Chip shots: breaking Nvidia’s AI grip
When it comes to the chips used in artificial intelligence, one firm has the market locked up. We look at the rivals minded to steal Nvidia’s crown. The death toll from the war in Gaza has been disput...
23 Mai 202423min
AI and health part one: DrGPT will see you now
Artificial intelligence is already making its mark in health care—but new, bigger, models promise to improve how patients access services, help doctors spot diseases faster and transform how medical r...
22 Mai 202445min
See how the Lai lands: Taiwan’s new president
Domestic divisions are already complicating the daunting task William Lai Ching-te has set himself: strengthening Taiwan while maintaining its ambiguous geopolitical status quo. With more and more big...
22 Mai 202422min
Crimes seen: The ICC chases Israel and Hamas
The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court has caused outrage by requesting arrest warrants for both Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Hamas’s leaders. China’s young people, on the ...
21 Mai 202423min
Succession unplanned: Iran’s president killed
The death of Ebrahim Raisi will spark succession battles both for the presidency and for supreme leader-in-waiting. What kind of Iran will result? Accusations and evidence of Chinese espionage are sta...
20 Mai 202426min
The Weekend Intelligence: Bombay, open city?
Mumbai is famously an open city, known for welcoming all comers, regardless of colour, caste, or creed. But as the city goes about building its future, Economist correspondent Leo Mirani, a proud Mumb...
18 Mai 202446min
Swat off the press: Meta v Canada’s news ploy
A bid to squeeze money from social-media platforms that link to news content has backfired: what was intended to help publishers is instead harming them. America’s workers still work more than Europe’...
17 Mai 202423min
Boiling over: an attempt on the Slovakian PM’s life
An attempt on Robert Fico’s life comes at a time of deep-running polarisation in his country—much of which is his own doing. A vote today among auto workers in America’s historically union-unfriendly ...
16 Mai 202424min
