Nvidia chip, GPT-5, Microsoft AI devices, and Google health redesign top ZDNET’s Innovation Index

Jensen Huang, Nvidia CEO, shows the new Blackwell GPU chip (left).  Nvidia This week’s ZDNET Innovation Index continued to be AI top-heavy with AI-related topics taking three of the top four spots again — and it was further dominated by some of the largest tech companies in the world and the company that’s now synonymous … Read more

Best passports in the world? See the 2024 Nomad Passport Index

Many passport rankings focus on one factor: visa-free travel. But passport strength is more complex than this, according to the tax and immigration consulting firm Nomad Capitalist. That’s why it produces a weighted annual index that analyzes five criteria: Visa-free travel — 50%Taxation — 20%Global perception —10%Ability to hold dual citizenship — 10%Personal freedom (freedom … Read more

2024 Passport Index ranks most powerful and weakest passports

Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave A ranking of the world’s most powerful passports released this week shows that the global mobility gap is “wider than ever,” Henley & Partners, the firm behind the list, said in a news release. Passports from the countries topping the list, largely wealthy nations in Europe, have … Read more

Choking smog lands Sarajevo at top of Swiss index of most polluted cities for 2nd straight day

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The Bosnian capital of Sarajevo has been intermittently engulfed in a toxic haze since the start of December, with air quality so bad it was placed first on a list of the world’s most polluted cities for a second straight day Wednesday. The Swiss air quality technology company … Read more

A couple in their 30s who hit a net worth of $1 million have more than 95% of their stock portfolio invested in 3 index funds and the rest in one individual stock. Take a look at their portfolio.

Brennan and Erin Schlagbaum invest the majority of their money in index funds.Courtesy of Brennan and Erin Schlagbaum Brennan and Erin Schlagbaum paid off more than $300,000 of debt and hit a seven-figure net worth. Once they were debt-free, they got serious about investing and went all-in on index funds. The couple now has a … Read more

How Index Ventures jumped to the entrance of the AI GPU line

Earlier this week, the New York Instances shone a lightweight on among the desperation that founders are experiencing as they try to fail to safe compute energy for his or her nascent synthetic intelligence startups, due to the large firms (and even wealthy nations) racing to grab them up. One founder reportedly stated of the … Read more

World Peace Index: A historic rise in international battle deaths suggests violent new period

Touch upon this storyComment You’re studying an excerpt from the Right now’s WorldView publication. Signal as much as get the remainder free, together with information from across the globe and fascinating concepts and opinions to know, despatched to your inbox each weekday. Greater than 238,000 folks died in international battle final 12 months, in response … Read more