Main Facts Mazda is signaling a major strategic shift that could see the Japanese automaker become significantly more reliant on Chinese-built electric vehicles (EVs) to meet global decarbonization targets. While the Hiroshima-based brand has spent years championing a "multi-solution" approach to propulsion—balancing internal combustion engines, hybrids, and limited electrification—regulatory realities…
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO)—the world’s most influential arbiter of industrial and corporate benchmarks—has hit a significant, and perhaps predictable, speed bump in its quest to define "net-zero." The draft of the ISO 14060 Standard for Net-Zero Aligned Organizations, a document intended to serve as the global "gold standard"…
PRINCETON, N.J. — In a significant move aimed at bridging the widening chasm between Silicon Valley artificial intelligence laboratories and the global academic elite, OpenAI announced the formation of the Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence. Hosted at the prestigious Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton, New Jersey,…
WASHINGTON — When sweeping tax reform legislation was signed into law in 2025, sending immediate shockwaves through the financial and non-profit sectors, the discourse was dominated by anxiety. Financial planners, wealth advisors, and philanthropic institutions scrambled to model out the impact of new deduction limits, adjusted thresholds, and tighter restrictions…
September 19, 2026 By TechCrunch Reporting Desk Main Facts Flock Safety, a prominent and heavily scrutinized automated surveillance technology company, has introduced a sweeping and lucrative voluntary severance package for its approximately 1,500-person workforce. According to internal communications and industry reports, the company anticipates a high volume of employee interest…
PARIS — Facing a steep market decline in the United States and a broader corporate repositioning under parent company Stellantis, iconic Italian automaker Alfa Romeo is looking to recapture its enthusiast base. The company has released a single, tantalizing teaser image of an upcoming concept car slated to make its…
SAN FRANCISCO — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has officially confirmed that the artificial intelligence pioneer will not launch its initial public offering (IPO) in 2026. Despite earlier confidential filings and months of intense speculation on Wall Street and in Silicon Valley, Altman cited a complex convergence of internal safety imperatives,…
