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Colorado suffered the biggest drop in its homeownership rate of any state last year, according to counts from the U.S. Census Bureau. But economists and demographers in the state aren’t buying it. The homeownership rate, a measure of how many households own the place where they live versus renting it, was 69.7% during the fourth quarter of 2022. It moved up to 70.2% in the second quarter of 2023 before plunging to 62.7% in the fourth quarter. No other state came close to matching that 7 percentage point decline last year.…

For years, SoftBank Group splashed out billions on startups at near-peak valuations without batting an eye. Now founder Masayoshi Son's tech powerhouse is relying on a new weapon as it searches for the next big thing in AI: caution.The strategy marks a vast turnaround for a company that completely transformed the world of tech investing with its high-conviction bets on startups at an unheard of scale.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIIM LucknowIIML Executive Programme in…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Children routinely interact with people they don't know online and respond with caution when approached, but they want tech companies and governments to do more to keep them safe according to preliminary research findings released on Safer Internet Day. Following workshops with 597 children and young people aged…

In 2020, as the Indian startup scene began to boom, Reshbha Munjal, a Delhi-based angel investor, decided to shift her investment focus. Until then, she had put her money in stocks and mutual funds. After seeing the rise of companies like Flipkart and Ola, she was convinced that she should invest in private markets. “I saw an opportunity to achieve scale in the private market and to invest in ideas that aren’t accessible in public markets,” she says.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering…

The annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meet in Davos couldn't get enough of the one concept that’s been the buzzword all of last year – artificial intelligence (AI). For top business leaders and policymakers attending the 5-day shindig, the benefits and threats posed by generative AI, and the response to the unprecedented changes it portends topped the agenda.As the annual meet wraps up today, here's a look at who said what.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIIM…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeA film season that includes two James Bond films has come with trigger warnings due to “outdated” language and stereotypes.One year after Ian Fleming’s 007 books were revised to omit offensive references, cautions are being made about two Bond outings as part of the British Film Institute’s (BFI) retrospective John Barry: Soundtracking Bond and Beyond, which places the spotlight on the…

Artificial intelligence represents a mixed blessing for the legal field, US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said in a year-end report published on Sunday, urging "caution and humility" as the evolving technology transforms how judges and lawyers go about their work.Roberts struck an ambivalent tone in his 13-page report. He said AI had the potential to increase access to justice for indigent litigants, revolutionise legal research and assist courts in resolving cases more quickly and cheaply while also pointing…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Climate change might not be high on its immediate agenda, but New Zealand's new government does have one potentially significant and innovative policy. Recognizing the marine environment's ability to remove atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂), it has pledged to consider bringing wetlands into the emissions trading scheme, and to…

Federal and state governments have just released a national framework for generative AI in schools. This paves the way for generative AI—algorithms that can create new content—to be used routinely in classrooms around the country. This provides much-needed guidance, a full year after the launch of ChatGPT. Over the past 12 months, schools have had a range of responses to the technology from outright banning to…

by Ulrich von Lampe, Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) gGmbH Carbon versus climate neutrality. a, Diagram showing net-zero CO2 emissions or carbon neutrality, whereby CO2 emissions are balanced by CO2 removals globally94. b, The additional climate effects of CO2 emissions and removals (co-emissions of non-CO2 GHGs and aerosol precursors, biogeophysical effects and asymmetry…