nearly every interaction. But the latest wave of so-called “agentic AI”—systems that can plan, act, and adapt toward a […]

Tencent and Baidu sold $3.3B combined in offshore bonds this year, the most ever for Chinese tech companies, as companies secure cheap financing for AI buildout (Janice Huang/Bloomberg)

Janice Huang / Bloomberg: Tencent and Baidu sold $3.3B combined in offshore bonds this year, the most ever for Chinese tech companies, as companies secure cheap financing for AI buildout  —  Chinese internet firms are raising a record amount of funds in Hong Kong’s dim sum bond market, as they […]