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US senator accuses Barclays of ‘failure’ to investigate ex-CEO’s ties to Epstein

The leading US senator Elizabeth Warren has called for urgent answers from Barclays over what she claimed was its “apparent failure to meaningfully investigate” ties between the bank’s former boss, Jes Staley,...

Elon Musk’s vision of the future

The world’s richest man sits down with The Economist 

Tesla’s profits slide despite growing revenue as it pivots to robotics and AI

Tesla reported its second-quarter earnings on Wednesday, disclosing far lower profits than expected. The company’s already beleaguered stock, which had fallen about 14% this year to date, dipped further following the earnings...

Capitalism’s status hierarchy is being upturned

One of the modern world’s most powerful forces is among its least understood 

China’s Open AI Models Are Challenging Silicon Valley’s Playbook

The AI industry is not quite experiencing a DeepSeek 2.0 moment, but it feels very close. The leading Chinese AI labs have been on a roll lately, releasing a series of almost...

Harry Potter publisher to receive millions in Anthropic copyright settlement

The publisher of Harry Potter has received a multimillion-pound payout as a beneficiary of a $1.5bn (£1.12bn) copyright settlement between the AI startup Anthropic and thousands of authors over the use of...

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