IAS Sells Itself for $1.9 Billion—Because “Trust and Transparency” Apparently Require Private Equity Backing
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The AI-ification of 911: Axon Acquires Prepared to Rewire Public Safety
Axon is acquiring Prepared, an AI-powered 911 platform. Here’s why “AI-enhanced emergencies” might sound efficient but really look like another play for public safety monopoly.
AI’s Disruption Buffet: How AI is Eating 20 Global Industries in 2025
A 30,000-word Silicon Snark deep dive into how AI is disrupting (or just rebranding) the world’s 20+ most lucrative industries in 2025, from finance to farming to “KnitGPT.”
Meta’s $799 AI Glasses Read Your Muscles—And Yes, They’re Real
Meta just launched Ray-Ban Display AI glasses with a neural wristband that reads your muscle signals. Here’s everything you need to know (and why it’s both genius and terrifying).
Google Invents a Protocol So Your AI Can Buy Stuff Without Stealing Your Credit Card (Allegedly)
Google launches the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), a new open standard letting AI agents securely shop, pay, and prove user intent across cards, bank rails, and crypto.
Anker’s AI-Powered Gadget Overload: Vacuums, Printers, and Chargers That Now Judge You
At IFA 2025, Anker Innovations unveiled AI-powered gadgets from stair-climbing vacuums to brainwave earbuds—ultimate innovation nobody asked for.
Workday Acquires Sana: Super Workers, AI Dashboards, and the Death of the Old Office Door
Workday buys Sana for $1.1B to become the “new front door for work”—because AI agents generating dashboards was the missing piece of corporate life.