The Economist

THE ECONOMIST: The technology is quietly playing a role in every aspect of film-making.

Longer than the world hopes, according to our Hormuz dependency dashboard.

THE ECONOMIST: The US Federal Reserve faces the risk of AI stocks falling and the oil price soaring.

A British retail magnate is trying to takeover the brand after its millennial makeover.

THE ECONOMIST: Today’s billionaires are more likely than yesterday’s to have made their own money

The latest round of talks is most likely to deliver a loose patch for a threadbare deal.

Etsy-sellers and small-town accountants are enjoying the fruits of AI

THE ECONOMIST: The bombing may have paused, but energy supplies remain precarious.

Believe it or not, when Elon Musk makes a prediction about the future — from civil war to an artificial intelligence utopia — it is worth listening. The world’s richest man sits down with The Economist.

Demand for open-weight models is soaring, but what does a rise in Chinese labs mean?

Fewer than ever believe central bankers will bring it back to target.

THE ECONOMIST: Andy Burnham’s soaring rhetoric has not been matched by a transformative vision for government. 

THE ECONOMIST: Donald Trump’s tariff assault on Pix just makes Brazilians love it — and their President — more.

THE ECONOMIST: This baby-faced billionaire you’ve never heard of is now richer than Sam Altman.

His films are ambitious and technically brilliant, but often emotionally detached

THE ECONOMIST: State-backed efforts to catch up with frontier models are doomed.

The Economist: One reason prices have not risen further is that oil markets still deem it likely that, with mid-term elections four months away, Donald Trump will cave.

The market discipline that was meant to cage the prince has, in short, become the lever by which the prince escapes the cage.