Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Austin Carr assesses the early season response to Major League Baseball’s new robo-umpire system. Tech Across the Globe Microsoft’s new sales strategy : The company is now charging for its Copilot AI tools rather than offering them for free as part of an office software b...
Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Austin Carr assesses the early season response to Major League Baseball’s new robo-umpire system. Tech Across the Globe Microsoft’s new sales strategy : The company is now charging for its Copilot AI tools rather than offering them for free as part of an office software bundle. OpenAI’s surprise purchase : The leading AI company has acquired online technology talk show TBPN, an unusual acquisition aimed at promoting its views about artificial intelligence. It also announced a series of executive shuffles with two key people stepping away to address health issues. Big money in China : Shenzhen-based UBTech, one of the earliest humanoid robot developers, is hiring a chief AI scientist with an advertised salary of as much as $18 million. Revalued Sarvam AI, India’s homegrown artificial intelligence startup , is close to raising $300 million to $350 million as it seeks to build a domestic player that can compete with leaders from the US and China. The fundraising round is likely to value the Bangalore-based company at $1.5 billion. Man versus machine Just over a week into the 2026 Major League Baseball season, some of the loudest cheers have come for something that isn’t even on the field. For the first time, the MLB has introduced “robot umps” to help officiate games. Already these machines, which make rulings on the thinnest of pitching disputes, have received rapturous applause when they’ve overturned a questionable call by a human umpire. Known as ABS, or Automated Ball-Strike System, robo-umps have undergone extensive testing for years in lower-level baseball leagues before finally reaching the majors in 2025 for preseason evaluations at spring training. The technology has long been controversial among traditionalist fans of America’s pastime, who worry the addition of computers to the century-old sport will rob the game of its beautiful i...
Despite all the conflict and chaos happening around the world right now, one thing in Washington hasn't changed: the U.S. government's support for nuclear energy. With artificial intelligence and data center buildout driving energy demand to unprecedented levels, President Trump is reviving America's nuclear energy industry and plans to quadruple America's nuclear energy capacity to 400 gigawatts ...
Despite all the conflict and chaos happening around the world right now, one thing in Washington hasn't changed: the U.S. government's support for nuclear energy. With artificial intelligence and data center buildout driving energy demand to unprecedented levels, President Trump is reviving America's nuclear energy industry and plans to quadruple America's nuclear energy capacity to 400 gigawatts (GW) by 2050 Nuclear energy is clean and reliable and is finally getting the massive government backing it needs. With the nuclear comeback becoming official, here are three top nuclear energy stocks to buy in April and hold. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading
Greggory DiSalvo OpenAI ( OPENAI ) released a set of policy recommendations for the AI era, which includes suggesting the creation of a public wealth fund, accelerating electrical grid development, and social safety net programs. The ChatGPT maker released a document called Industrial Policy for the Intelligence Age: Ideas to Keep People First . "As we move toward superintelligence, incremental po...
Greggory DiSalvo OpenAI ( OPENAI ) released a set of policy recommendations for the AI era, which includes suggesting the creation of a public wealth fund, accelerating electrical grid development, and social safety net programs. The ChatGPT maker released a document called Industrial Policy for the Intelligence Age: Ideas to Keep People First . "As we move toward superintelligence, incremental policy updates won’t be enough. To kick-start this much needed conversation, OpenAI is offering a slate of people-first policy ideas, designed to expand opportunity, share prosperity, and build resilient institutions — ensuring that advanced AI benefits everyone," said the company on Monday. The proposal includes creating a public wealth fund that provides every citizen — including those not invested in financial markets — with a stake in AI-driven economic growth. The company noted that policymakers and AI companies should work together to determine how to best seed the fund, which could invest in diversified, long-term assets that capture growth in both AI companies and the broader set of firms adopting and deploying AI. Returns from the fund could be distributed directly to citizens, according to the company. OpenAI also proposed adaptive safety nets that work for everyone. The company suggested clear, real-time measurement of how AI is affecting work, wages, job quality, and sectoral dynamics, using public metrics such as unemployment rates and indicators of regional or industry-specific displacement. "Then, define a package of temporary, expanded safety nets (e.g., expanded or more flexible unemployment benefits, fast cash assistance, wage insurance, training vouchers) that activates automatically when these metrics exceed pre-defined thresholds," said the company in the document. The company proposed to convert efficiency gains from AI into durable improvements in workers’ benefits when routine workload declines and operating costs fall, including incentivizing compani...
Kevin Dietsch JPMorgan ( JPM ) CEO Jamie Dimon has downplayed systemic risks from the rapid growth of private credit while warning that looser underwriting standards could amplify losses in the next downturn. In the company's latest shareholder letter, Dimon noted that the leveraged private credit market has expanded to roughly $1.8T, surpassing the U.S. high-yield bond market and rivaling syndica...
