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...
On 31 December 2025, Elon Musk announced that his company Neuralink would start high-volume production of brain-computer interface devices in 2026. In the same message, he...
At the end of December, cryptocurrencies entered a period of deep consolidation. Bitcoin hovered between $87,000 and $90,000, far below the peak of $126,000 reached...
