The dollar’s value sank to its lowest in 14 months against other major world currencies on 14 July, according to the U.S. Dollar Index.
Category: HOMEPAGE
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SPOTLIGHT, TOP TREND 2023: OFFICE BUILDING BUST
The plunging number of people commuting five days a week to central offices could slash the value of office real estate by $800 billion in nine key cities by the end of this decade, according to an analysis by the McKinsey Global Institute.
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HOW AI “FORGETS” RELEVANT FACTS WHEN PRESENTING INFORMATION
In the course of writing this week’s article about EV technology, I had a fascinating exchange with Google’s generative text based AI, called Bard.
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PUTIN AGREES WITH TRENDS JOURNAL: “DON’T COUNT ON UKRAINE’S COUNTEROFFENSIVE”
Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview published Sunday that Ukraine’s counteroffensive has failed and the attempt to breach the 930-mile front line has resulted in failure.
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CDC JOURNAL SAYS AGENCY PROMOTED MASKS BASED ON UNRELIABLE DATA
Newly released analysis of the data that the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention used to justify mask use during the COVID-19 outbreak raises new questions about the agency’s pro-mask conclusion.
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ECONOMIC UPDATE — MARKET OVERVIEW
The true fear of an economic calamity on the near horizon was further clarified yesterday as gold once again illustrated its status as the world’s number one safe-haven asset.
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SPOTLIGHT, TOP TREND 2023: OFFICE BUILDING BUST
Over the next 18 months, commercial real estate values will plunge by as much as 40 percent in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, and Washington DC, according to a new forecast from Capital Economics.
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U.S. ADMITS WHAT WE HAD FORECAST: UKRAINE’S COUNTEROFFENSIVE CONTRACTING, RUSSIAN CAPABILITIES UNDERESTIMATED
A top-ranking U.S. military official admitted last week that Ukraine’s so-called counteroffensive has been a disappointment and that Russian positions in its occupied territory are more challenging to breach than anticipated.
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GOOGLE SAYS ITS AI WILL “SCRAPE THE INTERNET,” AS TJ FORECAST CONFIRMED: GENERATIVE AI HURTING WEBSITE TRAFFIC
Google just admitted it considers the entire Internet, including everything users may post online or create using Google software, to be fair game for training its generative AI systems.
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THE WARMONGERING U.S.A.: PRESIDENTS CAN USE DRONES TO KILL ON COMMAND
If a U.S. president identifies you as a “suspected militant,” he has the ability to approve a Reaper drone to kill you—even if you are far from any conflict, according to newly declassified documents obtained by The New York Times.