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The Musk vs. OpenAI trial for an alleged breach of contract is actually an exposé of how the Silicon Valley elite is a tight network of associates, even within rival …
Musk vs. Altman: The Feud of a New Elite Bidding for Power Read More
In 1872, while on a trip to Europe, Andrew Carnegie met with an engineer and inventor named Henry Bessemer. During the Crimean War, Bessemer had accidentally discovered an efficient (for the time) …
Europe’s quest for green steel Read More
Recent evidence for the US finds that higher AI job postings reduce municipal bond yields, particularly for longer-maturity and lower-rated bonds. This column shows that in five non-US OECD countries, …
When AI meets local debt Read More
The surge in wind and solar output is cutting the need for gas-fired generation, which has been nearly a third lower than last year and fell to record lows in …
Analysis: Wind and solar have saved UK from gas imports worth £1.7bn since Iran war began Read More
In an unfinished church in Biso, a town in western Uganda, in January last year, dozens of villagers gathered on rough wooden benches, anxiously awaiting updates from their lawyer. Women …
‘We were left with nothing’: The brutal reality of Uganda’s oil rush Read More
Chinese tech giants are quietly shrinking their workforce — echoing a pattern playing out in Silicon Valley. In 2025, e-commerce major Alibabai reduced its head count by 34% as it continues to axe …
The quiet layoffs sweeping China’s tech giants Read More
Mackerel has long been held up as one of the UK’s most sustainable seafood choices. But from today, fresh, chilled and frozen mackerel has disappeared from Waitrose shelves, after the …
Mackerel is no longer sustainable. So, what fish can we eat? Read More
Low-cost US carrier Spirit Airlines has said that all of its flights have been cancelled as it started an “orderly wind-down of operations,” after a potential White House bailout fell …
Spirit Airlines begins ‘wind-down’, cancels all flights over fuel crisis Read More
A dozen federal judges have presided over some of the most consequential environmental lawsuits in Louisiana’s history despite having financial ties or other connections to the petrochemical companies being sued, …
Judges Overseeing Louisiana’s Landmark Oil Cases Have Financial Stakes in Defendants Read More
Buenos Aires has become the latest destination for Peter Thiel, the tech oligarch who owns Palantir and PayPal and brings his anti-woke and warmongering crusade to every place he visits. …
Tech magnate Peter Thiel strengthens ties with Milei in Buenos Aires Read More