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Facing a democracy deficit worldwide, millions of vulnerable people lack avenues through which they can collectively negotiate their interests. Faith-based institutions committed to human dignity and pluralism can play an instrumental role in building the infrastructure required for grassroots organizing at scale. WASHINGTON, DC—In his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo XIV presents two possible futures for humanity: top-down, technocratic rule, symbolized by the Tower of Babel, and bottom-up reconstruction, much like Nehemiah organized exiles to rebuild Jerusalem in the face of fierce opposition. In a world increasingly dominated by billionaires, the second vision of collective action seems as commendable…

​​Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2026 with our curated list of $100 million-plus venture deals to U.S.-based companies? Check out The Crunchbase Megadeals Board. This is a weekly feature that runs down the week’s Top 10 announced funding rounds in the U.S. Check out last week’s biggest funding deal roundup here. It was a monster week for U.S. startup funding, with four companies each raising $1 billion or more. Elon Musk’s tunnel-drilling company The Boring Co. led with a $3 billion Series D, followed by AI coding startup Cognition at $2 billion. Joining them…

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Governments are increasingly turning to AI tools to process vast amounts of information and make public services more efficient. But because human attention is finite, making machines more capable could simply create new bottlenecks wherever oversight is necessary. ABU DHABI—AI-generated writing has become ubiquitous since ChatGPT’s release in 2022, and institutions are struggling to keep up. Nowhere is the pressure more evident than in the courts. In the United States, the share of federal lawsuits filed without a lawyer rose from an 11% average in 2005–22 to 16.8% in 2025, with researchers linking the surge to the advent of AI.…

This article was written byFollowBeth Kindig is a veteran technology analyst with more than 15 years of experience covering both the private and public markets. She began her career in Silicon Valley in 2011—just as technology overtook oil as the world’s most valuable industry—and quickly distinguished herself for her prescient, high-conviction calls on emerging tech trends. By 2014, her analysis was being cited in major outlets, and she was invited to speak at leading industry conferences including Android Developers Conference, Advertising Week NYC, Tech Week Chicago, and BlackHat. Beth has forged her methodology following exposure to thousands of growth-stage companies,…

In trading on Friday, shares of the Dimensional Inflation-Protected Securities ETF (Symbol: DFIP) entered into oversold territory, changing hands as low as $39.7599 per share. We define oversold territory using the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which is a technical analysis indicator used to measure momentum on a scale of zero to 100. A stock is considered to be oversold if the RSI reading falls below 30. In the case of Dimensional Inflation-Protected Securities, the RSI reading has hit 29.0 — by comparison, the RSI reading for the S&P 500 is currently 54.5. A bullish investor could look at DFIP’s…

Key PointsSelling AMD at a 33% gain in 2004 felt like skill, but the stock would have soared from $15 to $500 per stub in 22 years.Owning one bank, one carmaker, and one oil company is not diversification if you can’t explain any of their businesses.Time and compounding do most of the work, and the holding period matters more than the ticker.10 stocks we like better than SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ›There is a TD Ameritrade statement in my office from the mid-2000s that I keep meaning to throw away. I found it again last week. Instead of tossing…

Oracle Corp. signage on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesOracle shares whipsawed on Friday after the software company reported 30% revenue growth for the latest quarter, topping estimates, with sales fueled by strong demand for cloud infrastructure. The stock popped after the open before sinking back to near flat.Fiscal first-quarter revenue increased to $19.35 billion, beating LSEG consensus estimates of $19.14 billion. Net income climbed 60% to $4.7 billion from $2.93 billion in the prior year. Cloud revenue rose 62% from…

Matthew Fox McKnight, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Perimeter, tells CB Insights how they view the market, customer needs, and their company. How do you define your market and where does your company fit into that space? The way to think about our industry is in the context of all scientific revolutions in history. In the early 1900s we had chemistry, in the 1930s physics, and in the 50s and 60s the computer chip brought chemistry and physics together. Each of these was an era where humans took a base technology and moved it into a human-controllable engineering discipline. Around…

People shop at a Manhattan grocery store on August 13, 2026, in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesThe largest-ever outbreak of cyclosporiasis in the U.S. has ended, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. The foodborne illness sickened 12,833 people in 21 states in recent months in the largest cluster, the CDC said. Health officials have linked that outbreak to shredded iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms in Mexico. It fueled the worst cyclosporiasis season in U.S. history, with 19,595 overall cases of the illness caused by the parasite cyclospora. The U.S. recorded two deaths, both…