BOSTON (Project Syndicate)—China highlights a long-debated question about economic development: Can a top-down autocracy outperform liberal market economies in terms of innovation and growth? Between 1980 and 2019, China’s average Read more
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China tops U.S. for first time in this ranking of world’s ‘best’ universities
China has surpassed the U.S. on a major ranking of the world’s best universities. Among the 2,000 schools from more than 90 countries ranked by U.S. News & World Report, Read more
How financial technology may alter your relationship with banks and brokers over the next 10 years
A decade has passed since a burst of innovation began to push fintech into the mainstream. Banking on a smartphone, sending cash via peer-to-peer payment services and using automated portfolio Read more
Intel earnings: Layoffs and margin pressure could overshadow Mobileye IPO
Intel Corp. must contend this week with an earnings report that notably lacked a formal pre-announcement, a bleaker-than-expected PC market and rumored layoffs, which will likely overshadow the initial public Read more
Waymo plans to launch driverless taxi service in Los Angeles
Waymo is targeting Los Angeles as its next location to launch a driverless taxi service. In a blog post Wednesday, the autonomous-vehicle company owned by Alphabet Inc. GOOGL, -1.13% GOOG, Read more
Taiwan Semi rallies as exposure to China restrictions minimal, capital spending cut
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. injected some much needed optimism into the chip sector Thursday, after the third-party silicon-wafer fabricator reported results and an outlook that indicated the market wasn’t in Read more
Chip stocks slammed by new ban on chip and AI technology for China
The chip sector melted down Friday after U.S. regulators moved to pump the brakes on China’s military ambitions by issuing new restrictions on semiconductor and AI technology that can be Read more
Tesla’s Optimus bot: ‘High school science project’ or robotics game changer?
Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot has been attracting plenty of attention following the company’s AI event on Friday. Two development versions of the Optimus bot were on show at Tesla Inc.’s Read more
Moore’s Law ‘alive and well’ as Intel CEO pushes back at Nvidia, launches budget gaming card
Intel Corp. disagrees with Nvidia Corp. when it comes to Moore’s Law as Intel Chief Executive Pat Gelsinger unveiled a budget gaming card Tuesday, a week after Nvidia released a Read more
‘Moore’s Law’s dead,’ Nvidia CEO Jensen says in justifying gaming-card price hike
Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Jensen Huang on Wednesday said he thinks it’s going to be “a pretty terrific Q4 for Ada,” the company’s next-generation chip architecture unveiled this week, even Read more
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