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Zambia's president to be sworn in for second term while opponent detained
Hakainde Hichilema swept to victory, but his main rival is now in detention charged with treason.…
Trump’s Economic D-Day can hammer Iran, but will Tehran ever surrender?
Scott Bessent's "Economic D-Day" Iran sanctions echo World War II's D-Day, but history shows punishing Tehran and forcing surrender are vastly different.…
Trump opens ‘economic D-Day’ offensive against Iran as war nears six-month mark
President Donald Trump is seeking to increase the financial pressure on Iran with new secondary sanctions on nations and foreign actors propping up the regime’s economy as the war …
Treasury Sec to Unveil ‘Economic D-Day’ Against Iran
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will announce massive new sanctions against Iran on Monday, a move he likened to “economic D-Day.” In an op-ed published in the Financial Times, Be…
Irish lawmakers reconsider the country's 1999 ban on nuclear power as data centers' growing power demands account for ~25% of the country's electricity use (Jude Webber/Financial Times)
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Oxford Economics: US corporate spending on equipment and facilities is set to rise 40% between 2021 and 2027, over 3x faster than Europe, driven by the AI race (Financial Times)
Financial Times : Oxford Economics: US corporate spending on equipment and facilities is set to rise 40% between 2021 and 2027, over 3x faster than Europe, driven by the AI race — …
Most English secondary schools are breaking healthy food rules, finds report
‘Shocking’ breaches such as sweets and crisps at breakfast uncovered just before expansion of free school meals Three-quarters of secondary schools in England are breaking the rule…
Iran War Day 174: Trump Threatens ‘ECONOMIC D-DAY’ for Iran
State of the Union: The USS George Washington arrived in the Mideast to relieve the Lincoln. The post Iran War Day 174: Trump Threatens ‘ECONOMIC D-DAY’ for Iran appeared first on …
US says sanctions will 'squash' Iran's economy and 'collapse' its regime
The US treasury secretary says allies will need to decide whether they "are with us or against us".…
Oil flows and Iranian economic woes give White House much-needed PR reprieve around war
While the Trump administration has struggled to maintain a positive spin on the war with Iran, several recent developments have indicated an improved U.S. position in the conflict.…
Analysts Warn U.S. Economy Becoming Overly Dependent On...
Analysts Warn U.S. Economy Becoming Overly Dependent On Anne Hathaway . “We estimate that Anne Hathaway films currently account for a staggering 63% of all U.S. exports.” Zendaya i…
Economics 101 at the Dupont Circle Farmers Market
What determines if a market is free?…
Trump threatens 'tremendous economic consequences' on any country helping Iran
It comes after a 60-day ceasefire expired on Monday, with no sign of a diplomatic or military off-ramp to the conflict.…
Cuba’s economic freefall is hiding a national security threat just miles from Florida: report
A new report says Cuba's ties with Russia, China and Iran create intelligence and military threats just 90 miles from the Florida coastline.…
Deconstructing Deconstructionism: Royce White and Enes Freedom Tying WNBA Into Knots
The beauty of Enes Kantor Freedom and Royce White's trolling of the WNBA is that it exposes the arbitrary nature of the left's rules.…
Texas may soon have more people than California — here’s why
Texas is now slated to pass California in population, driven both by both immigration and domestic migration.…
Americans Get Rare Break From Quietly Expensive Law
Since March, America has been running an accidental experiment and glimpsing what the country might look like without one of its dumbest statutes. The results are in, and they emba…
OpenAI is losing its second executive this week
Another OpenAI executive is departing. Denise Dresser, who joined OpenAI as its chief revenue officer in December after serving as CEO of Slack, will be leaving in the "coming week…
Zambians voting as president bids for second term
Hakainde Hichilema wants five more years but continued cost of living pressures have dented his appeal.…
UK economic growth slows down as Iran war pushes up energy prices
GDP expanded by 0.4% in three months to June, but analysts warn growth is ‘likely to fade’ Business live – latest updates Economic growth slowed in the second quarter of the year, …
Michael Jackson ‘Second Family’ Child Sex Trafficking Lawsuit Tossed Out of Court
A federal judge says the allegations, while “horrific,” belong in confidential arbitration.…
India fuels worldwide jump in planned coal production
Rise in new mine proposals, mainly in states of Odisha and Jharkhand, comes despite plateau in global demand…
How the economy is hurting Republicans’ midterm chances
Voters right now broadly disapprove of the economy, Trump and, increasingly, Republicans in Congress.…
South Korea plans to launch a ~$3.5B chip fund for promising materials, parts, equipment, and fabless companies, and speed the development of domestic chip hubs (Reuters)
From Reuters. View the full context on Techmeme.…
Economist Justin Wolfers wings it after accidentally swallowing fly during live CNN segment on jobs report
"Mate, I just swallowed a fly on live television."…
Why do we assume everyone should be working?
