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Martin Berry is the founder and chairman of Gong Cha Global.Provided by Martin BerryWhen Martin Berry quit his lucrative banking job at the end of 2013 to focus all his energy on selling bubble tea, his bosses thought he was “crazy”.Mr. Berry was in his 30s at the time and had spent much of his career in senior management roles managing multitrillion-dollar balance sheets, he said. However, over time, I realized that a high salary was no longer enough to satisfy me. “After working hard for quite a while, I realized I didn’t really like the corporate system. I didn’t…

The defense secretaries of two major US allies have issued an unprecedented public plea to people across Europe to support a major increase in defense spending to head off a potential war with an increasingly Western-oriented Russia. German and British officials warned in a joint article published by Britain’s Guardian newspaper and Germany’s Die Welt that European countries were “facing uncomfortable truths” about security and having to make “difficult choices” about spending. “As painfully demonstrated in Ukraine, Moscow’s military buildup, combined with its willingness to wage war on our continent, represents a growing risk that demands our collective attention,” wrote…

Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics – Preview – Livigno, Italy – February 2, 2026 Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics – An overview of the Olympic rings ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics.Marco Julica | ReutersFor athletes at the ongoing 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, a podium finish means more than glory and medals. In some countries, it also comes with a clock and a six-figure payout.The Winter Games will feature nearly 2,900 athletes from more than 90 national Olympic committees, competing in 116 medal events across eight sports.Although the International Olympic Committee does not award cash prizes, many governments and national…

Indian AI infrastructure startup Neysa has secured support from US private equity firm Blackstone to expand computing capacity in the country as the country pushes to build indigenous AI capabilities. Blackstone and co-investors, including Teachers’ Venture Growth, TVS Capital, 360 ONE Assets and Nexus Venture Partners, have agreed to invest up to $600 million in primary equity in Neysa, with Blackstone taking a majority stake, Blackstone and Neysa told TechCrunch. The Mumbai-headquartered startup plans to raise an additional $600 million in debt funding to expand its GPU capabilities, a significant increase from the $50 million it previously raised. The deal…

A TikTok Inc. sign in front of a building on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 in Culver City, California.Kayla Bartkowski | Los Angeles Times | Getty ImagesTikTok’s U.S. joint venture appears to have weathered a tumultuous rollout with minimal changes in user numbers, as early stories of a mass exodus of users sparked by outages and censorship concerns now appear to be exaggerated, according to new numbers.Despite a spike in removals following TikTok’s announcement of its U.S. joint venture on Jan. 23, TikTok’s average daily active users in the U.S. remain at about 95% of its user count compared to the…

Illustration of OpenClaw logo on smartphone screen Sopa Images | Light Rocket | Getty ImagesOpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Sunday that the developer of the viral AI agent OpenClaw has joined the company, and that the service “will live on in its foundation as an open source project that OpenAI will continue to support.”OpenClaw, previously known as Clawdbot and Moltbot, was launched last month by Austrian software developer Peter Steinberger. Thanks in part to social media attention, their popularity has skyrocketed as consumers and businesses flock to products that can autonomously complete tasks, make decisions and take actions on your…

Power, not compute, is rapidly becoming the limiting factor in AI data center expansion. This change led Peak XV Partners to back C2i Semiconductors, an Indian startup building plug-and-play system-level power solutions designed to reduce energy losses and improve the economics of large-scale AI infrastructure. C2i (short for Control Transformation and Intelligence) has raised $15 million in a Series A round led by Peak XV Partners with participation from Yali Deeptech and TDK Ventures, bringing the two-year-old startup’s total funding to $19 million. This investment comes as data center energy demand accelerates around the world. Data center power consumption is…

Family is everything to Taylor and Travis, so VIP automatically includes their respective parents and siblings. Possible best man Jason Kelsey has at least two daughters, Wyatt and Elliott, who are flower girls with wife Kylie Kelsey, but depending on when the big day happens, younger sister Bennett could grow up as well. (Oh, baby Finley will probably have to put this to bed.) It remains to be seen which of Travis’ Kansas City Chiefs teammates will be chosen, but Travis was a groomsman at quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ 2022 wedding to Brittany Mahomes, so in addition to coach Andy Reid,…

White House Trade Advisor Peter Navarro speaks to members of the media near the West Wing of the White House on August 21, 2025 in Washington, DC, USA. Nathan Howard | ReutersPeter Navarro, President Donald Trump’s trade and manufacturing adviser, said Sunday that the White House could force data center builders to absorb costs as voters continue to see a worsening economy and rising utility costs. “All these data center builders meta “They have to pay for all the costs. Not only do they have to pay for the power that they’re using on the grid, they have to pay…

David Greene, the longtime host of NPR’s Morning Edition, is suing Google, claiming that the male voice on the company’s NotebookLM podcast is based on Greene, according to the Washington Post. After she started texting friends, family and colleagues saying they looked alike, Green said she became convinced that their voices replicated her rhythm, intonation and use of filler words like “uh.” “My voice is like the most important part of who I am,” said Green, who currently hosts KCRW’s “Left, Right, & Center.” Among other features, Google’s NotebookLM allows users to generate podcasts using an AI host. A company…