INDUSTRY
As artificial intelligence companies compete for increasingly scarce training material, some are reportedly turning to an unexpectedly old-fashioned source: physical books. AI developers and their contractors are purchasing large quantities of secondhand books, removing their bindings and scanning the pages before destroying or recycling the originals, according to a July
Quantum Entanglement: Scientists Don’t Understand It, But That Hasn’t Stopped Them From Using It
Albert Einstein famously referred to quantum entanglement as “spooky action at a distance” due to its...
Poland Closer to Buying US Apache Attack Helicopters
Poland's defense ministry signed offset deals with Boeing and General Electric worth nearly 1 billion...
US National Debt Surpasses $35 Trillion, Servicing it Now Second-largest Budget Item
On July 29, for the first time in history, the U.S. national debt surpassed $35 trillion and servicing...
Oil Drops to Two-Month Low as China Concerns Weigh In
Oil traded at its lowest levels since early June on Tuesday, July 30, as worries about low demand in...
Global Tech Outage Disrupts Industries and Travel Worldwide
On Friday, July 19, a worldwide tech outage struck industries from travel to finance. Services...
Federal Reserve Somewhat Confident Inflation Is Returning to Normal Levels, Interest Rate Cut May Be
According to recent comments by Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, key U.S. inflation readings measured...
Beijing’s Top Officials to Address Economic Crises at China’s Third Plenum: What’s at Stake
Xi Jinping and other high-ranking officials from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) are gathering this...
Freight Importers Struggling as Container Shipping Rates Return to $10,000
The cost of shipping a standard 40-foot container from Shanghai to New York has ballooned to nearly $10,000...
Southern US Primed for Real Estate Crisis, Expert Warns
On June 8, Nick Gerli, founder and CEO of Reventure Consulting, warned that several southern U.S. states...