Venture capitalists scripted SVB’s fall
SVB, in turn, assessed its clients’ creditworthiness in part by who their funders were. As my colleagues and I saw, an investment from a top tier V.C....
​Is nuclear arms control just a fantasy?
14 March 2023 5:30 AMThe complexity of today’s world has generated something akin to nostalgia for a time when there were only two superpowers to deal with and stability...
Eight-legged candy-striper killers prowl before sunrise
13 March 2023 1:30 PMCandy-stripers were also known thieves, poaching prey from the webs of neighboring spiders, including, as Dr. Scott and Dr. McCann observed, black...
What really controls our global economy
13 March 2023 5:30 AMThere are city-states, havens, enclaves, free ports, high-tech parks, duty-free districts and innovation hubs linking to other similar entities...
Ian Falconer, creator of Olivia, the energetic piglet, dies at 63
11 March 2023 9:30 AMBy the time Olivia falls into bed at the end of the book, she has played dress-up — all the garments and accessories she tries out are red — built a...
Energy dominance: Russia grip on EU’s nuclear power
11 March 2023 5:30 AMThe Czech Republic’s energy company, CEZ, has signed contracts with Pennsylvania-based Westinghouse Electric Co. and the French company Framatome to...
AI Unravelled: The false promise of ChatGPT
10 March 2023 1:30 AMThe human mind is not, like ChatGPT and its ilk, a lumbering statistical engine for pattern matching. It is a surprisingly efficient and elegant...
Squashing Dissent: Final assault on India’s press freedom
9 March 2023 3:00 AMThe Centre’s repressive media policies are destroying Kashmiri journalism, intimidating outlets into serving as government mouthpieces and creating a...