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Musk announces successful brain implant procedure in 1st human recipient

Neuralink's brain implant aims to help people with traumatic injuries operate computers using only their thoughts

Move near an office or leave company: IBM's ultimatum to its managers

Many companies have increased return-to-office requirements over the last year, replacing employee-friendly incentives like happy hours and commuter subsidies

India, China banks under pressure from different liquidity stories

The liquidity drought may be deliberate. Unlike Beijing, New Delhi has every reason to be sanguine about growth

Amazon's video advertisement push aims to turn TVs into shopping carts

For decades, TV commercials have inspired and influenced future buying decisions rather than impulse purchases, and that hasn't changed in the streaming era

Proxies can even consume empires that support them. Iran should remember

While it may be tempting to allow militants to operate as long as they are focused on your strategic rival next door, there is no such thing as 'our' terrorists

Here's what to watch out for in Interim Budget ahead of Lok Sabha polls

The budget this week is an interim one until a new administration takes office, and the finance minister has already hinted there won't be any major announcements

Baidu, not Google, to power AI on Samsung Galaxy S24 series phones in China

Samsung is making a push to expand its small share in China, the world's largest smartphone market

Climate change: World's forests are doing much better than we think

The destruction of tropical forests gets so much (justified) attention that we're at risk of missing how much progress we're making in cooler climates.

Biden faces pressure to confront Iran after three troops killed in Jordan

One possibility is covert action that would see the US strike Iran without claiming credit for it but sending a clear message regardless

Child care costs are skyrocketing around the world: ECA International

In Japan, some businesses provide subsidised child care and family-friendly housing as part of employee benefit packages

Federal Reserve's decision could lead to interest rate cut in March

'The stage is set for the Fed to take steps toward cutting rates in coming months,' analysts say

Elon Musk's X pledges 100-person office in Texas to enforce content rules

The company aims to hire 100 full-time content moderators at the new location, according to Joe Benarroch, head of business operations at X

US aims to use Israel-Hamas deal to open more lasting regional peace talks

The senior State Department official, who asked not to be identified discussing private conversations, said Secretary of State Antony Blinken had spoken recently to McGurk and Burns about the talks

United Nations fires Gaza staff over claims they joined Hamas attack

A vast majority of UNRWA's 30,000 staff is Palestinian, with 13,000 of those in Gaza. The US State Department said in a statement Friday that 12 UNRWA staff had been accused of links to the attacks

New York court orders Trump to pay $83.3 million for defaming Carroll

Trump wasn't in the courtroom for the verdict. A few minutes after it was announced, he continued to fight back on social media

US media layoffs top 3,000 in past year as digital ads disappoint

The job reductions include some of the most storied names in the business. Time magazine cut 15% of its staff. Conde Nast, publisher of Vogue and the New Yorker, has let go 5%

Israel-Hamas war: Starbucks, Coke, McDonald's hit by Middle East boycotts

In Cairo, on a recent weekday, dozens of usually bustling Starbucks and McDonald's stores stood completely empty

Mercedes-branded $1 billion tower is Dubai's latest bet on super rich

Last year, Binghatti broke ground on a tie-up with Bugatti Automobiles SAS on a project that will include elevators to transport cars to penthouses

Asian stocks drop after 6-day winning streak; Chinese shares decline

A gauge of US-listed Chinese companies slipped Thursday amid declines for Baidu Inc, Yum China Holdings Inc. and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd

Ola founder Bhavish's Krutrim becomes first $1 billion Indian AI startup

It becomes the first Indian AI startup to gain a billion-dollar valuation, a mere month after debuting a large language model, the firm said in a blog post