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The world’s most protected currencies: Revealing the hardest banknotes to counterfeit

With counterfeit currency amounting to millions of bills every year, driven by advancements in printing technology, central banks have been enhancing their banknotes with various advanced security features. From holograms and hidden images to microprints and colour-shifting inks, these elements are designed to thwart even the most skilled fraudsters. However, not all currencies are equally […]

Big tech’s staggering power consumption: Calculating the massive electricity bills companies pay off with ease

In today’s digital world, tech giants such as Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Nvidia power nearly every aspect of our lives. However, behind the digital services and devices we use daily, these tech companies are running sprawling data centres, global offices, and production facilities that consume staggering amounts of energy. In fact, their power consumption is […]

The global cost of homes in 2025: Comparing the real mortgage interest rates and home prices around the world

As inflation gradually eases in 2025, central banks across major economies have cautiously begun lowering interest rates. Yet, for many prospective homeowners, the cost of borrowing remains prohibitively high, keeping dreams of property ownership out of reach. In more prosperous nations, where mortgage rates have dipped in tandem with resilient average incomes, buyers are beginning […]

AI’s Power Demand: Calculating ChatGPT’s electricity consumption for handling over 365 billion user queries every year

AI startup OpenAI recently revealed that its groundbreaking chatbot, ChatGPT, has reached 300 million weekly active users, doubling the number it had in September 2023. This rapid growth has made ChatGPT one of the fastest-growing and most popular apps of all time. Beyond answering basic questions, this powerful tool can compose entire essays in seconds, […]

Gold’s 2025 Rally: Mapping central banks’ demand for the precious metal in 2025

In 2025, gold prices reached unprecedented levels, with spot gold trading at above $3,932 per troy ounce as of May 7th, an increase of over 83% within just a year. This remarkable surge, primarily driven by escalating geopolitical tensions over the past two years and the growing economic uncertainties, has allowed the cost of gold […]

Bitcoin whales on the move: The number of sleeping BTC giants that woke up in 2024 has more than doubled since last year

In early June, Bitcoin surged to over $71,000 sparking widespread enthusiasm across the financial world and in crypto markets, in particular. The cryptocurrency hit an all-time high of $75,750 on March 14, marking a 178% increase from the same day in 2023. These bullish jumps in price did not go unnoticed and everyone from crypto […]

2024 Tech Layoffs: Over 260,000 jobs slashed globally since January

Last year, the tech industry faced a brutal wave of layoffs, with 167.6 thousand employees losing their jobs in the first three months alone, exceeding the total number of layoffs for all of 2022. This trend of job cuts has continued into 2024, driven by economic challenges, high interest rates, and rapid advancements in artificial […]