6 underrated Android Auto apps that I heavily rely on during road trips – some are free

Android Auto isn’t just for city streets anymore. Here are the apps that help me get more done when I’m off the city path.

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Why most AI programs stall, and what it will take to scale them

A lot change in a year within the world of AI. Even 12 months ago, Gen AI still wasn’t mainstream worldwide

The shift from workflow automation to autonomous enterprises

When a specialist AI agent company can raise $950m at a valuation above $15bn, enterprise AI has clearly moved beyond experimentation.

SpaceX IPO makes Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire, but your retirement fund is picking up the tab
SpaceX IPO makes Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire, but your retirement fund is picking up the tab

Elon Musk is now worth more than $1 trillion. The SpaceX IPO, which priced 555.6 million shares at $135 each on 12 June, valued the company at roughly $1.77 trillion and pushed Musk past a threshold no individual has ever crossed. His SpaceX stake alon…

100 Years After Geneva, Modern Slavery Is Still Invisible By Design

At the anti-slavery centenary, modern exploitation demands a public health approach. Dismantling systems requires redefining terms, impact metrics & empowering survivors.

Shelly Plug Gen4 Brings Helpful Extra Features to the Humble Smart Plug

A wealth of device settings available in the Shelly Plug Gen4 smart plug give users maximum flexibility, but all that choice can be overwhelming. These are the three features I liked best — and a few things I didn’t.

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Pleo layoffs hit engineers a day after it launched finance AI agents
Pleo layoffs hit engineers a day after it launched finance AI agents

On 11 June, Pleo told finance teams that AI agents would soon free them from administrative work. The next day came the Pleo layoffs: the Danish spend-management fintech had cut around 50 of its own staff, most of them in engineering and data. The prod…

Starlink is SpaceX’s cash machine, but the maths is getting harder
Starlink is SpaceX’s cash machine, but the maths is getting harder

SpaceX’s satellite internet service had 10.3 million subscribers at the end of the first quarter of 2026, more than double the 4.4 million it reported a year earlier. That growth rate is extraordinary by any standard in telecommunications, let alone fo…

You Can’t Govern What You Can’t See: The Case For Agent Control Planes

The control plane is about whether agents are allowed to run, under what constraints and with what evidence.

Car Thefts Are Down, Data Shows, But One Component Remains A Hot Item

Overall, fewer vehicles were stolen last year than in recent decades, though thieves are still after a main element in a car’s emissions system for its precious metals.