Een dystopisch rapport heeft veel beleggers bang gemaakt. Kustmatige intelligentie dreigt zo slim te worden dat het zelfstandig functioneert en mensen overbodig kan maken.

De dood van ayatollah Khamenei trekt bij president Poetin oude wonden open van eerdere gevallen dictators. Hoewel stijgende olieprijzen goed nieuws zijn voor de Russische oorlogsbegroting, vormt de chaos in Iran een bedreiging voor Russische investeringen in de regio.

Offers booming customer accelerator biz as evidence, while VMware props up its software business

Broadcom will soon deploy multiple gigawatts worth of custom accelerators at Meta, OpenAI, and Anthropic, a feat it says shows AI companies and hyperscalers can’t successfully develop and deploy their own silicon any time soon.…

In the vacuum of the players’ silence, it has been the Iranian diaspora in Australia who are speaking out against the regime

As Iran’s national anthem began to trumpet around Gold Coast Stadium on Monday night, members of an Iranian fan group who had gathered near the halfway line began to unfurl red, white and green flags.

They weren’t the flags of their home nation, though. At least, not the nation they want to remember.

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Some days the sky is heavy, the water unsettled, yet the bridge stands. Stability comes from structure, not hope.