Global maritime authorities have warned that the emergence of "parallel systems" threatens to create a two-tier structure in international shipping that undermines trust and safety at sea. In a joint statement issued Tuesday, the Consultative Shipping Group, an informal cooperation between the maritime bodies …
The yen surged on Tuesday and stocks fell after a volley of attacks on energy facilities around the Gulf drove oil to near $100 a barrel, while copper prices hit record highs.Brent Crudefutures hit their highest level in six weeks, nearing $99 a barrel, …
China's export growth quickened last month, buoyed by strong overseas appetite for high-tech and AI-related products, providing vital support for an economy weighed down by sluggish domestic demand. The divergence between resilient exports and weak activity at home highlights Beijing's continued dependence on foreign …
• Open AI models accounted for 58% of usage on one major platform last month, up from just 10% a year earlier.
• Iran's network of regional allies, long described as an axis of resistance, is diverging after each militia made a different choice about whether to join Iran's recent conflicts.
• Anthropic researchers identified an internal structure in its Claude model, dubbed the "J-space," that shares functional similarities with a hypothesized mechanism of human consciousness called global workspace theory.
• Unlike most finance professionals, stock analysts can maintain a low accuracy rate and still be considered excellent, since consistently beating the market is exceptionally difficult.
• Unitree's shares surged 460% in their Shanghai stock market debut following the reveal of Superman, a robot that set a human-beating running speed record before crashing into a wall.
• Just 15% of Americans expressed confidence in bigBusinessin an April survey, close to an all-time low, compared with over 70% who trust small firms.
• US intelligence reports suggest Iran has grown more confident in its military capabilities and appears determined to continue the conflict for months.