https://www.themintmagazine.com Published by Promoting Economic Pluralism Sat, 21 Feb 2026 01:58:32 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://www.themintmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cropped-The-Mint-Coin-32x32.jpg https://www.themintmagazine.com 32 32 https://www.themintmagazine.com/big-tech-accused-of-ai-greenwashing/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/big-tech-accused-of-ai-greenwashing/#respond Sat, 21 Feb 2026 01:58:32 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=142307

The big tech industry’s claims about the climate benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) are largely unproven and unsubstantiated, according to a new report from a coalition of climate advocacy and … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/big-tech-accused-of-ai-greenwashing/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/what-is-palantir-how-a-us-spytech-firm-penetrated-the-british-state/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/what-is-palantir-how-a-us-spytech-firm-penetrated-the-british-state/#respond Sat, 21 Feb 2026 01:55:39 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=142305

A US spytech firm deeply embedded in the most sensitive areas of the British state is being scrutinised as part of the fallout from the latest tranche of documents related … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/what-is-palantir-how-a-us-spytech-firm-penetrated-the-british-state/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/50-on-war-in-iran-how-geopolitical-bets-have-surged-on-polymarket-in-five-charts/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/50-on-war-in-iran-how-geopolitical-bets-have-surged-on-polymarket-in-five-charts/#respond Sat, 07 Feb 2026 02:51:06 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=140882

Want to bet on whether the U.S. will attack Iran? An increasing number of people are using Polymarket and similar online prediction markets to gamble on war and other geopolitical … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/50-on-war-in-iran-how-geopolitical-bets-have-surged-on-polymarket-in-five-charts/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/tiktoks-addictive-design-features-fall-foul-of-eus-digital-rules/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/tiktoks-addictive-design-features-fall-foul-of-eus-digital-rules/#respond Sat, 07 Feb 2026 02:47:48 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=140880

The Commission found Chinese video-sharing app TikTok’s addictive design features breach the bloc’s Digital Services Act (DSA) in a preliminary decision on Friday. If the findings are confirmed, the EU … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/tiktoks-addictive-design-features-fall-foul-of-eus-digital-rules/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/is-ai-a-bubble-davos-leaders-say-no/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/is-ai-a-bubble-davos-leaders-say-no/#respond Sun, 25 Jan 2026 07:54:43 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=139126

More than 84 world leaders, 800 CEOs, and thousands others gathered amid the Alps this week to attend the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Artificial intelligence — … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/is-ai-a-bubble-davos-leaders-say-no/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/fast-fashion-why-changes-in-return-policies-dont-do-enough-to-address-environmental-damage/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/fast-fashion-why-changes-in-return-policies-dont-do-enough-to-address-environmental-damage/#respond Sun, 18 Jan 2026 15:41:10 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=138421

Online fashion retailer Asos recently introduced additional fees for customers who return lots of items, marking a significant shift in the fast fashion model that has relied on free, frictionless … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/fast-fashion-why-changes-in-return-policies-dont-do-enough-to-address-environmental-damage/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/china-is-closing-in-on-us-technology-lead-despite-constraints-ai-researchers-say/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/china-is-closing-in-on-us-technology-lead-despite-constraints-ai-researchers-say/#respond Sat, 10 Jan 2026 19:05:00 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=137535

BEIJING, Jan 10 (Reuters) – China can narrow its technological gap with the U.S. driven by growing risk-taking and innovation, though the lack of advanced chipmaking tools is hobbling the … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/china-is-closing-in-on-us-technology-lead-despite-constraints-ai-researchers-say/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/indias-gig-workers-strike-for-dignity-and-protection/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/indias-gig-workers-strike-for-dignity-and-protection/#respond Sat, 03 Jan 2026 19:04:43 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=136886

On 25 December, the Indian Federation of App-Based Transport Workers (IFAT) mobilized a nationwide flash strike, with nearly 40,000 delivery workers from platforms like Swiggy, Zomato, and Amazon participating across … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/indias-gig-workers-strike-for-dignity-and-protection/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/expletive-delighted/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/expletive-delighted/#respond Tue, 30 Dec 2025 13:47:30 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=136420

Cory Doctorow’s book dumps on the digital economy for its descent into the sewer, driven by exploitative practices toward its customers. Doctorow provides a case for why it need not … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/expletive-delighted/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/governments-welcomed-data-centers-now-theyre-grappling-with-the-fallout/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/governments-welcomed-data-centers-now-theyre-grappling-with-the-fallout/#respond Sun, 28 Dec 2025 01:10:28 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=136461

Countries around the world are investing millions of dollars in building data centers to meet the growing demand for generative artificial intelligence, while also storing data within their own borders. … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/governments-welcomed-data-centers-now-theyre-grappling-with-the-fallout/feed/ 0