Phoenix Tower International has finalized a major deal to acquire around 3,700 telecom sites in France from the Infracos joint venture. This pushes PTI’s total French footprint past 10,000 sites nationwide as it aggressively expands in Europe.
McKinsey’s global managing partner Bob Sternfels revealed that AI saved the consulting giant 1.5 million hours of work last year. He argues that as AI handles synthesis and chart-making, professionals must focus on skills AI fundamentally lacks: aspiration, judgment, and true creativity.
The rush to adopt generative AI has many business leaders feeling they can’t compete. But a new argument suggests the opposite: you can win by deliberately building on AI’s weaknesses.
HP is reimagining the desktop PC by hiding an entire Copilot+ AI computer inside a keyboard. The EliteBoard G1a, powered by an AMD Ryzen AI 300 CPU, is designed for enterprise hot-desking and will be available in March 2026. Pricing is still unknown.
For many creatives, the hardest part of design isn’t using the software—it’s managing the thinking process. One user found that pairing Google’s NotebookLM with Affinity Designer helped them track decisions, store resources, and stay on track. It’s a clever hack for a common problem.
Ant Group’s international arm is booming, with revenue hitting an estimated $3.7 billion last year. The growth is powered by its digital wallet business, which is becoming a core interface for global payments and sparking IPO chatter.
The Federal Aviation Administration is moving ahead with a massive, long-delayed modernization of the U.S. air traffic control system. It has signed contracts worth a combined $780 million with RTX and Indra to replace outdated radar infrastructure at up to 612 sites by June 2028.
Two of the seven completed SKA-Mid dishes have successfully operated as an interferometer for the first time. They observed a radio galaxy 2.6-billion light years away, proving the array’s core technology works.
Volvo Car is bringing former Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath back into the fold as its new global design chief. The move comes just ahead of the unveiling of the critical EX60 electric SUV in January.
A Stanford professor’s blockchain startup, Babylon, has raised $15 million in venture funding. The company is building a protocol to let Bitcoin holders use their coins as collateral without giving up control.
