How to spot a genius – The Economist
Ervin Macic was despondent. While in school he twice won medals at the International Mathematical Olympiad and researched artificial intelligence, trying to speed up how models...
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Tether targets $500bn valuation with $20bn private funding round – The Financial Times
Tether is aiming to raise as much as $20bn in a private funding round that would value the operator of the world’s most traded cryptocurrency...
German Companies Turn Gloomier as Economy Flounders – WSJ
Confidence among German businesses fell back for the first time this year, according to a survey that adds to worrying signs for Europe’s most important...
Eurozone Business Activity Reaches 16-Month High, Surveys Show – WSJ
Business activity gained pace in the eurozone, driven by strength in services and pointing to modest momentum in the currency area’s economy. The composite purchasing...
Eurozone Faces Inflation, Growth Threat From China’s Rare Earths Dominance, ECB Warns – WSJ
The eurozone economy faces the threat of higher inflation rates and slower economic growth if supplies of rare earth minerals from China are disrupted, the...
More Britons view AI as economic risk than opportunity, Tony Blair thinktank finds – The Guardian
Nearly twice as many Britons view artificial intelligence as a risk to the economy than regard it as an opportunity, according to Tony Blair’s thinktank.The...
Why private equity needs you more than you need them – The Washington Post
On Aug. 7, President Donald Trump issued a directive that is supposed to make us all richer. The goal is to make it easier for...
Nvidia to invest up to $100bn in OpenAI – The Financial Times
Nvidia has announced plans to invest up to $100bn in OpenAI in return for a significant stake in the ChatGPT maker, as part of a...
How America Could Lead the Next Era of Digital Innovation
As the gatekeepers for the mobile app market, Apple and Google have amassed significant, persistent market power with which to extract monopoly rents from consumers...
What are interest rates?
If you are borrowing money, the interest rate (or lending rate) is the amount you are charged for doing so – shown as a percentage...