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"Shockingly Bad" Chinese Econ Data Stuns Wall Street, Sparks Hard Landing Concerns Confirming our Sunday preview, overnight China reported growth data which slowed across the board in April with investment resuming declines, retail sales missing sales and growing at the weakest rate in 4 years while industrial production rose at the slowest pace in three years, calling into question Beijing's reluctance to add stimulus to the economy as a global energy crisis hits factories and consumers across the world. China's Monday data dump of official data on Monday painted a picture of...

The Rise Of AI Writing And The Decline Of Human Voice Artificial intelligence has become a powerful writing assistant, helping people draft emails, essays, marketing copy, and social media posts in seconds. But as these tools grow more popular, researchers are raising concerns about an unintended consequence: AI may be changing not just what we write, but how we communicate altogether, according to Axios. New research suggests that widespread use of large language models is making language more uniform. A study conducted by University of Southern California found that after the...

Iranians on Tuesday held a funeral in Tehran for two Iranian military air defense personnel who were killed by Israeli strikes earlier this week as the region remains on the brink of full-scale war. Iran’s PressTV identified the slain Iranian soldiers as Bahman Hosseini and Alireza Abiri and said that the funeral ceremony was held […]