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China’s Equipment Mandate Rewrites the Semiconductor Playbook as Self-Reliance Takes Priority

China’s Equipment Mandate Rewrites the Semiconductor Playbook as Self-Reliance Takes Priority

Economics

China’s quiet move to require chipmakers to source at least half of their equipment domestically marks one of the most...
Number of corporate bankruptcies in the US in 2025 reaches 15-year record

Number of corporate bankruptcies in the US in 2025 reaches 15-year record

Economics

The number of corporate bankruptcies in the United States kept increasing in 2025, hitting an 11-month peak since the...
FT survey: European economy’s future linked to Germany's fiscal policy

FT survey: European economy’s future linked to Germany's fiscal policy

Economics

Most economists surveyed by The Financial Times connect the chances of a European economic recovery in 2026 with...
Talent Mobility Pressures Test the Foundations of Israel’s Innovation Economy

Talent Mobility Pressures Test the Foundations of Israel’s Innovation Economy

Economics

Israel’s technology sector, long celebrated for its density of talent and its ability to innovate under pressure, is...
Markets Draw the Red Lines as Washington Tests the Limits of Fiscal Credibility

Markets Draw the Red Lines as Washington Tests the Limits of Fiscal Credibility

Economics

The uneasy relationship between the White House and the $30 trillion U.S. government bond market has become one of the...
AI helps top 10 tech billionaires get another $550 billion richer

AI helps top 10 tech billionaires get another $550 billion richer

Economics

The collective fortune of the ten wealthiest tech billionaires in the US is set to rise by over $550 billion in 2025,...
Hybrid Money for a Fragmented Age: Why Europe Is Designing the Digital Euro to Work Online and Offline

Hybrid Money for a Fragmented Age: Why Europe Is Designing the Digital Euro to Work Online and Offline

Economics

Europe’s push toward a digital euro has reached a decisive phase, with EU governments rallying behind a model that...
Index Gatekeepers Tighten the Rules as Bitcoin Treasury Firms Confront a Capital Squeeze

Index Gatekeepers Tighten the Rules as Bitcoin Treasury Firms Confront a Capital Squeeze

Economics

For much of the past four years, companies that built their identity around buying and holding bitcoin enjoyed a...
Precious Metals Enter a New Supercycle as Silver Breakout Signals Broad-Based Investor Repricing

Precious Metals Enter a New Supercycle as Silver Breakout Signals Broad-Based Investor Repricing

Economics

Silver’s surge beyond the $75 threshold has become the most visible signal yet that the rally sweeping through precious...

Management

Art & Art Market

Hollywood Is Afraid As Scarlett Johansson's OpenAI Conflict Resurfaces

Hollywood Is Afraid As Scarlett Johansson's OpenAI Conflict Resurfaces
Hollywood officials says that OpenAI's apparent tribute to the film "Her," which features Scarlett Johansson's voice, is causing a reaction against artificial intelligence.   Even as Hollywood studios test new tools and consider partnerships with OpenAI, Johansson's accusations that the...

Tennessee Is The First US State To Pass Legislation Shielding Musicians From AI

Tennessee Is The First US State To Pass Legislation Shielding Musicians From AI
Gov. Bill Lee of Tennessee signed a bill into law on recently that sought to shield creatives, including musicians, against artificial intelligence's unauthorised usage.   The Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security (ELVIS) Act is the name of the legislation.   The Reasons It...

Morgan Stanley expects AI sector to equal Spain's power consumption by 2027

Morgan Stanley expects AI sector to equal Spain's power consumption by 2027
Morgan Stanley analysts expect that by 2027, the generative artificial intelligence sector of the economy will require as much electricity as all of Spain did in 2022. Over the following four years, the sector's electricity demand is expected to increase at an average annual rate of 70%, from 15...

Science & Technology

Russia Recasts Lunar Ambitions as Nuclear Power Becomes the Key to Permanent Moon Presence

Russia Recasts Lunar Ambitions as Nuclear Power Becomes the Key to Permanent Moon Presence
Russia’s plan to build a nuclear power plant on the Moon within the next decade marks a strategic...

