Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Faithfull is London-based and covers retail and real estate For the first time in nearly two decades American youth fashion ...

Researchers engineered “gyromorphs,” a new type of metamaterial that combines liquid-like randomness with large-scale structural patterns to block light from every direction. This innovation solves ...

Waymo is shipping a software update to help its robotaxis navigate disabled traffic lights during power outages “more decisively,” the company said Tuesday in a blog post that explains why its ...

In 1980, neither China nor India had much representation in the “global middle class” — people who neither belong to the bottom half of the income distribution nor rank among the top 10% worldwide.

On Monday, Opendoor's new CEO, Kaz Nejatian, drew a sharp contrast between the company's early growth years and its latest push. Its initial expansion, limited to just a small cluster of ZIP codes, ...

Not quite, acknowledge Google Cloud and Replit — two big players in the AI agent space and partners in the "vibe coding" movement — at a recent VB Impact Series event. Even as they build out agentic ...

Economists say that a typical middle-class family today is richer than one in the 1960s. Americans in their 20s and 30s don’t believe it. By Sabrina Tavernise A nerdy economics essay recently went ...

Waymo explains why its robotaxis froze this past weekend during a big power outage in San Francisco. The ride-hailing company temporarily suspended operations in the Bay Area. The power outage took ...

President Donald Trump’s strikes on ISIS in Syria exemplify the doctrine needed to deliver long-term security and stability in the region. When President Donald Trump speaks of “peace through strength ...

LONDON/NEW YORK/HONG KONG, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Dealmakers got what they wanted in 2025: an almost record-breaking year for mergers and acquisitions despite a turbulent spring that threatened hopes of a ...