2026-03-20 05:35:19
As the war rages on, the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund is planning for a number of potentially bleak scenarios.
2026-03-20 04:00:04
Machines have finally passed the Turing Test, the mid-century thought experiment designed to see if a computer could fool us into thinking it was human. In an evaluation last year, 73% of respondents thought they’d just had a five-minute conversation with a real person when they had been talking to an artificial-intelligence model.
2026-03-20 03:00:04
The oil-price surge is jeopardizing more than low interest rates. Budgets in Southeast Asia are likely to come under severe pressure. Leaders will be pushed to boost subsidies and dispense cash handouts to offset the hit to voters' wallets. In few places is the strain greater or potentially more far-reaching than in the region’s biggest economy, Indonesia.
2026-03-20 02:00:04
The simultaneous patent expiry of Ozempic’s active ingredient in China and India on Friday is a watershed moment. Until now, the revolutionary weight-loss drugs have been available largely to people with means. The entry of affordable generic versions will be a leveling force in healthcare, with global consequences.
2026-03-20 00:30:56
US President Donald Trump has seemingly turned the price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil into a referendum on his war against Iran. Thumbs up if WTI stays below $100 a barrel. Thumbs down if it rises above. Even if he succeeds in keeping that particular gauge below the triple digits, it would be a pyrrhic victory.
2026-03-19 22:14:38
March Madness is losing much of what made it mad.
