Silicon Valley brought sushi, Starlink and luxury camps to Burning Man. Now it’s importing something potentially even more divisive: AI slop.
Superconducting satellites. Progress in nuclear fusion. Why performative AI is overrated. All that and more in this week’s Prototype.
Artificial intelligence is reshaping the workplace—but not always in the ways people think. What does that mean for your career? Watch Forbes journalists and leading workplace experts discuss how AI is changing hiring, the careers and industries poised…
Liu Jianfang quit his teaching job at China’s Jilin University in 2019 to focus full-time on his semiconductor component maker GK Precision. He is now a billionaire after the company’s shares surged nearly 400% since its August listing.
The acquisition is only the second ever for the 51-year-old company as it tries to expand beyond index-fund fees.
A hot new AI agent called Instinct was valued at $500 million earlier in August, sources say. Now it’s raising a new round at a $2.5 billion valuation from Benchmark and Index.
Can sound therapy improve stress, sleep, pain, or recovery? Research explores the health effects of singing bowls, tuning forks, vibration, and acoustic therapies.
This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at how DOGE broke America’s weather machine and using AI to create new materials for green hydrogen and batteries
Archer Aviation, which will test its eVTOLs over Los Angeles this year, plans a “vertiport” at AEG’s L.A. Live, next to the Lakers’ arena and city convention center.

Last week, we tracked more than 45 tech funding deals worth over €684 million and over 5 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.📊 The top three industries that ra…