The AI boom: lessons from history – The Economist
It can take a little imagination to see how some innovations might change an economy. Not so with the latest ai tools. It is easy—from...
Author : Nelli Avetisyan
The world is creating more single-use plastic waste than ever, report finds – CNN
The world is producing a record amount of single-use plastic waste, mostly made from polymers created from fossil fuels, despite global efforts to reduce plastic...
Big Tech companies use cloud computing arms to pursue alliances with AI groups – The Financial Times
Big Tech companies are aggressively pursuing investments and alliances with artificial intelligence start-ups through their cloud computing arms, raising regulatory questions over their role as...
New technologies are the building blocks of sustainability
A decade of digital transformation has laid the foundations for a new era. Now, organizations are looking further ahead as they prepare to tackle the...
ECB raises rates, signals at least one more hike – Reuters
The European Central Bank raised interest rates by 0.5% on Thursday and explicitly signalled at least one more hike of the same magnitude next month,...
Bank of England Raises Rates to 4%, Its 10th Straight Increase – The New York Times
The Bank of England raised interest rates for a 10th consecutive time on Thursday, by half a percentage point, as policymakers kept up their vigilant...
Global Minimum Tax Deal Advances With Partial Reprieve for U.S.-Based Companies – WSJ
The U.S. prodded other major countries to agree to a coordinated global corporate tax increase. Now, international officials are moving ahead with their tax increases...
Apple, Alphabet and Amazon Hurt as Economic Slump Crimps Demand – Bloomberg
Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and Alphabet Inc., technology bellwethers with a combined market value approaching $5 trillion, posted results Thursday that show an economic slowdown...
The last gasp of the meme-stock era – The Economist
Two years ago the stockmarket was in the grip of speculative mania. Shares in GameStop, a struggling video-game retailer, hit an all-time intraday high of...
The effect of new technologies on workers, jobs, and skills
The decline in the employment share of routine jobs is typically attributed to technological and organisational change. This column uses firm-level data to understand the...