Business & Startups

Thrace Plastics approves 14.59 million euro expansion for its Xanthi packaging plant
The plastics manufacturer is advancing a 14.59 million euro project in Xanthi, with tax incentives covering half of the eligible cost and a broader 2026 capital spending plan underway.

Why ocean fertilization’s carbon-removal case looks stronger than skeptics think
Natural events from dust storms to volcanic ash have repeatedly shown that adding iron-rich nutrients to iron-starved waters can trigger phytoplankton growth and pull carbon downward.

Apple and OpenAI’s fight just got more serious
WIRED’s coverage of the Apple-OpenAI dispute points to allegations around hardware secrets and employee departures, showing how quickly the clash between AI and consumer-tech companies is broadening.

Apple’s lawsuit against OpenAI puts AI hardware ambitions under a legal spotlight
Apple’s lawsuit against OpenAI is a notable tech-business and IP dispute with possible implications for talent mobility, product development, and hardware secrecy. It is worth reading because it connects two of the biggest names in consumer tech and AI.

Apple’s lawsuit against OpenAI spotlights the AI trade-secret fight
Apple says a former engineer used a security bug to access confidential files after leaving for OpenAI, turning a personnel dispute into a wider test of AI trade-secret protections.

Perplexity is testing an internal AI coding tool as competition heats up
The search startup has reportedly built a model-agnostic coding agent, codenamed Teammate, that its engineers have been using internally since May.

Halo aims to make AI agent actions tamper-evident with open-source runtime logs
A new open-source project from a former Vanta employee proposes append-only, hash-chained records for AI agents so customers can verify what happened at runtime.