Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways AI is helping creators turn ideas into prototypes and businesses without waiting for someone else to build them. The bigger opportunity isn’t to work faster, but to rethink how we create and what our workspaces should look like. As storytelling, product development and marketing come together, entrepreneurs can test more ideas with fewer resources. A few years ago, I wrote an article exploring something I have always found fascinating: how writers, filmmakers and producers have repeatedly imagined technologies decades before they actually existed. From holograms and intelligent machines to futuristic…
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Google is saying yes to nukes. The tech giant has signed a deal with Constellation Energy for 3,590 megawatts of electricity, Reuters reports. Constellation will invest more than $4.3 billion in its fleet as part of the agreement. The Google nuclear power deal locks in 890 megawatts for 20 years from 11 Constellation reactors in Illinois, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Those plants are getting souped up to squeeze out more juice, and the first one should be ready by 2028. On top of that, Google is grabbing another 2,700 megawatts over 15 years. Why the rush? Data centers are gobbling…
ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a negative day today: • NIKKEI 225 decreased 648.27 points or -0.92% to 70,035.71 • Shanghai closed • Hang Seng decreased 150.06 points or -0.62% to 24,130.50 • ASX 200 decreased 8.00 points or -0.09% to 8,727.70 • SENSEX decreased 429.10 points or -0.59% to 72,638.70 • Nifty50 decreased 173.05 points or -0.76% to 22,603.05 The major Asian currency markets had a negative day today: • AUDUSD decreased 0.00158 or -0.23% to 0.69669 • NZDUSD decreased 0.00193 or -0.34% to 0.56047 • USDJPY decreased 0.192 or -0.12% to 157.906 • USDCNY decreased 0.00012…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. People hear “Eight Sleep,” and their brains go straight to a mattress cover. The real story is more personal than that. Alexandra Zatarain was losing her father to cancer, and she noticed that one of the first things his illness took away was his sleep. That detail shaped everything that came next. Alexandra, a marketer and storyteller by training, co-founded Eight Sleep in 2014, shortly after her father passed. The loss made the mission personal and intentional. If sleep is the first place the body signals that something’s wrong, then the bed…
If you’ve ever stood at self-checkout scanning your own groceries and wondered why you’re doing the cashier’s job, you’re not alone. Retailers are over self-checkout too. Only 36% of the 340 retailers in this year’s Voice of the Retail Industry Survey plan to invest in it, according to TechSpot. That’s down seven points from last year. It was the least popular tech in the survey and the only one losing steam. And it isn’t even faster. A Kroger exec admitted back in the late ’80s that scanning your own stuff takes longer. It just feels quicker because you’re doing it.…
Key Takeaways Only 51% of Vanguard participants earning at least $150,000 maxed out their 401(k)s last year, down from 60% in 2018. Some savers are directing money elsewhere for more investment choices and easier access before retirement. Other savers have sizable 401(k) nest eggs already, giving them confidence to ease off contributions. Some high earners make enough money to max out their 401(k) retirement plans — but they’re choosing not to. According to a recent Bloomberg report, some high earners are questioning whether they should invest heavily in their retirement savings plans. Armed with online investing advice, some are betting that…
Countries both rich and poor must take faster action to cut debt and counter growing inequality as their economies weather a triple whammy from the artificial intelligence boom, heavy borrowing and shocks from wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, the head of the IMF said Wednesday.“Some very tough political choices stare us in the face,” IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said in a speech in Singapore ahead of autumn IMF-World Bank meetings to be held in Bangkok next week.“My message to the world’s economic policymakers next week will be this: we cannot keep delaying necessary policy action — you…
For more than a decade, the story of drone delivery was about improving the technology and getting federal permission for the drones to take to the airwaves. Could companies get the Federal Aviation Authority to approve flights beyond the operator’s line of sight? Would regulators let one pilot supervise many aircraft? The assumption was that once Washington said yes, the drone business would take off. Washington is edging toward saying yes. What comes next is less predictable, because once drones are out in the wild, it’s hard to know how people will interact with them in real life. In Richardson,…
Skydance-owned Paramount on Tuesday closed its $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, ushering in a new Hollywood giant.Skydance Corp. emerges from one of the biggest mergers ever — $111 billion including debt — in the media and entertainment industry.Here is a list of notable films, shows and franchises in the new Skydance portfolio, followed by its major studios, networks and other businesses. Titles and catalogs Superheroes and comics: DC’s “Batman,” “Superman,” “Wonder Woman” and “Aquaman”Fantasy and science fiction: “Harry Potter” and “Fantastic Beasts”; “Star Trek”; “Game of Thrones” and “House of the Dragon”Action and adventure: “Mission: Impossible”; “Top Gun”;…
When it comes to companies and AI, the themes have been consistent. Investments and adoption are rising, but value is not materializing in the P&L. About 88% of companies have adopted AI somewhere in the business, according to Stanford’s 2026 AI Index, showing that adoption is strong. Yet, a recent PwC CEO study found that 56% of CEOs had seen neither revenue growth nor cost reduction from AI, and only 12% have seen both. At the same time, IDC estimates enterprises will spend $409 billion on AI platforms, applications, and services this year. That is a lot of investment for…