Physical AI: Kalanick’s Atoms Raises $1.7 Billion

One of tech’s most divisive founders just staged a massive return, as Travis Kalanick’s Atoms raised $1.7 billion led by Andreessen Horowitz. Ben Horowitz is joining the board, and...
Why Japan Is Creating Its First Centralized Intelligence Agency Since World War II
Japan is formally launching its first centralized intelligence agency since World War II on Friday, a move officials and...
QVC’s Rick Domeier Announces Retirement After 30 Years on Network
QV—See you later.  Rick Domeier, who has been a host on the QVC shopping network for over 30 years,...
Stassi Schroeder’s Husband Beau Clark Reveals Their Marriage Troubles Due to “Resentment”
The Amazon Hack That Makes Dorm Life So Much Better
Business Banking Gets a Founder-First Push as Flex Raises $70M
NASA Just Released a Month-Long Time-Lapse of Mars as a Spaceship Flew Past It, and It’s Heading to a Metal World [WATCH]
Sneak Peek: Disney Store’s Disney Villains Collection
Trust, not tracking: Inside the L.A. company that got workers back to the office
George Clooney and Amal Clooney Evacuate Home in France Due to Wildfires
NFL Hall of Fame Game 2026: A Complete Guide to Pro Football Enshrinement Week
Chicago Fire Losing Original Cast Member Joe Miñoso After 15 Seasons

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Entertainment

QVC’s Rick Domeier Announces Retirement After 30 Years on Network
QV—See you later.  Rick Domeier, who has been a host on the QVC shopping network for over 30 years, has officially announced his plans to retire in December.  “At...
Stassi Schroeder’s Husband Beau Clark Reveals Their Marriage Troubles Due to “Resentment”
Vanderpump Rules’ Stassi Schroeder Reveals She Had Yearslong Falling Out With Katie MaloneyBeau Clark isn't pumped about his relationship dynamic with wife Stassi Schroeder. The 46-year-old—a former casting director...
The Amazon Hack That Makes Dorm Life So Much Better
Are mattress toppers actually comfortable?  Here's what shoppers are saying about this bestselling mattress topper: "The best for a college dorm room bed. It makes the bed so much more comfortable...
Sneak Peek: Disney Store’s Disney Villains Collection
Disney Store has tricks up their sleeve coming soon! If you just can't wait to see what's arriving soon we've got an exclusive first look at the new Disney...
George Clooney and Amal Clooney Evacuate Home in France Due to Wildfires
Amal Clooney Shares How Her Life Has Changed During George Clooney Marriage in Rare Personal UpdateGeorge Clooney and Amal Clooney are facing an unimaginable situation. Amid devastating wildfires spreading...
Chicago Fire Losing Original Cast Member Joe Miñoso After 15 Seasons
Chicago Fire fans might find this season 15 casting update not so hot. Joe Miñoso, who has lit up fans' hearts as character Joe Cruz since the show's premiere...

Leadership

Substack Hires Former Roku Executive Dan Robbins to Lead Brand Sponsorships
Substack has hired Dan Robbins, a former executive at Roku, as its first head of brand sponsorships, the company confirmed June 15, marking the platform's most significant move yet...
Substack Hires Former Roku Executive Dan Robbins to Lead Brand Sponsorships
Substack has hired Dan Robbins, a former executive at Roku, as its first head of brand sponsorships, the company confirmed June 15, marking the platform's most significant move yet...
Toshifumi Suzuki, Founder of 7 Eleven Japan and ‘God of Retail’, Dies at 93
Toshifumi Suzuki, the founder of 7-Eleven Japan in 1973 and widely considered as the father of Japan's 7 Eleven convenience store industry, died of heart failure at the age...
Momentum Peak Trade Seeks to Bring Structure and Support to Online Trading
Momentum Peak Trade is presenting itself as a brokerage platform for traders who want access to global markets without losing the guidance and clarity often missing from digital investing...
501FX Brings a Precision-Led Brokerage Model to Investors Seeking Smarter Global Market Access
501FX is building its presence in the online brokerage space with a platform designed for investors who want to move beyond passive savings and participate more actively in global...
PipVertex Builds a Cleaner Path for Traders Navigating Global Markets
As online trading becomes more crowded, traders are no longer choosing platforms based only on access. Many now want a trading environment that helps them move across markets with...

