Engineering Intelligence: How Demis Hassabis Is Rewriting the Rules of Scientific Discovery
A Mind Trained on Patterns Long before artificial intelligence became a global obsession, Demis Hassabis was learning how complex systems think. As a child chess prodigy, he mastered strategy and foresight before most people encounter either. Later, as a neuroscientist and game designer, he studied intelligence from multiple angles—biological, computational, and experiential. This uncommon synthesis […]
Green Energy at Scale: How Sumant Sinha Helped Redefine India’s Power Future
Entering a Market That Barely Existed In 2011, when utility-scale renewable energy in India was still viewed as an experiment rather than an inevitability, Sumant Sinha made a decisive bet on the future. At a time when coal dominated the energy conversation and clean power was often dismissed as costly or unreliable, Sinha founded ReNew […]
SoftBank Doubles AI Bets With $4 Billion DigitalBridge Deal
Billionaire Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank Group agreed to acquire DigitalBridge Group for $4 billion, bolstering its AI infrastructure amid surging demand for data centers and connectivity. Deal Highlights SoftBank will buy all DigitalBridge shares at $16 each in cash, a 15% premium to the December 26, 2025 closing price and 50% above its 52-week average. The […]
Advertising Booms 2026, Hollywood Risks Falling Behind
Global advertising revenue will exceed $1 trillion in 2026, growing 5.1% amid digital dominance, while Hollywood studios face exclusion from the surge. Ad Revenue Surge Digital channels drive the boom, with retail media up 14.1%, online video 11.5%, and social platforms 11.4%, far outpacing traditional TV’s 2.4% gain. Tech, political, and beverage sectors lead spending […]
Saks C.E.O. Steps Down Amid Debt Crisis
Saks Global’s CEO Marc Metrick has resigned as the luxury retailer grapples with mounting debt and a missed interest payment, raising bankruptcy fears. Leadership Transition Marc Metrick, who led Saks Fifth Avenue since 2015 and Saks Global post-2024 Neiman Marcus merger, stepped down immediately to pursue new opportunities. Executive Chairman Richard Baker, a real estate […]
BYD Overtakes Tesla To Lead Global Electric Car Sales
BYD moves into first place Chinese automaker BYD ended 2025 with about 2.25 million battery-electric vehicle (BEV) sales, vaulting past Tesla’s roughly 1.64 million and securing the annual global crown for the first time. This follows several quarters of intense competition in which BYD had already outpaced Tesla when plug‑in hybrids were included, signaling that […]