A $420 camera for $10: China’s young consumers would rather rent than buy. Beijing has a problem.
Young Chinese consumers are renting cameras, drones, and camping gear rather than purchasing them outright, with rental prices as low as $10 for equipment worth $420. This trend reflects both cost savings and a broader challenge to Beijing's efforts to stimulate consumer spending.
Read full story →OpenAI is losing female execs. But data shows women in AI don’t even make it to the C-suite
Multiple female executives have recently departed OpenAI, including Chief Revenue Officer Denise Dresser and Chief Marketing Officer Kate Rouch. A LinkedIn analysis across 27 countries found women hold only 31% of AI leadership roles at director level or above, and just one in eight technical C-suite positions at AI companies.
Gen Z are AI skeptics—and this is the tech CEO they trust the least
A CNBC poll found that 65% of Americans under 35 distrust Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on AI responsibility, with distrust ranging up to 76% for Anthropic's Dario Amodei. Respondents showed no trust in any of the nine surveyed AI industry figures to act responsibly on artificial intelligence.
U.S. critical mineral strategy depends on battery recycling
Battery recycling and domestic processing of critical minerals like lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese are essential to reducing U.S. dependence on China's control of battery supply chains. The strategy requires combining recycling, processing, refinement, and allied partnerships rather than relying on mining alone.