Xanadu and Mitsubishi Chemical Make Breakthrough Quantum Algorithms for Next-Generation Semiconductor Manufacturing

Xanadu (Xanadu Quantum Technologies Inc.), a world leader in photonic quantum computing, in partnership with Mitsubishi Chemical, a major Japanese chemical manufacturer, has announced the release of a ...

Chinese AI Algorithm Congzi to Be Released as Open Source

This breakthrough technology is based on the first-principles approach, eliminating the traditional AI "black box illusion." The revolutionary aspect of Congzi AI lies in its unified core equation of ...
The Economist

The Gulf’s family businesses have a growing succession problem

In November 1995 Majid al-Futtaim opened his first shopping mall, then Dubai’s largest. Shortly before, the Emirati merchant had fallen out with his cousin over business—so acrimoniously that the ...
Business Insider

WeRide GENESIS Unites Physical and Generative AI to Redefine Autonomous Driving Simulation

GUANGZHOU, China, Jan. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WeRide (NASDAQ: WRD, HKEX: 0800), a global leader in autonomous driving technology, today announced the launch of WeRide GENESIS 1, its proprietary ...
Harvard Business Review

When Tipping Becomes a Customer Experience Problem

If nearly half of your customers were irritated by a business practice, would you treat it as urgent? Customer satisfaction is a key driver of financial performance, yet many companies in service ...
Western Michigan University

High schoolers prepare for college through WMU business simulation course

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—At Van Buren Tech, students in the Applying Business Fundamentals course are building real-world skills while preparing for their future careers. The dual enrollment class is taught ...
Wall Street Journal

America’s Biggest Power Grid Operator Has an AI Problem—Too Many Data Centers

America’s AI boom is pushing the nation’s largest power-grid operator to the brink of a supply crisis. Sixty-seven million people in a 13-state region stretching from New Jersey to Kentucky get their ...
Fast Company

Deepfakes are no longer just a disinformation problem. They are your next supply chain risk

For years, deepfakes were treated as a political or social media oddity, a strange corner of the internet where celebrity faces (of women 99% of the time) were pasted onto fake videos (porn in 99% of ...
CNN

The solution to America’s affordability problem might be broken, too

The best way to fix Americans’ cost-of-living problem is to give workers bigger raises, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said last week. The problem: That solution looks broken, too. The US job ...
Fox Business

Trump warns Netflix-Warner Bros Discovery deal could be a problem, says he’ll be ‘involved’ in decision

President Donald Trump raised antitrust concerns over the proposed Netflix takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery on Sunday, warning that the combined market share could be a problem. Netflix on Friday ...
IEEE

IPLAM: A High-Dimensional Expensive Simulation Optimization Method, With Application to Design Space Exploration in Processor

Abstract: Design Space Exploration (DSE) in processors is an expensive discrete simulation optimization problem. The data requirements of the regular data-driven methods are so large that it is ...
KTVZ

Problem Solvers: Business owners clash over parklets impact on sales and accessibility

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — For several months, the Problem Solvers have been sharing stories about the parking challenges facing downtown Bend. Many residents say they avoid the area because finding parking ...