Episode detailsWorld Service,24 Jul 2026,22 mins
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Will Bain is joined by Nga Pham in Hanoi and Takara Small in Toronto. Following the latest results from Alphabet and Tesla, both companies are under pressure to sustain spending as competition in artificial intelligence intensifies. Is Wall Street beginning to question the cost of the AI race? Plus, the mounting economic impact of Canada’s wildfires, why ketchup-flavoured crisps have become such a uniquely Canadian phenomenon, and what Donald Trump’s renewed tariff negotiations could mean for global trade. (Photo: The Google logo, made up of different coloured letters – blue, red, yellow, blue, green, orange – on the Google house at the CES consumer electronics trade show, in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, 10 January, 2024. Credit: Steve Marcus/Reuters) You can email the team: [email protected] Presenter: Will Bain Producer: David Cann
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