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Jan 7, 2025 | 
techresearchonline.com | Paul Tucker
IntroductionThe continuous advancement of decentralized finance (DeFi) sparks debate about the future of banking, with questions about how DeFi is disrupting traditional finance. By providing multiple transfers without daily transfer limits, direct control of financial assets, and transparency in transactions, DeFi leverages blockchain and FinTech to transform conventional banking expectations. Will DeFi eventually replace traditional banks?
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
techresearchonline.com | Paul Tucker
As per recent developments, the SoftBank OpenAI investment has entered a new phase, with the creator of ChatGPT granting employees the option to sell shares worth $1.5 billion to the Japanese conglomerate. This move is set to help SoftBank expand into new industries while securing a larger stake in OpenAI. According to CNBC, the CEO of Japanese company, Masayoshi Son has been keen on getting a larger stake in the AI startup after SoftBank invested $500 million in the last funding round of Open AI.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
techresearchonline.com | Paul Tucker
US-based EV maker Rivian Automotive Inc has secured conditional approval for a $6.6 billion federal loan from the Department of Energy. According to TechCrunch, Rivian won the loan approval at a time when it needed funding to restart construction of its massive EV manufacturing plant in Georgia. The company had put the construction on hold earlier this year in order to raise funds.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
newcriterion.com | Paul Tucker |Theodore Dalrymple |Douglas Murray |Emily Smith
Nonfiction:Under Cover of Darkness: Murders in Blackout London, by Amy Helen Bell (Yale University Press): While the Blitz cast a pall over London, life went on, though precautions were taken. “Mecca’s Paramount Dance Hall on Tottenham Court Road had a 9-foot wall of sandbags built around its entrance, and the manager was also the local air-raid warden.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
techresearchonline.com | Paul Tucker
The French government has entered in negotiations with ATOS advanced computing firm for the future acquisition of the company for €500 million. Atos handles the communications for the French military and secret services. Along with that it also supplies to important industries like it provided nuclear facilities for 2014 Paris Olympics. Reuters reported that Atos is undergoing restructuring to manage its large debt.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
techresearchonline.com | Paul Tucker
The US Department of Commerce could reduce Intel’s federal chips grant from the $8.5 billion to under $8 billion, the New York Times reported. Earlier this year, the Biden administration said it would award Intel loans and grants amounting to $20 billion. This funding was set to be the largest government investment designed to subsidize Intel’s chip production. The purpose of the funding was to supercharge Intel’s domestic semiconductor chip production amidst rising global competition.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
techresearchonline.com | Paul Tucker
IntroductionFinancial forecasting is a vital tool for guiding business decisions by anticipating market changes and financial performance. It bridges the gap between past trends, current strategies, and future opportunities. While the principles and intentions of financial forecasting have remained the same, the methods used in the past differ from what we see in the present, and will likely change in the future. Digitization, big data, and e-commerce trends have all been part of this evolution.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
engelsbergideas.com | Paul Tucker
For three centuries, the broad direction of political history has been characterised — maybe even driven — by technological change and liberalism reinforcing each other. At least in the rear-view mirror, it has seemed a remarkably dynamic equilibrium. Technical progress increased productivity without leading to concentrated authoritarian power. The expansion of civil and political rights did not arrest efficiency and prosperity.
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Aug 26, 2024 | 
econotimes.com | Paul Tucker
“TV was everything to me,” said British playwright James Graham at this year’s Edinburgh TV Festival’s MacTaggart lecture on August 20. The dramatist used his recollections of the television he watched in his youth together with tales of his working-class background to discuss a possible future of TV – including the launch of a new scheme to get more people like him into the industry.
The James MacTaggart memorial lecture has been the centrepiece of the Edinburgh TV Festival since 1977.
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Aug 23, 2024 | 
tolerance.ca | Paul Tucker
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