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Prudential Exits AlexForbes as Motsepe’s ARC Boosts Stake
A firm linked to billionaire Patrice Motsepe is consolidating control of Alexander Forbes Group Holdings Ltd. through a …
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Block Thames Creditors From Taking Control, UK Lawmakers Say
Thames Water’s senior creditors should be blocked from taking full control over the utility, a group of British lawmaker…
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New ‘Reinforcement Learning For Calibrated Decisions’ Makes AI Headlines But Look Past The Hype
Newly announced reinforcement learning with calibrated decisions (RLCD) is mindfully unpacked. An AI Insider analysis an…
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Why Europe Border Checks Are Making A (Temporary) Comeback
Several Schengen countries—the area that allows free movement of people within its borders—have reintroduced temporary i…
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AI systems don’t have a drive to survive. Here’s why
In controlled safety tests described earlier this year, researchers asked AI models to solve a series of simple math pro…
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Sea Clash Shows China Pushing Closer to Philippine Mainland
China and the Philippines traded accusations after their vessels collided in the South China Sea on Friday in one of the…
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Turkey Turns to Two Big Banks to Liquidate Troubled Funds
Turkey has turned to two of its biggest banks to oversee the liquidation of 131 investment funds caught up in turmoil th…
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Barbra Streisand Calls Out Kennedy Center Closure, Blames Trump’s ‘Unchecked Ego’
The 2008 Kennedy Center honoree said “galling and painful” for her to witness what was happening to the institution amid…
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Copper Set for Weekly Gain as Chinese Buyers Return to the Fore
Copper headed for a weekly gain, as signs of a rebound in Chinese demand helped to offset hawkish messaging from the Fed…
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Investing in the 'Picks and Shovels' of Healthcare
Alvin Liu, Partner at PTX Capital, explains why his US-based venture capital firm is focused on AI-enabled opportunities…
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Security Researchers Hacked Into OpenAI Using Anthropic’s Claude
OpenAI paid the researchers a $6,500 bug bounty, but the incident once again highlights the growing cybersecurity threat…
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Turkey's Regulators Act to Stem Market Rout
Turkish officials are trying to stop a meltdown at some of the country’s most prominent asset managers from infecting th…
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Everyone thought AI would replace junior engineers. We’re hiring more of them
The biggest hiring myth in tech is that AI is making junior engineers obsolete. The logic seems sound: AI can write code…
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Iron Ore Set for Weekly Gain Despite Weak China Steel Demand
Iron ore was headed for a weekly gain after recovering from a sharp decline earlier in the week, even as weak steel dema…
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BE:FIRST Prove They’re Ones To Watch With New Global EP, ‘Watch Me’
Japanese artists BE:FIRST talks about hanging out in LA, American culture, Erewhon, working with American producers, and…
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The Navy’s push for shipboard laser weapons just got a new entrant
This article is republished with permission from Laser Wars, a newsletter about military laser weapons and other futuris…
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Indonesia’s New Finance Chief to Keep $17 Billion in State Banks
Indonesia’s new finance minister will retain the policy of his predecessor of keeping about $17 billion in the governmen…
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BOJ Split Vote Sends Bearish Signal on Yen, Strategists Say
The yen dropped after the Bank of Japan’s decision to hike rates as a split vote sent bearish signals, strategists said.…
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Medical AI has a proof problem
The technology’s advances have not yet translated into big improvements in real-life care…
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OpenAI’s listing delay raises stakes for SoftBank’s $50bn data centre IPO
Initial public offering of SB Energy set to test investor appetite for Masayoshi Son’s AI gamble…
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Bank of Japan raises rates to 1.25%
Central bank lifts interest rates by 0.25 percentage points to highest level since 1995…
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Tata Sons Power Struggle Deepens as Chandra’s Return a Setback for Noel
The stage is set for a showdown between Tata Sons and its majority shareholder.…
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Tibet’s Unlikely Wine Industry Is Bearing Fruit
Tibet, home to the world's highest vineyard, is making wine against the odds. The unlikely wine industry is bearing fru…