Elon Musk is warning — yet again — about the potential power of artificial intelligence. “AI will be the best or worst thing ever for humanity,” says the billionaire entrepreneur via Twitter on Tuesday. He also recommends a book on the subject: “Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence” by MIT professor […]
Read moreFor the first time, a study on internet addiction is being funded by The National Institutes of Health, a signal that the problems stemming from excessive internet use may finally be getting the serious attention it deserves from the U.S. mental health community. The two-year study kicks off this week and is being conducted at […]
Read moreIDC said Tuesday that it expects that the Apple iPhone 8 will “spur a major upgrade cycle” in 2018 and drive iPhone shipments up by 9.1 percent. The research firm said iPhone shipments were down 7 percent in 2016 and are on pace to grow just 1.5 percent this year. While there are reports of […]
Read moreAmazon said on Tuesday that its Amazon Echo units can now serve as a multi-room speaker system. If you own more than one Echo, Echo Dot or Echo Show, you can ask all of them to play the same song in multiple rooms. Or, if you prefer, you can ask each one to play a […]
Read moreHedge fund managers braced against a market fall this month because of rising geopolitical risk between the U.S. and North Korea. Tensions escalated again when North Korea launched a missile over Japan on Tuesday local time, driving U.S. stock index futures lower. In response, President Donald Trump later said in a statement, “All options are […]
Read moreApple is reportedly battling with movie and TV studios over the price it will charge for 4K video content. The tech giant is expected to announce a 4K Apple TV as soon as next month. According to The Wall Street Journal, Apple wants to charge customers about $20 per movie. That’s cheaper than what competitors […]
Read moreThe foreign ministers of Russia and the United Arab Emirates urged North Korea on Tuesday to stop its provocations and obey United Nations resolutions, after Pyongyang’s launch of a ballistic missile over Japan. Speaking in Abu Dhabi, the two ministers offered a forceful warning for Pyongyang, with Emirati Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan […]
Read moreBritish listed companies will soon have to reveal and justify the difference in pay between their chief executive and their average employee, under new reforms aimed at tackling excessive boardroom pay. Public businesses where more than one-fifth of shareholders are opposed to the salaries of board members will then be named and shamed on a […]
Read moreQatar‘s lenders are quite capable of withstanding the conditions imposed by the Saudi-led boycott despite the country’s latest credit rating downgrade, central bank governor Sheikh Abdullah bin Saud al-Thani said on Tuesday. Fitch downgraded the Gulf state’s sovereign long-term debt rating by one notch to AA-minus on Monday, putting it on par with the two […]
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The S&P 500 may be hovering near record highs, but the stock market may be weaker than it currently appears. Over the past two weeks, nearly as many stocks in the index have hit 52-week lows as 52-week highs, with 59 in the former category and 72 in the latter. And the percentage of NYSE […]
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