2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (131+ words) A look at the possible risk factors for the Anthropic and OpenAI IPOs now that fear about AI destroying humanity is mainstream. The SceneExistential AI fears broke containment this week after an Anthropic researcher quit, warning that frontier labs are…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (82+ words) Emma Cline’s ‘gut-twisting’ new novel about a former executive’s journey to Zurich for medically assisted suicide. This novel follows the final days of a wealthy executive, diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, on his way to Switzerland to be euthanized It is…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (492+ words) View / A long war will permanently damage oil demand Semafor View / A long war will permanently damage oil demand One lesson from the return of crude oil prices back above $100 per barrel is that US President Donald Trump seems to…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (154+ words) US long-term bond yields jumped to three-year highs Wednesday after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s bond buybacks failed to impress markets. US long-term bond yields spiked to three-year highs Wednesday after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s bond buybacks failed to impress…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (140+ words) The Treasury Department will buy back up to three times its usual amount of long-term debt tomorrow as the Trump administration continues trying to bring borrowing costs down. Markets barely registered the announcement, with yields dropping before climbing back up....

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (88+ words) semafor.com The Castle by Jon Ronson. Ronson’s reportage on modern masculinity is catalyzed by a series of unsettling texts from his son’s visit to the castle of a steel heir named Chris Mark, who is collecting “princesses” — women he…...

4+ day, 54+ min ago   (149+ words) The Casablanca-based fund has backed more than 30 projects in 32 countries across multiple sectors. African infrastructure investor Africa50 plans to raise the value of its portfolio to $20 billion over the next five years, an executive told Reuters The Casablanca-based fund has backed…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (398+ words) Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund is set to meet some of Wall Street’s biggest firms in New York this week as it seeks foreign backing for its spending plans amid cash constraints at home. The Saudi delegation is not fundraising…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (208+ words) Robinhood is among 18 banks working on smart-ring maker Oura’s IPO. Robinhood landed its first IPO underwriting assignment, a sign that retail investors — long an afterthought for companies going public — are a fan base worth courting Robinhood, which launched…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (121+ words) Celebrating 60 years of the iconic science fiction TV show Star Trek. Star Trek: The Original Series, created by Gene Roddenberry. The first episode of the great, long-running show boldly went where no man had gone before 60 years ago today. The…...