Joseph Fink is the cocreator and cowriter of Welcome to Night Vale, arguably the most important fiction podcast ever. He's also the creator of the noir podcast Unlicensed and Alice Isn't Dead, which takes some of the conspiratorial cosmic horror of...
Alors que les réservations ont décroché au printemps à cause du conflit au Moyen-Orient, les voyages à l’étranger n’affichent qu’une baisse modérée. Contraints par les tensions géopolitiques et leur budget, les vacanciers ont toutefois privilégié...
La démographie aidant, les plus de 65 ans pèsent de plus en plus lourd dans l’économie, le budget de l’Etat et l’électorat. Une réalité qui complique la tenue d’un débat sur l’équité entre les générations, à huit mois de la prochaine élection...
Fed Chair Kevin Warsh reiterated his commitment to fighting inflation in a major speech — raising expectations that rate hikes may be coming, though he did not clearly spell out a path going forward.
La France a connu une croissance nulle au deuxième trimestre, après un recul au premier, a annoncé l’Insee, vendredi 28 août. Le déficit public fait du surplace, tandis que les taux d’intérêt grimpent. Le budget 2026 s’annonce très difficile à...
While a stunt involving fake polls may not have been an effort to rig prediction markets, concerns are growing ahead of the midterms about other attempts to influence the betting sites.
Tech industry is perplexed by Trump’s plan to win AI race by taxing data centers.
The Middle Corridor is expanding from a regional route into an intercontinental trade link between Asia and Europe. With Azerbaijan at its centre, growing cargo volumes, digital logistics and expanding port capacity are reshaping the route's future.
Test drivers for Waymo and Zoox sustained more than two dozen injuries in 2024 and 2025 from hard braking or other sudden movements made by the autonomous vehicles, according to a TechCrunch review of data submitted to OSHA.
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"We built this city on good cacao" does have a nice ring to it.
Ghana has announced a ban on the exporting of unrefined gold from the country. Africa’s leading gold producer wants to move beyond the role of a supplier of raw minerals and enable the country to capture greater economic value from its gold...
The 9,210mAh dual-cell battery in the new Redmi Note 17 Pro Max is the biggest that Xiaomi has fit in any phone it's sold in Europe - and remarkably, in some other markets the phone comes with an even larger 10,000mAh single-cell design. As you can...
France's main candidates for next year's presidential election will be quizzed by business leaders about their plans for the nation at the Medef employers federation's annual end of summer conference on Thursday. Taxation, the burden of regulations...
Küresel merkez bankaları, Orta Doğu'daki jeopolitik risklerin dünya genelinde enflasyon ve büyüme görünümüne ilişkin belirsizlikleri artırdığı bir dönemde, para politikalarına yönelik kararlarını duyuracak.
Syria's president paid for a coffee in Damascus with a Visa card this week to mark the country's removal from the US list of state sponsors of terrorism and the reconnection of its banks to the global financial system.
Halk Bankası tarafından esnaf ve sanatkarlara belirli şartlar altında kullandırılan Hazine destekli yatırım ve işletme kredilerinde uygulanan faiz indirimi oranları yeniden belirlendi. Konuya ilişkin Cumhurbaşkanı Kararı, Resmi Gazete'de...
Capital F, one of the few all-female-led VC firms, announced Wednesday the $17 million close of its debut fund. The firm backs companies building in the “female economy” — or the markets where women drive demand. That mainly falls into three buckets...
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A trade war between Canada and the United States is escalating. Canada has announced retaliatory tariffs ranging from 15% to 50% on about $20 billion worth of American goods, after new 50% US tariffs on Canadian products took effect Saturday. But...
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh delivers his first Jackson Hole address on Friday with long-term borrowing costs elevated, inflation above target and the US Treasury already intervening in bond markets to do what monetary policy has not.
Could the skies be the answer to Los Angeles’ notorious traffic? Ahead of the Olympic Games in 2028, the Californian city is developing its first electric air taxi site to carry passengers to and from the city in minutes.
