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Gigged and Gagged: Algorithms, gig platforms are reshaping cities faster than planners and regulations can adapt

Algorithms and logistics are subtly redesigning India's urban geography and economics. Dark stores and ride-hailing platforms are altering street-level operations and traffic patterns. Informal services are transforming residential areas with app-mediated worker circulation. Existing zoning regulations struggle to keep pace with these rapid changes. New principles are needed to integrate…

The Economic Times

Europe’s gas prices are surging. Who will be the first to pay more?

Europe could face its toughest winter gas season since 2022 as wholesale prices trade near their highest level in more than three years. Household bills could rise quickly in the Netherlands while taking nearly a year to fully adjust in Germany and Austria.

Euronews

ET WLF 2026: AI growth needs governance, financial discipline to stay sustainable

Industry executives highlight AI governance and financial sustainability challenges. Many AI uses currently lack revenue or profit pools, requiring future monetization. Companies are rushing into AI without adequate safety and regulation oversight. Unit economics are vital for enterprise AI applications and long-term profitability. AI is reshaping the talent landscape, necessitating…

The Economic Times

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When Valve killed its Ravenholm game, Arkane founder says "we did not understand" its thinking: "It all came down to the economics behind Half-Life 2 and how the DLCs were selling"

"It took us a decade to move on from the pain of the Ravenholm project"

GamesRadar

Quote of the day by Paul Krugman: 'I think so long as fossil fuels are cheap, people will use them and it will...' - powerful quote by Nobel Prize-winning economist teaches inspiring life lessons on change, innovation and how cheap energy can slow the shift to new technology

Quote of the day by Paul Krugman: Economist Paul Krugman highlights cost as a key factor in energy transitions. He argues cheap fossil fuels delay the adoption of new technologies. This economic reality influences investment and innovation in cleaner alternatives. Renewable technologies are now becoming more competitive with fossil fuels.

The Economic Times

China's netizens rage against professor who said gig work was a type of 'welfare'

A prominent economics professor's remarks on gig work as welfare ignited public anger in China. She argued flexibility offers welfare, contrasting it with regular employment benefits. This controversy highlights deep anxieties over job insecurity in China's cooling economy. Flexible workers, without permanent contracts, are projected to reach 320 million this…

The Economic Times

Why freezing entry-level AFL final ticket prices is smart economics

It’s AFL finals time – and in a season on track for record attendance, the league’s decision to freeze the price of entry-level finals tickets for an 11th straight year is smart economics.

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What Indian Women Actually Wore in the 1970s and Why That Fashion Still Speaks Today

The decade that dressed itself in contradictionThe 1970s Indian woman did not dress for a mood board. She dressed for a power cut, a bus commute, a college corridor where being noticed too much was its own kind of problem. The silhouettes that came out of that decade were not…

Times Life

Why the Crocodile's Powerful Immune System Could Help Scientists Fight Antibiotic Resistance

An animal that should not survive its own habitatCrocodiles fight constantly. They lose limbs. They tear open each other's hides in territorial battles fought in water thick with fecal matter, rotting carcasses, and every pathogen a tropical swamp can produce. Their wounds almost never get infected. That observation, sitting in…

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ET World Leaders Forum: Broader media economics key to cricket's success, says JioStar's Uday Shankar

JioStar Vice Chairman Uday Shankar said cricket’s long-term success depends on broader media economics, beyond stadium attendance, as traditional media faces pressure from changing advertising models. Speaking at the ET World Leaders Forum, he also discussed the IPL’s relevance, women’s cricket, digital accessibility, AI-led content innovation and the evolving media…

The Economic Times

The Tamilian Jewellery Traditions That Carry South Indian Craftsmanship, And the Artisans Losing Them

What the piece is actually sayingYou can tell a machine-made temple necklace from a hand-worked one by the back. The front is easy to fake, the goddess's face, the lotus border, the kirtimukha at the crown. Turn it over and the hand-worked piece shows you the ghost of every tool…

Times Life

Why Grocery Stores Put Milk in the Back — And 7 Other Ways the Store Encourages You to Spend More

If you run into the supermarket for a single gallon of milk and walk out thirty minutes later with a cart full of snacks, coffee, and household items you never planned to buy, you aren’t alone. Supermarket layouts and merchandising strategies are meticulously engineered to maximize your time in the…

Grocery Coupon Guide

'Game-changer' GLP-1s could fix America's obesity crisis—but 2 inequalities stand in the way

Wells Fargo Industry Insights' Robin Wenzel says the drugs are rewriting healthcare economics, but the math doesn't "pencil out" too often.

