Lithuania’s Oxylabs raises $130M from Warburg Pincus at a $3.6bn valuation
Lithuania’s Oxylabs raises $130M from Warburg Pincus at a $3.6bn valuation

Oxylabs has raised $130M from private equity firm Warburg Pincus. It is the company’s first outside investment since it launched in 2015. The deal values the Vilnius-based data infrastructure firm at around $3.6bn. Oxylabs announced the raise on Thursd…

Netflix’s New No. 1 Movie Has A 94% Rotten Tomatoes Score

Netflix’s top new movie has a 94% Rotten Tomatoes critic score and a 92% audience score. It’s a great Western to check out.

Beyond Agentic AI: The Emergence Of Cognitive AI Ecosystems

The next decade will see AI evolve into dynamic intelligence fabrics, exhibiting contextual awareness, cooperative reasoning, and continuous learning across all sectors.

Could This Patented Jamaican Botanical Be Luxury Tea’s Next Icon?

From Jamaica’s interior to the luxury herbal tea market, a patented botanical is relying on science, scarcity, and intellectual property to challenge tradition.

Why AI Shopping Won’t Disrupt Every Retail Category Equally

AI shopping is changing retail discovery, but its impact will vary by category based on how much help shoppers need comparing products and reducing uncertainty.

Moana’s Record Rotten Tomatoes Score Should Give Disney Pause

Moana is a huge bomb with critics on Rotten Tomatoes, and if that translates into box office, that should cause Disney to rethink its recent strategy.

Character.ai Enters The Microdrama Race With Characters That Talk Back

Character.ai enters microdrama with c.ai Series, letting viewers chat with characters after episodes and testing whether characters can drive engagement.

Comcast is breaking up with NBCU. Why did it ever buy it in the first place?
Comcast is breaking up with NBCU. Why did it ever buy it in the first place?

Today on Decoder, I’m talking with Peter Kafka, who is chief correspondent at Business Insider and host of Channels, a podcast about the media industry. And it’s a big week for the media industry — Comcast just announced that it’s splitting itself up, into the Comcast broadband company and the NBCUniversal entertainment company. That’s after […]

Manufacturers Rushed Into AI. The Returns Aren’t Showing Up

Manufacturers are adopting AI fast, but returns are lagging. The problem is often weak procurement discipline, not weak technology.

Britain’s public sector runs on US cloud, and that is now a billion-pound risk
Britain’s public sector runs on US cloud, and that is now a billion-pound risk

Britain’s public sector has become deeply reliant on a small number of US cloud giants, and analysts warn the concentration is now a strategic risk. Nearly all UK government organisations spend on hyperscale cloud, with the dependency running into bill…