After settling allegations of deliberately addictive design, Meta positions itself as the industry's moral leader—and calls on rivals to adopt its 'standards.'
Read full article →Data centers are now the great subplot animating elections, which is either the future or a sign we've stopped thinking about actual problems.
Read full article →Turns out building synergies across an imaginary border is harder when there's actual tariffs.
Read full article →Founders' sense of community responsibility may derail sale of unprofitable open-source hub that has somehow convinced Silicon Valley it is priceless.
Read full article →New York's governor positions herself as the Democrat willing to admit the tech industry funds elections.
Read full article →French pharma giant acquires unproven MDM2 inhibitor in Phase III, frames expensive late-stage risk as pipeline 'strengthening.'
Read full article →With 12:01 a.m. Wednesday looming, dealmakers discover that strongly-worded statements do not, in fact, stop trade wars.
Read full article →Smith+Nephew partners with Imperial College to prove it can still move fast—via five-year committee structure.
Read full article →An oversubscribed fund with a mission statement so vague it could fund a meditation app or a quantum toaster.
Read full article →Three senior executives exit in a month as the company prepares to sell shareholders a story about 'retooling' instead of chaos.
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