Samsung’s slimmer Galaxy Z Fold 7 surprises with better battery life. Market response signals a shift toward premium foldables, especially in Korea. A rebranding could redefine Samsung’s place in the high-end smartphone world. Samsung is no stranger to innovation, but its latest iteration of foldable smartphones may be its most pivotal yet. The Galaxy Z Fold 7 introduces a sleeker form factor without compromising performance, battery life, or appeal.

The most revealing number in first‑quarter 2025 was not a blockbuster yield or a spectacular default. It was 3.1 basis points—the average bid‑ask spread recorded across forty‑one sovereign and supranational bonds issued as fully tokenised instruments on permissioned ledgers. Their matched conventional twins traded at 6.6 basis points, more than double the friction. That 3.5-basis-point delta may look microscopic, yet every basis point saved on a standard USD 100 million ten-year bond removes roughly USD 100,000 in intermediation costs.

CXMT and YMTC Expand Production Rapidly to Capture Market Share Will Rising DDR4 Prices Provide Additional Tailwinds? Chinese Firms Also Eye High-Value Products Like DDR5 and HBM The influence of Chinese memory semiconductor companies—Changx

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AI companion market growing explosively Over 160 services offer “AI lovers” Potential side effects include pseudo-attachment and emotional isolation As generative AI becomes increasingly sophisticated, the dating app market built on this technology is booming. The concept of Samantha from the movie Her—an AI that shares emotions with a human—has become reality. However, many analysts warn that emotional exchanges with AI may negatively impact human emotional health in the long run.

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In just eighteen months, US public school data dashboards recorded an estimated 73 million automated “risk scores”—digital red flags that can trigger everything from remedial placement to mandated mental-health referrals. The figure is not conjecture. RAND’s fall 2024 survey found that 48% of districts had trained teachers on AI tools – a jump of twenty-five points in a single year. This increase in AI usage, however, should not overshadow the crucial role of human judgment in education.

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Trump Warns of 145% Tariffs on Chinese Electronics and Components Apple, which sources over 80% from China, likely to face price hikes Moves production to India and Vietnam in a bid to diversify As the Trump administration signals plans to impos

Huawei Faces Production Issues with Next-Gen 5nm AP EUV Equipment Shortage Leads to Yield Around 30% Production to Rely on Improved SMIC 7nm Process As Huawei prepares to launch its next-generation smar

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U.S. EV Tax Credits Abolished as OBBBA Takes Effect Musk: “Trump’s Tax Cuts Will Wreck the U.S.

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A Lone Earnings Shock Amid the AI Rally Second-Quarter Losses Reflect Future Write-Downs Room for Earnings Recovery in the Second Half Expands Employees in cleanroom suits hold up wafers at Samsung Electronics' Py

From Jakarta’s toll roads to Tokyo’s Marunouchi subway, rush-hour traffic has thinned in ways few labor economists dared predict. Bureau of Labor Statistics microdata released in February 2025 shows that the share of Asian women who reported teleworking at least once a week jumped from 7% in 2019 to 32.5% by late 2024—a near-quadruple leap matched only by wartime mobilization in modern economic history.

Amid Market Saturation, Fierce Competition in China’s EV Industry "Only 15 Out of 129 Brands Expected to Survive" Excessive Price Wars Leave Most Firms Unprofitable China’s electric vehicle (EV) industry is facing a dire outlook, with projecti

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Microsoft Tightens Its Belt, Cuts 9,000 Jobs "Reducing Non-AI Workforce to Increase Investment" US Tech Companies Lay Off 63,000 This Year Alone Photo = Microsoft Microsoft (MS), which has been inve