'Big Short' investor Michael Burry says markets are missing a trick as the Venezuela raid just 'changed the game'

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Michael Burry, the investor of "The Big Short" fame.

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Welcome to the new, sorta socialist era of American capitalism

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This is the first story in Business Insider's new series "The Future of Capitalism." The series looks at ways Americans' confidence in capitalism has been eroding, and what related changes in our economy mean for your work and wealth.

BYD has officially taken Tesla's crown and become the world's largest EV seller

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BYD container ship.

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China's DeepSeek kicked off 2026 with a new AI training method that analysts say is a 'breakthrough' for scaling

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China's DeepSeek has published a new AI training method that can scale models more easily and shape "the evolution of foundational models."

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LLMs and a chipmaking boom: Here's what Xi Jinping said about China's AI wins in his New Year's address

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Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, delivers an important speech at the annual Central Economic Work Conference in Beijing, capital of China.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping lauded his country's AI advancements in 2025.

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The Pentagon says China has fielded a new long-range missile. Here's why the DF-27 is unusual.

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China's liquid-fueled intercontinental strategic nuclear missiles DongFeng-5C, which have a global strike range, pass through Tian'anmen Square during the V-Day military parade on September 3, 2025, in Beijing, China.
China rolled out its nuclear-capable missiles on Wednesday, including the DF-5C ICBM.

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What is Manus, the Chinese-founded AI startup Meta is buying for over $2 billion?

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New Pentagon maps show the reach of China's expanding missile force

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China unveiled the DF-26 at a military parade in 2015.

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China is considering a raft of new controls for training AI on chat log data. Here's what it means.

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China is proposing new rules that require user consent before AI companies can use chat logs to train their models.

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Air superiority and long-range strikes: what China's war games say about how it might assault Taiwan

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China's large military exercise around Taiwan comes after tensions with Japan and a major US arms sale.

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