Month: February 2025
Deepseek’s AI model is ‘the best work’ out of China but the hype is ‘exaggerated,’ Google Deepmind CEO says
Google DeepMind co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Demis Hassabis gives a conference during the Mobile World Congress (MWC), the telecom industry’s biggest annual gathering, in Barcelona on February 26, 2024. Pau Barrena | Afp | Getty Images PARIS — Deepseek’s AI model “is probably the best work” out of China, Demis Hassabis, the CEO of […]
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Trump’s AI ambition and China’s DeepSeek overshadow an AI summit in Paris
Omer Taha Cetin | Anadolu | Getty Images The geopolitics of artificial intelligence will be in focus at a major summit in France where world leaders, executives and experts will hammer out pledges on guiding the development of the rapidly advancing technology. It’s the latest in a series of global dialogues around AI governance, but […]
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Egypt announces emergency Arab summit after Trump’s Gaza plan infuriates key allies
U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a joint press conference in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., Feb. 4, 2025. Leah Millis | Reuters Egypt announced Sunday that it will host an emergency Arab summit on Feb. 27 to discuss “new and dangerous developments” after U.S. […]
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Trump’s acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau chief halts all supervision of companies
Russell Vought, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be director of the Office of Management and Budget, arrives for a meeting at the office of Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, in Hart building on Monday, December 16, 2024. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Russell Vought, President Donald Trump’s newly installed head of the […]
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Hamas says Israeli military withdraws from Gaza’s Netzarim Corridor
Military vehicles operate in North Gaza, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, as seen from Israel on Feb. 9, 2025. Amir Cohen | Reuters The Israeli military has withdrawn from an area of Gaza known as the Netzarim corridor that bisects the enclave, Hamas said on Sunday, a move that was expected under the […]
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I’m a self-made millionaire who’s worked with over 1,000 couples—3 things I would never do to build a successful relationship
When you start dating someone seriously, and especially if you’re thinking about getting married, it’s a good idea to know where your partner stands financially. “The most successful couples have a shared vision of a rich life … they have designed a vision of what they want their money to do,” Ramit Sethi, self-made millionaire […]
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DeepSeek’s AI breakthrough could get global investors interested in China again
DeepSeek’s rise is the catalyst that will prompt global investors to allocate more toward Chinese stocks, even as economic worries persist, analysts predict. “Before the overarching talk was, China is uninvestible. … Now you definitely see people start thinking it probably helps to have China,” said Liqian Ren, leader of quantitative investment at WisdomTree. It’s […]
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Analysts speculate selling by Buffett could be behind recent Bank of America weakness
Bank of America has lagged its peers since the lender’s stellar fourth-quarter earnings report, leading some analysts to speculate that Berkshire Hathaway , the biggest investor in the nation’s second-largest bank, has been quietly offloading shares again. Since its latest quarterly report on Jan. 16, Bank of America shares are little changed, compared to a […]
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Analysts speculate selling by Buffett could be behind recent Bank of America weakness
Bank of America has lagged its peers since the lender’s stellar fourth-quarter earnings report, leading some analysts to speculate that Berkshire Hathaway , the biggest investor in the nation’s second-largest bank, has been quietly offloading shares again. Since its latest quarterly report on Jan. 16, Bank of America shares are little changed, compared to a […]
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Defense stocks could be caught between Trump’s trade war and big military spending plans
The second Donald Trump administration began with some aggressive moves by the U.S. president toward other world powers, but the impact of those actions on American defense companies is still up in the air. Trump’s unorthodox approach to diplomacy and a looming budget fight on Capitol Hill means defense contractors have a high degree of […]
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