Seattle Travel Titan Expedia Hits 30, Bets Big That AI Can Book Your Next Trip
As Expedia marks 30 years, CEO Ariane Gorin is leaning into AI and new partnerships to turn planning experiments into bookings while warning about AI risks. Strong Q1 results give the company room to test and scale.
Racing Legend Turns Shuttered Indy Club Into Rehab Powerhouse
Sam Schmidt converted the old Five Seasons club into a 114,000‑sq‑ft DRIVEN Neuro Recovery Center in Carmel, pairing deep‑water therapy, robotic gait trainers and nonprofit care. The campus aims to offer long‑term rehab beyond typical insurance limits.
Google’s New 24/7 AI Sidekick Steals The Show At Mountain View I/O
Google's I/O keynote shifted Gemini into an "agentic" era, debuting Gemini Spark — a 24/7 AI agent — alongside faster models and a new AI video tool. Rollouts start with paid tiers and testers.
Google Taps Wall Street Cash For $5 Billion Silicon Valley TPU Cloud Gambit
Blackstone and Google announced a $5 billion joint venture to sell Google TPUs as compute-as-a-service, targeting about 500MW of capacity by 2027. Benjamin Treynor Sloss will lead the new company and outlets say the buildout could scale much larger.
Navy’s Drone Tanker Takes Off Over Metro East In High-Stakes First Flight
A production‑representative MQ‑25 Stingray finished a two‑hour flight out of MidAmerica Airport, bringing Boeing's new Mascoutah plant a step closer to full production. The test validated autonomous controls and sets up further Navy trials.












