The Economist

The global democracy index: how did countries perform in 2024?

For the 16th consecutive year, Norway was named the most democratic country in the world, with a score of 9.81. New Zealand and Sweden followed. Afghanistan has been the lowest-ranked country since ...
The Motley Fool

Warren Buffett Says Buy This Vanguard Index Fund -- It Could Turn $400 Per Month Into $835,000 With Help From Nvidia, Apple, and Microsoft

Warren Buffett has frequently recommended that non-professional investors periodically buy shares of an S&P 500 index fund. The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF offers easy exposure to many of the most ...
Ars Technica

Pebble maker announces Index 01, a smart-ish ring for under $100

Nearly a decade after Pebble’s nascent smartwatch empire crumbled, the brand is staging a comeback with new wearables. The Pebble Core Duo 2 and Core Time 2 are a natural evolution of the company’s ...
Inc

MIT Study Finds AI Is Already Capable of Replacing 11.7 Percent of U.S. Workers

The new estimate comes courtesy of a project called the Iceberg Index, which was created through a partnership between MIT and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), a federally funded research ...
The Verge

Valve has stopped manufacturing its Index VR headset

While showing its new Frame VR headset to The Verge, Valve confirmed that it’s moving on from its previous one. While showing its new Frame VR headset to The Verge, Valve confirmed that it’s moving ...
PC Gamer

Valve wants you to know that the Steam Frame is not the Index 2: 'we're trying to do something new with this'

It's still a good upgrade from an Index, however. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The Valve Index is a popular headset by most ...
MarketWatch

Why your S&P 500 index fund might be more risky than the internet bubble

Frequent headlines about stock indexes hitting record highs don’t mean very much when we are in a bull market, as steady economic growth can fuel overall stock-market growth. But the S&P 500’s ...
Popular Science

What exactly is the UV Index? A dermatologist explains.

Wearing sunscreen all year round can help protect your skin from harmful UV rays. CREDIT: DieterMeyrl via Getty Images. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...
PCGamesN

Valve Index 2 VR headset rumors heat up as Steam Frame name surfaces

Valve has just trademarked the term Steam Frame, with huge speculation now afoot that it could be the name for the company's next-gen hardware device. Valve hasn't commented publicly, but a dataminer ...
Wall Street Journal

This VC Firm Is Striking Gold, Reaping $11 Billion From Figma, Other Startups

Index Ventures, a venture firm with origins in Europe, is the envy of Silicon Valley. A string of large startup exits could send more than $11 billion in proceeds to Index and its limited partners at ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Index Funds Are a Bit More Illegal

Matt Levine is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. A former investment banker at Goldman Sachs, he was a mergers and acquisitions lawyer at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; a clerk for the U.S. Court of ...
The Florida Times-Union

As we head into Memorial Day weekend and hot Florida summer, check your heat index forecast

See the heat index forecast for the next seven days by entering the name of your city. See how often your city has experienced dangerous heat index since 1979. NOAA said there's 99.9% chance 2025 will ...