The economic landscape has presented an array of challenges that will profoundly affect the business community this year.
Category: 5 August 2025
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COMING: A CHAIN OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS WHERE AI TEACHES KIDS
The Alpha School in Austin, Tex., is the first in a planned chain of national private schools where the curriculum will be shaped around AI not only as a technology but also as the teacher.
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WHEN THE ECONOMY FALLS, JOBS GO WITH IT
Manufacturing continues to be hit hard with uncertainty over tariffs, increased costs and declining demand.
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MILLIPEDES MAKE A PAINKILLER FOR HUMANS
Millipedes, those worm-like crawlies with antennae and hundreds of hair-like legs, keep ants away by secreting a substance that makes ants disoriented.
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REGENERATING TISSUE WITH YOGURT
Turns out yogurt can do more than improve your digestion. Scientists at Columbia University’s engineering school wanted to make a hydrogel that included extracellular vesicles.
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COMBINING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND QUANTUM COMPUTING
In one of the first published examples of uniting artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing, engineers at Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization have improved the process of modeling the electrical resistance inside a computer chip—an essential step in designing new and more sophisticated semiconductors.
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NEW STUDY: THE YOUNGER A CHILD IS WHEN THEY FIRST RECEIVE A SMARTPHONE, THE HIGHER THE LIKELIHOOD THEY WILL FACE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES
Researchers published a new study last week that lends credence to claims that smartphones have serious negative effects on the mental health of children as they age—and those risks are heightened the earlier they first receive their own device.
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TRUMP EXTENDS CRYPTO REACH WITH NEW PUSH FOR REGULATIONS TO ENABLE MORE CRYPTO TRADING
U.S. President Donald Trump’s White House issued a report last week that focused on policy positions and regulations aimed at boosting the industry by eliminating oversight that would seem to make his top crypto donors very happy.
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ECONOMIC UPDATE—MARKET OVERVIEW
Again, again, and again, week-after-week, month-after-month, as we have detailed, another Wild Card and another Trump Card are played, and where it goes, nobody knows.
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FANNIE MAE AND FREDDIE MAC—WITH TRILLIONS IN BAD DEBT—MAY BE GETTING A BACKDOOR BAIL OUT!
President Donald Trump is meeting with chiefs of major U.S. banks to discuss monetizing mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.