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Germany in transition: The second shock is called AI – and this time the network is missing

Germany is currently heading towards the second major shock in its recent economic history. The first came with reunification. The second is called artificial intelligence – and is faster and bigger.

NYC bar uses prediction markets to hedge against a new financial risk: A Knicks victory

Wall Street investors use financial derivatives to hedge against shifts in interest rates and exchange rates. Farmers use them to lock in the price of their crops. Now, one New York City bar is using Kalshi, a CFTC-regulated prediction-markets platform, to hedge against another kind of risk.

Semiconductors: Nvidia boss sees Marvell as the next “trillion-dollar company” – shares rise in double digits

Nvidia boss Jensen Huang has dared to make a prediction. Marvell shares reacted and rose by over 25 percent. Nvidia itself should benefit from the statement.

TECH conference: Artificial intelligence is reorganizing the world of work

AI is scaling more and more from experiment to practice. What companies need to do now so that productivity increases - but human work remains meaningful.

Keynote by the Nvidia boss: Everything will be AI

At the Computex trade fair in Taiwan, the industry is celebrating the triumph of AI and touting more and more new possible applications. However, she ignores two important factors.

Orban's successor in Berlin: Merz wants to help Hungary “back to the center of Europe”.

The change of power in Hungary is a glimmer of hope in difficult times for many in Europe. Also for Chancellor Merz. He welcomed the new Hungarian head of government to the Chancellery with open arms.

US proposes 25% tariff to punish Brazil over trade practices

The Trump administration has proposed a new punitive tariff of 25 per cent on many imports from Brazil, after deciding its practices were unfair on a range of issues from digital trade to illegal deforestation, top trade official Jamieson Greer said late on Monday. The measures, under the Section 301 trade statute, cover areas such as electronic payment services, preferential tariffs, intellectual property protection and ethanol market access as well, the Office of the United States Trade...

Here’s how a new Army directorate is delivering tech to soldiers in under 180 days

In an interview with Breaking Defense, Col. Christopher Hill, director of the Global Tactical Edge Acquisition Directorate, explained how the service’s shift in cultural norms is resulting in delivering tech at speed and at scale.

Chip company Arm: The next billion-dollar man

By starting to sell its own processors, the previous chip designer Arm is moving into new dimensions. His boss could particularly benefit from this.

Reforms: “Continually discussing new cuts fuels fear and uncertainty”

Many people in Germany cannot pay their bills for electricity, heating or a new refrigerator. How do the reform plans affect the increasing risk of poverty?

Artificial intelligence: “Germany has an education and a mentality problem”

Researchers Caroline Heil and Thomas Druyen warn of the collapse of the education system due to the AI ​​boom. A conversation about sluggish German education policy - and how it could be done better.

Reforms and poverty: Millions in need of money - How do the reforms work?

Many people are already unable to pay their bills for electricity, heating or a new refrigerator. How do the government's reform plans affect the increasing risks of poverty in Germany?

Artificial intelligence: first announced, then shrunken: corporations question gigafactories and criticize the EU

Deutsche Telekom and Schwarz Group wanted to build a gigafactory for AI together and were relying on billions in funding. But that's not the only thing that should now be significantly smaller.

Intel CEO praises 'friend' Nvidia and TSMC despite rising competition

Nvidia's new PC chips represent CEO Huang's bid to win at every layer of AI stack

Nvidia's announced entry into the PC chip market sent shares of AMD, Intel and Qualcomm lower as Wall Street recognized the threat.

Is a Europe ETF even worth it?

I watched the video from Finanzfluss on the topic of MSCI World + Emerging Markets + Europe and I'm wondering whether a separate Europe ETF really makes sense. Thomas from Finanzfluss builds his portfolio like this: MSCI World, Emerging Markets, STOXX Europe 600 Instead of simply taking a FTSE All-World. (also makes sense) I myself am already heavily invested in the FTSE All-World Index (see photo) and therefore don't want to switch to the classic 3-ETF setup or switch over unnecessarily. (Pay d

Nvidia's Jensen Huang says Marvell could be the next trillion-dollar company; stock jumps 22%

Nvidia's CEO, Jensen Huang, hailed this chip designer as the next trillion-dollar firm, sending its shares up sharply in early market trading.

