2026-07-16
15 documented ways living in a city changes you that most urban dwellers never notice
Noise, air, light, density, green space — the urban environment shapes brain and body through mechanisms that are well-documented and almost entirely invisible to the people living with them [...]
2026-07-16
Oracle is one notch above junk after S&P downgrade as AI data-centre spending burns through cash
S&P downgraded Oracle to BBB- on July 9, placing the company one notch above junk status, as a $250 billion data-centre expansion plan burns through cash faster than revenue can replace it. Oracle is now the second-largest non-financial debt issuer in the Bloomberg US Corporate Bond Index after Amazon, with $117 billion outstanding. Shares fell […]<br /> This story continues at The Nex [...]
2026-07-16
Google’s next Gemini Pro is months behind schedule as coding capabilities fall short of internal goals
Google is months behind schedule on delivering the next version of its flagship AI model, Gemini Pro, because the technology has fallen short of internal goals in coding, Bloomberg reported on Thursday citing 10 current and former employees. The company was widely expected to release the upgrade at its May developer conference but has been […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-07-16
GameStop’s Ryan Cohen calls physical game sales ‘totally irrelevant’ and pivots every question back to eBay
GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen dismissed the decline of physical video game sales as “totally, totally irrelevant” to the company’s business in an interview on Bloomberg TV on Thursday. Cohen was responding to Sony’s announcement earlier this month that it will end physical disc production for new PlayStation games in 2028. “It doesn’t matter at all,” […]<br /> This story continues [...]
