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Landmark global study reveals that while businesses race toward AI adoption, economic pressures leave shoppers focused on price, trust, and seamless experience.

Not long ago, waiting several business days for money to move between accounts was considered normal. A customer initiated a transfer, a bank processed the request, and the funds eventually appeared. There was little reason to question the delay because most alternatives worked in much the same way.

Calls to rein in the development of ever more powerful AI models are fuelling fears over the massive capital outlays in the sector — and the prospect that profits from the promised revolution might not be enough to cover them.

President Trump emphasized the importance of U.S. leadership in artificial intelligence, while experts warn the technology could soon disrupt critical systems worldwide.

Ecommerce companies may soon compete not only for shoppers, but also to “own” the AI through which those shoppers buy.

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Molten Ventures, the London-listed investor in early-stage technology companies, has joined the race to manage a £1bn government-backed fund focused on Britain’s most promising scale-ups.

The artificial intelligence boom is doing more than reshaping software, it’s cracking the foundations of America’s power grid. As data centers multiply to feed the compute needs of large language models, utilities are scrambling for new sources of baseload power, and increasingly they’re turning to an unlikely partner: fusion startups. The latest beneficiary is Realta…

Thailand’s ambition to become a high-income economy by 2037 is rapidly becoming a test of productivity rather than simple economic expansion. A World Bank Group roadmap argues that the country would need annual GDP per capita growth of about 5.4 percent to reach that threshold, requiring a decisive shift toward technology, innovation, skills and higher-value…

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