, by Nick Greene. Tracing the sport’s growth from the “folk football” of medieval England — in which players kicked around sheeps’ bladders and human heads — to the 19th-century private schools that popularized the modern game, Greene writes that soccer is “less an invention than some side effect of ...
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Anthropic’s Amodei calls for workers’ rights over AIAnthropic’s Amodei calls for workers’ rights over AI
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for worker protection against AI-driven job losses and a new US regulatory body to oversee frontier AI research. Amodei said AI could soon threaten public safety, such as by producing biological or autonomous weapons that “in extreme cases could even threaten humanity itself,” and could ...
Trump questions North America trade deal renewalTrump questions North America trade deal renewal
US President Donald Trump said he was “not looking to renew” his country’s free trade deal with Canada and Mexico, a decision that could have huge economic consequences across North America. Trump has repeatedly criticized those countries over a range of issues, while adding on Wednesday that the US didn’t ...
World Cup gives limited economic boost to host countriesWorld Cup gives limited economic boost to host countries
The men’s soccer World Cup, which opens today, is the largest sporting event in the world, but the average host nation gets no economic boost from it, analysis suggested. Goldman Sachs looked at every tournament since 1982 and found negligible long-term impact, in part because most fans watch at home. ...
How success turns allies into competitorsHow success turns allies into competitors
Judah’s view More than 600 years ago, the Arab philosopher Ibn Khaldun observed a pattern that has repeated itself throughout history. He argued that groups rise through what he called — a powerful sense of social cohesion and shared purpose — but that within the success born of unity lie ...
Dubai developer invokes force majeure on home salesDubai developer invokes force majeure on home sales
The Scoop One of the UAE’s biggest family-owned conglomerates has told some customers it won’t be able to deliver homes it is building on schedule because of the disruptions caused by the Iran war, according to people familiar with the matter. Majid Al Futtaim (MAF), which owns some of the ...
‘Nobody has budgeted’ for tokenmaxxing, Box’s Levie says‘Nobody has budgeted’ for tokenmaxxing, Box’s Levie says
The News Most companies didn’t budget for the exorbitant cost of AI tokens, but no company can function without them, Box CEO Aaron Levie told Semafor’s Reed Albergotti at the Semafor Tech summit in San Francisco. “It just showed up overnight,” Levie said about the ability for workers to write ...
Google quantum exec: US government funding would’ve come with ‘conditions’Google quantum exec: US government funding would’ve come with ‘conditions’
The News Google didn’t take funding from the Trump administration for quantum computing because of “conditions” that would’ve prevented the tech giant from moving as quickly as it would like, an executive said Wednesday. The US government last month announced $2 billion in grants and investments across nine quantum companies, ...
A Sputnik moment: China’s beating the US in neuroscienceA Sputnik moment: China’s beating the US in neuroscience
The News The US risks ceding healthcare and science preeminence to China if it doesn’t speed its systems for medical research and regulation, said Max Hodak, former president of Elon Musk’s Neuralink who now heads neurotechnology firm Science Corp. “There is a very real possibility that without significant regulatory reform, ...
Violence tests European leadersViolence tests European leaders
A spate of high-profile violent crimes is roiling the UK and France. The French president said Wednesday that trust in the country’s institutions is “at stake,” after an 11-year-old girl was killed by a suspect who had twice been formally accused of rape, with the revelations triggering protests and a ...