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With the rapid progress of AI capabilities and the move to agentic systems, organizations are expanding their use cases as the technology continues to grow. That constant evolution also introduces risk, leaving IT leaders to wonder which investments will prove valuable even six months into the future. Returning to the foundational elements of AI architecture—the

Munich-based Proxima Fusion has raised €411mn ($468mn), the largest private fusion round Europe has ever seen and a rare vote of confidence in a technology that has yet to produce a watt of commercial power. The deal values the stellarator company at €2.4bn and brings in Google and German utility RWE as strategic backers. XTX Ventures and

7 min read ON AVERAGE, MEN live about five years shorter than women do, said Richard Dorment, editorial director of Men’s Health and Women’s Health, at the start of this year’s Men’s Health Lab held on June 16, 2026, at Hearst Tower in New York City. But the opportunity to prevent disease has never been