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MALAYSIA’s economy grew 6% year on year in the second quarter of 2026, its second-fastest pace of growth in three years and well above the 4.4% recorded in 2019, before the Covid-19 pandemic.

Ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, discourse around the efficacy of voting and civic engagement arises, especially in the midst of new proposals from the Republican Party that make it more difficult for American citizens to vote. Voters of all ages, races and backgrounds question if their vote or engagement is really significant — with…

Industry players have yet to see widespread artificial intelligence-driven downsizing

Samsung Electronics unveiled its new premium tablets, the Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra and Galaxy Tab S12+, on October 1. The new products feature enhanced hardware performance, Galaxy AI optimized for large displays, and Adobe Photoshop pre-installed for the first time on an Android tablet.

The USDA’s September Hogs and Pigs report places the September 1st inventory of all hogs and pigs at 74.3 million head, up 1.60% from revised estimates for last quarter but down 1.51% from a year ago. Likewise, market hog inventories are up 1.75% from last quarter but down 1.55% from a year ago, while the…

Most students only have the budget (and dorm space) for one computer, so a single machine has to do double duty: LLM queries or research in the library by day, gaming or video renders for that Film Studies class by night.

Ahead of Careers in Construction Month, Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) is highlighting new research showing that multiskilled construction crews can reduce completion time by about 30% and increase production by 37% to 50% on work requiring multiple trades to operate in tight sequence

More numerous but less productive. The analysis carried out by Cerved for the period 2019–2025 paints a mixed picture: whilst there are positive signs in terms of ‘population’ and employment, the system’s long-standing problems – in terms of scale and efficiency – persist.

An accounting breakdown of real GDP per capita reveals that productivity is the main determinant of improvements in living standards over time, as productivity is the only component of GDP per capita that can theoretically grow without limit. Thus, potential increases in productivity from innovations like artificial intelligence make such novel technologies economically significant.

Add preferred source Barclays Capital’s head of U.S. rates research, Anshul Pradhan, warns that the U.S. 30-year Treasury yield could climb to 6%, arguing that the current bond market selloff has yet to fully price in the risk of sustained productivity acceleration driven by AI investment. He contends that the market still treats the elevated…