A new investment firm, PrePublic Equity Partners, has spun out from the Top 20 VC firm Alumni Ventures. Its mission is to provide systematic, AI-powered access to late-stage private company shares for accredited investors.
HP is rethinking the desktop by cramming a complete AI PC into a keyboard. The EliteBoard G1a, announced at CES 2026, aims to free users from being tied to a single display. It’s powered by an AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series chip and is expected to launch in March.
The Southern Alberta Institute of Technology is tackling Canada’s housing crisis from the ground up. Its Green Building Technology Access Centre uses applied research to develop sustainable, affordable building solutions, from the Arctic to Alberta.
The race in embedded B2B finance is shifting from adding features to perfecting integration. According to a new report, seamless integration is now the top success factor, even outranking measurable ROI. Platforms that master it are seeing direct revenue increases.
HP is unifying its HyperX and Omen gaming brands for the first time since acquiring HyperX five years ago. The new lineup includes the powerful HyperX Omen Max 16 laptop, claiming to be the world’s most powerful with fully internal cooling.
A new Forbes analysis predicts 2026 will be a year of political pressure in healthcare, not sweeping reform. Expect small, targeted moves on drug pricing and insurance models, but the core problems of cost and coverage will remain stubbornly unchanged.
An NYU professor used AI to fight AI-assisted cheating. He built an AI examiner that gave 25-minute oral exams to 36 students for a total cost of $15. The results were revealing.
LG is unveiling its CLOiD home robot at CES, claiming it can fetch items, cook, and even fold laundry. It’s a bold vision for a “zero labor home,” but the practical and financial realities are huge question marks.
MIT physicist Max Tegmark’s campaign against superintelligent AI has gathered over 130,000 signatures, uniting figures like Steve Bannon and Geoffrey Hinton. His Future of Life Institute, funded by a $665M crypto donation, is pushing a populist message that AI could destroy all jobs. The debate is s
Tesla is no longer the world’s top-selling electric vehicle maker. Chinese rival BYD sold 2.26 million vehicles in 2025, while Tesla’s deliveries fell 9% to 1.64 million, missing even lowered Q4 targets.
