Month: June 2026

Roughly 20% to 30% of operating expenses will come from spending on agents versus humans in the next three to four years, according to a new report summarizing the views of C-suite leaders from consultancy Bain & Company. Businesses looking to get a leg up on competitors say they are ...

Roughly 20% to 30% of operating expenses will come from spending on agents versus humans in the next three to four years, according to a new report summarizing the views of C-suite leaders from consultancy Bain & Company. Businesses looking to get a leg up on competitors say they are ...

Building data centers in space could be cost-effective by the early 2030s, analysis suggested. Right now, launch costs drive up orbital compute to roughly four times the price of terrestrial, SemiAnalysis wrote. But the cost difference could fall to 30% within five years, and if demand zooms upward, chip supply ...

US inflation hit a three-year high of 4.2% in May, as the Iran war drove up energy prices. Core inflation, removing energy and food prices, inched up to 2.9%. “The frustration for many Americans is that so many of the basics are up in price right now,” an economist told ...

Yinka’s view When South Africa’s Bafana Bafana kick off against co-host Mexico on Thursday, they will do so as part of the largest African contingent ever to grace a men’s football World Cup. The 10 African countries playing across the US, Canada, and Mexico are part of a development story ...

Two sides trade fire overnight and Trump promises more to come, a day after claiming a peace deal was close Middle East crisis – live updates Donald Trump has said the US will attack Iran on Wednesday, and accused Tehran’s peace negotiators of “playing us for suckers”, just a day ...

Two sides trade fire overnight and Trump promises more to come, a day after claiming a peace deal was close Middle East crisis – live updates Donald Trump has said the US will attack Iran on Wednesday, and accused Tehran’s peace negotiators of “playing us for suckers”, just a day ...

This year’s events will be a mélange of Trumpian egotism, Maga populism and Christian nationalism Musicians who dropped out of the Great American State Fair said they were tricked. “I HAVE INFORMED MY AGENTS THAT I WILL NOT BE PERFORMING AT THE FREEDOM 250 EVENT,” wrote the rapper Young MC ...

This year’s events will be a mélange of Trumpian egotism, Maga populism and Christian nationalism Musicians who dropped out of the Great American State Fair said they were tricked. “I HAVE INFORMED MY AGENTS THAT I WILL NOT BE PERFORMING AT THE FREEDOM 250 EVENT,” wrote the rapper Young MC ...

In an age of spiritual isolation, witches are flocking to the woods of Ireland and elsewhere to form covens of ‘sisterhood’ On the floor of a sun-drenched room in a 200-year-old Irish estate, a group of 15 witches gather to commune with the spirits. Everyone has someone they want to ...