VW’s Audi factory in Brussels may close due to low demand for EVs

Volkswagen on Tuesday warned it may close the Brussels site of its luxury brand Audi due to a sharp drop in demand for high-end electric cars that has hit Europe’s top carmaker, forcing it to cut its margin target for the current yea

Female entrepreneurs can fundraise 20% faster than men on crowdfunding platforms, research finds

Crowdfunding campaigns fronted by women reach their fundraising targets 20% faster than those promoted by men and couples, according to a new study.

Pomme Theunissen at Maastricht University in the Netherlands and Matteo Millone, who works at APG Asset Management, analyzed 934 bids for business loans on three Dutch crowdfunding platforms. The Netherlands is “surprisingly the third-biggest crowdfunding market in the world,

Creatives must embrace technology or get left behind

In 1991, I was a fresh-out-of-school graphic designer whose first real gig was working at an entertainment marketing powerhouse in Hollywood. One fateful day that spring, I was asked to help move boxes off a truck at our loading dock. I didn’t know it at the time, but inside the boxes were the key to my future: the most technologically advanced tools hitting the creative scene. There were 12 Macintosh Quadra 900s, complete with a floppy-disk, monitor, and an incredible 256 megabytes of RAM.

Advocacy and AI in cancer treatment

Cancer has touched almost all of us: our mothers, fathers, children, neighbors, and even ourselves. Cancer casts a long shadow over our lives.

BUT….what if a cancer diagnosis wasn’t so terrifying? What if it could be managed long-term? What if we had technology that made it possible for doctors to prescribe the right medication for the right person at the right time? What if I told you those things are a reality for some and could be a reality for everyone, everywhere, in the near

Can RAG solve generative AI’s problems?

Artificial intelligence has made massive strides, and most of us have reaped the benefits. Initially emerging through theoretical frameworks with limited practical applications, AI systems evolved into sophisticated generative solutions, thanks to computational power advancements, machine learning algorithms, and increased web data availability.

We have already witnessed generative AI’s integration into various applications, from language translation and content generation to virtu

Maybe the future of TV isn’t something for everyone

Last November, Warner Bros. Discovery’s Max streaming service announced that it was firing Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and the Road Runner. To be more exact, it included its entire library of Looney Tunes cartoons on a list of content that would be leaving the service at year’s end. Animation lovers everywhere

Samsung is joining the smart ring wars

Samsung is moving beyond the wrist with a $400 smart ring for fitness tracking.

The Galaxy Ring looks similar to other smart rings, such as the Oura Ring Gen3 and the Ultrahuman Ring Air. It has heart rate and skin temperature sensors, and it can track steps, sleep, heart rate, and menstrual cycles.

Microsoft drops OpenAI board seat amid antitrust concerns

Microsoft has ditched the board observer seat at OpenAI that has drawn regulatory scrutiny on both sides of the Atlantic, saying it was not necessary after the AI start-up’s governance had improved significantly in the past eight months.

Apple, which last month announced bring

The Wild West of online political advertising needs transparency tools ahead of the election

Think back to the last time you scrolled through your social media feed and encountered a political ad that perfectly aligned with your views—or perhaps one that

Inside the House’s $25 billion NASA funding proposal

The House unveiled its $25.2 billion fiscal 2025 budget for NASA, shorting the space agency by about $204.1 million compared to its original request. 

The topline budget included in the draft bill from the House Appropriations Committee would give the agency $303.6 million more than it received in fiscal 2024. 

By the numbers

The $25.2 billion budget plan is broken down into several buckets, including: 

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