The next decade is unlikely to collapse the university system. But it will bring a lot of change to higher education.

Prediction markets such as Polymarket and Kalshi have soared in popularity over the past few months. From bets on disease ...

Three books unpack our infatuation with prediction, and what we lose when we outsource this task to machines. To be human is, fundamentally, to be a forecaster. Occasionally a pretty good one. Trying ...

Picture this. It's the early 1970s, and futurists are sitting in wood-paneled offices predicting a world of flying cars, robot butlers, and meals in pill form. Most of those visions turned into ...

TechCrunch’s Equity crew is bringing 2025 to a close and getting ahead on the year to come with our annual predictions episode! Hosts Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Rebecca Bellan were joined by ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. author of Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World: A Guide to Balance. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This ...

You can wager on war, elections, awards shows, reality TV, scientific progress, and—in the case of writer Carrie Sun—your own ...

Google launched its Gemma 4 open models this spring, promising a new level of power and performance for local AI. Google’s take on edge AI could be getting even faster already with the release of ...

Humans are hard-wired for connection. A recent study by a team at Harvard suggests that our brains may process loneliness and isolation in much the same way as basic longings for food and water. The ...