- USA copying China? A generation ago conventional wisdom held that as China liberalized, its economy would come to resemble America’s. Instead, capitalism in America is starting to look like China - 'State capitalism with American characteristics' - a sea change from the free market ethos the U.S. once embodied. . . . Trump reviving crony capitalism.
- Reverse privatization: Trump says U.S. govt has gained 10% stake in Intel. . . Inside Intel’s tricky dance with Trump
- Consumers bearing the burden of tariffs: Walmart says tariff costs are rising 'each week' and will continue
- India pauses plans to buy U.S. arms after Trump's tariffs: Discussions on India's purchases of Stryker combat vehicles made by General Dynamics Land Systems and Javelin anti-tank missiles developed by Raytheon and Lockheed Martin have been paused due to the tariffs.
- Fistful Of Dollars: Rice for Vietnam farmers displaced for Trump Golf Club.
- Confine solar to rooftops and canals: India's largest solar energy project threatening Ladakh nomads and Pashmina wool.
- The Shipping Container That Might Replace Solar Farms: 0.59 acres per MW. As opposed to Solar PV's 0.97 acres per MW. . . . How a Stirling Engine works
- EnCharge AI: Princeton researcher Naveen Verma’s startup claims their chip tackles AI workloads with performance per watt up to 20 times better than competing chips.
- Power hungry toy: AI's soaring energy consumption is causing skyrocketing power bills for households across the US — States reporting spikes in energy costs of up to 36%
- Raja Koduri is back in the GPU business: Unveils new startup, Oxmiq Labs, bringing 500 Years of combined experience via world-class GPU & AI architects
- AI pervert: Meta AI chatbots gave false medical advice and flirted with minors — now the company is restructuring its AI division again - fourth restructuring in six months.
- Open-source in AI: Huawei is making its Ascend AI GPU software toolkit open-source to better compete against CUDA. . . Chinese censorship bias in LLMs
- Think beyond cars:
- India's ethanol drive imperils its push for edible oil self-sufficiency: Depressing oilseed prices and prompting farmers to plant more corn and rice in place of soybeans and groundnuts
- Milk may not help the elderly: People who live in countries with the lowest rates of hip fractures also tend to drink the least milk. Drinking more milk was not associated with lower fracture risk
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