Google's latest artificial intelligence reshuffle is less a routine leadership change than a restructuring of how the company intends to compete in the most important technology race in years. The decision to move Demis Hassabis away from day-to-day control of Google DeepMind, elevate Koray...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming a new gateway to online shopping, and retailers are facing an uncomfortable trade-off. They need to appear in recommendations generated by AI systems because those platforms are increasingly sending highly engaged shoppers to retail websites. At the same...

A judge in New Mexico has instructed Meta Platforms to pay over $900 million after a jury determined it did not safeguard underage users from sexually explicit content and facilitated the actions of "online predators" on its networks, according to The Wall Street Journal. Mark Zuckerberg's firm...

Apollo Global Management, a private equity fund, has struck a deal to buy British airline easyJet Plc, estimating its worth at £5.7 billion ($7.7 billion). A joint press release states that Apollo will offer 715 pence for each easyJet share. The board of directors of the airline unanimously advised...

BP plc has finalized the sale of its Gelsenkirchen refinery in Germany along with related businesses to the independent European oil refining firm Klesch Group. The agreement supposedly encompassed the 12 million tonne refinery, a tank storage facility in Bottrop, DHC Solvent Chemie GmbH, stakes in...

Meta's rapid expansion in India is doing more than strengthening its position in one of the world's largest digital markets. It is also increasing the company's exposure to regulatory oversight, political scrutiny and public accountability as its platforms become increasingly central to...

British American Tobacco (BAT) announced a significant drop in its net profit during the first half of 2026, even though there was a small rise in revenue. As stated in the company's press release, revenue for the period from January to June reached £12.24 billion ($16.45 billion), up from £12.07...

Starbucks' decision to raise its annual sales and profit forecasts for the second time within a single fiscal year is about far more than stronger quarterly earnings. The upgraded outlook signals that one of the world's largest consumer brands is beginning to reverse a prolonged period of slowing...

Australia's decision to take Telegram to court over alleged failures to remove terrorist content marks a significant escalation in a wider international campaign to hold digital platforms legally accountable for extremist material circulating online. Rather than representing an isolated dispute...