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Silent and brooding, Trump endures courtroom ordeal
Donald Trump sat in a New York courtroom yesterday watching history unfold, a glum witness to his own turn as the first US president to face criminal prosecution. Most court proceedings are deliberate, scripted and glacial - tedious for any observer to sit through, let alone a brash real estate...
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Hybrid Work Needs a Workplace Value Proposition
Why do people come to the office? And how can leaders make that time as meaningful and productive as possible? These questions are more urgent than ever with the majority of office workers now having some degree of hybrid flexibility. Today, 54% of remote-capable workers are working hybrid and...
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Mark Zuckerberg thinks this one thing is more important than data in AI
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that data is not the most valuable thing when it comes to training AI models after the launch of Llama-3 models. In an interview with The Verge, he said, “The thing that I think is going to be more valuable is the feedback loops rather than any kind of upfront corpus."...
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Tesla cuts prices in China and Germany as competition heats up
Tesla has announced aggressive price cuts in China and Germany, shortly after reducing prices in the United States, as the world’s largest maker of electric vehicles (EV) faces declining sales and growing competition in major markets. On Sunday, the EV giant slashed the starting prices of four...
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Rise in violence has West Bank back at heart of UN agenda
While the international spotlight has been focused on Gaza, the surge in settler-related violence in the West Bank has received less attention. But last week's killing of a young Israeli settler and the deadly retaliatory attacks on Palestinian villages and communities has put the issue of...
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Opinion: An overhyped U.S.-China arms race in AI helps big tech and venture capital
It’s a familiar refrain in tech boardrooms and government corridors: China is aggressively challenging America to an arms race in artificial intelligence. Whoever wins will control the geopolitical landscape — and global economy — for generations. For years, Pentagon officials and...
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Oil prices jump on escalating tensions in the Middle East
Oil prices jumped on Friday while Asian markets tumbled, with global investors worrying about an escalation in conflict in the Middle East after explosions were reported near the Iranian city of Isfahan. US crude futures rose 2.1% to trade at $84.5 per barrel during Asian morning trading hours....
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Tesla asks shareholders to restore Elon Musk’s $56bn pay deal
Tesla has asked shareholders to reapprove a record-breaking $56bn pay package for CEO Elon Musk after a US judge rejected the deal. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday, Tesla Chair Robyn Denholm said the board of directors supported the original pay deal and believed...
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Gold sparkles amid geopolitical tension
BengaluruGold prices climbed on Thursday, as risks of a widening Middle East conflict raised bullion’s safe-haven appeal, overshadowing pressures from higher-for-longer US interest rates. Spot gold was up 0.6% at $2,374.97/oz by 4.29am GMT, after hitting a record high...
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Tesla is stuck in the mud
Tesla is facing a new phase of growth, CEO Elon Musk says. A robotaxi is part of his solution. Steve Granitz/FilmMagic; Scott Olson/Getty Images; Adobe Stock; Chelsea Jia Feng/BITesla is having a rough start to the year. The EV maker reported disappointing deliveries for Q1, before announcing...
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