Blackrock CEO Larry Fink warns of ‘costly’ global push toward self-reliance, downsides to AI boom

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink is warning that the push by countries around the world toward economic self-reliance carries a hefty price tag, while the AI boom threatens to worsen inequality. In his 2026 annual letter to shareholders, the head of the world’s largest asset manager addressed the hawkish pivot of global economies to bringing production back onshore. The 73-year-old money man said retreating from a borderless economy with tighter immigration policies and boosting domestic industries will require massive, localized capital deployment. “Self-reliance is costly,” Fink wrote in the widely-read 17-page missive. “And that requires more long-term investment.” The Wall Street…

OnlyFans owner Leonid Radvinsky dies at 43 following secret cancer battle

OnlyFans owner Leonid Radvinsky has died at age 43 after a secret battle with cancer, the porn streaming platform has announced. “We are deeply saddened to announce the death of Leo Radvinsky. Leo passed away peacefully after a long battle with cancer,” the company said in a statement. “His family…

Watch sperm whale headbutt another for no apparent reason

Headbutting Sperm Whales – YouTube Watch On Scientists have captured first-of-its-kind footage of a sperm whale violently headbutting another sperm whale out of the blue.Researchers filmed the clip with a drone during fieldwork off the Azores and Balearic Islands. It is one of three cases of headbutting between 2020 and…

Smoking is cool again! Here’s what you need to know

On FX’s wildly popular series “Love Story,” Carolyn Bessette Kennedy looks incredibly chic in her ’90s minimalist outfits, taking casual drags from her cigarettes. Fast forward to a fictional world of 2026 and it’s Rachel Sennott’s Maia on HBO’s “I Love LA” lighting up, cool as a cucumber. Off set,…

Dodgers put distance between 29 other MLB clubs ahead of Opening Day

Finally, the Great Snooze is almost over. A spring training that was described as “boring” by manager Dave Roberts is in its final days, the obligatory exhibition Freeway Series against the Angels the only remaining item on the Dodgers’ to-do list between now and Opening Day. In the five weeks…

Viruses in the gut may help prevent blood sugar spikes, mouse study hints

Viruses found in the intestines — collectively called the gut virome — activate the immune system to help metabolize carbohydrates, thereby reducing blood sugar spikes, a new study in mice shows.The findings, published March 11 in the journal Cell Host & Microbe, hint that the virome may play a role…

Urfa Man: An 11,500-year-old life-size statue of a man holding his penis

Urfa Man is a life-size Neolithic statue found in Turkey. (Image credit: Getty Images)QUICK FACTSName: Urfa ManWhat it is: A limestone statueWhere it is from: Şanlıurfa, TurkeyWhen it was made: Circa 9500 B.C.Over 11,500 years ago, people in what is now southern Turkey began crafting life-size human statues for the…

Strange ‘Half-Mӧbius’ molecule has rare properties chemists have never seen before

Researchers have created an unusually twisted molecule with a never-before-seen electronic structure.The new molecular architecture, dubbed half-Mӧbius topology, “is another knob that we can turn in order to make and manipulate matter,” and expands our fundamental understanding of physics and chemistry, co-lead author Igor Rončević, a lecturer in computational and…

DOJ sought to ‘brief’ Biden on Mar-a-Lago raid before search — didn’t ‘give a damn about the optics’

WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice held off on searching President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate for classified documents until then-President Joe Biden could receive a “brief” and officials could “coordinate” with the White House Counsel’s office, according to unclassified emails obtained by The Post. The emails undercut Biden’s claim that he…

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