Business
Meta's US$14.8 billion Scale AI deal latest test of AI partnerships
Facebook owner Meta’s US$14.8 billion investment in Scale AI and hiring of the data-labeling startup’s chief executive officer will test…
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Business
US: Stocks fall as investors pare risk on Middle East clash
Wall Street stocks finished sharply lower Friday (Jun 13) as Iran launched counterstrikes in response to an Israeli siege, leaving most…
Business
Oil settles up 7% as Israel, Iran trade air strikes
Oil prices jumped on Friday (Jun 13) and settled 7 per cent higher as Israel and Iran traded air strikes, feeding investor worries that…
Culture
Barbra Streisand on “The Secret of Life”
Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You Listen Sign up for our daily newsletter to get the best of The New Yorker in…
Politics
Senate GOP budget plan gives Trump full funding for border wall proposal
Senate Budget Chairman Lindsey Graham released a budget plan Friday that includes full funding for President Trump's border wall proposal,…
News
Israel Was Left with Only One Choice on Iran
A nuclear Iran dedicated to Israel’s destruction is an existential threat. Source link
Business
Shein's planned Hong Kong listing to benefit from wider capital pool, analysts say
Shein’s planned listing in Hong Kong will help the online fast-fashion retailer avoid sharp investor scrutiny of its supply chains while…
News
Israel Is Not Afraid of Victory
Defanging the Iranian regime, if successful, will contribute to a more stable and peaceful status quo in the region. Source link
Business
Alibaba movie unit’s pivot, rebrand bring US$2 billion value gain
DAMAI Entertainment Holdings, formerly Alibaba Pictures Group, is shifting its focus from movies production to faster-growing…
News
“Materialists” Is a Feast of Talking Pictures
Words are actions, as anyone who’s ever been told “I do” or “You’re fired” knows. Yet, after nearly a century of talking pictures, most…
News
Diane Arbus and the Too-Revealing Detail
A photographer’s legacy, though, is not like a painter’s: Arbus didn’t leave signed prints hanging around, like canvases drying in a…
Politics
What Trump Missed at the Kennedy Center Production of “Les Mis”
On Wednesday evening, when the new Czar of All the Arts, Donald Trump, went to see “Les Misérables”—which is, we are told, along with…
News
Do Androids Dream of Anything at All?
Although the literature of automatism has existed in one mold or another since the late Middle Ages—with sixteenth-century folktales about…
Culture
Jean Smart and John Krasinski Go It Alone, on Broadway and Off
This has been the season of the star. For months now, possibly because the film and television industries spent 2024 in disarray, New York…
News
The Lost Dances of Paul Taylor
If a dance isn’t performed for a long time, it starts to disappear. People’s memories of it fade, and videos can be…
Politics
David Plunkert’s “On Parade”
Nearly five months into Donald Trump’s second term, he is not only increasingly turning America into an autocracy with his endless stream…
News
Creating Silver Linings: Why We Should Build Opportunity From Adversity
In life’s most challenging moments, we often hear well-meaning advice to “look for the silver lining.” While finding positive aspects…
Business
AI toys and games? Barbie maker Mattel teams up with OpenAI to create new products
Your next toy or game may be able to converse with you. Mattel, the El Segundo toy maker behind Barbie and Hot Wheels, said Thursday that…
News
Left wing staging nationwide 'No Kings' protests to counter Trump's military parade
Liberal groups are planning to rain on President Trump's military parade Saturday with hundreds of organized protests set to take place in…
News
What Is So Bad About a Nuclear Iran?
For one, the regime is the foremost state sponsor of terrorism on earth. Source link
Business
Temasek joins Microsoft, BlackRock and MGX to develop AI infrastructure
Temasek’s participation comes after the Kuwait Investment Authority joined earlier in June Temasek has joined a consortium backed by…
News
Forgetting the Denominator
Where Eicher fails in an otherwise admirable volume is in her decision to praise Churchill too much, and explain Mellon too little. Source…
Business
Boustead Singapore reviews assets for potential sale to Reit for listing
No certainty that any transaction will materialise as a result of this process, says the engineering and technology group Boustead…
Business
DBS raises target price for Sheng Siong on steady earnings growth, margin superiority
DBS Research Equity on Tue (Jun 10) raised its target price for Sheng Siong to S$2.30 from S$2 on the back of strong earnings growth and…