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This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Inside soccer’s data renaissance Imagine tuning in to the opening kickoff of a World Cup match and seeing a player...
Introduction The 2026 proxy season confounded many of the assumptions that issuers, activists, and advisors have relied upon for more than a decade. While headlines suggest a retreat of shareholder activism and a rollback of ESG‑driven governance, the reality...
The 2026 proxy season thus far has been out-of-the-ordinary, impacted by regulatory and policy developments that required companies and shareholders to adapt their shareholder proposal and engagement strategies. As a result of these unusual circumstances,...
Google DeepMind is funding research into the potential dangers of situations where millions of different AI agents interact with each other online. According to Rohin Shah, who directs the company’s AGI safety and alignment research, the mass-market arrival...
<p>Continuation of proceedings to ensure efficient functioning of the patent system</p>
After 144 years of legal domicile in New Jersey, ExxonMobil Corporation, which has been physically headquartered in Texas since 1989, is consolidating its legal and physical homes to Texas. With approximately 71 percent of votes cast in favor at its 2026...
<p>German engineer to be celebrated for his pioneering work in power-conversion technology</p>
Researchers and manufacturers rely on the library to identify unknown compounds in food, drugs, cosmetics, the environment, body fluids, forensic evidence and even space rocks.
The proof extends to AI the logic used by famed mathematician Kurt Gödel, whose incompleteness theorems have had a profound effect on math for nearly a century.
<p>President Campinos highlights importance of combining AI literacy with human legal judgement</p>
2026 revision now available with selected updates
New referral about claim interpretation now pending under G 1/26 (Coated steel strips).
The Annual Report 2025 of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office was published today.
A year on from the launch of the CMA’s mergers charter, we’re sharing what’s working well and what would help it to work even better.
How we’ve used our new powers to protect consumers in the first year, and what to expect next.
How AI and pricing algorithms have the potential to facilitate collusion, and what businesses can do to mitigate risk.