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Move over, credit cards: Social-media stars are tapping magic wands to buy things automated-news
Move over, credit cards: Social-media stars are tapping magic wands to buy things

Tap-to-pay is getting a TikTok makeover as shoppers turn checking out into a personalized accessory.

22 Aug 2026
America’s Fatal Attraction to War automated-news
America’s Fatal Attraction to War

The perverse incentives for presidents to use military force.

22 Aug 2026
The AI Growth Paradox automated-news
The AI Growth Paradox

Why high productivity could still lead to a crash.

22 Aug 2026
Blanchard’s Lathe and the Long Arc of American Manufacturing automated-news
Blanchard’s Lathe and the Long Arc of American Manufacturing

Emerging from the chaos of supplying the U.S. Army during the War of 1812, the War Department sought to foster domestic production of standardized muskets. Out of this industrial project arose an invention that laid the foundation for automation and mass production. Thomas Blanchard’s copying lathe

22 Aug 2026
Philip R. Lane: The rise in defence spending and the euro area economy automated-news
Philip R. Lane: The rise in defence spending and the euro area economy

Philip R. Lane: The rise in defence spending and the euro area economy

22 Aug 2026
Iran grants permission for a number of Iraqi oil tankers to pass through Hormuz - Reuters automated-news
Iran grants permission for a number of Iraqi oil tankers to pass through Hormuz - Reuters

Iran grants permission for a number of Iraqi oil tankers to pass through Hormuz Reuters

22 Aug 2026
India’s Foreign Minister to Visit Russia Amid US Tariff Threat automated-news
India’s Foreign Minister to Visit Russia Amid US Tariff Threat

India‘s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will visit Russia and co-chair the 27th India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission meeting on trade, science, technology, and culture.

22 Aug 2026
Lula turns to Trump as unlikely ally in Brazil’s clash with Marco Rubio automated-news
Lula turns to Trump as unlikely ally in Brazil’s clash with Marco Rubio

Brazil’s president and US secretary of state exchange barbs ahead of the South American country’s election

22 Aug 2026
When Will the AI Stock Bubble Burst? 2027 – or Sooner automated-news
When Will the AI Stock Bubble Burst? 2027 – or Sooner

The artificial intelligence investment boom has hit a peak, and it’s only down from here.

22 Aug 2026
Investing in AI for More Jobs, Less Pay automated-news
Investing in AI for More Jobs, Less Pay

The good news and bad news about AI

22 Aug 2026
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