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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 […]

Race to $4 Trillion: Math predicts the first company to reach $4 trillion valuation

As of early August 2024, only seven publicly traded companies have market capitalisations of $1 trillion or more. Save for oil giant Saudi Aramco, they are U.S.-based firms operating in the technology sector. Among them, American chipmaker Nvidia (NVDA), which joined the coveted trillion-dollar club in May 2023, recently made headlines by temporarily surpassing Microsoft […]

Survey: The burden of student loan debt on young Americans in 2024

Days before President Joe Biden’s abrupt decision to abandon his bid for this year’s presidential elections, his administration announced it had approved another $1.2 billion in student loan debt forgiveness for 35,000 borrowers. The new round of relief brings the canceled student loan debt total to almost $169 billion, helping nearly 42.8 million Americans struggling […]

The carbon footprint of the largest crypto exchanges & NFT marketplaces

Crypto exchanges, like all websites, produce carbon emissions; the more sophisticated and visited they are, the more data they process, requiring serious server power to run them. This all comes at a high cost to the environment, especially when we consider that for many, cryptocurrencies are just a fad – overhyped digital currencies which, compared […]

The world’s most successful companies by profit per employee

In a year defined by AI breakthroughs, colossal layoffs, and serious cost-cutting across industries, sales, market cap, and headcount are no longer the epitome of power and success. Since AI and automation have increasingly replaced traditional roles, companies are now able to achieve notable profits with fewer employees, transforming the rules of operational efficiency. Companies […]