2026-08-17

Beyond ‘Pilot Purgatory’: What does it take to build AI that works?

Why so many AI pilots fail, and what separates production AI from promising demos. [...]

2026-08-17

Tokenmaxxing: Why AI consumption needs control

Finance teams aren't trying to stop AI investment – they want to maximise its impact [...]

2026-08-17

6 things to check before buying a bassinet, per Consumer Reports

Bassinets can look sturdy but still lack key protections for a baby. Consumer Reports outlines six details that separate safer models [...]

2026-08-17

Europe’s defence-AI champion Helsing is using Rakuten to break into Japan’s arms market

Helsing, the Munich startup that has become Europe’s best-funded defence-AI company, is pushing into Asia, and it has found an unlikely guide. The German firm has enlisted Japan’s Rakuten, a name better known for e-commerce and mobile phones, to help broker the sale of its unmanned systems to Japan’s Ground Self-Defence Forces. At the centre […]<br /> This story continues at The Next [...]

2026-08-17

AI slop is eating the world. Trust is the first casualty

In a world drowning in slop, the rarest offering is meaning what you say. [...]

2026-08-17

Four years after its untimely demise, Spotify Car Thing is back, for free, and with absolutely no help from the streaming giant itself

Spotify Car Thing was discontinued in 2022 and killed off in 2024, but fans have brought it back (in sort). [...]

2026-08-17

Microsoft is dropping its Excel Copilot function after only a year - and without ever getting a full public launch

Microsoft Excel's COPILOT() function will soon bite the dust. [...]

2026-08-17

Kamya Elawadhi, Co-founder and President of Doceree – Interview Series

Kamya Elawadhi, Co-founder and President of Doceree, is a healthcare marketing and business strategy executive who has played a central role in the company’s growth since joining in 2019. She has progressed through leadership positions spanning platform strategy, corporate development, client services and global partnerships, helping translate Doceree’s technology into measurable value for pha [...]

2026-08-17

A Beijing bar swapped free Wi-Fi for free DeepSeek tokens

In Beijing’s Zhongguancun district, the dense grid of universities and start-ups that likes to bill itself as China’s Silicon Valley, a small bar has found a neat way to distil the country’s artificial-intelligence boom into something you can actually drink. The AGI Bar, opened last summer by an independent developer named Song De, does not […]<br /> This story continues at The Next [...]