Nvidia’s $1 trillion bet keeps bubble fears at bay March 17, 2026 Nvidia has raised its estimate of the potential market for its artificial intelligence chips to $1 trillion by 2027, in a move that helped steady investor concerns about the durability of the AI boom. Speaking at the company’s developer conference in California, chief executive Jensen Huang said demand for AI computing continues to expand as [...]
Reeves AI push risks outpacing delivery, industry warns March 17, 2026 Rachel Reeves’s attempt to put AI at the centre of the UK’s growth strategy has drawn a broadly positive response from business, yet also exposed a series of gaps that could limit how quickly that ambition translates into real economic gains. In her Mais Lecture, the chancellor will pledge to deliver the “fastest AI adoption [...]
HPE leans on Juniper deal as AI drives demand for faster networks March 12, 2026 Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is trying to prove that its $14bn (£10.45bn) takeover of Juniper Networks is already translating into momentum in one of the most competitive corners of the AI infrastructure market. Speaking at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Rami Rahim, the former Juniper chief executive who now runs HPE’s networking business, told [...]
Will you lose your job to AI? This tool could give you a clue March 11, 2026 A new online tool promises to show workers how exposed their job is to AI, as debate intensifies over how the technology will reshape the labour market. The platform, launched by career intelligence startup Somethingelse, allows users to test their role against an analysis of more than 5,000 jobs. It measures how much of each [...]
From toilets to MSG: Four unlikely winners of the AI boom March 11, 2026 Believe it or not, Toto, the Japanese toilet and bidet maker, has become one of the more improbable stock success stories of the AI boom. The company produces electrostatic ‘chucks’, components critical to memory chip production, and when activist fund Palliser Capital took a stake last month and called it “the most undervalued and overlooked [...]
Is AI destroying SaaS? March 10, 2026 In a world where generative AI can increasingly do the work, what will happen to Saas, asks Shamillah Bankyia.
AI is rewriting reputation – what happens when it gets you wrong? March 6, 2026 AI means companies can now lose their reputations in an instant, with brands now being defined by systems they neither control nor understand.
AI-fuelled plumbing boom is luring in private equity March 3, 2026 AI has made trades like plumbing alluring not just to jobseekers, but private equity investors, writes Susannah Streeter.
WPP shares plunge after turnaround plan targets £500m of savings February 26, 2026 WPP has promised to make £500m of cost savings by the end of 2028 as part of a root-and-branch turnaround plan after suffering a halving of profit. The FTSE 250 firm’s new boss Cindy Rose told reporters she had already “identified multiple initiatives” to deliver on its ambitious savings commitment to help turn around a [...]
The Debate: Should AI be used to make hiring decisions? February 25, 2026 Would you trust AI to pick out your CV, or should hiring be left to humans? We hear the case for and against in this week's Debate.