From head to heart to diet, AI is learning to make a map of elite athletes’ bodies
The NFL and Olympic athletes are turning to artificial intelligence for an extra boost in their training and recovery.
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Musk’s Scandinavian woes deepen as Tesla loses Swedish court case, Finnish union joins port blockade
Tesla’s troubles with labor unions in Scandinavia deepened, as it lost a legal suit against Sweden’s postal service and Finland joined a solidarity strike.
China vows to ‘moderately’ strengthen fiscal policy to bolster economic recovery
China’s Politburo said Friday that it would continue to implement “proactive” fiscal policies and “prudent” monetary policies next year.
Biden’s support of Israel leaves him as isolated as Russia on the world stage, analyst says
Washington’s stated unconditional backing of Israel has been a longstanding pillar of its Middle East foreign policy.
Putin arrives in the UAE for rare trip, before visiting Saudi Arabia
The visits are his first to the region since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
Moody’s cut China’s credit outlook to negative on rising debt risks
This move underscores concerns over rising debt levels and the impact on broader growth in the world’s second-largest economy
Spotify to lay off 17% of employees — read the full memo CEO Daniel Ek sent to staff
Music streaming service Spotify is laying off 17% of its workforce, CEO Daniel Ek said Monday.
IMF chief makes the case for carbon pricing as ‘writing on the wall’ for oil and gas
The head of the International Monetary Fund on Sunday underlined the case for carbon pricing at the COP28 climate summit.
Fed Chair Powell calls talk of cutting rates ‘premature’ and says more hikes could happen
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Friday pushed back on market expectations for aggressive interest rate cuts ahead.
Bill Gates warns the world is likely to smash through a critical warming threshold
Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates on Friday said the world is likely to overshoot 2 degrees Celsius of global warming.