Deep-dive stories

The stories behind the trends, tracking developments reshaping how people and industries work.

  1. BYD races ahead globally as China sales stall, profits plunge

    BYD is racing ahead in global EV markets even as plunging sales and profits at home force a dramatic pivot abroad.

  2. AI attacks push security to machine-speed defense

    AI-powered cyberattacks now blitz through vulnerabilities and steal data in minutes, forcing security teams to defend at machine speed or get left behind.

  3. Visa bets on AI, buybacks as growth slows

    Visa is doubling down on AI innovation and record share buybacks as card payment growth stalls, betting its future on value-added services and digital infrastructure.

  4. Tokenized RWAs boom, but DeFi faces dormancy dilemma

    Tokenized real-world assets are booming in DeFi, but most of that value is just sitting idle, exposing the sector’s struggle to turn headline growth into real on-chain utility.

  5. AI agents add dynamic access guardrails

    AI agent access is shifting from static, overbroad permissions to real-time, dynamic controls—with spec-driven guardrails and granular observability now essential for safe enterprise deployment.

  6. U.S. bank turbocharges onboarding with fen-x automation

    U.S. Bank has supercharged its onboarding for alternative investment clients with Fenergo’s Fen-X automation, merging speed, compliance, and transparency into one seamless platform.

  7. South korea’s crypto crackdown spurs capital flight, industry angst

    South Korea’s sweeping crypto crackdown is fueling capital flight, slashing domestic trading, and forcing industry players into survival mode.

  8. Wall Street rethinks MFA as vishing attacks bypass defenses

    Wall Street’s last line of cyber defense—multi-factor authentication—just got steamrolled by AI-powered vishing attacks convincing employees to open the gates themselves.

  9. Broadcom’s $100b AI chip bet rattles Wall Street

    Broadcom is shaking up Wall Street with a $100 billion off-balance-sheet AI chip financing scheme that fuels record growth—but hides staggering risks.

  10. Sandbox hack spurs $15b bridge exodus, security overhaul

    A $15B exodus and market chaos erupted after The Sandbox’s cross-chain bridge was hacked, exposing DeFi’s Achilles’ heel: unchecked admin permissions.

  11. Broadcom’s AI chip boom jolts investors amid debt jitters

    Broadcom’s AI chip empire is booming with record-breaking deals, but mounting off-balance-sheet debt and fierce new rivals are rattling investors and shaking the stock.

  12. Trump’s ego diplomacy leaves U.S. alliances in ruins

    Trump’s ego-driven, transactional diplomacy has shattered U.S. alliances, destabilized global order, and left America’s credibility in freefall.

  13. Hospital CEO turnover surges as regional models rise

    Hospital CEO turnover is soaring in 2026 as for-profit systems accelerate leadership shakeups and shift toward regional, efficiency-driven models.

  14. Packaging goes digital: authentication and 2d barcodes take center stage

    Packaging is going digital, with authentication and advanced 2D barcodes transforming boxes and bottles into high-tech guardians against counterfeiting, fraud, and supply chain chaos.

  15. Nvidia’s GPU financing push deepens AI debt boom

    Nvidia just turned its AI chips into Wall Street’s hottest new asset class, unlocking $500 billion in fresh capital and rewriting the rules of tech infrastructure finance.

  16. Intel unveils trio of AI chips to rival hyperscalers

    Intel just dropped a powerhouse trio of AI chips—Diamond Rapids CPU, Crescent Island GPU, and Wildcat Lake SoC—gunning for hyperscalers with modular, scalable hardware from the data center to your laptop.

  17. Meta, mobavenue push AI ad automation forward

    AI is transforming ad creation from slow and manual to lightning-fast and data-driven, but marketers—don’t hang up your strategy hats just yet.

  18. Intapp insiders unleash $4m stock sale wave via morgan stanley

    A powerful wave of Intapp insider stock sales—led by John T. Hall’s $4.33M liquidation through Morgan Stanley—raises fresh questions about leadership confidence and market impact.

  19. Fastbase AI beta debuts, upending b2b search norms

    St. Joseph Inc. has rebranded as Fastbase AI Inc. and is shaking up B2B search by debuting a natural language AI platform that leaves legacy engines in the dust.

  20. Akamai’s AI cloud gambit: stock soars, margins squeezed

    Akamai’s all-in AI cloud pivot has supercharged its stock and landed billion-dollar deals, but profits are taking a beating from massive upfront investments.