The AI memory squeeze is about to hit Europe’s shopping baskets
The AI memory squeeze is about to hit Europe’s shopping baskets

The AI memory squeeze has been an industry story for months. Now it is heading for the till. Currys, Britain’s biggest consumer electricals retailer, has warned that phones, laptops and TVs will cost more later this year. Chief executive Alex Baldock d…

GTA 6 And Take-Two Interactive: The ‘Rebel Strategy‘ Driving A Gaming Titan

What can strategists learn from GTA maker Take-Two? How a replicable blockbuster formula and smart hedging created one of gaming’s greatest success stories.

Zoom buys Common Room to push past the video call into AI sales
Zoom buys Common Room to push past the video call into AI sales

Zoom made its name on the video call. Now it wants to own everything that happens before the call too. The company is buying Common Room, a Seattle startup whose AI reads the buying signals of potential customers, pushing Zoom deeper into enterprise sa…

Palmer Luckey’s Erebor bank eyes an $8bn valuation as deposits quadruple
Palmer Luckey’s Erebor bank eyes an $8bn valuation as deposits quadruple

A bank that barely existed a year ago is now chasing a valuation most European lenders can only dream of. Erebor was founded by Anduril’s Palmer Luckey and backed by Peter Thiel. It is in talks to raise at a valuation of at least $8bn, and its deposits…

IQM becomes the first European quantum company to list on a major US exchange
IQM becomes the first European quantum company to list on a major US exchange

Europe just put its first quantum computing company on a major American stock exchange. And it did so without leaving home. IQM, a Finnish maker of quantum machines, started trading on Nasdaq this week. The debut was equal parts landmark and reality ch…

Elevation Or Altitude? England’s World Cup Challenge In Mexico

Why England is concerned about its upcoming World Cup match in Mexico City, and it has nothing to do with sports.

GoDaddy warns India’s fake-site crackdown could damage the internet
GoDaddy warns India’s fake-site crackdown could damage the internet

The world’s biggest seller of website addresses says a court order in India could make the internet less safe. GoDaddy is fighting new rules meant to stop fake sites impersonating famous brands. It warns the cure could expose millions of legitimate sit…

Amazon says it finally has enough satellites to switch on its Starlink rival
Amazon says it finally has enough satellites to switch on its Starlink rival

Amazon has finally reached the starting line in the satellite-internet race. It says it now has enough spacecraft in orbit to switch on its Leo broadband network later this year. The target is clear: Elon Musk’s Starlink. An overnight launch on 2 July …

ElevenLabs in talks for tender offer at $22bn valuation, doubling February mark
ElevenLabs in talks for tender offer at $22bn valuation, doubling February mark

The voice AI startup is reportedly weighing a staff share sale that would value it at nearly double its February funding round, according to people familiar with the discussions. ElevenLabs is in early talks with investors about an employee tender offe…

A rocket motor blew up at Anduril’s Mississippi test site. The defence darling says it’s routine
A rocket motor blew up at Anduril’s Mississippi test site. The defence darling says it’s routine

Anduril has become the poster child for a faster, software-speed kind of defence contractor. Last Friday, one of its rocket motors blew up on a test stand in Mississippi. The blast is a small setback that carries an outsized message about how hard buil…