Public debt: A ticking time bomb about to explode?
Countries have sharply increased the money they owe to the markets, putting their own spending policies at risk in an increasingly unstable world
Google, Amazon, OpenAI and the race to find alternatives to Nvidia
Efforts to stem large AI developers’ dependence on the company are picking up speed, though the chipmaker’s dominance remains unshaken
Tech giants showcase their overwhelming power in Davos
Figures like Elon Musk and the CEOs of Microsoft and Nvidia paraded at the World Economic Forum, confirming the unsettling reach of the tech titans
From Trump’s interventionism to an AI bubble: What could bust the markets in 2026
The trade war is showing signs of cooling off, but many analysts point out that the impact on consumers will be felt this year
A year of movement among world’s 20 richest, with Elon Musk (almost) untouchable at the top
The rise of artificial intelligence is causing shifts in the rankings, with Larry Page, Jeff Bezos and Larry Ellison in the top five
Trump’s worldview clashes with a Europe trying to defend itself
A classified version of Washington’s controversial National Security Strategy proposes creating a new forum of powers that would exclude the Old Continent
Mustafa Suleyman: ‘Controlling AI is the challenge of our time’
The CEO of Microsoft AI and co-founder of DeepMind in 2010 reflects on today’s technological challenges: ‘My main hope is that everyone alive will feel the benefits of a revolution in intelligence that empowers them to achieve and do more’
Trump announces China visit in 2026 after call with Xi to seal US TikTok deal
The agreement allows the social network, which was facing a congressional ban, to continue operating in the United States
State capitalism in the USA
Trump’s interventionist approach to companies and markets is more reminiscent of the Chinese model than of American liberalism
Trump declares himself CEO of the US and raises business investment to nearly $4 trillion
The president is applying the same strategy of threats and blackmail with major corporations as he did during the trade war
Apple falls back on the iPhone: 3 billion sold since 2007 and $200 billion in annual revenue
The popular device accounted for 47% of Apple’s revenue in the third quarter as the company now tries to position itself in the field of artificial intelligence
Big Tech enters the war business: How Silicon Valley is becoming militarized
Giants like Google, Microsoft, Meta and Amazon have gone from avoiding any involvement in the military industry to signing large contracts with the Pentagon and Israel
China has a plan: Technological innovation to secure its place on the geopolitical stage
Amid the trade war with the US, Beijing’s regime is prioritizing technology as a key driver of economic and political power
Who makes a Nintendo? Globalization explained through the new Switch 2
The console exists thanks to a complex global network: designed in Japan, manufactured in Vietnam, and powered by a US-made processor. We took it apart piece by piece
The tariff bomb wipes out $10 trillion in stock market value, half of the EU’s entire GDP
Big tech companies lead the losses, with €1.5 trillion cumulatively shed since Thursday from the Magnificent Seven’s market capitalization
DeepSeek is no game: The dangers of China’s new AI
Massive downloads of the Asian country’s app are expanding its potential to control, misinform and erode democratic principles in the West
DeepSeek changes the narrative in the middle of the gold rush
The AI arms race, spurred by euphoric markets, has been based on the experience of the Magnificent Seven: in technology, scale always wins, and the winner of the race takes all the prizes
The story of DeepSeek as told by DeepSeek: ‘US sanctions have accelerated Chinese AI innovation’
Prompted by this reporter, the artificial intelligence model says it must uphold ‘core values of socialism,’ rejects compromising questions about Xi Jinping and Tiananmen Square, and apparently doesn’t know who its founder Liang Wenfeng is
China’s DeepSeek: Why is it disrupting the market and hurting Nvidia?
The success of the startup raises questions about the heavy-investment AI model pursued by tech giants, despite their struggle to deliver proportional performance gains
Why DeepSeek AI has brought down the giants of Silicon Valley
The Chinese company has created a cheaper and more efficient model of artificial intelligence by taking advantage of previous developments
Rupert Rucker of Schroders: ‘Small and mid-cap US stocks have been ignored for years and are at good prices’
The British Wall Street expert is optimistic, saying that ‘for the US economy, there’s nothing to really stop the current momentum’
AI is a real chimera: It can make the world radically better
The era of artificial intelligence has already begun and we talk more about its risks than its possibilities. Can we allow ourselves to be optimistic?
Will Nvidia be the first company to reach $4 trillion market cap? Analysts raise the stakes
At the close of trading on November 20, the chip maker will release its much-anticipated third-quarter report. Despite setbacks with its GPUs and Blackwell chips, the tech giant is expected to perform strongly
The dead end of chips: Manufacturing semiconductors consumes as much energy as entire countries
Experts warn that the surging demand for microprocessors is becoming an increasingly big obstacle for the green transition
How do I use AI? Eight real-world examples two years on from ChatGPT
A study in the US says that 24% of workers are already using generative AI. Data expert Kiko Llaneras explains how he uses the technology
Fragile interest rate balance at risk as US market cools
The violent reaction to employment data reflects lingering tensions in Wall Street, as well as valuations that may face a severe correction
AI swings between market euphoria and the specter of a bubble
Nvidia’s experience illustrates the investor’s fear of missing the great new technological wave ridden by big tech firms such as Apple, Microsoft and Alphabet
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