Economists don’t know what’s going on

Blame crumbling statistical offices

Read more: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/04/24/economists-dont-know-whats-going-on

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Amazon’s big book sale just happens to overlap with Independent Bookstore Day

Amazon is raising eyebrows with the timing of its big book sale for 2025, which runs from April 23 to 28 — which means it’s competing directly with Independent Bookstore Day. As writer Maris Kreisman explained in Lit Hub, Independent Bookstore Day is an annual event…Read More

Economists don’t know what’s going on

Blame crumbling statistical offices

Read more: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/04/24/economists-dont-know-whats-going-on

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An OpenAI researcher who worked on GPT-4.5 had their green card denied

Kai Chen, a Canadian AI researcher working at OpenAI who’s lived in the U.S. for 12 years, was denied a green card, according to Noam Brown, a leading research scientist at the company. In a post on X, Brown said that Chen learned of the decision Friday and must soon leave the…Read More

Economists don’t know what’s going on

Blame crumbling statistical offices

Read more: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/04/24/economists-dont-know-whats-going-on

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TikTok adds support for ALT text for photos

TikTok is rolling out support for ALT text for photo posts to make content more accessible for users with visual and cognitive impairments. The company says creators can now provide descriptive text for photos to help users with screen readers understand the visual content through spoken descriptions.…Read More

Should investors spend the trade war in India?

Mumbai may be a haven, but it is not a safe one

Read more: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/04/23/should-investors-spend-the-trade-war-in-india

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Google Gemini has 350M monthly users, reveals court hearing

Gemini, Google’s AI chatbot, had 350 million monthly active users around the globe as of March, according to internal data revealed in Google’s ongoing antitrust suit. The Information first reported the stat. Usage of Google’s AI offerings has exploded in the last year. Gemini had just 9…Read More