The Economist
Also: Nvidia’s great silicon showdown
Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., presents the Vera Rubin data center AI system at the Nvidia GTC at Computex 2026 in Taipei, Taiwan, on Monday, June 1, 2026
Battle of the hyperscalers
Nvidia’s great silicon showdown
The chipmaker’s biggest customers want a piece of its business. It is fighting back with a $500bn deal
David Crowley.
Left for dead
A surprising comeback in Wisconsin is a reprieve for Democratic moderates
The party has narrowly dodged a socialist insurgency in a crucial swing state
A motor bike delivery rider waits next a wall covered with electoral campaign posters in Lusaka, Zambia
Keep digging
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The illustration shows scientific research and discoveries being trapped behind a restrictive barrier. The scattered papers represent new ideas and findings, while the black mesh suggests obstacles, bureaucracy or constraints preventing scientific progress
The science of science
Maybe scientific progress isn’t slowing, after all
A new paper takes aim at the claim that science has become less disruptive