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Could This Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock Double in 2026?
Finding and identifying stocks that have the potential to double in a year is no easy feat. However, from time to time, one pops up that looks like a prime candidate. One stock that has been getting some buzz lately is AMD (AMD 6.09%). AMD has for…
The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Winner Hiding in Plain Sight for 2026
Artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure stocks are likely to deliver another year of solid growth in 2026. Market research firm Gartner estimates that AI infrastructure spending could jump to almost $1.4 trillion this year, up by 41% from last…
Will Artificial Intelligence Save Humanity-Or End It?
A sharp divide over the future of artificial intelligence played out this week as four prominent technologists and transhumanists debated whether building artificial general intelligence, or AGI, would save humanity or destroy it. The panel hosted…
AI layoffs or 'AI-washing'?
How many of the companies with recent layoffs are truly adapting their workforces to the efficiencies and challenges of artificial intelligence? And how many of them were just using AI as an excuse to cover other problems? That's the question posed…
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A company might lay people off for any number of reasons: It didn't meet financial targets. It overhired. It was rocked by tariffs, or the loss of a big client. But lately, many companies are highlighting a new factor: artificial intelligence.
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Mozilla's anti-AI campaign asks users to choose their future
Mozilla has decided to pick a fight that most of Silicon Valley would rather declare settled. The non-profit tech organisation, widely known for its web browser Firefox, has rolled out a new brand campaign, Choose Your Future, positioning itself as…
62% of Hong Kong Zoomers fear they can't compete with AI: Chinese YMCA survey
More than 60 per cent of Hong Kong Zoomers fear they cannot compete with rapidly advancing artificial intelligence in the workplace, a survey has found. The survey by the Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong also showed about 30 per cent of respondents did…
Teamsters rally in Boston to boost scholarship fund to fight AI threat
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Teamsters President Sean O'Brien said employees must act today to brace for the artificial intelligence surge to wipe out jobs, especially white-collar workers. The head of the 1.3 million union delivered…
A Practical ABCD: Beyond AI Augmentation to Amplification
In Part 1 of this series, we explored how AI simultaneously automates and augments the same roles, creating a paradox that threatens to homogenize human creativity and identity. The solution lies not in rejecting AI, but in deliberately curating…
Behind robotaxis: Thousands of humans helping the AI drive better
If robots take over the world, we'll remember the humans who helped them get there. Robotaxis are no exception. They're not just engineers who have built the AI systems that drive the Waymos and Zooxes on the roads: Every day, thousands of people…
Every dating app has AI now. Can it help make better matches?
A new dating app called Known, which went live earlier today in San Francisco, wants to offer users a dating experience that is far less gamified—and far more enabled by artificial intelligence. The app, which uses voice-based conversations…
Nvidia's Jensen Huang urges TSMC to expand capacity amid AI chip crunch
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) needs to “work very hard” to meet growing demand from leading US chip designer Nvidia, which alone could require TSMC to more than double its capacity in the next decade, Nvidia CEO…
Stock futures fall after silver, bitcoin sell off; questions loom over AI trade: Live updates
Stock futures fell on Sunday night as Wall Street begins a new month of trading, with traders keeping an eye on bitcoin after a weekend sell-off. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures lost 143 points, or 0.3%. S&P 500 futures dipped 0.6%, while…
Microsoft's $381 Billion Rout Exposes Dark Side of the AI Binge
Wall Street's apprehension about the cost of developing artificial intelligence technology has been simmering beneath the surface of the stock market for months. Now it's starting to boil over. Microsoft Corp. reported solid earnings on Wednesday…
India offers zero taxes through 2047 to lure global AI workloads
As the global race to build AI infrastructure accelerates, India has offered foreign cloud providers zero taxes through 2047 on services sold outside the country if they run those workloads from Indian data centers — a bid to attract the…
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