>"Strike shuts steel plants, disrupts car production and delays shipments of raw materials needed for semiconductors"

"Sure it's non advantageous for small businesses. Great to have strategy that doesn't overly rely on one platform."

>"The “fiscal” and “monetary” policy tools of smart contract blockchain platforms may work even better than the economic policy tools of governments."

"Meta Platforms, the company formerly known as Facebook (FB), had its worst day ever on the stock market Thursday, after reporting a rare profit decline and stagnant user numbers, and delivering a vague assessment of the company's prospects _...Read More_

>"Technology stocks have been tumbling in the new year; now all eyes are on the sector’s giants as they report results"

"Yanis Varoufakis explains why Socrates was right to reject ancient Athens' version of the ultimate "metaverse.""

"Mark Zuckerberg wants you to believe his metaverse is the final frontier. The misconception comes with over a century of warnings."

"It’s a rebrand of Silicon Valley's increasing power and reach. And it’s made for companies, not people."

"Mark Zuckerberg’s latest Meta morphosis fills me a deep sense of dread. And some companies are too toxic to rebrand, says journalist Imogen West-Knights"

"A metal made from the second-most abundant element on Earth has become scarce, threatening everything from car parts to computer chips and throwing up another hurdle for the world economy."

Facebook announced in a corporate blog post Sunday that it will hire 10,000 workers in the EU to build out its plans for the "metaverse."

>"Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One provides an apt conceptualization of the metaverse where any individual can create and participate in virtual experiences. In the novel, a near-future world grapples…"

"Despite recent slowing, U.S. economy is posting solid growth. And the nation has had trouble sustaining even 4% annual inflation over the past 40 years."

"Debt troubles in China and Washington, D.C. helped boost safe-haven demand for precious metals early this week. By Thursday, however, investors piled"

"China’s factory-gate prices rose in August at the fastest pace since the global financial crisis in 2008, exacerbating cost pressure for manufacturers."