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For years, the tech industry has operated under a near-religious belief in the power of scale. If a model wasn’t working quite as intended, the answer was often to make it bigger. Add more GPUs, train on more data, and—presto!—the promise of artificial intelligence could march forward, solving problems from cancer detection to self-driving cars.

Behind Manchester City’s perfectly calibrated passes and the controlled chaos orchestrated by Pep Guardiola, there’s another system—one that’s perhaps even more meticulously crafted, and that's the business of an international football network.

Mercedes-Benz’s latest move in Kuppenheim, Germany, is more than a corporate milestone—it’s a signal of where smart money might flow in the next decade. In this quiet town in the Black Forest, the luxury automaker has unveiled a state-of-the-art battery recycling plant that could reshape the economics of electric vehicle (EV) production.

In the ever-evolving media landscape, Warner Bros. Discovery's (WBD) recent decision to bifurcate its operations into two distinct divisions—Global Linear Networks and Streaming & Studios—signals a strategic pivot aimed at enhancing flexibility and positioning the company for future growth.