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Elon Musk predicts that advancing AI systems will one day make work “optional” and money “irrelevant,” arguing that future AI could take over nearly all human labour. His sweeping vision comes even as Musk’s own AI ambitions faced renewed scrutiny this week, after his chatbot Grok began telling users that its creator was the smartest, strongest and most attractive person on the planet—claims that have intensified concerns about bias and control in next-generation AI systems. By Rohit Dhuliya Elon Musk has doubled down on his sweeping predictions about artificial intelligence, arguing that rapid advances will fundamentally reshape the global economy.…

Priscille Biehlmann In an age when most journalism is both produced and consumed digitally and where many reporters work remotely, what purpose does a physical newsroom still serve? I spoke with media managers at French newspaper Le Monde, news agency AFP, and innovative project Publix to learn what a fit-for-purpose newsroom building looks like. Their newsroom buildings, they told me, influence their editorial processes, provide value for staff, and carry symbolic weight both within their organisations and for the public. Here’s what they think newsrooms are for in 2025. Full article:https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-design-newsroom-building-digital-age-insights-le-monde-afp-and-publix

By Newswriters News Desk US retail and technology giant Amazon has announced a major round of corporate job cuts, eliminating approximately 14,000 positions—around 4% of its global office workforce—as part of a large-scale restructuring effort. In a statement released on Tuesday, the company said the move is aimed at streamlining operations, reallocating resources, and accelerating its transition toward artificial intelligence–driven innovation. The company emphasized that advances in AI are reshaping how businesses operate, noting that AI is now “enabling companies to innovate much faster than ever before.” Amazon said the restructuring will enable it to cut costs, integrate more automation…

Timeless Read : Book Review Media at War: The Iraq Crisis Howard Tumber and Jerry Palmer (London: Sage Publications, 2004 By Rohit Dhuliya Twenty years ago, Tumber and Palmer wrote about the Iraq War and showed how journalists were kept close to soldiers (through ‘embedding’), how the language of news copied the military’s words (‘collateral damage’, ‘regime targets’), and how some lives were treated as more important than others. Everything they described is still happening today – only louder and faster. We now see reporters taken on quick helicopter trips over Gaza, soldiers posting their own war videos straight to…

The U.S. is tightening immigration, restricting global talent inflows, and intensifying visa scrutiny—moves that could weaken its own innovation ecosystem. With Indian STEM students and skilled professionals facing growing uncertainty, America risks losing its technological edge and damaging a key pillar of India–U.S. relations: the free flow of human capital and knowledge. By Newswriters Research Desk A series of recent restrictive immigration measures introduced by the United States is generating turbulence across global talent pipelines and threatening to undermine one of the strongest foundations of India–U.S. engagement: the exchange of skilled human capital and knowledge. At a time when the…

By Newswriters News Desk What began as a race to net-zero has morphed into a full-blown “green energy war,” with the United States, China, and Europe now openly clashing over control of the minerals, factories, and patents that power the energy transition. This week, the European Union imposed 100–200% tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and lithium-ion batteries, accusing Beijing of flooding markets with state-subsidized products. Hours later, China restricted exports of gallium, germanium, and refined graphite—three elements essential for solar panels, wind turbines, and semiconductors—citing “national security.” Washington responded by expanding its Entity List, cutting another 40 Chinese battery and…

Newswriters News Desk A curious consensus has emerged between the rising BRICS powers pushing for de-dollarization and the United States itself: both sides publicly attribute the accelerating shift away from the dollar mainly to Washington’s “weaponization” of its currency. Yet analysts increasingly argue this narrative, while containing a kernel of truth, oversimplifies a far older and more structural trend that predates the 2022 Russia sanctions by decades. The freezing of roughly $300 billion in Russian central-bank reserves after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine is routinely cited as the catalyst that convinced emerging-market nations they could no longer treat the dollar as…

Gen Z is increasingly visible in protests, digital campaigns, and social movements worldwide. But their political awakening raises a deeper question: can this energy reshape institutions or will it remain confined to bursts of online outrage? As seen in Nepal and Bangladesh, toppling corrupt systems without credible alternatives risks further fragmentation. This article explores the paradox of a generation that can disrupt power but struggles to build it. By Newswriters News Desk For years, political analysts questioned whether Generation Z—those born roughly between the mid-1990s and early 2010s—would ever engage meaningfully with politics. Stereotyped as distracted, disillusioned, or digitally detached…

Timeless Reads:  Revisiting Eric Hobsbawm’s The Age of Extremes and its enduring insights for contemporary political life. Eric Hobsbawm’s The Age of Extremes remains one of the most influential interpretations of the 20th century, tracing how wars, revolutions, technological leaps, and ideological battles reshaped the modern world. This essay revisits Hobsbawm’s insights to ask a pressing question: how much of this “short twentieth century” still defines the politics of the 21st? From resurgent nationalism and shifting global power to widening inequality and technological disruption, the patterns Hobsbawm identified continue to echo in today’s turbulent moment. By Newswriters Editorial Team In…

The world’s most-watched YouTube video may be an internet phenomenon, but it hasn’t brought massive wealth to its creator. Nearly nine years after its release, the wildly viral children’s song “Baby Shark Dance” — uploaded by South Korea’s Pinkfong in 2016 — has accumulated more than 16.4 billion views, making it the most-viewed video in YouTube’s history. Despite this astronomical audience, the company behind the hit has reported surprisingly modest financial gains. According to financial disclosures, Pinkfong’s parent company generated just US$67 million in revenue in 2024, with an operating profit of about US$13 million across all business operations. Analysts…