Lifestyle

Physical AI: Kalanick’s Atoms Raises $1.7 Billion
One of tech’s most divisive founders just staged a massive return, as Travis Kalanick’s Atoms raised $1.7 billion led by Andreessen Horowitz. Ben Horowitz is joining the board, and...
Business Banking Gets a Founder-First Push as Flex Raises $70M
Flex, a fintech offering private-banking-style services for business owners, has raised $70 million from investors including Crosslink Capital, Portage Ventures, and Wellington Management. The company bundles banking, credit, and...
Open Source AI Gains as Together AI Raises $800M
Open source AI just picked up serious momentum, as Together AI announced an “$800 million Series C at an $8.3 billion valuation.” The round, led by Aramco Ventures with...
AI Agent Security: Neo Launches With $100M to Lock It Down
A new security startup named Neo left stealth on July 20 with $100 million in funding, the company announced, aiming to secure the flood of AI agents now entering...
Manufacturing Automation Goes Autonomous as 1872 Raises $15M %
If you have ever waited weeks for a fabricated steel order, you know the quiet stress of a supply chain that cannot find enough workers. A startup called 1872...
AI Email Security Gets $4.1M as Threats Outsmart Filters
Email is still where most attacks on small companies begin. This week, AI email security startup StrongestLayer said it raised $4.1 million in new funding, bringing its total seed...

Money

JAY GOLDBERG: Time to open up domestic economy is now
Breadcrumb Trail LinksMoneyNewsOpinionColumnistsPublished Feb 01, 2026  •  Last updated 2 hours ago  •  3 minute read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you...
ESMAIL and MOIR: Canada’s health-care system costs patients in many ways
Breadcrumb Trail LinksNewsOpinionColumnistsHealth-care costs for the average Canadian family have grown 1.6 times faster than the cost of housing, 2.2 times faster than the cost of food, and 1.6...
Calgary Sun Letters to the Editor, Jan. 26: ‘The problem with Smith’
Breadcrumb Trail LinksNewsOpinionLettersPublished Jan 26, 2026  •  Last updated 58 minutes ago  •  5 minute read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you...
Calgary Sun Letters to the Editor, Jan. 24, 2026: ‘Trump’s insult’
Breadcrumb Trail LinksNewsOpinionLettersPublished Jan 24, 2026  •  Last updated 3 hours ago  •  2 minute read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you...
Letters to the Editor, Jan. 23, 2026: ‘Crowds spoiling allure of Banff’
Breadcrumb Trail LinksNewsOpinionLettersPublished Jan 23, 2026  •  Last updated 17 hours ago  •  2 minute read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you...
HILL: Smith government should focus on what it can control — spending
Article contentNext month, amid weak oil prices and uncertainty fuelled by recent developments in Venezuela, which could depress prices further, the Smith government will table its 2026 budget. Albertans...

