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Databricks Inc. has raised $1.8 billion in debt financing from a group of institutional investors, Bloomberg and CNBC reported today. The funds were provided in two tranches. Databricks received the bulk of the sum, $1.15 billion, through an extension to an existing revolving credit facility. Most of the remaining debt arrived in the form of a delayed-draw term loan. A revolving credit facility is a debt instrument with terms similar to a credit card limit. The borrower can draw down funds up to a certain threshold, pay the sum back and then draw down funds again. A delayed-draw term loan,…
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping education, entertainment, and the future of work. But are parents ready to guide their children through this transformation?
OpenAI may have called GPT-5.2 its “most advanced frontier model for professional work,” but tests conducted by the Guardian cast doubt on its credibility. According to the report, OpenAI’s GPT-5.2 model cited Grokipedia, the online encyclopedia powered by xAI, when it came to specific, but controversial topics related to Iran or the Holocaust.As seen in the Guardian’s report, ChatGPT used Grokipedia as a source for claims about the Iranian government being tied to telecommunications company MTN-Irancell and questions related to Richard Evans, a British historian who served as an expert witness during a libel trial for Holocaust denier David Irving.…
MQL to SQL conversion rate often looks definitive, but it rarely is. More than a verdict on performance, it reflects how severely misaligned your marketing and sales are. B2B teams talk about MQL to SQL conversion rate as if it were a verdict. High means marketing is working. Low means something is broken. Sales complaints. Marketing defends. Leadership asks for fixes. Dashboards light up. Playbooks come out. And yet, despite years of optimization, tooling, and alignment meetings, the number remains stubbornly unstable. That is not because teams are incompetent. It is because the metric itself is misunderstood. MQL to SQL…
The landscape of generative artificial intelligence in China reached a historic milestone in January 2026 as two of the nation’s leading “AI tigers” – Beijing-based Zhipu AI and Shanghai-based MiniMax – successfully completed initial public offerings on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX). These debuts not only secure the capital necessary for the global AI arms race but also highlight two distinct philosophies for achieving Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). The divergence between these two organizations begins with their institutional heritage. Zhipu AI is a direct spin-off from the Knowledge Engineering Group (KEG) at Tsinghua University. Led by Professors Tang Jie…
When it comes to EVs, Volvo hasn’t been afraid to experiment. It’s tried repurposing a platform from its internal-combustion cars (for the EX40 and EC40, nee XC40 Recharge and C40 Recharge), a flagship SUV that’s also a technology demonstrator (the EX90) and a radical reinvention of its brand (with the EX30). The Swedish automaker’s latest EV takes yet another approach — one that could make it the most important Volvo EV yet. The 2027 Volvo EX60 boasts engineering improvements in a package that’s likely to have mass appeal. It’s based on a new architecture that offers improved range and charging…
Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles.Really, New York Times? The paper noted for being rather sedate actually put the words SUB and DOM next to each other in today’s NYT Connections puzzle. Of course, they didn’t mean what they could have meant, and they did not end up in the same category, but still. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.The Times has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle.…
Hello Cyber Builders 🖖AI is showing up in every cybersecurity platform.That’s not news anymore. What matters now is how AI is actually being used and whether there are real patterns worth your attention. As Cyber Builders, whether you’re creating new products or using cybersecurity platforms, you need to understand these patterns to build better tools or choose more effective solutions.AI is shifting the balance from users learning complex systems to systems that understand and respond to users in plain language.This week, we’re exploring a few more categories (CTEM, User Awareness, GRC) where vendors are integrating AI into their products and…
For decades, the personal computer has been the center of our digital universe, with Windows acting as the undisputed sun. But as we move into 2026, a gravitational shift is occurring. The rise of Generative AI and autonomous agents isn’t just adding a new feature to our taskbars; it is fundamentally threatening the necessity of an operating system (OS) as we know it. The question is no longer whether Windows will get better AI features, but whether AI will eventually make Windows—and the hardware it runs on—obsolete. The Fragility of the Windows Hegemony Windows is currently in a state of…
Best Grind-and-Dry Food RecyclerLomi3 Countertop Food RecyclerMost kitchen “composters” simply grind and dry your food scraps, but the Lomi 3 does the best job of this of the bunch. I’m always impressed when companies listen to feedback and adapt, and Lomi’s new model solves a couple of the now-discontinued Lomi 2’s quirks and foibles. Gone are the multiple modes, annoying twist-off lid, and having to put scraps right into the machine. Now there’s a convenient 3-liter, 7.5-inch-tall countertop bucket, just like the FoodCycler below; an easy push-button lid; and just two simple processing modes: Grow and Express. The Lomi 3…