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Electric Takeover: Türkiye Leaves the US in the Dust
By Juan Cole for Informed Comment Turkiye has become an ordinary European country when it comes to electric car and hybrid sales. In fact, it is the fourth largest market for EVs in geographical Europe, after France, Germany and the UK! Although it is a relatively wealthy G20 country by overall GDP, because of its […]
NBA Star Giannis’s Deal With Kalshi Points to the Rot of Sports and Society
Giannis Antetokounmpo made sports feel like something more. Joining the prediction market Kalshi as a shareholder makes it feel like less.
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China puts tech freebies to the test during Lunar New Year
Chinese AI companies are adopting a much different strategy than the tiered subscription-based models American tech companies often offer.
AI agents turn to humans for paid manual labor tasks
A startup called RentAHuman lets agents hire humans to complete tasks for them in the physical world.
AI ads debate is more about culture war than business decision
OpenAI recently began testing ads in the free version of ChatGPT, while Perplexity has reversed course, winding down its advertising push.