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China’s tech boom is creating a new type of tech tourism in which visitors pay for robo-taxi rides and tours of electric vehicle factories and AI and robotics companies (Kinling Lo/Rest of the World)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 30, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Harbing Signs of AI Boom, Anthropic Passes OpenAI, Robinhood AI Trading The Big Technology Podcast…

Asia

South Korea’s matchmaking boom turns inequality into compatibility – The Diplomat

By Frank M. EverettMay 29, 2026

In South Korea, even romance has become a political target. Across the country, local governments are hosting dating events, offering…

Technology

As America’s AI boom drains venture capital from Africa, the continent’s startups are turning to domestic funding sources, like pension funds and local venture capital firms (Rivaldo Jantjies/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 28, 2026

Featured Podcasts Invest like the best: Dan Loeb – Lessons from 30 years of investing The leading destination for learning…

Technology

US Law Enforcement Documents: DHS, FBI and Other Agencies Introduce New Domestic Threat Category Called "anti-technological violent extremism" amid the AI boom (Daniel Boguslaw/Wired)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 26, 2026

Daniel Boguslaw / Wired: US law enforcement documents: DHS, FBI and other agencies are introducing a new domestic threat category…

Technology

Late-stage U.S. growth and venture funds have raised $23.6 billion so far this year, up from $7.4 billion in 2025 and above the totals in any of the past 12 years, amid the AI boom (Yuliya Chernova/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 15, 2026

Featured Podcasts Cheeky pint: The world of voice AI, with Mati Staniszewski from ElevenLabs Stripe co-founder John Collison interviews founders,…

Technology

A look at why Dotcom Bubble comparisons to the AI boom are wrong, vertical SaaS up +3% in the last 12 months vs. horizontal SaaS down 35%, and other thoughts on AI (Logan Bartlett/@loganbartlett)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 29, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Why OpenAI killed Sora, did Apple just save Siri?, Meta’s big loss The Big Technology…

Technology

Founders are increasingly renting multimillion-dollar mansions in wealthy San Francisco neighborhoods as corporate headquarters and hacker homes amid the AI boom (The San Francisco Standard)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 18, 2026

Featured Podcasts Cheeky pint: Creating Prediction Markets (and Suing the CFTC) with Tarek Mansour and Luana Lopes Lara Stripe co-founder…

Technology

The video game industry is shaping up to be one of the biggest casualties of the AI boom, from job losses to rising console prices due to the global RAM shortage (Helen Vogelsong-Donahue/Wired)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 15, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: AI Backlash Intensifies, Nvidia GTC Preview, Embarrassing Meta Delay The Big Technology Podcast takes you…

Technology

The AI boom is driving an unprecedented wave of data center construction, but there aren’t enough skilled workers in the U.S., like electricians, to keep up (Caroline Haskins/Wired)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 18, 2026

Caroline Haskins / Wired: The AI boom is driving an unprecedented wave of data center construction, but there aren’t enough…

Business & Money

Students and teenagers could fuel the boom

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 15, 2026

A version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Sport newsletter with Alex Sherman, bringing you the biggest news…

Hong Kong’s Victoria Park remains silent on anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown – Radio Free Asia

Eco-brutalist resistance in Central Asia – The Diplomate

Uzbekistan’s new migration destination? America. – The diplomat

Trump’s new AI order raises the stakes in Sino-US tech competition – The Diplomat

Lessons from the Strait of Hormuz, Malacca and the Baltic Sea – The Diplomat

Macy’s (M) Q1 2026 Results

Honeywell Aerospace CEO predicts strong growth ahead of standalone debut

Sellers are listing homes at the fastest rate since 2020

CBS fires Scott Pelley amid ’60 Minutes’ leadership turmoil

Morgan Stanley to open its wealth management funnel to agents

Shocked Trump Loses Iran War Powers, Ballroom and Arms Fund on Same Day

Marco Rubio lied to Congress about Trump sleeping during meetings

Democrats will force vote to kill Trump’s slush fund and immunity program

Trump’s ballroom is dead and his battleships may be sunk

Massive defeat for Trump as his militarization fund dies

SpaceX gets property tax exemption for its $55 billion Terafab chip plant project in Texas, despite threats of legal action from Texans, amid local opposition to AI (Stephanie Findlay/Financial Times)

A profile of Anthropic as it prepares to go public and expand access to Mythos, amid criticism that commercial pressures have eroded its AI security standards (Madhumita Murgia/Financial Times)

Moderators of the r/biohackers subreddit say peptide companies are spamming their forum in hopes that their posts will be deleted and used by AI chatbots (Jason Koebler/404 Media)

Google releases macOS versions of AI Edge Gallery, which lets users run open models on their devices, and AI Edge Eloquent, an on-device voice dictation app (Google Developers Blog)

Filing: SpaceX aims to raise $75 billion in its IPO, selling 555.6 million shares at $135 each, which would value the company at about $1.77 billion (Bailey Lipschultz/Bloomberg)

Browsing: boom

China’s tech boom is creating a new type of tech tourism in which visitors pay for robo-taxi rides and tours of electric vehicle factories and AI and robotics companies (Kinling Lo/Rest of the World)

South Korea’s matchmaking boom turns inequality into compatibility – The Diplomat

As America’s AI boom drains venture capital from Africa, the continent’s startups are turning to domestic funding sources, like pension funds and local venture capital firms (Rivaldo Jantjies/Bloomberg)

US Law Enforcement Documents: DHS, FBI and Other Agencies Introduce New Domestic Threat Category Called "anti-technological violent extremism" amid the AI boom (Daniel Boguslaw/Wired)

Late-stage U.S. growth and venture funds have raised $23.6 billion so far this year, up from $7.4 billion in 2025 and above the totals in any of the past 12 years, amid the AI boom (Yuliya Chernova/Wall Street Journal)

A look at why Dotcom Bubble comparisons to the AI boom are wrong, vertical SaaS up +3% in the last 12 months vs. horizontal SaaS down 35%, and other thoughts on AI (Logan Bartlett/@loganbartlett)

Founders are increasingly renting multimillion-dollar mansions in wealthy San Francisco neighborhoods as corporate headquarters and hacker homes amid the AI boom (The San Francisco Standard)

The video game industry is shaping up to be one of the biggest casualties of the AI boom, from job losses to rising console prices due to the global RAM shortage (Helen Vogelsong-Donahue/Wired)

The AI boom is driving an unprecedented wave of data center construction, but there aren’t enough skilled workers in the U.S., like electricians, to keep up (Caroline Haskins/Wired)

Students and teenagers could fuel the boom