Cloudflare gives AI crawlers a September deadline: pay publishers or get blocked
Cloudflare gives AI crawlers a September deadline: pay publishers or get blocked

Cloudflare has set the AI industry a deadline. From September, it will block the crawlers that hoover up content for AI training. Any page that carries ads becomes off-limits, unless the site’s owner says otherwise. The pitch is simple: stop giving the…

The Three Best New Shows This Week Have 100% Rotten Tomatoes Scores

There are three new shows airing this week on Hulu, Disney Plus and Apple that all have 100% Rotten Tomatoes scores.

Getty scraps its $3.7bn Shutterstock merger after a UK regulator won’t budge
Getty scraps its $3.7bn Shutterstock merger after a UK regulator won’t budge

A $3.7bn plan to merge the world’s two biggest stock-photo libraries has collapsed. The reason is not America, where regulators waved it through. It is Britain, where a single condition proved a deal-breaker. Getty Images will terminate its merger with…

Why Taste Is The One Skill AI Can’t Copy

As AI commoditizes intelligence, human taste becomes the ultimate competitive edge. Learn why judgment, discernment, and critical thinking matter for modern marketers.

Peak Rock Capital Buys Asembia As Specialty Pharmacy Industry Grows

Peak Rock Capital bought Asembia, a provider of services surrounding specialty pharmacy including distribution, group purchasing and technology connecting patients.

U.S. Healthcare Spending’s Meager Return On Investment

The U.S. spends a lot on healthcare — in terms of total and per capita expenditures and patient out-of-pocket costs — but gets a relatively poor return on its investment.

Whole-Body Scans Are In Vogue, But Not Worth It For Asymptomatic People

While some may find peace of mind, whole-body scans can also produce false reassurance or needless workup. For asymptomatic people, they’re not considered worth it.

Novo Nordisk’s owner backs an Italian fund to grow drug startups beyond Denmark
Novo Nordisk’s owner backs an Italian fund to grow drug startups beyond Denmark

Novo Holdings, the investment company that controls Novo Nordisk and holds the wealth of the Novo Nordisk Foundation, is backing a fund aimed at Italian drug startups, according to Bloomberg. The move extends a pattern that has seen the Danish investor…

Microsoft joins Lightstorm-led consortium to build an India-Southeast Asia subsea cable
Microsoft joins Lightstorm-led consortium to build an India-Southeast Asia subsea cable

Microsoft has joined a consortium led by Singapore-based Lightstorm to build a new subsea cable connecting India with Singapore and Malaysia, the companies announced on Thursday. T he I-2SEA system will run 3,600 kilometres and is intended to support t…

SoftBank revives $10bn OpenAI-backed loan with a new sweetener for lenders
SoftBank revives $10bn OpenAI-backed loan with a new sweetener for lenders

SoftBank has gone back to lenders with a $10bn loan proposal secured against its OpenAI stake, and this time it is offering to personally guarantee the debt, according to Reuters, which cited people familiar with the discussions. The concession gives b…