The rise of generative and agentic AI is the most consequential technology innovation to materialize in decades, and it is arguably bigger than the advent of the public internet and cloud computing. As enterprises scramble to evaluate and deploy AI tech stacks and agentic frameworks that are evolving rapidly over weeks and months, traditional data
Hoppers (2026)Courtesy of Disney UKThe wait is over. Disney and Pixar’s latest animated film, Hoppers, is now available to stream on digital platforms after debuting on the big screen in March. Directed by Daniel Chong, Piper Curda voices Mabel, an animal lover who gets the chance to use new technology that lets her “hop” her…
What do Meta’s New AI model and Meta’s Layoff tell us? (Photo by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images)NurPhoto via Getty ImagesThis week, Meta cut 8,000 employees and launched the new AI Muse model on the same day. Microsoft offered voluntary retirement to thousands of long-tenured staff. Twenty thousand jobs gone in seven days, from two…
Anti-Virus software in 2003 (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)Getty ImagesWelcome to The Main Street Tech Report, your weekly roundup of the most important small business technology news. Here are five key developments in AI, automation, and digital tools that emerged this week-and what they mean for your business. Microsoft Officially Says You Don’t Need Extra…
Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) have developed palm-sized drones that use bat-inspired ultrasound and AI to navigate through fog, smoke, and other challenging conditions. The device mimics how bats use simple echolocation to navigate dark, cluttered environments with minimal neural processing. The Ghost Murmur mission report illustrates how real-world operations depend on detecting and
0:02 | Apr 16, 2026, 10:36PM EDT How Altana Is Fixing The Trillion-Dollar Supply Chain Problem With AI Supply chains used to be an invisible back-office function—until global shocks, shifting geopolitics, and new tariffs made them a C-suite emergency. Forbes’ Maggie McGrath chats with Evan Smith, CEO and co-founder of Altana, to discuss how his
The shock, turmoil, and heartache of being handed a pink slip or weathering a downsizing is hard to fathom. Yet, after a recent round of Oracle layoffs, there’s now a way to peek behind the corporate curtain. Several workers at the Texas-based tech giant expressed the shock of being part of what one former employee
Tesla’s Semi is arriving at scale just as Europe’s largest truck manufacturers are in federal court fighting the climate policies designed to prepare them for exactly this moment. The auto industry has made this mistake before. Daimler Truck, Volvo Group, and Traton — the parent company of International Motors — filed a motion through the
Last week marked a landmark moment in tech history when a Los Angeles jury ruled that social media giants Meta and YouTube were negligent in designing features that harmed a 20-year-old’s mental health. The seven-week trial kicked off in February, more than two years after California-based “Kaley G.M.” sued the platforms in 2023, alleging that
Fiber Optical cables connected to ethernet ports.gettyBharti Airtel—controlled by billionaire Sunil Mittal—and a group of investors are investing $1 billion in data center projects in India to tap into the AI boom in the world’s most populous country. Under the deal, which is subject to regulatory approvals, three U.S. private equity firms will inject fresh…
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