Warren Buffett Is Betting Big On Japan, Increases Stakes In Five Trading Firms
Key takeaways Legendary investor Warren Buffett’s company Berkshire Hathaway has increased its stake in five Japanese trading firms to 8.5%,...
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The Download: explaining the recent AI panic, and digital inequality in the US
Who’s afraid of the big bad bots? A lot of people, it seems. Hundreds of scientists, business leaders, and policymakers...
How climate vulnerability and the digital divide are linked
“For me as a Louisianan, it is not always as severe as, you know, we get a killer storm every...
Meta’s AI leaders want you to know fears over AI existential risk are “ridiculous”
What happens next? This does not mean the EU is going to adopt these policies outright. Next, members of the...
How existential risk became the biggest meme in AI
The starkest assertion, signed by all those figures and many more, is a 22-word statement put out two weeks ago...
Quiet Quitting, A Slow Spring And Steep Drops: Are U.S. House Prices Raising The Roof, Or Hitting The Ceiling?
Key takeaways The Fed paused interest rate hikes for the first time in nearly a year last week, giving hope...
The Download: building anti-aging hype, and exploring the universe with sound
It’s not every day that police storm through the doors of a scientific session and eject half the audience. But...
Five big takeaways from Europe’s AI Act
The AI Act vote passed with an overwhelming majority, and has been heralded as one of the world’s most important...
How sounds can turn us on to the wonders of the universe
Wanda Díaz-Merced is probably the world’s best-known BVI astronomer. But her career illustrates the magnitude of the challenges. She gradually...
Police got called to an overcrowded presentation on “rejuvenation” technology
Broadly speaking, Belmonte says he believes “dysregulation” of these control systems is a fundamental process that underlies aging and many...
The Download: waiting at the US border, and seaweed’s carbon capture shortcomings
3 Jamal Khashoggi’s widow is suing the NSO GroupShe maintains that its Pegasus spyware tracked her husband before he was...
Goldman Sachs Working On Third Layoffs Round, Confirms Cut To Asia Banking Team
Key takeaways Goldman Sachs has cut 30 roles in its Asia investment banking division, with rumors swirling of hundreds more...
The new US border wall is an app
Then, in March 2020, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an order under Title 42 of the...
Fireside chat with Comcast: Transforming service experience with smart data replication
Thank you for joining us on "The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity." In this video, Pavel Müller, SnowMirror...
Seaweed farming for carbon dioxide capture would take up too much of the ocean
“The industry is getting ahead of the science,” says Isabella Arzeno-Soltero, a postdoctoral scholar at Stanford University, who worked on...
Lefdal Mine Datacenter goes green with a secure and flexible cloud
Thank you for joining us on "The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity." Lefdal Mine Datacenter’s chief marketing officer,...
Stock exchanges move to the public cloud to maximize tech-based innovations
Thank you for joining us on "The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity." As most stock exchanges shift from...
Transforming banks through uncertainty
Thank you for joining us on "The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity." Against rising inflation and negative gross...
Changes At Oil Titan Shell As Shareholder Dividend Skyrockets, Exits Pakistan And Retail Markets
Key takeaways Shell has announced it’s boosting shareholder dividends by 15% next quarter and will make $5 billion in share...
The Download: heat pumps for everyone, and fake Twitter accounts in China
The news: Heat pumps, which use electricity to both heat and cool homes, are now just as common in low-income...
