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AI’s Power Demand: Calculating ChatGPT’s electricity consumption for handling over 912.5 billion user queries every year

ChatGPT, the large language model that revolutionised the world of artificial intelligence and made it accessible to anyone with a smartphone, is facing increasingly greater competition from rival chatbots such as Google’s Gemini or xAI’s Grok. It remains a leader in this space, recently reaching 810 million weekly active users according to media reports, doubling […]

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

Gold prices have surged to unprecedented levels, with spot gold briefly touching an all-time high of $4,381 per troy ounce in October, 2025. This marks a significant increase from earlier in the year, driven by a confluence of geopolitical tensions, economic uncertainties, and shifts in central bank policies. These conditions have reinforced gold’s appeal as […]

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 […]

From $4 Trillion to $5 Trillion: Forecasting the Next Tech Giants to Smash Market Cap Records

As of November 2025, eleven companies have crossed the $1 trillion market cap mark. Aside from oil giant Saudi Aramco, Taiwan’s TSMC, and electric vehicle pioneer Tesla, all are U.S.-based tech firms, reflecting how digital innovation continues to dominate the world’s most valuable companies. In a historic leap on October 29, 2025, American chipmaker Nvidia […]

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 […]