I moved to France 16 years ago. Adjusting to local culture has been tough, but there have been pleasant surprises.
I moved to France 16 years ago. Some social norms have been tough to navigate, but there have been many pleasant surprises. I moved from the United Kingdom to France 16 years ago. When I arrived, I was so focused on learning a new language that I didn’t give much thought to the other cultural…
Is the tech industry ready for AI ‘super agents’?
James Doohan as Lt. Commander Montgomery Scotty Scott on Star Trek In Star Trek, the Starship Enterprise had a chief engineer, Montgomery “Scotty” Scott, who regularly had to explain to Captain Kirk that certain things were impossible to pull off, due to practicalities such as the laws of physics. “The engines cannae take it, Captain!”…
How Mastercard is building the Venmo of crypto
Mastercard is building its next-generation payments network on the blockchain. As political tailwinds lift the crypto industry, Mastercard hopes to cash in on a bet it started years ago. The payments giant is looking to replicate its massive card network for the blockchain world to create a way for consumers, merchants, and financial institutions to…
Elon Musk and Silicon Valley shouldn’t treat sci-fi books as a blueprint for the future, author says
China Miéville said science fiction shouldn’t be taken as blueprints for the future. China Miéville says science fiction is not the road map that Elon Musk and others in Silicon Valley have been taking it for. “So it’s no secret, and it’s not new, that Silicon Valley has long been interested in science fiction,” Miéville…
Gold is on a tear — and might have even further to run
Gold is not losing its luster with investors Gold is on a tear, hitting a record high in New York on Monday at almost $3,150 an ounce to bring the rise this year to 19%. The increase comes after President Donald Trump announced a 25% tariff on all imported passenger vehicles and key car parts…
Now the Trumps are getting into bitcoin mining
Eric Trump (pictured) and his brother Donald Jr. are involved with a bitcoin mining venture. Members of the Trump family are further cozying up to cryptocurrencies. Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. said on Monday they were investing in a new bitcoin mining venture. President Donald Trump’s two eldest sons, together with Florida-based computer software…
The booming catastrophe bond market is now open to retail investors
Flooding in Asheville, North Carolina. A high-risk, high-reward market is opening its doors to mainstream investors. The world’s first catastrophe bond ETF will start trading on Tuesday, boosting accessibility to a market that’s been booming alongside rising climate risks worldwide. While cat bonds have boomed recently — sales jumped to a record $17.7 billion last…
Trump, with Kid Rock by his side, just signed an executive order targeting scalpers who resell concert tickets with an ‘enormous markup’
Trump, with Kid Rock by his side, signed an executive order targeting ticket scalping. President Donald Trump wants to target “unscrupulous middle-men” who resell concert tickets at an “enormous markup.” Trump, flanked by singer Kid Rock, signed an executive order in the Oval Office on Monday cracking down on “exploitative ticket scalping” and promising to…
OpenAI has $20 billion to win or lose in its race to become a for-profit
OpenAI must see through its for-profit conversion to secure $10 billion from its latest funding round. OpenAI just raised up to $40 billion at a $300 billion valuation — but around $20 billion of its funding comes with very long strings attached. According to information released on Monday by SoftBank, the Japanese conglomerate headed by…
