The AI Bubble Is No Ordinary Bubble
Tech companies need to generate huge revenues fast, or the economy could be in trouble.
By Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic
The American stock market is booming, thanks to artificial intelligence. Tech giants are borrowing billions to acquire AI talent, purchase...
The AI Bubble Is No Ordinary Bubble
Tech companies need to generate huge revenues fast, or the economy could be in trouble.
By Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic...
Peter Zeihan: The Biggest Global Risks Facing Investors Now
Stansberry Investor Hour
Host Dan Ferris and geopolitical analyst Peter Zeihan discuss the Iran conflict, global oil...
The AI Bubble Is No Ordinary Bubble
Tech companies need to generate huge revenues fast, or the economy could be in trouble.
By Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic...
Peter Zeihan: The Biggest Global Risks Facing Investors Now
Stansberry Investor Hour
Host Dan Ferris and geopolitical analyst Peter Zeihan discuss the Iran conflict, global oil...
Five of the biggest US tech giants are carrying $1.65 trillion in debt that does not show up on their balance sheets, more than the debt that does. It is bankrolling the AI data-centre boom, it is perfectly legal, and it uses the same accounting trick that brought down Enron. Look at what Alphabet, …
This article has been updated to reflect news developments. There’s a gruesome food-borne illness going around this summer that can last for weeks and cause severe cramps, nausea and diarrhea. Public health officials have reported more than 8,000 cases of the parasitic infection known as …
A cautionary tale. In a stunning reversal on Sunday, the Food and Drug Administration said that lettuce samples from Taylor Farms did not, after all, …
Who’s Afraid of Chinese Models?
By Ben Thompson, at Stratechery
There’s a story I tell about my first day in STRT-431 at Kellogg School of Management,...
For decades after the 1967 Caracas earthquake, seismologists warned Venezuelans that a major earthquake was coming. And we had been waiting for the big one. On Jun. 24, the prediction of horror came true. Twice. Two level-seven magnitude earthquakes struck northern Venezuela, the most densely …
Some involve accepting Iranian control of the Strait of Hormuz. The rest call for escalation. Here we are again: Iran is shooting at traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, Donald Trump is ordering retaliatory strikes, and both sides have declared the latest cease-fire agreement “over” or “dead.” That Iran …
In March 2023, the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, laid out a strategy for managing the coercive policies of China. Europe, she argued, should “de-risk” from its dependence on the economic juggernaut by joining forces and building homegrown alternatives. Three years …
The president said networks that didn't air his primetime address on election security had committed "fraud." President Donald Trump said TV networks that did not feature live coverage of his primetime address on election security should have their broadcast licenses revoked. CNN, ABC and NBC opted …
If you've noticed Google Search getting worse over the past few years, you're not the only one. It has gotten so bad that recently Common Sense Media, …
Truth Social will sell Wall Street firms quicker access to market-moving posts from President Donald Trump, the company said on Thursday. Truth Social, owned by Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT), has become the president’s go-to place for announcing policy decisions. The president’s posts …
The first blockade in April choked off Iranian exports without causing a lasting price surge. Now global oil reserves are lower, and ships face heightened risks. President Trump’s first naval blockade on Iranian ports in April caused oil prices to rise, but not to the stratospheric levels some …
When a superpower’s economy lags, hegemony becomes unsustainable. In June 1897, Great Britain, at the apex of empire, organized an elaborate pageant celebrating Queen Victoria’s 60 years on the throne. The industrial revolution had turned a small island nation into an economic and military …
A shockingly inefficient trillion-dollar project Editor’s note: This work is part of AI Watchdog, The Atlantic’s ongoing investigation into the generative-AI industry. As they scramble to keep their systems online, AI companies are making things expensive for the rest of us. Large language models such …
A rare bipartisan housing bill just became law – but Americans will still struggle with affordability
By Kirk McClure, University of Kansas and Alex Schwartz, The...
Under the Trump administration, dozens of advisory committees have been ended or frozen, including one on controlling infection in healthcare settings.
This article has been updated to reflect news developments. There’s a gruesome food-borne illness going around this summer that can last for weeks and cause severe cramps, nausea and diarrhea. Public health officials have reported more than 8,000 cases of the parasitic infection known as …
A cautionary tale. In a stunning reversal on Sunday, the Food and Drug Administration said that lettuce samples from Taylor Farms did not, after all, …
A shockingly inefficient trillion-dollar project Editor’s note: This work is part of AI Watchdog, The Atlantic’s ongoing investigation into the generative-AI industry. As they scramble to keep their systems online, AI companies are making things expensive for the rest of us. Large language models such …
Look Past the Jobs Numbers: Three Ways Trump Is Strangling the Economy
By Steven N. Durlauf, NY Times
Mr. Durlauf is the director of the Stone Center...