Kevin Dietsch JPMorgan ( JPM ) CEO Jamie Dimon has downplayed systemic risks from the rapid growth of private credit while warning that looser underwriting standards could amplify losses in the next downturn. In the company's latest shareholder letter, Dimon noted that the leveraged private credit market has expanded to roughly $1.8T, surpassing the U.S. high-yield bond market and rivaling syndicated leveraged loans. Yet, he argued that the asset class remains small relative to the broader financial system, pointing to the $13T investment-grade bond market and similarly sized mortgage market. Still, Dimon flagged emerging vulnerabilities. Credit standards have “modestly weakened,” he said, citing increased use of earnings add-backs and weaker covenants and payment-in-kind structures that allow borrowers to defer cash interest. Limited transparency and less frequent valuation marks in private credit could also trigger investor exits if sentiment deteriorates, even without a sharp rise in realized losses. He warned that higher interest rates or widening credit spreads would further strain borrowers, potentially forcing regulators, particularly in insurance, to demand stricter ratings and higher capital buffers. Dimon added that losses in leveraged lending could exceed expectations when the credit cycle turns, noting that current losses are already “a little higher” than typical for the prevailing environment. He also highlighted risks from newer entrants to the market, noting that not all lenders have been tested through a credit cycle. “Some assume it will never happen,” he said. On private equity, Dimon questioned why firms have been slow to list portfolio companies despite strong equity markets, with holding periods stretching to seven years. He cautioned that the resilience of private markets remains untested in a prolonged downturn. More related stories Weekly Market Pulse: Same As It Ever Was? S&P 500 Earnings And A StyleBox Update For March 31, 2026 The First W...
Sundry Photography/iStock Editorial via Getty Images By Nicholas Tan, Investment Research Analyst @ Khaveen Investments In our previous analysis of Arista Networks, Inc. ( ANET ), we highlighted the company’s robust market-share gains in the Ethernet switch market, increasing 9.6% since 2013, in contrast to Cisco, which has seen declines due to a lack of specialization. We further expected the com...
Sundry Photography/iStock Editorial via Getty Images By Nicholas Tan, Investment Research Analyst @ Khaveen Investments In our previous analysis of Arista Networks, Inc. ( ANET ), we highlighted the company’s robust market-share gains in the Ethernet switch market, increasing 9.6% since 2013, in contrast to Cisco, which has seen declines due to a lack of specialization. We further expected the company’s growth outlook to remain robust, driven by its AI partnership with NVIDIA Corporation ( NVDA ) to develop AI-driven networking solutions. We further believed that the company would continue to undergo economies of scale and benefit from low capex spending due to its business model’s focus on selling software solutions and reliance on third-party manufacturing. In this analysis, we cover the company again, as the company’s revenue climbed 28.60% in 2025 and has grown at an average rate of 27.71% over the last 10 years. We thus analyze whether the company could sustain its revenue growth. We first evaluate whether the company could sustain its competitiveness in the market. Furthermore, we then analyze the market growth opportunity for the company as the Ethernet switch market transitions from 800 Gbps to 1.6 Tbps. Lastly, we evaluate the reasons behind its revenue outperformance against our previous projections and whether the company’s growth outlook remains robust. Strong Competitive Positioning We first analyze its competitive positioning in the market and evaluate its market share. We thus compile the Ethernet switch market share of the top competitors from IDC. IDC, Khaveen Investments We see that its market share has slowly improved from 1.7% in 2013 to 13.0% in Q3 2025 YTD, whereas Cisco’s market share declined from 61.1% in 2013 to 29.3% in Q3 2025 YTD. This highlights that the company has narrowed the gap between itself and the top market leader. The company’s market positioning has also improved from 4 th in 2013 to 2 nd in Q3 2025, overtaking HPE to become ...
New legislation comes amid push from big oil, as critics warn polluters’ profits prioritized over Americans’ health Utah has made it nearly impossible for residents to hold fossil fuel companies legally accountable for climate damages in a move one advocacy group described as putting “profits for the biggest polluters over communities”, with other states expected to follow suit. The new state legi...
New legislation comes amid push from big oil, as critics warn polluters’ profits prioritized over Americans’ health Utah has made it nearly impossible for residents to hold fossil fuel companies legally accountable for climate damages in a move one advocacy group described as putting “profits for the biggest polluters over communities”, with other states expected to follow suit. The new state legislation comes as part of a push from big oil and its political allies – including groups tied to rightwing impresario Leonard Leo – for legal immunity in red statehouses and Congress, with a goal of winning state and federal legal immunity similar to the liability waiver granted to the firearms industry in 2005. Continue reading...
Gareth Gore’s 2024 book Opus alleges decades of manipulation, which the group has denied. He believes the pope wanted to send a clear message Gareth Gore was on a research trip to California earlier this year when he was told to expect a call from the Vatican arranging a one-on-one audience with the pope. Gore was stunned. In 2024 he published the book Opus, a meticulously researched and gripping ...
