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Kids aren’t reading for pleasure—and more than tech is to blame
A quarter-century ago, David Saylor shepherded the epic Harry Potter fantasy series onto U.S. bookshelves. As creative director of…
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President Trump Is Right to Fight European Tech Overreach
The Old World model of state management must not be permitted to hold back the advance of the freedom-fueled dynamism of the New World.…
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Chinese tech giant Alibaba aims to fill Nvidia void with its new AI chip
China’s Alibaba has developed a new chip that is more versatile than its older chips and is meant to serve a broader range of AI inference…
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The secret history of how Intel ran the tech industry—until it didn’t
Welcome, and thanks for reading this issue of Fast Company’s Plugged In. On August 22, President Donald Trump announced via Truth Social…
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Europe can lead in tech — if regulation and culture align
As an American born and raised in New York City, I’ve seen the power of US entrepreneurialism to change the world. The ambition,…
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Emerging drone tech firms are powering the defense industry’s next chapter
An executive order unveiled by the White House in late July aims to “unleash” the U.S. drone industry. The initiative includes billions in…
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China tech giant JD.Com unit, two other firms plan US$1 billion Singapore Reit
[SINGAPORE/HONG KONG] The property investment arm of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.Com and two other firms plan to launch a Singapore-based…
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EU rejects Trump’s claim of unfair digital rules targeting US tech
The European Commission rejected on Tuesday US President Donald Trump’s criticism that EU digital services rules unfairly target US tech…
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These are the ten most memorable sound effects in the history of tech
For understandable reasons, most technology coverage tends to focus more on the physical or visual elements of new devices than their…
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The Hot Crazy Matrix explains why investors get tech deals wrong
Private equity deals hit an all-time high in 2021, peaking at a total value of more than $1tn, with an average deal size exceeding $1bn…
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Musk's xAI sues Apple and OpenAI, escalating billionaire's tech feud
Elon Musk on Monday ramped up his legal feud with OpenAI as his companies filed a new lawsuit against OpenAI and Apple accusing both of…
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Big Tech locks data away. Wikidata gives it back to the internet
While tech and AI giants guard their knowledge graphs behind proprietary walls, a more open model is quietly powering innovative projects…
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Tech companies rarely reveal exactly how much water their data centers use, research shows
As demand for artificial intelligence technology boosts construction and proposed construction of data centers around the world, those…
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European space tech has data to sell — but where are the buyers?
The European space industry is booming. Yet despite the boom, the industry is struggling to find commercial buyers for arguably its most…
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Europe: Stoxx 600 closes higher but gains limited by tech, defence
EUROPE’S Stoxx 600 closed higher on Wednesday boosted by consumer and healthcare stocks, while declines in tech and defence stocks limited…
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US: Wall Street mostly down as tech still under pressure
stocks closed mostly lower on Wednesday as the tech sector remained under pressure while investors kept an eye on retail earnings and…
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STI rises 0.1% despite US big tech sell-off
Equities in Singapore rose slightly on Wednesday (Aug 20), as the market reacted to a sell-off among US big tech names such as Nvidia and…
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Asia: Markets dip after US tech slide
Asian markets mostly fell on Wednesday (Aug 20) morning, mirroring a rout of US tech titans the previous day as investors await signals of…
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US: Wall Street mostly declines as tech names pull back from highs
Wall Street’s stocks finished mostly lower on Tuesday (Aug 19), dragged down by tech companies retreating from record highs, while a Home…
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Clippy is back—this time as a mascot for Big Tech protests
Clippy has become an unlikely protest symbol against Big Tech. The trend started when YouTuber Louis Rossmann posted a video earlier this…
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Options traders brace for Big Tech sell-off with ‘disaster’ puts
Options traders are increasingly nervous about a plunge in technology stocks in the coming weeks and are grabbing insurance to protect…
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Foxconn’s Apple era fades as AI servers drive growth in Taiwan tech sector
Taiwan’s Foxconn, which rose to become a global tech manufacturing juggernaut by assembling millions of iPhones, can now say its main…
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How nonprofits should (and shouldn’t) be using tech
Businesses have long leaned on cutting-edge technology to maximize profits, while the nonprofit sector has traditionally been slower to…
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Washington Times Weekly: Guns, tech and what happens when East meets West
I'm George Gerbo, and welcome to Washington Times Weekly, where we get a chance to sit down with our reporters and talk about their…