The big switch to DeepSeek is hitting a snag
A woman holds a cell phone in front of a computer screen displaying the DeepSeek logo, on January 28, 2025, in Edmonton, Canada. DeepSeek may have burst into the mainstream with a bang last week, but US-based AI businesses trying to use the Chinese company’s AI models are having a host of troubles. “We’re on…
Russia’s problems in Ukraine don’t mean it’s unable to attack the West. NATO allies warn its war machine is spun up and as dangerous as ever.
Soldiers from the Royal Welsh battlegroup during the NATO exercise Hedgehog near the Estonian-Latvian border. Russia’s military has suffered severe losses in Ukraine, and nearly three years since it launched its full-scale invasion, its soldiers remain locked in a brutal slog. But the West can’t rest easy. Moscow has repeatedly threatened the NATO alliance, and…
Bill Gates was accepted into Harvard, Princeton, and Yale. He says he treated each application like a ‘performance.’
Microsoft CEO Bill Gates was accepted into Harvard, Princeton, and Yale. Bill Gates is a well-known Harvard dropout, but his applications to Ivy League universities as a teen are just as interesting as his decision not to finish his degree. In his memoir, “Source Code: My Beginnings,” Gates wrote about his college application process as…
I’m 55 and still live in my childhood home
Shawn Robertson’s home, where he’s lived for 55 years. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Shawn Robertson, a 55-year-old from Tsawwassen, British Columbia. It has been edited for length and clarity. I’m 55, and I’ve lived in one house my entire life. I’ve never met anyone else who has lived in the…
‘A clear overreaction’: BMO’s top strategist says investors shouldn’t fear Trump’s tariffs — and shares the best opportunities in North American markets
Donald and Melania Trump with Justin and Sophie Gregoire Trudeau in October 2017. Investors have been on edge as President Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again tariff policies have seesawed markets and potentially raised the risk of a recession. Shortly after Trump took office, the US imposed import taxes on Canada, Colombia, and Mexico before revoking them…
The wealthiest 0.01% are firing active managers and indexing or making contrarian bets, $500B Neuberger Berman says. Here’s what they’re buying.
Direct cash payments improved recipients’ home lives. The idea that ultra-high-net-worth individuals are more concerned with wealth preservation than alpha generation — gains above the board market — isn’t necessarily true. One of the hardest parts of Ahmed Husain’s role is working to meet the diverse needs of his clients. As the global head of…
Bill Gates says he’s given away $100 billion of his personal wealth so far
Bill Gates cofounded Microsoft and chairs the Gates Foundation. Bill Gates says he’s given away $100 billion of his personal fortune so far. The Microsoft cofounder and Gates Foundation chair revealed the scale of his philanthropy to the BBC on Monday. Despite his extensive giving, Gates is the world’s seventh-richest person, with an estimated $164…
A pair of twins followed different diets for 12 weeks. The high-carb twin lost more fat and had more energy.
Hugo (left) and Ross Turner are identical twins who do fitness experiments on themselves. A pair of identical twins who followed different diets for 12 weeks both got fitter and leaner regardless of whether they ate high-fat or high-carb — but the high-carb twin had more energy. Ross and Hugo Turner, 36, a pair of…
I quit Airbnb after almost 8 years and felt more anxious than free. Deprogramming my Big Tech mindset was harder than I thought.
Antin left his job at Airbnb in 2022. Two years ago, after almost 15 years in tech, I left my job as head of design studio at Airbnb in search of something new. It didn’t go quite as I’d planned. My tech career began in 2006 when I co-founded an ill-fated startup. After finishing a…
