Shorter people may live longer than most—and the reasons why may surprise you
Short people may live longer than most, but why? Here’s what two prominent longevity experts say.
Mark Zuckerberg announces Meta’s new large language model as A.I. race heats up
The model, called LLaMA, is intended to help scientists and engineers explore applications for AI such as answering questions and summarizing documents.
Ericsson to lay off 8,500 workers as part of cost-cutting plan
The layoffs will affect roughly 8% of Ericsson’s staff of 105,529 worldwide.
Biden’s IRA is the U.S. playing ‘catch-up’ after Trump, UK minister says
The U.K.’s Finance Minister said Friday that the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act is U.S. President Joe Biden’s attempt to play “catch-up” on clean energy investments.
Key Fed inflation measure rose 0.6% in January, more than expected
The core PCE price index was expected to increase 0.5% from a month ago and 4.4% on an annual basis, according to Dow Jones.
How to build a high performance team, according to this top exec
Exercising command and control isn’t necessarily the only way to get the best out of a team, according to Paul Marriott, president of SAP for Asia-Pacific and Japan. Here’s what he says you should focus on instead.
Britain’s taxes will be cut ‘as soon as we can afford to,’ finance minister says
U.K. Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt on Friday said that the government will look to cut taxes “as soon as we can afford to.”
Another smartphone supports satellite connectivity, as mobile space race heats up
Connecting to satellites allows messages to reach broad swathes of land not captured by earth-based cellular equipment.
BASF to cut 2,600 jobs on high costs in Europe
German chemicals giant BASF said it would cut 2,600 jobs and halt its share buybacks, as it flagged further declines in earnings.
Refugees could help Germany’s labor market, but Ukraine’s skilled workers are needed at home
Ukraine needs its skilled workers to rebuild the country, making refugees’ participation in Germany’s labor market limited and short term.
