In early December, Time magazine named the “Architects of AI” its 2025 Person of the Year. The lead-up to this announcement has always generated considerable speculation,...
In a recent campaign-style speech, US President Donald Trump asserted that “the only thing that’s really going up, big, it’s called the stock market, and...
Pessimism about AI abounds, with many fearing widespread job losses, soaring inequality, and even the creation of deadly machines. In Japan, however, one finds marked optimism....
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s pledge to raise the minimum hourly wage to $30 captures a dilemma that is haunting most advanced economies. Even...
Data-center investments hint at a coming shift in the AI race. Soon, if not already, reliable, affordable electricity will confer the decisive advantage in the...
A few leadership shake-ups are happening in 2026. One of the first is that Warren Buffett has officially stepped down as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway...
At the Saudi-US Investment Forum in November, Elon Musk sketched a future in which AI and humanoid robots will do almost all the work. Money, he...
