December 2024
January 2025
AI Agents to Reshape Businesses and Drive Market Consolidation in 2025
Five AI experts predict that AI agents will become indispensable collaborators, increasing productivity significantly and reshaping business operations in 2025, while also increasing operational costs and leading to stricter regulations and market consolidation.
AI Agents to Reshape Businesses and Drive Market Consolidation in 2025
Five AI experts predict that AI agents will become indispensable collaborators, increasing productivity significantly and reshaping business operations in 2025, while also increasing operational costs and leading to stricter regulations and market consolidation.
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44% Bias Score
Surge in Individual Investor Options Trading Fuels Financial Losses
Increased individual investor options trading, fueled by easily accessible platforms and dopamine-driven reward mechanisms, is causing significant financial losses for a subset of investors exhibiting gambling-like behavior, mirroring the general population's addiction rate.
Surge in Individual Investor Options Trading Fuels Financial Losses
Increased individual investor options trading, fueled by easily accessible platforms and dopamine-driven reward mechanisms, is causing significant financial losses for a subset of investors exhibiting gambling-like behavior, mirroring the general population's addiction rate.
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56% Bias Score
Musk's Mar-a-Lago Stay Raises Conflict of Interest Concerns
Elon Musk, a significant donor to President-elect Trump's campaign, has been residing in a cottage at Mar-a-Lago since the election, actively participating in the transition process, raising concerns regarding potential conflicts of interest.
Musk's Mar-a-Lago Stay Raises Conflict of Interest Concerns
Elon Musk, a significant donor to President-elect Trump's campaign, has been residing in a cottage at Mar-a-Lago since the election, actively participating in the transition process, raising concerns regarding potential conflicts of interest.
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52% Bias Score
Australian Artists' Works Selected for Lunar Time Capsule
Three Australian artists' artwork will be included in the Lunar Codex, a time capsule containing over 250,000 pieces of contemporary art and culture launching to the moon's south pole in 2025 via a NASA SpaceX mission, representing the first collection of female artists' work on the moon.
Australian Artists' Works Selected for Lunar Time Capsule
Three Australian artists' artwork will be included in the Lunar Codex, a time capsule containing over 250,000 pieces of contemporary art and culture launching to the moon's south pole in 2025 via a NASA SpaceX mission, representing the first collection of female artists' work on the moon.
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36% Bias Score
Climate Change, Soil Degradation, and the Global Nutrition Crisis
Climate change is degrading soil, reducing essential nutrients in crops, leading to micronutrient deficiencies, costing the global economy $3.5 trillion annually, while innovative solutions like regenerative agriculture offer hope.
Climate Change, Soil Degradation, and the Global Nutrition Crisis
Climate change is degrading soil, reducing essential nutrients in crops, leading to micronutrient deficiencies, costing the global economy $3.5 trillion annually, while innovative solutions like regenerative agriculture offer hope.
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36% Bias Score
H-1B Visa Program Sparks Debate on 'America First' Priorities
The H-1B visa program, championed by tech billionaires, is under fire for potentially exploiting American workers and undermining American culture, as evidenced by a 2021 study and the 2014 Disney incident; critics are raising concerns about prioritizing corporate profits over American citizens.
H-1B Visa Program Sparks Debate on 'America First' Priorities
The H-1B visa program, championed by tech billionaires, is under fire for potentially exploiting American workers and undermining American culture, as evidenced by a 2021 study and the 2014 Disney incident; critics are raising concerns about prioritizing corporate profits over American citizens.
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64% Bias Score
New York's Fracking Ban: Economic and Environmental Showdown
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill banning all fracking, including CO2-based methods, impacting the Southern Tier region's natural gas production and creating a conflict between environmental concerns and economic opportunities, particularly in light of Congressman Nick Longworthy's appoin...
New York's Fracking Ban: Economic and Environmental Showdown
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill banning all fracking, including CO2-based methods, impacting the Southern Tier region's natural gas production and creating a conflict between environmental concerns and economic opportunities, particularly in light of Congressman Nick Longworthy's appoin...
Progress
52% Bias Score
NDIS Funding Cuts Threaten to Undo Successes
Jack, a homeless man with psychosocial disabilities, was transformed by the NDIS, gaining housing and community integration, but proposed funding cuts and changes threaten to undo his progress and that of thousands like him.
NDIS Funding Cuts Threaten to Undo Successes
Jack, a homeless man with psychosocial disabilities, was transformed by the NDIS, gaining housing and community integration, but proposed funding cuts and changes threaten to undo his progress and that of thousands like him.
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52% Bias Score
China's Economic Rise and the Perils of Protectionism
China's meat consumption surged sixfold from 1976 to 2014, reflecting its economic rise and increased global market competition, while protectionist measures against Chinese advancements are economically detrimental.
China's Economic Rise and the Perils of Protectionism
China's meat consumption surged sixfold from 1976 to 2014, reflecting its economic rise and increased global market competition, while protectionist measures against Chinese advancements are economically detrimental.
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52% Bias Score
S&P 500 Soars 23.8% in 2024; AI-Related Stocks Lead
The S&P 500 is on track for a 23.8% gain in 2024, exceeding the average of the previous decade, with Palantir (349%), Vistra (263%), and Nvidia (177%) leading due to their AI-related businesses.
S&P 500 Soars 23.8% in 2024; AI-Related Stocks Lead
The S&P 500 is on track for a 23.8% gain in 2024, exceeding the average of the previous decade, with Palantir (349%), Vistra (263%), and Nvidia (177%) leading due to their AI-related businesses.
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48% Bias Score
Pakistan Eliminates Trachoma, Joining 20 Other Countries
Pakistan eradicated trachoma, a disease causing blindness, in 2024, becoming the 21st country to achieve this milestone through a campaign involving mass antibiotic treatments, surgeries, and improved sanitation.
Pakistan Eliminates Trachoma, Joining 20 Other Countries
Pakistan eradicated trachoma, a disease causing blindness, in 2024, becoming the 21st country to achieve this milestone through a campaign involving mass antibiotic treatments, surgeries, and improved sanitation.
Progress
36% Bias Score
American Family Attacked in Mexico; Three Dead, Teen in Critical Condition
Three American men were shot and killed, and a 14-year-old boy critically injured, in Durango, Mexico, on December 27, 2024, during a family vacation, highlighting a recent surge in violent crime in the region.
American Family Attacked in Mexico; Three Dead, Teen in Critical Condition
Three American men were shot and killed, and a 14-year-old boy critically injured, in Durango, Mexico, on December 27, 2024, during a family vacation, highlighting a recent surge in violent crime in the region.
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36% Bias Score