December 2024
January 2025
Leadership Gap in APAC: Navigating AI-Driven Workplace Change
In 2025, business leaders in APAC face a critical challenge: effectively managing change amidst rapid technological advancements, particularly AI adoption, while addressing a leadership gap impacting 67% of professionals feeling overwhelmed by workplace changes, only 39% trusting their managers for ...
Leadership Gap in APAC: Navigating AI-Driven Workplace Change
In 2025, business leaders in APAC face a critical challenge: effectively managing change amidst rapid technological advancements, particularly AI adoption, while addressing a leadership gap impacting 67% of professionals feeling overwhelmed by workplace changes, only 39% trusting their managers for ...
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20% Bias Score
FTC Investigates Airline Pricing Practices
The FTC is investigating eight companies, including airlines and software providers, for using dynamic and surveillance pricing to set airfares, raising concerns about fairness, transparency, and privacy.
FTC Investigates Airline Pricing Practices
The FTC is investigating eight companies, including airlines and software providers, for using dynamic and surveillance pricing to set airfares, raising concerns about fairness, transparency, and privacy.
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36% Bias Score
Taylor Swift's Eras Tour Breaks Records with $2 Billion in Ticket Sales
Taylor Swift's Eras Tour concluded on December 8th, 2024, grossing a record-breaking $2 billion in ticket sales, exceeding all prior tours by double and adding to her $1.6 billion net worth, primarily from music royalties, catalog value, and real estate.
Taylor Swift's Eras Tour Breaks Records with $2 Billion in Ticket Sales
Taylor Swift's Eras Tour concluded on December 8th, 2024, grossing a record-breaking $2 billion in ticket sales, exceeding all prior tours by double and adding to her $1.6 billion net worth, primarily from music royalties, catalog value, and real estate.
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36% Bias Score
China Investigates Nvidia, Raising Concerns About Tech Dominance
China launched an anti-monopoly investigation into Nvidia on Monday, causing a 2% stock drop, amid rising US-China tensions and China's push for technological self-reliance.
China Investigates Nvidia, Raising Concerns About Tech Dominance
China launched an anti-monopoly investigation into Nvidia on Monday, causing a 2% stock drop, amid rising US-China tensions and China's push for technological self-reliance.
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40% Bias Score
Appian Autoscale Boosts Process Automation Tenfold
Appian's new Autoscale platform increases process automation speed tenfold to six million processes per hour, improving operational efficiency and enabling straight-through processing with features like AI-powered data extraction and faster query responses; Helia, an InsurTech firm, reduced claims p...
Appian Autoscale Boosts Process Automation Tenfold
Appian's new Autoscale platform increases process automation speed tenfold to six million processes per hour, improving operational efficiency and enabling straight-through processing with features like AI-powered data extraction and faster query responses; Helia, an InsurTech firm, reduced claims p...
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24% Bias Score
DOE Funds Aerogel Production to Enhance EV Battery Safety
Aspen Aerogels received a $670.6 million DOE loan to mass-produce its fire-retardant aerogel for EV batteries, addressing thermal runaway risks by slowing fire spread and improving safety.
DOE Funds Aerogel Production to Enhance EV Battery Safety
Aspen Aerogels received a $670.6 million DOE loan to mass-produce its fire-retardant aerogel for EV batteries, addressing thermal runaway risks by slowing fire spread and improving safety.
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44% Bias Score
GM Mosquitoes Targeting Dengue and Yellow Fever Approved in Australia
Oxitec seeks Australian approval to release GM Aedes aegypti mosquitoes carrying a gene that kills female offspring before maturity, aiming to control dengue and yellow fever; the company cites a 96% reduction in Aedes aegypti populations in some Brazilian trials but acknowledges past concerns about...
GM Mosquitoes Targeting Dengue and Yellow Fever Approved in Australia
Oxitec seeks Australian approval to release GM Aedes aegypti mosquitoes carrying a gene that kills female offspring before maturity, aiming to control dengue and yellow fever; the company cites a 96% reduction in Aedes aegypti populations in some Brazilian trials but acknowledges past concerns about...
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44% Bias Score
AI's Transformative Impact on Modern Defense
AI is revolutionizing defense through enhanced decision support, autonomous systems, predictive maintenance, and improved logistics, increasing efficiency and readiness while raising ethical concerns.
AI's Transformative Impact on Modern Defense
AI is revolutionizing defense through enhanced decision support, autonomous systems, predictive maintenance, and improved logistics, increasing efficiency and readiness while raising ethical concerns.
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52% Bias Score
Robinhood Upgrade: Barclays Raises Price Target to $49 on Strong Performance
Barclays upgraded online brokerage Robinhood to overweight, raising its price target to $49, driven by a 227% surge in its stock price this year, thanks to strong gains in Bitcoin and the S&P 500, and further revenue growth projections from new initiatives.
Robinhood Upgrade: Barclays Raises Price Target to $49 on Strong Performance
Barclays upgraded online brokerage Robinhood to overweight, raising its price target to $49, driven by a 227% surge in its stock price this year, thanks to strong gains in Bitcoin and the S&P 500, and further revenue growth projections from new initiatives.
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40% Bias Score
BFCM 2024: Record Sales Amidst Shifting Consumer Habits
Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2024 sales surged, with UK transactions up 9.5% (Barclaycard) and EMEA orders up 9.3% (Bazaarvoice), driven by a compressed shopping period and effective retailer incentives; however, data suggests a more distributed sales strategy across the weekend could be beneficial...
BFCM 2024: Record Sales Amidst Shifting Consumer Habits
Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2024 sales surged, with UK transactions up 9.5% (Barclaycard) and EMEA orders up 9.3% (Bazaarvoice), driven by a compressed shopping period and effective retailer incentives; however, data suggests a more distributed sales strategy across the weekend could be beneficial...
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36% Bias Score
"South Korean President Faces Travel Ban After Martial Law Attempt"
"South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol faces a travel ban and investigation following his six-hour declaration of martial law last Tuesday, which was met with public protests and parliamentary opposition; former defense minister Kim Yong Hyun has been detained."
"South Korean President Faces Travel Ban After Martial Law Attempt"
"South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol faces a travel ban and investigation following his six-hour declaration of martial law last Tuesday, which was met with public protests and parliamentary opposition; former defense minister Kim Yong Hyun has been detained."
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48% Bias Score
Google's Quantum Leap: "Willow" Chip Solves Problem in Minutes, but Real-World Applications Remain Distant
Google's new quantum chip, "Willow," solved a problem in five minutes that would take the world's fastest supercomputers 10 septillion years, showcasing progress in quantum computing but highlighting remaining challenges in error correction and scalability before practical applications.
Google's Quantum Leap: "Willow" Chip Solves Problem in Minutes, but Real-World Applications Remain Distant
Google's new quantum chip, "Willow," solved a problem in five minutes that would take the world's fastest supercomputers 10 septillion years, showcasing progress in quantum computing but highlighting remaining challenges in error correction and scalability before practical applications.
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48% Bias Score