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Baby panda frenzy is Hong Kong’s big bet to get tourists back
The city’s six pandas are front and center in the government’s latest effort to boost its lackluster tourism industry. Read ...
Singapore warns of a ‘large cone of uncertainty’ around U.S. policy, even as the Southeast Asian country reports better-than-expected growth
Singapore’s economy grew by 4.4% in 2024 thanks to a revived manufacturing sector, yet officials warned of “rising global economic ...
Trump unveils ‘reciprocal’ tariff plan to hit trade partners
Brazil, India, Japan, Canada and EU at risk, warn White House officials
Number of UK first-time buyers rose by 20% in 2024
Halifax data points to impact of easing borrowing costs although affordability challenges remain
More Millennials and Gen Xers are getting colorectal cancer. Adding these foods to your diet may help
Diet plays an important role in your overall cancer risk. Read More
U.K. drops AI safety focus and signs up Anthropic to help transform public services
In a move seemingly designed to ensure the U.K. remains in lockstep with the U.S., the British AI Safety Institute ...
HSBC to unveil $1.5bn savings as Elhedery’s restructuring kicks in
New chief executive has started wide-ranging shake-up of Europe’s biggest bank
Europe must respond to Trump ‘electroshock’, says Macron
French President tells Financial Times that continent should ‘muscle up’ and secure its own future
Some Jeep owners are being hit with pop-up ads inside their cars—and it’s all part of Stellantis’s plan to make an extra $20 billion a year
Drivers online are furious about a seemingly unkillable pop-up ad that offers motorists an extended warranty mid-drive. Read More
China’s war games near Taiwan could be used to conceal attack, US says
Pentagon’s Indo-Pacific chief says American military must step up preparations for conflict in region
State Department slams the brakes on potential $400 million armored Tesla purchase — ‘No government contract has been awarded to Tesla’
Tesla CEO Elon Musk earlier said he was “pretty sure” there was no deal to sell his EVs to the ...
Coinbase rides crypto bull run to $1.3 billion in Q4 profit
Coinbase’s 2024 totals revenue and net income come second only to its totals in 2021. Read More
Morgan Stanley pays Ted Pick $34mn in his first year as chief executive
Wall Street rivals were given heftier pay packages
Euronext chief calls Trump’s economic barrage a ‘wake-up call’ to Europe
Stock exchange head says shock of new US administration is forcing competitiveness gap to be tackled
US prosecutor in New York quits after Trump’s order to drop case
Danielle Sassoon resigns after office was told by justice department to abandon charges against Eric Adams
Top federal prosecutor quits after DOJ orders corruption charges dropped against Eric Adams, citing the need for his cooperation on Trump’s immigration crackdown
Danielle Sassoon, Manhattan’s top federal prosecutor and a Republican, announced her resignation in an email to her staff. Read More
Anthropic hired president Daniela Amodei’s husband to work on the company’s AI safety strategy
The AI startup has been on a hiring spree, quietly bringing aboard EA philanthropist Holden Karnofsky, as well as Niki ...
Who is Alexander Vinnik, the Bitcoin criminal Trump freed in a prisoner exchange with Russia?
The U.S. released the BTC-e founder this week in exchange for the release of American schoolteacher Marc Fogel. Read More
Sales of backyard chickens that lay their own eggs are booming as bird flu causes prices to crack new records
While egg prices remain high, some consumers have hatched a DIY solution of building home chicken coops to grow their ...
In a showdown of psychotherapists vs. ChatGPT, the latter wins, new study finds
Researchers prepared couples-therapy scenarios and then had responses—by experienced therapists and by the AI chatbot—rated by over 800 participants. Read ...
A 25-year-old staffer with Elon Musk’s DOGE was accidentally given permission to edit a sensitive Treasury payments system
A 25-year-old DOGE staffer, who resigned after being linked to racist social media posts, was briefly given edit access to ...
SharkNinja CEO says Trump’s tariffs won’t mean its air fryers and ice cream makers will be made in the USA. It’ll shuffle the supply chain to dodge those fees instead
“We don’t believe the U.S. right now is a viable supply location,” Mark Barrocas said. Read More
Arm secures Meta as first customer for ambitious new chip project
Move by SoftBank-owned chip designer threatens to upend the balance of power in the $700bn semiconductor industry
Activists disrupt railway linking Tesla’s EV factory with Berlin
Tesla’s German sales slumped 59% in January—an indication that Elon Musk’s endorsal of the far-right AfD party isn’t helping his brand. Read ...
Experts sound the alarm as Ohio farm worker’s bird flu sparks fear it’s the next pandemic
Prior to this latest case, 68 people in 11 states had been infected with an H5 strain of avian influenza. ...
The best psych-out artists know how to mess with your mind, but Trump’s push for tariffs shows how this strategy can backfire
As Trump well knows, psych-outs as brinkmanship can work. They can spark trade wars, too. Read More
Elon Musk says he’ll withdraw his $97 billion bid for control of Sam Altman’s OpenAI— only if Altman agrees to halt the transition to a for-profit enterprise
The battle between friends-turned-rivals Elon Musk and Sam Altman continues. Read More
Big Tech is moving on from the DeepSeek shock
The industry is turning to packaging of AI technologies rather than focusing on model training
Original Medicare doesn’t cover most dental work, but there are 4 other ways to get coverage
There are numerous ways people with Medicare can get dental coverage aside from their employer or former employer. Read More
Porsche to cut 1,900 jobs in Germany as weak EV demand bites
Announcement comes as luxury-car maker warned of lower profitability, well below its long-term target
