This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How to encourage smarter AI use in the classroom Chatbots took schools by surprise. Suddenly, students carried an…Read more
Published on: 2026-08-24
Source: MIT Tech Review
Counting the creatures in the world around us is critical for a raft of conservation efforts. It helps scientists gauge biodiversity, track migration, and spot invasive species. That census-taking, though, often requires humans to tabulate what they see, trap, or otherwise sense—a potentially laborious, costly process that can still leave…Read more
Published on: 2026-08-24
Source: MIT Tech Review
__________________________THE PLACEShanghai, China Humanoid robots are having a moment in China. The popular machines are part of the country’s strategy to bring artificial intelligence into daily life. Embedding the technology into physical systems—an idea called embodied…Read more
Published on: 2026-08-24
Source: MIT Tech Review
If you ask Mickey Hardy about the journey that landed his marketing agency Arcadia at No. 93 on this year’s Inc. 5000 list, he’ll take you way back to the beginning—which isn’t actually that far back at all.Read more
Published on: 2026-08-24
Source: Inc. Magazine
For nearly three decades, digital visibility followed a familiar formula. Businesses built websites and optimized them for search engines. Then they competed for rankings. Success was measured in traffic and clicks. The goal was simple: Appear near the top of search results when a potential customer went looking for…Read more
Published on: 2026-08-24
Source: Inc. Magazine
Growth failures can’t always be attributed to the market. Sometimes, you have to start by looking at the org chart. Let’s say a company wins a major contract or launches a wildly successful product. These events should build momentum. But without the right staffing, they…Read more
Published on: 2026-08-24
Source: Inc. Magazine
Luxury used to be defined by what you owned. Increasingly, it’s also being defined by where you can go, what you can experience, and whether you can get access when everyone else is on the outside looking in. This shift explains whyRead more
Published on: 2026-08-24
Source: Inc. Magazine
Case comes as German lender is seeking to expand its wealth management operationsRead more
Published on: 2026-08-24
Source: Financial Times
Do you ever talk to yourself? Our youngest daughter does it all the time. The first time we really noticed it was one day on the playground, when she was walking across a series of ropes on the jungle gym. “I…Read more
Published on: 2026-08-24
Source: Inc. Magazine
At the Fancy Food Show in New York City this summer, Sara Sturges’s baseball cap turned heads—embroidered with her family’s company name, R.J. Balson & Son, and, below it, the date that made people do a double take: “Est. 1515.” “People think it’s justRead more
Published on: 2026-08-24
Source: Inc. Magazine
Barnes & Noble is aiming to open 60 stores in 2026, reversing more than 15 years of shrinking. The marketing budget behind that expansion is zero dollars. “We have the great benefit of not having a marketing department, so we have zero…Read more
Published on: 2026-08-24
Source: Inc. Magazine
The thing about AI is you have to be at the forefront of it for a lot of the AI noise to make sense. Like, it’s not that you have to believe in AGI… Artificial General Intelligence… computers that think. I don’t….Read more
Published on: 2026-08-24
Source: Inc. Magazine
I wrote some time ago about how BTS, one of the biggest bands in the world these days, was developing their own platform that would permit them to “own” a direct and persistent connection to their fans that was free of the manyRead more
Published on: 2026-08-24
Source: Inc. Magazine
‘Governments defending prices against fundamentals always lose’Read more
Published on: 2026-08-24
Source: Financial Times
For decades, the traditional path to success included securing a single, full-time position at a company where you would climb a linear corporate ladder, and build a lifestyle around the parameters of your job title. Today, that script is being rewritten. Gen Z and Millennial…Read more
Published on: 2026-08-24
Source: Inc. Magazine
Streaming platform used by sex workers has 5mn creator accounts according to latest annual resultsRead more
Published on: 2026-08-24
Source: Financial Times
UK bank last week secured regulatory approval for new American office as part of expansion plansRead more
Published on: 2026-08-24
Source: Financial Times
US bank shortened time horizon for SpaceX workers and investors to borrow against stock holdings and may do same for AnthropicRead more
Published on: 2026-08-24
Source: Financial Times
There is a ready supply of explanations on offer at WestminsterRead more
Published on: 2026-08-24
Source: Financial Times
The mutual financial group based in the Yorkshire Dales wants to emphasise the personal touchRead more
Published on: 2026-08-24
Source: Financial Times
For decades the country’s exporters focused on adding value, but US tariffs and the strong franc are now hitting them harderRead more
Published on: 2026-08-24
Source: Financial Times
ChapsVision pursues defence and intelligence contracts across the region as governments look to reduce reliance on US technologyRead more
Published on: 2026-08-24
Source: Financial Times
Ottawa officials set to announce response to new American levies on TuesdayRead more
Published on: 2026-08-24
Source: Financial Times
