Google CEO Sundar Pichai. Bhawika Chhabra/Reuters Google CEO Sundar Pichai is deepening a push into enterprise software, signalling to investors at Google’s annual cloud conference that AI agents — human-like digital assistants — are a lynchpin of its strategy to monetise artificial intelligence. At the three-day conference in Las Vegas that starts Wednesday, Pichai and…
The choice of the tenth UN Secretary-General, who will take office in January 2027, could shape global diplomacy, the response to crises across the world and the direction of the multilateral system for the next decade. Why it matters The major questions going into the process which is now underway are: Follow us on WhatsApp…
Both sides don’t want to let their rival dominate. And the competition may yet be transformed further.
Gov. Janet Mills and oyster farmer Graham Platner are battling over female voters as Maine’s critical Senate race heats up, underscoring how the group could be decisive both in the June Democratic primary and the November general election. Mills and Platner have launched TV ads in recent days narrated by women and held dueling events…
The matchup is set in North Carolina’s crucial Senate race, with Democratic former Gov. Roy Cooper and former Republican National Committee chair Michael Whatley winning their primaries, NBC News projects. The North Carolina race will be central to this year’s battle for the Senate as Republicans defend their 53-47 majority. It’s a must-win race for…
Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy — U.S. downhill skiing champion Breezy Johnson, already the owner of one 2026 Winter Olympics gold medal, crashed out of contention in the women’s Super-G race on Thursday in Italy. Her right pole caught a gate shortly after she exited the speed-building chute on the course and she lost her balance, ending up…
American skier Lindsey Vonn crashed seconds into her downhill Olympic race on Sunday after she decided to compete despite rupturing her left ACL in a prior crash during a World Cup event in the Swiss Alps a week ago. The 41-year-old American, who came out of retirement to compete in the 2026 Winter Olympics, earlier…
In October, a small electronics manufacturer in the western Indian state of Gujarat shipped its first batch of chip modules to a client in California. Kaynes Semicon, together with Japanese and Malaysian technology partners, assembled the chips in a new factory funded with incentives under Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s $10bn semiconductor push announced in…
The retail sector is evolving at speed, and delivery excellence is now a key competitive differentiator. Efficient routing isn’t just about saving time and money; it’s about delivering on a promise. With the right geospatial intelligence, retailers can build systems that support reliability, resilience and exceptional customer experience – order after order, day after day,…
Traditional painted houses overlooking sea ice in the Old Nuuk district near the Sermitsiaq mountain in Nuuk, Greenland, on Thursday, April 3, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images A global scramble to exploit the Arctic’s untapped resources appears to be kicking into overdrive. In a push to break China’s mineral dominance, countries around the…
