Ian Lyall

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AI bubble? Nowhere near, says one leading brokerage

Wedbush is telling clients that the artificial intelligence boom is still closer to the start than the end, likening today to the mid 1990s internet build out rather than the 1999 dotcom bubble.

AI agents explained: What they are, what they can do and why they matter

This is your one-stop, 'evergreen' resource on the technology that continues to preoccupy developers... and has still to be fully cracked

Large language model basics: Training, prompting, hallucinations, and how to test reliability

An Evergreen Guide to Understanding AI That Writes

Passkeys and password managers: A practical guide to logging in safely in 2026

Why your passwords are failing you (and what to do about it)

Deepfakes and synthetic media: How to spot them, verify claims, and protect yourself

Why this matters now

Cryptocurrency custody 101: Exchanges vs self-custody, wallets, seed phrases and scam prevention

The core trade-off: Convenience Versus Control

Stablecoins Explained: How they work, what can go wrong, and the questions to ask

An evergreen intro the burning questions in crypto

The ex-Splunk founders betting AI can run your systems better than humans

Resolve AI’s rapid rise shows how much appetite there is for tools that promise to take humans out of the loop

Blue Origin sends first wheelchair user to space in milestone flight

The latest mission is both a symbolic and practical win. It reinforces the idea that commercial spaceflight is not just about billionaires and celebrities, while also showing that the company’s suborbital system continues to operate reliably

SoftBank goes all-in on OpenAI, scrambling to pull together $22.5bn

Right now, it looks like the tech investment giant is willing to sell, borrow and pause almost everything else to make sure it does not miss that moment

Google takes scraper to court, escalating the fight over who owns the web

How the courts respond could shape the rules of engagement for web data in the AI era

DeFi for beginners: Yields, lending, staking and the real tisks

The biggest misunderstanding about DeFi yield

Quantum computing explained: what it is, what it is not and why cryptography is the real story

AI in business: A laybook for adoption that does not collapse under security, cost, or culture

The promise is seductive. The reality is brutal

The AI reckoning: Anthropic's Dario Amodei on the $50bn gamble, job losses, and why democracy must win the race

The man building one of the world's most powerful AI companies warns that half of entry-level jobs could vanish, and that's not even his biggest worry

Gloves off in Hollywood: Ellison’s personal bet turns Warner Bros fight into a showdown

Larry Ellison’s $40bn guarantee escalates a takeover battle that now pits Silicon Valley capital against streaming incumbents, with Warner Bros Discovery caught in the middle

Bitcoin limps into 2026. But what actually is in store for investors?

Here we take a forensic look at what happened in 2025, then take out the News Defused crystal ball

2026 Is the Year AI Stops Getting a Free Pass

The mood around artificial intelligence has changed, and not in a way that shows up neatly in earnings calls or keynote speeches. What has shifted is something quieter. A loss of indulgence

Bill Gurley: Here's how the AI bubble can also be a wave

The veteran Silicon Valley investor draws on decades of experience to put the current boom into context. He says what we are all probably thinking: this won't be a smooth ride

Mo Gawdat says artificial intelligence is already rewriting the rules, most people have not noticed

His core claim is simple: AI has been building for years, largely out of view, and it is now reaching a point where it can improve itself