E.U. to Probe Microsoft’s Mistral AI Deal
Microsoft Corp.’s Mistral AI investment is set to be analyzed by the European Union’s competition watchdog at the same time that its deep ties to OpenAI Inc…
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Disney’s Public Reckoning Over LGBTQ+ Equality Has Been Years in the Making
Like many children, Sean Griffin grew up on Disney movies. One of his earliest memories is going to see The Jungle Book with his father as a…
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Asia’s Richest Person, Gautam Adani, Pledges $7.7 Billion for Social Causes
Gautam Adani, Asia’s richest person, and his family have pledged to donate 600 billion rupees ($7.7 billion) to a slew of social causes, to mark his 60th…
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Japan’s Most Popular Politician Talks Modernization and Militarization
While the West romanticizes Japan as an arcane futurescape, a neon-swathed land of bullet trains and buzzing toilets, in truth the world’s No. 3 economy struggles with…
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Inside the Fearless Fund’s Civil Rights Fight
Seated under a spotlight in a darkened room, Arian Simone is the main attraction. It’s a Friday afternoon in September at the Brooklyn leg of AfroTech, one…
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Even With No Tourists or Fans, Japan Is Already Seeing Economic Benefits From the $15.4 Billion Tokyo Olympics
With a volley of fireworks at National Stadium, the Tokyo Summer Olympics ended with a bang. In economic terms, though, it felt more like a whimper. The…
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How Signature Bank’s Failure Hurts Crypto
A version of this article was published in TIME’s newsletter Into the Metaverse. Subscribe for a weekly guide to the future of the Internet. You can find…
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Oprah Winfrey Leaving WeightWatchers Board
Former talk show host Oprah Winfrey is leaving WeightWatchers board of directors and donating all of her interest in the company to a museum. Shares of WW…
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We Can’t Blame Stock Market Volatility on COVID-19 Anymore
The market cares less about COVID-19 than you think. The recent volatility in global financial markets may seem like the latest pandemic-induced shocks, but there are signs…
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