The oil-rich kingdom is plowing money into glitzy events, computing power and artificial intelligence research, putting it in the middle of an escalating U.S.-China struggle for technological influence.
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‘To the Future’: Saudi Arabia Spends Big to Become an A.I. Superpower
The oil-rich kingdom is plowing money into glitzy events, computing power and artificial intelligence research, putting it in the middle of an escalating U.S.-China struggle for technological influence.
War or No War, Ukrainians Aren’t Giving Up Their Coffee
Coffee shops and kiosks are everywhere in Ukraine’s capital, their popularity both an act of wartime defiance and a symbol of closer ties to the rest of Europe.
A Stairway to Nowhere Sells for $32,000 in London
An entrepreneur saw what others didn’t and now owns the unused set of stairs, which are attached to the back of a suburban building.
For Many Small-Business Owners, a Necessary Shift to Digital Payments
The pandemic accelerated a transition to cashless payments, forcing a reckoning among small-business owners. But there are benefits: An owner said one cashless system saved her $3,000 a month.
Once an Evangelist for Airbnbs, She Now Crusades for Affordable Housing
Precious Price ditched her profitable business of renting home stays to tourists to combat the mounting housing crisis.
Tech Leaders in Israel Wonder if It’s Time to Leave
Ahead of a judicial overhaul that could transform the country and frighten away investors, the executives of Start-Up Nation are mulling an exodus.
His Mom Labored on a Winery Under Apartheid. Now, He Owns One.
Paul Siguqa grew up hating wineries because his mother toiled in their fields. But last year he opened the only fully Black-owned vineyard in Franschhoek, one of South Africa’s most prestigious wine towns.
Twilight of Entrepreneurs in China as More Leave the Country
Two of China’s best-known entrepreneurs, Pan Shiyi and Zhang Xin, stepped down from their top jobs at the real estate development company they built.
Ivory Coast, a Big Cocoa Exporter, Tries to Move Up the Ladder
A new generation of Ivory Coast chocolatiers is striving to change an industry that has long left cocoa farmers in poverty.