For most of the smartphone era, “luxury” meant precious materials: solid gold casings, sapphire crystal displays, hand-stitched leather, diamond embellishments. Craftsmanship and exclusivity did the…
Ethan Brooks5 min readThree years ago, the United Arab Emirates was best known internationally as an oil-wealthy business and tourism hub. Today, it’s being described by analysts as…
Ethan Brooks6 min readIntroduction While OpenAI’s ChatGPT remains unavailable in mainland China, a Beijing-based startup has spent the past three years building what’s become one of the country’s…
Ethan Brooks5 min readSomewhere right now, a small business is waiting three months for a loan. A family is watching almost 7% of their remittance money disappear into…
Vikram Desai8 min readEvery transaction between two parties runs into the same basic problem: how do you both trust the record of what happened without relying on a…
Aditi Rao11 min readGoogle Vids is shedding its original identity as a simple, AI-assisted workplace presentation tool. On Thursday, Google announced two major updates to the platform: personal…
Ethan Brooks5 min readIntroduction After roughly two years of delays, Apple has cleared one of the biggest remaining obstacles to its AI strategy. On July 15, 2026, China’s…
Ethan Brooks4 min readOil, gas, and petrochemical facilities generate mountains of data every second, yet most of it goes unused. A London-based startup called Applied Computing thinks it…
Daniel Carter4 min readMicrosoft is arming its sales force with a new script for the coming fiscal year, and it isn’t a flattering one for two of its…
Nitesh Prasad5 min readBusinesses evaluating AI assistants almost always end up comparing the same two names: Microsoft Copilot and ChatGPT. Both are built on similar foundational technology, both…
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