Uber turns to Chinese companies to snap up robotaxi market share in Europe, Middle East

Uber announced its third partnership with a Chinese autonomous vehicle company this week, revealing the ride-hail and delivery giant’s appetite for global domination in the emerging robotaxi sector. Uber said Tuesday it would work with Guangzhou-based Pony AI,…Read More

The $348bn question for Warren Buffett’s successor

Berkshire Hathaway’s next CEO has huge shoes to fill—and a mountain of cash to invest

Read more: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/05/04/the-348bn-question-for-warren-buffetts-successor

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Apple appeals decision that forced it to allow links to external payments in apps

As promised, Apple has now filed its appeal to the recent court ruling that required it to open up its App Store to external payment mechanisms. Last week, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers took the tech giant to task for defying the court’s orders in its battle with…Read More

Warren Buffett has created a $348bn question for his successor

Berkshire Hathaway’s next CEO has huge shoes to fill—and a mountain of cash to invest

Read more: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/05/04/warren-buffett-has-created-a-348bn-question-for-his-successor

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Revelo’s LatAm talent network sees strong demand from US companies, thanks to AI

While many tech companies are mandating that their employees return to their offices, and putting an emphasis on building in-person teams, they are also turning in droves to Latin America to find developer talent — especially for post-training AI models. Revelo, a fu…Read More

Warren Buffett has created a $348bn question for his successor

Berkshire Hathaway’s next CEO has huge shoes to fill—and a mountain of cash to invest

Read more: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/05/04/warren-buffett-has-created-a-348bn-question-for-his-successor

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Google’s Gemini has beaten Pokémon Blue (with a little help)

Google’s most expensive AI model seems to have crossed a major milestone: Beating a 29-year-old video game. Last night, Google CEO Sundar Pichai posted triumphantly on X, “What a finish! Gemini 2.5 Pro just completed Pokémon Blue!” To be clear, the Gemini Plays Pokemon livestrea…Read More

Don’t blame imports for the fall in America’s GDP

Why what you’ve read about the trade deficit hurting growth is wrong

Read more: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/05/01/dont-blame-imports-for-the-fall-in-americas-gdp

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Ara Partners’ new $800M fund will decarbonize old industrial assets

Ara Partners recently raised an $800 million infrastructure fund focused on reducing carbon emissions in industrial sectors.

Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/02/ara-partners-new-800m-fund-will-decarbonize-old-industrial-assets/

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Don’t blame imports for the fall in America’s GDP

Why what you’ve read about the trade deficit hurting growth is wrong

Read more: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/05/01/dont-blame-imports-for-the-fall-in-americas-gdp

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Anthropic lets you connect apps to Claude

Anthropic on Thursday launched a new way to connect apps and tools to its AI chatbot Claude, as well as an expanded “deep research” capability that allows Claude to search the web, enterprise accounts, and more. The new app connection feature, called Integrations, and expanded deep research tool, dubbed…Read More

How a mortgage transforms your investment portfolio

They turn retail savers into hedge-fund managers

Read more: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/04/30/how-a-mortgage-transforms-your-investment-portfolio

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JetBrains releases Mellum, an ‘open’ AI coding model

JetBrains, the company behind a range of popular app development tools, has released its first “open” AI model for coding. On Wednesday, JetBrains made Mellum, a code-generating model the company released for its various software development suites last year, openly available on the AI dev pla…Read More

America is just weeks away from a mighty economic shock

Trade between China and America is already sinking

Read more: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/04/29/america-is-just-weeks-away-from-a-mighty-economic-shock

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Google launches AI tools for practicing languages through personalized lessons

Google on Tuesday is releasing three new AI experiments aimed at helping people learn to speak a new language in a more personalized way. While the experiments are still in the early stages, it’s possible that the company is looking to take on Duolingo with the help of…Read More