The Pakistani governmentis making moves to lower the barrier for its entrepreneurs to build AI-native applications without relying on Western cloud hyperscalers.
Why it matters: If successful, the effort could serve as a model for other emerging economies looking to jumpstart AI-based growth while keeping sensitive data stored within national networks and out of reach of foreign adversaries.
Former GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke on Tuesday announced he is leading a new startup for developers geared toward the reality where most coding is done by AI agents.
Why it matters: Automated coding has been one of generative AI's earliest success stories, but it's also an increasingly crowded market with a flood of startups alongside big players like OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Microsoft.
Parkour — once synonymous with an outlaw, fence-hopping subculture — became one of the fastest-growing fitness trends in the U.S. last year, according to ClassPass.
Why it matters: The sport all about moving freely through space has gone mainstream, which means even this reporter tried it out.
The fundamental problem holding back AI progress is that agents can connect, but they can't think together. Vijoy Pandey, GM and SVP of Outshift by Cisco, explains why the missing piece of AI is horizontal scaling.
Starbucks is rolling out what appears to be one of its most wide-ranging menu updates in years — including its biggest bakery refresh ever, a core coffee addition and permanent drink launches.
Why it matters: Monday's launch comes as the Seattle-based coffee giant pivots from simplification to growth nearly a year and a half into its turnaround plan under CEO Brian Niccol.
