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The strict time limits China imposed on how long under-18s can spend playing video games had no effect on heavy gaming generally, according to a study of 7 billion hours of playing time

Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil company, has become an unlikely beneficiary of funds earmarked for sustainable investments thanks to a complex web of financial structures it used to raise money from its pipelines. Aramco doesn’t appear to have set out to tap cash originally intended for environmental, social and good...

Contrary to Silicon Valley wisdom, training AIs on larger data sets could worsen their tendency to replicate societal biases and racist stereotypes

Fifteen months ago, Vladimir Putin’s army was on the outskirts of Kyiv. Now the Russian leader is struggling to maintain control in Moscow. The rebellion of Wagner forces, led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, is the final confirmation of how catastrophically wrong the war in Ukraine has gone for Putin. Even if the Russian leader prevails...

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Advanced Micro Devices reported that revenue in its second quarter was $5.36 billion, down 18% from a year earlier as the client PC market continues to climb back during the economic downturn. But investors took the report as good news, as AI-related stocks such as AMD, which makes the processors and graphics processing units...