IDC expects global IT spending to grow at its fastest rate since 1996 in 2025

IDC expects global IT spending to grow at its fastest rate since 1996 in 2025
Spending on the development of information technology and services is projected to rise by 14% in...

EC and EIB Group will support development and deployment of AI gigafactories across the EU

EC and EIB Group will support development and deployment of AI gigafactories across the EU
On Thursday, the European Commission (EC) and the EIB Group (comprising the European Investment...

AI-Enhanced Targeting Becomes Crucial as Ukrainian Drone Units Seek Battlefield Superiority

AI-Enhanced Targeting Becomes Crucial as Ukrainian Drone Units Seek Battlefield Superiority
On a cold morning near the eastern front, a Ukrainian drone pilot known by the call sign Mex...

Rocket Lab launches Earth observation satellite

Rocket Lab launches Earth observation satellite
The American Electron rocket successfully placed the BlackSky Gen-3 satellite, designed for radar...

IBM’s Loon Chip Marks Strategic Leap Toward Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing as Industry Targets 2029 Breakthrough

IBM’s Loon Chip Marks Strategic Leap Toward Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing as Industry Targets 2029 Breakthrough
The tech giant IBM has revealed a milestone quantum-chip platform named “Loon” that the company...

AI to manage design, construction, and operation of new South Korean data center

AI to manage design, construction, and operation of new South Korean data center
Investment group Stock Farm Road (SFR) has entered into an agreement with the American firm Voltai...

EU is considering banning ethyl alcohol in hand sanitizers

EU is considering banning ethyl alcohol in hand sanitizers
The European Union is deliberating on designating ethyl alcohol (ethanol) as a dangerous substance...

Starship to become the first spacecraft to complete full lunar mission

Starship to become the first spacecraft to complete full lunar mission
Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX, claimed that the Starship spacecraft will be the first to reach the...

Stellantis, Pony AI plan to deploy robotaxi network in Europe

Stellantis, Pony AI plan to deploy robotaxi network in Europe
Stellantis NV announced that Chinese self-driving technology firm Pony AI Inc. will start testing...
World Politics

World & Politics

Beijing’s Encirclement Drills Signal Strategic Shift in Taiwan Pressure Campaign

Beijing’s Encirclement Drills Signal Strategic Shift in Taiwan Pressure Campaign
China’s latest military exercises around Taiwan mark a significant escalation in both scale and intent, reflecting how Beijing is reshaping its...

WP: China is rapidly expanding its nuclear warhead production facilities

WP: China is rapidly expanding its nuclear warhead production facilities
Chinese officials are quickly increasing the number of sites for assembling nuclear warhead parts, The Washington Post (WP) reported on Sunday,...

Sanctions as Strategy: Beijing Escalates Economic Pressure on U.S. Defence Industry Over Taiwan

Sanctions as Strategy: Beijing Escalates Economic Pressure on U.S. Defence Industry Over Taiwan
China’s decision to impose sanctions on a group of U.S. defence companies and senior executives marks a calculated escalation in its long-running...

France Pushes Back Against U.S. Visa Sanctions in Escalating Transatlantic Fight Over Digital Control

France Pushes Back Against U.S. Visa Sanctions in Escalating Transatlantic Fight Over Digital Control
France’s condemnation of a U.S. visa ban targeting senior European figures has become a focal point in a widening transatlantic confrontation over...

France expects coldest Christmas since 2010

France expects coldest Christmas since 2010
Meteo experts in France predict the coldest Christmas temperatures the country has seen in 15 years, according to Figaro, referencing La Chaine...

Florida Talks Reflect Washington’s Tactical Push to Test Moscow’s Endgame on Ukraine

Florida Talks Reflect Washington’s Tactical Push to Test Moscow’s Endgame on Ukraine
U.S. and Russian officials are preparing to meet in Florida for another round of discussions on the war in Ukraine, a move that reflects both...

Selective Transparency Shapes the Epstein Narrative as Clinton Takes Center Stage

Selective Transparency Shapes the Epstein Narrative as Clinton Takes Center Stage
The latest release of files connected to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein has reignited one of Washington’s most combustible political scandals,...

European Parliament votes for "military Schengen"

European Parliament votes for "military Schengen"
In their resolution on Wednesday, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) urged for the removal of internal borders for troop and military...