Adobe is making a massive move into AI-powered marketing with its $1.9 billion acquisition of Semrush. The deal represents a huge 77.5% premium over Semrush’s recent stock price and sent shares soaring. This could reshape how brands understand consumer behavior through search and AI chatbots.
MP Materials is forming a rare-earth refining joint venture in Saudi Arabia with the state-owned Maaden and US Department of War. The deal gives the American partners combined 49% stake while Maaden retains majority control. This comes during Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s first US visit since 2
Brazil’s Central Bank has released sweeping crypto regulations that will fundamentally reshape the market. With capital requirements reaching $7 million and strict new compliance rules, the framework favors traditional financial institutions while potentially eliminating smaller players. The regulat
Europe is delaying its toughest AI regulations by over a year following pressure from Big Tech. The move includes allowing companies to use European personal data for AI training and simplifying cookie consent rules.
European tech is showing strong signs of recovery with ecosystem valuation hitting $4 trillion and founder optimism at highest levels since 2021. However, climate tech funding has plummeted and the gender funding gap continues to grow.
Meta has defeated the FTC’s long-running antitrust lawsuit alleging the company maintains an illegal social media monopoly. The judge ruled regulators couldn’t prove Meta still holds monopoly power in today’s competitive landscape dominated by TikTok and YouTube.
According to a Forbes contributor, Harvard’s study blaming AI for entry-level job losses misses the bigger picture. The real driver appears to be aggressive Federal Reserve rate hikes that began in March 2022. Here’s why economic policy, not AI, likely caused the junior hiring crash.
The retail industry faces a profitability crisis in 2026 according to new predictions. Three US chains are expected to declare bankruptcy while AI chatbots and stricter return policies reshape shopping. Retailers must adapt or face extinction.
A major Cloudflare outage took down crypto exchanges, retail brokers, and financial data firms. The incident reveals critical vulnerabilities in Wall Street’s reliance on single infrastructure providers for essential services.
Microsoft just announced software to manage AI agents like human employees. The company expects 1.3 billion autonomous AI workers by 2028. This reflects growing enterprise adoption of agent technology.
