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Writing a 100-word email using ChatGPT (GPT-4, latest model) consumes 1 x 500ml bottle of water It uses 140Wh of energy, enough for 7 full charges of an iPhone Pro Max

Writing a 100-word email using ChatGPT (GPT-4, latest model) consumes 1 x 500ml bottle of water It uses 140Wh of energy, enough for 7 full charges of an iPhone Pro Max

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The taped banana - now perhaps one of the most expensive fruits ever sold - was actually bought earlier in the day for a mere $0.35, according to the New York Times.

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Every year, countries lose $492bn in tax a year to multinational corporations and wealthy individuals using tax havens to underpay tax, says the Tax Justice Network. Two-thirds of these losses, or $347.6bn, are attributable to tomultinational corporations shifting profit offshore to underpay tax. The remaining $144.8bn is due to “wealthy individuals hiding their wealth offshore.”

Almost half of these losses come from eight countries that oppose the adoption of a tax treaty under the aegis of the UN: Australia, Canada, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States, says the report. These “harmful eight,” according to the Tax Justice Network, cost the world $212bn in lost tax revenue every year.

Biggest contributors to tax havens and financial secrecy

Share of total global inflicted tax loss.

	Country	%
1	Cayman Islands	9.19%
2	Hong Kong	9.18%
3	Ireland	8.30%
4	United States	7.61%
5	Canada	6.34%
6	Singapore	5.90%
7	United Kingdom	4.76%
8	Gibraltar	4.49%
9	Switzerland	4.22%
10	Luxembourg	3.49%

Every year, countries lose $492bn in tax a year to multinational corporations and wealthy individuals using tax havens to underpay tax, says the Tax Justice Network. Two-thirds of these losses, or $347.6bn, are attributable to tomultinational corporations shifting profit offshore to underpay tax. The remaining $144.8bn is due to “wealthy individuals hiding their wealth offshore.”

Almost half of these losses come from eight countries that oppose the adoption of a tax treaty under the aegis of the UN: Australia, Canada, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States, says the report. These “harmful eight,” according to the Tax Justice Network, cost the world $212bn in lost tax revenue every year.

Biggest contributors to tax havens and financial secrecy

Share of total global inflicted tax loss.

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The Reserve Bank of India's planned cloud platform will use local IT firms, pitting it against the likes of Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and IBM Cloud, in a first-of-its-kind initiative from a major global central bank.