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Burnout is not a business strategy

For much of the past two decades, Silicon Valley has done more than produce successful companies. It has shaped the global imagination of what entrepreneurship is supposed to look like. Success, according to this narrative, is measured in dizzying speed.

Finance & Markets

Final redemption under Sovereign Gold Bond (SGB) Scheme - Redemption Price for final redemption of SGB 2018-19 Series-II due on October 23, 2026

In terms of GOI notification F.No.4(22)-B(W&M)/2018 dated October 08, 2018 (SGB 2018-19 Series-II-Issue date October 23, 2018) on Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme, the Gold Bond shall be repayable on the…

  • Final redemption of 2018-19 Series-II SGB on October 23, 2026
  • Redemption price based on average gold closing prices
  • ₹14,425 per unit calculated from Oct 19-22, 2026 gold prices

Finance & Markets

Africa’s stablecoin promise breaks at the off-ramp

While stablecoins offer rapid finality for cross-border payments in Africa, high conversion costs, thin local liquidity, and strict compliance hurdles at the off-ramp undermine their potential…

  • Three African payment providers tested stablecoins to reduce cross-border transfer costs.
  • Off-ramp to local currency proved costlier than 8%, limiting stablecoin benefits.
  • Stablecoins cannot resolve African cross-border finance until addressing local liquidity.

Business

Tesla, Nvidia Invest in Samsung Electro-Mechanics

Samsung Electro-Mechanics will receive an investment of about 3 trillion won (about $2.27 billion) from Tesla and Nvidia to expand its production facilities for flip-chip ball grid array (FC-BGA), a…

  • Tesla invests $2.27 billion for FC-BGA substrates production.
  • Nvidia commits $2 trillion for AI semiconductor expansion.
  • Samsung Electro-Mechanics to produce substrates for Tesla and Nvidia starting 2029.

Tech

ActiveState Allies with Docker to Harden Software Artifacts

ActiveState and Docker, Inc. today revealed they will both resell the hardened libraries and images that each company curates. The overall goal is to make it simpler for application development teams to source both hardened container images and the libraries they run on that are certified using Level 3 of The post ActiveState Allies with…

AI

Unitree developing AI system to let humanoid robots improve themselves

Unitree Robotics is developing a “self-evolving” feedback loop designed to allow humanoid robots to write code, run simulations and improve their real-world performance independently, founder Wang Xingxing said, in a move that mirrors a broader push towards “self-improving” artificial intelligence.

Culture

‘Heated Rivalry’ Is Heading to Theaters Ahead of Season 2

Regal will be screening all of Season 1, broken into three pairs of episodes, across more than 650 theaters in November The post ‘Heated Rivalry’ Is Heading to Theaters Ahead of Season 2 appeared…

  • "Heated Rivalry" limited release in theaters Nov 6-30
  • Based on Rachel Reid's "Game Changers" novels
  • Stars Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie

Culture

America's Growth Leaders of 2027

AI continues to dominate American business growth. In TIME’s and Statista’s second annual ranking of America’s Growth Leaders—which highlights the top performing publicly listed companies in the U.S…

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