Fortune

European gas prices hit highest point since March, worse may follow

European gas prices have surged 130% in 2026, and low storage and supply risks leave Europe vulnerable to a costly winter.

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Fashion Rental Is Growing in These Indian Cities, Here Is Why It Is Actually Working

The Cities Where Rental Has Critical MassMumbai, Bengaluru, and Delhi account for the bulk of active fashion rental transactions in India, and the reasons are structural rather than cultural. Mumbai has the highest concentration of destination weddings, film-adjacent events, and corporate parties that demand one-time outfits. Bengaluru's large salaried tech…

TechRadar

'There is no reliable, economical one-size-fits-all model on the horizon': Experts claim AI costs will grow fivefold by 2028, as demand continues to soar

Experts have determined some uncomfortable truths about token economics, where falling token prices are pushing the development of complex agentic workflows, outweighing the savings

Benzinga

Taiwan Semiconductor’s AI Bottleneck Hands Samsung a Powerful Pricing Opportunity

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (OTC:SSNLF) is using stronger AI-chip demand, tighter industry capacity, and improving manufacturing performance to raise prices and strengthen the economics of its foundry business as it works to narrow the gap with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (NYSE:TSM).

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Tesla's Cybercab Launch Could Reshape Margins for Uber and Lyft

Tesla's planned August Cybercab launch in Austin could pressure ride-hailing economics, with analysts weighing exposure at Uber, Lyft and Tesla amid shifting margin and valuation risks.

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Euronews

War and heatwaves threaten to push bread and pasta prices higher

Global food prices are expected to increase by double digits in 2026 as Russia's escalating war in Ukraine worsens the impact of other food price shocks, according to Oxford Economics. Wheat is expected to face the greatest pressure, likely pushing up bread and pasta prices.

Times Life

Inside a Kodava Home in Coorg: What a Coorgi Homestay Teaches You About Real Hospitality

The Room They Kept for YouThe guest room in a Kodava home is not decorated for Instagram. The bedspread is old and clean. There is a window that opens onto coffee estate rows, and in the morning the mist comes through before the light does. Nobody left a welcome card…

The Economic Times

Govt brings incentive scheme to accelerate household piped gas connections

A new government incentive scheme aims to accelerate piped natural gas connections. Eligible companies will receive cheaper gas for new household connections. This initiative seeks to expand access to cleaner and more affordable cooking fuel. The scheme is expected to significantly improve the economics of network expansion. A unified portal…

TechRadar

We're asking the wrong question about the cost of enterprise AI

Token pricing hides the real cost of enterprise AI: the infrastructure powering every request.

Times Life

Himachal Homestay Tourism: What Mountain Families Gain and What Travellers Bring Back

The room is not the pointThe bed is narrow. The blanket smells of cedar and something older. Outside the window, a walnut tree drops its fruit onto a tin roof at 5 a.m., and that sound wakes you before the family does. You did not come here for the room.…

The Times of India

Meet Jasper Gould and Emile Chilingirian: The two Brooklyn teenagers who built a Gen Z finance newsletter to nearly 60,000 subscribers while running a student investment group

Jasper Gould and Emile Chilingirian are juniors at the Berkeley Carroll School in Brooklyn, but much of their time outside class is spent on projects that look more like a small financial media company than a typical high school activity. The two founded the Brooklyn Youth Charitable Investment Group in…

Euronews

Britain's Reform UK party pledges to strip all foreign nationals of benefits, including EU citizens

"The welfare state is there for Britain. No British citizenship, no entitlement," Robert Jenrick, Reform's economics spokesperson, said on Monday.

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