Gareth Gore’s 2024 book Opus alleges decades of manipulation, which the group has denied. He believes the pope wanted to send a clear message Gareth Gore was on a research trip to California earlier this year when he was told to expect a call from the Vatican arranging a one-on-one audience with the pope. Gore was stunned. In 2024 he published the book Opus, a meticulously researched and gripping account of the abuses allegedly perpetrated by Opus Dei, the highly secretive Catholic group started by the Spanish priest Josemaría Escrivá in the 1920s. Over a century Opus Dei established itself as a deeply religious order that, they claim, helps ordinary people “love God and serve others through work well done, carried out with honesty and integrity”. Continue reading...
As Americans struggle amid the threat of higher inflation, Lockheed Martin, Shell and other companies are experiencing gains Two weeks into the US-Israel war with Iran , the White House was fielding heavy criticism that the conflict would drive up gas prices and frustrate voters. Donald Trump turned to Truth Social to appease Americans about gas prices, which were slowly climbing toward $4 a gallo...
As Americans struggle amid the threat of higher inflation, Lockheed Martin, Shell and other companies are experiencing gains Two weeks into the US-Israel war with Iran , the White House was fielding heavy criticism that the conflict would drive up gas prices and frustrate voters. Donald Trump turned to Truth Social to appease Americans about gas prices, which were slowly climbing toward $4 a gallon. “The United States is the largest Oil Producer in the World, by far, so when oil prices go up, we make a lot of money,” he wrote . Continue reading...
Let's pretend you work in IT and you're looking for a new digital service desk platform to help your employees reset passwords or onboard new hires. You use Google's AI Mode to search for suggestions, which quickly spits out a detailed answer listing companies to explore, their pricing, and what each option is best for. It helpfully cites more than a dozen websites, which AI Mode used to craft a r...
Let's pretend you work in IT and you're looking for a new digital service desk platform to help your employees reset passwords or onboard new hires. You use Google's AI Mode to search for suggestions, which quickly spits out a detailed answer listing companies to explore, their pricing, and what each option is best for. It helpfully cites more than a dozen websites, which AI Mode used to craft a response. The first source link is from Zendesk, a company that offers the exact service you're looking for - but when you click through, something is entirely off. A blog post attributed to the director of product marketing says Zendesk put togeth … Read the full story at The Verge.
NEW YORK, April 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sharps Technology, Inc. (“Sharps” or the “Company”), a medical device sales and distribution company that has adopted a Solana-based digital asset treasury strategy, has announced financial results for the year ended December 31, 2025, and provided an update on the continued execution of its treasury and infrastructure strategy.
NEW YORK, April 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sharps Technology, Inc. (“Sharps” or the “Company”), a medical device sales and distribution company that has adopted a Solana-based digital asset treasury strategy, has announced financial results for the year ended December 31, 2025, and provided an update on the continued execution of its treasury and infrastructure strategy.
A NASA crew of four astronauts will fly by the moon on Monday at the closest distance they will get to the lunar surface during their mission and the nearest any human has gotten to the moon in more than 50 years. The historic moment is set to occur just after 7 p.m. New York time on Monday, part of a several hours-long flyby where the astronauts will snap images of the moon’s far side – a vantage...
A NASA crew of four astronauts will fly by the moon on Monday at the closest distance they will get to the lunar surface during their mission and the nearest any human has gotten to the moon in more than 50 years. The historic moment is set to occur just after 7 p.m. New York time on Monday, part of a several hours-long flyby where the astronauts will snap images of the moon’s far side – a vantage that is never seen from Earth. The close approach is the pinnacle moment of NASA’s Artemis II mission, which launched to space on Wednesday , April 1, sending NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, as well as Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, en route to the moon. The mission serves as an elaborate dress rehearsal meant to test vehicles that will be used to help land humans on the lunar surface in potentially two years. As they approach the moon on Monday, the Artemis II crew will also break the record for the farthest distance any humans have traveled in space, surpassing the distance traveled by the crew of the Apollo 13 crew in 1970. That moment is set to occur around 2 p.m. New York time, prior to the flyby. NASA officials have downplayed the significance of breaking the record. “You want every mission to keep exploring and keep learning new things and getting farther from Earth than we’ve ever been before is a fun statistic,” Emily Nelson, NASA’s chief flight director, said during a news conference ahead of the launch. “But there are a lot of other things we’re going to learn on this mission that are going to be a lot more exciting.” Even still, NASA has a countdown clock in mission control ticking down to when the crew breaks the record. The official flyby period will begin at 2:45 p.m. New York time, which is when the Lockheed Martin-built Orion capsule carrying the crew will orient its windows toward the moon, allowing the crew to start their observations and begin taking pictures. At their nearest distance to the moon, the crew will come w...