Real Estate

Why Japan Is Creating Its First Centralized Intelligence Agency Since World War II
Japan is formally launching its first centralized intelligence agency since World War II on Friday, a move officials and analysts describe as a significant departure from the country's postwar...
NASA Just Released a Month-Long Time-Lapse of Mars as a Spaceship Flew Past It, and It’s Heading to a Metal World [WATCH]
NASA has released a month-long time-lapse video showing its Psyche spacecraft approaching, flying past, and moving away from Mars during a gravity-assist maneuver completed on May 15, 2026. The...
NFL Hall of Fame Game 2026: A Complete Guide to Pro Football Enshrinement Week
NFL Hall of Fame Game 2026 is only a week away, and fans are looking forward to this preseason action. The game kicks off from the Tom Benson Hall...
John Fetterman Reverses Course, Now Defends the Filibuster
Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman wrote in a Washington Post op-ed published Monday that he and the entire Democratic Party were "horribly wrong" to campaign on eliminating the Senate filibuster...
Iran Targets Melania and Barron Trump With Disturbing Propaganda Video of How to Assassinate Them
First Lady Melania Trump and her son, Barron Trump, have become the latest targets of anti-U.S. propaganda from Iran. A new video circulating in Iran is encouraging supporters of...
France Wildfires: Macron Holds Emergency Crisis Meeting as 250,000 Evacuate Near Bordeaux
President Emmanuel Macron convened an emergency crisis cabinet meeting Monday at the French Interior Ministry as wildfires tore through southwestern France, forcing more than 250,000 people from their homes...

Technology

Trust, not tracking: Inside the L.A. company that got workers back to the office
Los Angeles video gaming company Riot Games abandoned its return-to-office requirements in January, and surprisingly, more of its employees have been showing up at work. Two years of dictating...
OpenAI bot’s rogue attack rattles industry leaders, policymakers and consumers
What will happen to the world if artificial intelligence bots break free from our control and act independently?While it’s been a troubling conundrum addressed by AI experts and Hollywood...
Hollywood’s open secret: It’s battling AI — and already addicted to it
As performers protest and studios sue in their war on artificial intelligence, the entertainment industry is deepening its dependence on it. Although few places are better than Hollywood at...
Commentary: AI companies are creating ‘all-powerful psychopaths.’ Maybe not a great idea?
Repeated law-breaking. Lying and deceit. Reckless disregard for safety. Lack of remorse. Those are traits that help define a psychopath, someone who lives among us but doesn’t have the...
Judge approves Anthropic’s $1.5-billion settlement with authors
Anthropic will pay $1.5 billion to authors whose pirated books it used to train its AI in the largest copyright settlement in U.S. history. Federal Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin in...
They built AI. Now Silicon Valley workers protest its threat to jobs and humanity
Silicon Valley residents are increasingly trying to stop the advance of artificial intelligence, even as the region attracts hundreds of billions of dollars in investment to expand the technology’s...

Special Edition

Jessica O'Neill
Top 10 Entrepreneurs Making Waves to Watch in 2024’s Business World
In a world driven by innovation and audacity, Forbes 40Under40 stands as a testament to the transformative power of youthful entrepreneurship. These dynamic visionaries are not just redefining success; they...
German, Dutch central banks post big losses, warn of more
German, Dutch central banks post big losses, warn of more
THE German and Dutch central banks on Friday (Feb 23) posted multi-billion euro losses for 2023 and predicted more financial pain ahead, suggesting that they are unlikely to pay...
Maritime players ink 5 MOUs for digital innovation, collaboration in sector
Maritime players ink 5 MOUs for digital innovation, collaboration in sector
A TOTAL of five memoranda of understanding (MOUs) were inked on Friday (Feb 23) by different players of the local maritime industry for the further digitalisation of the sector. ...
Basel watchdog urges banks to get on with implementing rules
Basel watchdog urges banks to get on with implementing rules
LOBBYING by banks to water down agreed capital rules simply diverts them and their regulators from dealing with the day-to-day and emerging risks they face, a global banking watchdog...
Is the ringgit bottoming?
Is the ringgit bottoming?
THE Malaysian ringgit has slumped against the US dollar to a level not seen since the Asian financial crisis - a quarter of a century ago. Against the Sing...
Digital media upstart Vice laying off ‘several hundred’ staff: CEO
Digital media upstart Vice laying off ‘several hundred’ staff: CEO
VICE, the dynamic, fast-growing digital media company that gained a wide following with young readers, said on Thursday it will no longer publish on its flagship website and is...