Why the most important company enabling AI isn’t Nvidia, according to this fund manager

Portfolio manager Jonathan Cofsky talks about where to find the winners in the AI landscape and one company that is beating all comers.

Software stocks just passed a big milestone

Software stocks are making a comeback from their artificial intelligence-driven sell-off earlier this year.

The next tech war? Why biotech may become a new US-China battleground

The wide-ranging geopolitical rivalry between Beijing and Washington could soon expand into biotechnology, raising the prospect of fresh tensions even as American pharmaceutical firms have turned to China’s fast-growing industry for new drug candidates. Biotech in the world’s second-largest economy has long been viewed as a predominantly low-cost manufacturing base with opportunities arising from its vast domestic market. But years of sustained investment, cost advantages and faster development.

‘Terrified!’: Chinese man spends US$28 to look like Jensen Huang, garners large following

A young man in rural China has gained tens of thousands of online followers in two weeks by impersonating Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Yang Yang, 28, who lives in a village in Dandong in northeastern Liaoning province, has gone viral on social media for his videos showing him imitating the artificial intelligence (AI) titan. He released the clips using an account called @huangyinxun, which is how Huang’s Chinese name is pronounced in the northeastern China dialect. Yang has shared over 20 clips...

Nvidia’s Huang said Marvell could join the trillion-dollar club — and the stock immediately surges

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang called the semiconductor company “so essential” to the development of artificial intelligence.

CLSK DD - CleanSpark: a leveraged bet on Bitcoin, data centres and low cost power

If you want exposure to Bitcoin, data centers and cheap U.S. power in one ticker, CleanSpark is one of the more interesting names right now. It is a listed Bitcoin miner that actually owns and builds its own infrastructure instead of just renting racks, and it is positioning itself as a future AI / high performance compute landlord, not just a pure hash farm. As of the end of April 2026, CleanSpark held about 13,453 BTC on its balance sheet, with around 1,565 of those used as collateral or recei

Brocker Crackdown: China closes the yield emergency exit

Popular online brokers made it easy for Chinese investors to buy Nvidia, Tesla or US ETFs. Now Beijing is closing this gray area. That causes frustration.

ByteDance loses key AI research leader behind Seed models amid monetisation push

A renowned artificial intelligence researcher who spearheaded foundational AI research for TikTok owner ByteDance has announced his departure from the company. The unexpected development comes as the firm is increasingly looking to monetise its core AI offerings, including subscription plans for its flagship consumer AI app Doubao. Gu Quanquan, also an associate professor of computer science at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), announced his departure from ByteDance on social...

Computer chips: Nvidia can apparently meet demand for AI chips

Thanks to the AI ​​boom, Nvidia dominates the market for high-performance processors, but also wants to attack the consumer market.

Marseille is booming: suddenly this city is popular

Long decried as dirty and poor, Marseille is now in great demand. But the contrasts remain extreme – between trendy neighborhoods and neighborhoods that are among the most precarious in Europe.

‘Humiliation’: video shows basketball coach slapping boy, ordering self-harm

A viral video showing a basketball coach forcing a pupil to slap himself in front of others at a Hong Kong school has sparked concern from a child protection group, which warned the act could cause physical injury and emotional harm. In a video circulating on social media platform Threads on Tuesday, three men in white T-shirts are seen standing around a boy at a school playground in broad daylight, surrounded by other students wearing basketball jerseys. The man in the middle first takes a...

The Eighty Billion Dollar Perspective Dilemma: 2026 Edition

When it comes to inflation, you might be able to do the new math, but I say that's a danger because you can't change your financial thinking or your emotional money ideas fast enough or thoroughly enough. I remember movie tickets for 12 cents and gas at 23 cents a gallon, but so what? Is Google's $80 billion stock sale trivial or vital? Remember that Google’s original initial public offering (IPO) on August 19, 2004, raised a total of $1.67 billion in capital, giving the company an initial marke

Tencent shares jump on expectations of AI agent within WeChat super app

Shares of Tencent Holdings surged as much as 8 per cent on Tuesday, driven by investor optimism over reports that the Chinese tech giant is close to launching an artificial intelligence agent within its super app WeChat. Tencent was testing a prototype AI agent for the WeChat ecosystem, which boasts 1.4 billion active users, and planned to start the compliance process as soon as this month for a public launch, according to a report by the Financial Times on Tuesday, citing anonymous sources. The