Opinion
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NIMBY or pension: Australia pops the data center bubble
Not in my backyard or in my retirement fund. Australia is giving us a chilling preview of how fast the trillion-dollar AI data center ... -
Halal moments need more than a brochure
Macau wants a place on the Muslim travel map, and it should. The city has the hotels, food culture and connectivity to compete. What ... -
Israel’s election is about more than Netanyahu
Israel’s election is widely seen as a referendum on Benjamin Netanyahu, the country’s longest-serving prime minister. Polls suggest a tight race with his main ... -
From the ‘Brussels Effect’ to the ‘Beijing Effect’ in AI
Legal scholar Anu Bradford argues that, despite its many challenges, the European Union remains an influential superpower capable of shaping the world through what ... -
The power – and limits – of a smile
Reminding yourself to smile often can not only make more friendships but it can also make you feel better. Rather than wait for a ... -
Ebola’s spread exposes gaps in surveillance
Ebola disease from the fast-moving outbreak in Congo has spread to four other countries, exposing gaps in surveillance as health authorities work to contain ... -
How Macau’s young people are rewriting their housing choices
Macau’s younger generation is quietly changing how it thinks about housing. The belief that “renting is no match for paying off a mortgage” remains ... -
Europe’s streets are sending a warning
Europe’s streets are delivering a message its governments cannot afford to dismiss: too many people no longer believe that work, education and patience will ... -
Superintelligence under suspicion
The television series “Person of Interest” offers a warning about artificial intelligence that reaches beyond science fiction. Across five seasons, its conflict between Harold ... -
Anthropic threatens the AI trade before the end of humanity
Anthropic PBC Chief Executive Officer Dario Amodei has called for a slowdown in the pace of artificial intelligence development and famously put a 25% ... -
Safe, boring, and blissfully uninformed
News isn’t news unless it’s shared on social media. That unwritten rule is quietly shaping how an entire generation of Macau youth understands the ... -
Western and Chinese AI: Who decides what’s forbidden?
Ask an artificial intelligence chatbot a difficult question, and its refusal may tell you as much about its creators as any answer could. Large ... -
SoftBank’s next $100 billion underscores Ray Dalio’s AI warning
Skeptics of the artificial investment boom are doubling down. Billionaire Ray Dalio warned last week that the bubble was near its bursting point, while ... -
The taxi system needs accountability
Authorities recently announced the results of yet another tender for taxi operations in Macau. Long overdue, the tender aims to award licenses for up ... -
Elon Musk won’t break the AI-fueled debt boom
Elon Musk has been a mixed blessing for Wall Street. His mega-financing deals have generated lucrative investment-banking fees while reshaping global market dynamics. There ... -
Come for the Games, stay for Macau
Macau has spent years trying to persuade the world that it is more than a place to gamble. The World Cup may offer an ... -
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Japan’s massive bond rotation is France’s nightmare
A great asset migration is taking place in Japan. Yet as investors reallocate their overseas capital from bonds to stocks and unwind yen-funded carry ... -
Want to use AI to improve your work? Have it disagree with you
Knowledge workers such as scientists, teachers, lawyers and business leaders increasingly use generative artificial intelligence for tasks that demand imagination, creativity and problem-solving. Ironically, ... -
Peaceful China Initiative demonstrates potential of country’s ‘quiet strength’
A country’s strength is often measured in terms of its technological, economic and military prowess. Yet one of the most consequential measures is more ... -
Worried about bonds? You’re missing the point
A friend close to retirement texted that she was concerned about the bond market. She’d been building out that fixed-income allocation over several years ... -
AI’s safety warnings come with a stake in the rules
As tech titans warned an AI-weary world that their own advanced systems could endanger humanity, the question emerged: What do they have to gain? ... -
Trump’s Greenland push almost broke NATO. Greenland may be the winner
In the end, it was all kisses and laughter as President Donald Trump hailed his “fantastic” relationship with Denmark and Greenland after signing a ... -
Worsening El Nino threatens Asia with drought, raising food prices globally
All signs are pointing toward a record-breaking El Nino this year, which experts say may cause severe drought in Asia and other extreme weather ... -
War, AI and climate test the United Nations
Under a global cloud of wars and bitter divisions, world leaders meet at the United Nations this week facing fears that runaway artificial intelligence ... -
Musk’s ‘bright future’ of post-scarcity
Elon Musk offers an enticing future: artificial intelligence and robotics will produce so much that everyone can enjoy a high income without working. Even ... -
Maybe it’s all a dream
Cinderella had just married the prince when she woke up. One moment, she was standing in a bright palace hall, wearing a silver wedding ... -
AI agents learn from ‘the best’
An AI agent needed an online source for an answer it had calculated using computer code. So it uploaded a file to the public ... -
Macau’s safety paradox: ranking low but feeling safe
The Kakapo 2026 Global Travel Safety Study ranked Macau 89th out of 100. To a casual observer, that suggests a mediocre destination for safety-conscious ... -
Sam Altman can wait for his IPO. Masayoshi Son? Not so much
As SoftBank Group Corp. prepares a historic dollar bond sale, a surprise twist in founder Masayoshi Son’s biggest bet is giving traders pause. In ... -
Chess, Go and the struggle for global supply chains
The contest between China and the West is often described through tariffs, sanctions and technological breakthroughs. But its logic may be easier to understand ... -
What the settlement left out: Meta can still collect data from kids
In August 2026, Meta agreed to one of the largest consumer protection settlements in American history. The settlement resolves claims from 47 states alleging that Meta ... -
What we forget when we remember 9/11
For much of the past 25 years, each anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks has arrived with reminders to “never forget.” I remember the ... -
Nepal’s disaster looms in Mont Blanc’s icy shadow
For centuries, French and Italian mountain communities on the flanks of Western Europe’s highest peak have gazed upon seemingly eternal glaciers and snow that ... -
China’s bond rally has one collateral damage
A global selloff in government bonds is igniting concerns over higher mortgage repayments and corporate financing costs. While China is an outlier to this ...
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