Emma Thompson AI Rant Is What the Boom Needed
Emma Thompson is very good at many things — acting, screenwriting, penning children’s books — and in recent…
This Open Enrollment Season Employers Are Passing More Costs on to Workers
Americans embarking on the annual task of sifting through the health plans offered by their employers to find…
White House Fossil Fuel Bet Is Losing to Green Energy
It’s been 19 months since Donald Trump promised that if elected the 47th President of the United States…
How China Trains Your Robot Dog
Humanoid robots have been getting a lot of buzz this year. But quadrupeds — the mechanical “dogs” —…
Medical Tourism: Africa Leaders Should Get Their Healthcare at Home
The tragedy of the death of veteran Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, who was “arguably robbed of the…
Trump’s Hand With China Is Improving, But Enough?
To get John Authers’ newsletter delivered directly to your inbox, sign up here. The US-Chinese trade war has…
How the K-Shaped Recovery Went Pear-Shaped
To get John Authers’ newsletter delivered directly to your inbox, sign up here. In 2020, as the pandemic…
Tavares Strachan’s new LACMA exhibit fuses art, science, history and Afrofuturism
Tavares Strachan loves to blur the lines that separate art, science and historical reckoning — as well as…
Pfizer’s Deal on Drug Prices Is Good But Deserves Scrutiny
American taxpayers spend billions of dollars annually supporting pharmaceutical development. Yet the US continues to pay more for…
A Chart Climate Denialists Can’t Ignore
Every now and then you come across a piece of evidence that feels strong enough to cut through…
AI Insurance Is Expensive – Bloomberg
One question you might ask is: Will modern artificial intelligence models go rogue and enslave or wipe out…
Climate Crisis: Greenhushing Is (Whisper It) Coming for Carbon Removal
Greenhushing, in which companies quietly get on with the task of decarbonizing without boasting about it, was once…