I was talking to a friend of mine and I asked this. She said “of course everyone should be working, I mean, I’d like to be able to buy more stuff” In that statement though there re…
Long-Run Effects of H-1B Immigration on the U.S. Economy (July 2026)
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, publ…
Second Amendment Roundup: $0 Tax Left NFA with No Constitutional Basis
Northern District of Texas decides that registration requirements for non-taxed NFA firearms are no longer grounded in Congress’ power to lay and collect taxes.…
Poland now 6th-largest EU economy, ahead of Switzerland and Belgium
Poland's economy is gaining in importance in Europe. In 2025 the country ranked sixth in the EU by nominal GDP, accounting for almost 5% of the bloc's total output.…
The Democratic party needs to do more than represent wealthy progressives | Dustin Guastella
New research shows that a class gap on the left threatens any winning coalition – but there are ways to address it…
This Is Getting Fun: Second Former NBA Star Says He’s a Woman, Declares for WNBA Draft
Every person who is tired of the left forcing its delusions and fantasies on the rest of us, and shaming, deplatforming, and silencing us if we refuse to go along, ought to be appl…
Denmark Requires Oral Defenses for Students' Written Work to Counter AI Cheating
Students at Dueholmskolen are pictured in their classroom in Nykøbing Mors, Jutland, Denmark, on March 1, 2021. Bo Amstrup/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP/Getty Images. The policy takes effect …
How AI Layoffs Can Trigger an Economic Spiral
A source-grounded explainer on how AI-driven displacement creates a self-reinforcing demand contraction — and what policy interventions are being proposed as circuit-breakers.…
Before Q, K, and V: Reconstructing the Transformer
Many Transformer explainers start with the finished architecture. We ask why it looks the way it does.…
Mini PCs make excellent secondary backup servers, but they'll never replace a dedicated NAS
They just don't have the storage provisions for hardcore NAS workloads…
Unemployment improved, because thousands of workers disappeared. Where did they go?
The percentage of American workers ages 25 to 54 declined this year, and that’s not a good sign for the economy, experts say.…
Signs of Economic Recovery While Greater Uncertainty Looms
Jobs and trade numbers released this week show that Canada is recovering from trade turmoil, but another round of tariffs may arrive this month.…
The Booming Art Glut
First came the baby boom. Next comes the unwanted art boom.…
Trump renews bid to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook despite supreme court ruling
White House continues to target Cook despite decision from justices that upheld Federal Reserve’s independence…
American Economy Shed 23,000 Jobs in July
State of the Union: The job numbers for May and June were revised downward. The post American Economy Shed 23,000 Jobs in July appeared first on The American Conservative .…
EU AI Act: Second Big Blow, or a Move Toward Sanity?
I’ve long argued that a market correction is overdue, especially given the phenomenon large language models have created. And to be clear……
Gulp: US Economy Loses 23,000 Jobs in July
Republicans want to make radical socialism the main issue of the midterm election cycle. They'd better hope they succeed, because if it's the economy, the GOP may end up looking ..…
Trump Says He Took Venezuela's Oil. Here's What Actually Happened.
Trump put Venezuelan revenues in a secretive bank account overseen by the U.S. government. It's a display of the Treasury's unaccountable power.…
AI Threatens Our Economy and Democracy Itself
The AI revolution is here - and it isn't pretty. The middle class is facing unprecedented threats as the super-wealthy are raking in more than ever. Is it the end of capitalism as …
U.S. Lost 23,000 Jobs in July, While Unemployment Ticked Lower
Jobs and unemployment sent conflicting signals, but fewer people were actively looking for work. The unemployment rate fell to 4.1%.…
Can the Cloud Be Disrupted with AI?
Will AWS/GCP/Azure reign supreme post-AGI?…
U.S. economy lost 23,000 jobs in July, a sudden reversal
In a troubling sign for the economy, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said that it revised down the prior two months’ jobs by a combined 103,000.…
At Black Hat, OpenAI reconstructs the OpenAI-Hugging Face incident and examines its implications for AI security, cyber resilience, and alignment (Black Hat on YouTube)
From Black Hat on YouTube. View the full context on Techmeme.…
The AI Cost Rebellion Is About Unit Economics
Alex Karp is right that token bills do not prove value. But abolishing token pricing will not fix the attribution problem. Enterprises need to measure total cost and realized value…
UK house prices flat in July, says Lloyds, as buyers struggle with affordability
Property prices in ‘suspended animation’ owing to higher mortgage rates and uncertainty in Middle East…
The Trump administration has refunded $100 billion in tariffs. Will you get any of the money?
Major corporations are getting hundreds of millions of dollars back. Most individuals aren’t.…
Texas candidates focus on economy as social issues take a back seat
Senate contenders James Talarico and Ken Paxton unveil dueling economic plans as this year’s campaigns turn from the culture wars that defined the state’s 2024 vote.…
The Event of 2033 – An AI-Imagined Second Coming
Amazon.com: THE EVENT OF 2033: An AI-Imagined Second Coming eBook : Halaban, Nicolás, 4, GPT: Kindle Store…
Rail passengers face second day of disruption across north-west England
Problems after power failure at regional signalling centre likely to continue until noon with many crews and trains in wrong locations Business live – latest updates Rail passenger…
Fleadh to exceed projected £53m economic boost to Belfast
Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, hosted this year in Belfast for the first time, runs from 2 to 9 August.…
I turned my Obsidian vault into a second brain without touching a single plugin
Three tools that do more for Obsidian than most plugins ever will…
At QuakeCon, Nvidia Has a Crazy Idea: Selling Its GPUs for Their Launch Prices
You know it's bad when this seems like a great deal.…
Ghost Recon Wildlands finally gets a 4K 60fps mode for current-gen consoles and PC, a time of day feature, new difficulty options, and more as Ubisoft aims to increase 'player freedom'
Ubisoft has announced a free Ghost Recon Wildlands 60fps 4K resolution mode for current-gen consoles and PC, alongside other gameplay improvements.…