Archive for the 'Economy' Category
DuckDuckGo’s AI-Free Search Gains 28% More Visits Following Google’s Insistence That People Love AI Mode
May 27th, 2026Via: PC Gamer: These days, a typical Google Search feels like an obstacle course. Type out ‘upcoming PC games 2026’ and your gaze has to swerve around a chunky AI overview which recycles the work of human writers in a bid to kneecap efforts to click away from Google. It’s a bleak state of affairs […]
We’re Being Held Hostage in a Technology Bubble
May 26th, 2026Via: Truthstream Media:
Trump Admin Takes Equity Stake in IBM and Other Quantum Computing Companies
May 21st, 2026Via: Gizmodo: After taking equity stakes in chipmakers and rare-earth element miners, the Trump administration has a new industry on its radar: quantum computing. On Thursday, the Department of Commerce announced that it was investing more than $2 billion in nine quantum computing companies. In turn, it’ll receive “a minority, non-controlling equity stake” in each. […]
“Utah Datacenter Could Dump 23 Atomic Bombs Worth of Energy Per Day” [???]
May 20th, 2026Via: The Register: A proposed mega-scale datacenter in the US state of Utah has caused controversy after a physics professor estimated that the facility and its associated power generation could dump 23 atomic bombs’ worth of energy per day. But the real question is whether it will actually ever get built. The datacenter is part […]
Gas Prices Up 56% In USA
May 18th, 2026Via: CleanTechnica: US gas prices have gone up, and up, and up since the country bombed Iran in late February. In March, I reported that the average price of gas in the country had gone up from $2.89/gallon to $3.48/gallon. Now, the average price of gas in the US is $4.517/gallon. That’s a 56% increase […]
U.S. Approves Nvidia’s H200 AI Chip Exports to Several Large Chinese Firms
May 14th, 2026Via: First Post: The United States has approved exports of Nvidia’s advanced H200 artificial intelligence chips to several major Chinese technology firms, including Alibaba, Tencent and ByteDance, even as US President Donald Trump held high-stakes talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing sources familiar with the matter. According to […]
DARPA Funded Research Into Customized Casimir Cavities Produced ‘MicroSparc’ Device That Allegedly Draws Power from Quantum Vacuum
May 13th, 2026tldr: Output is picoamps at the moment, but it seems real. Via: The Debrief: Casimir Inc, a company founded and led by former DARPA-funded NASA warp drive pioneer and founder of the EagleWorks Lab, Harold G. “Sonny” White, has exited stealth mode to announce the pending 2028 commercialization of MicroSparc, a chip that the company […]
Trump on Economic Disaster Resulting from Iran War: “I Don’t Think About American Financial Situation”
May 12th, 2026Makes sense, if you can front run your market moving statements by minutes… Via: Independent: President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the plight of Americans finding it harder and harder to make ends meet and rising gas and consumer prices simply aren’t on his mind as the months-long Iran war and impasse over the Strait […]
$7 Billion In Perfectly Timed Oil Bets
May 12th, 2026Via: OilPrice: Last month, we reported that over $1 billion in “perfectly timed” wagers, spanning both traditional oil futures and digital prediction markets, accurately anticipated major military and diplomatic shifts linked to developments in the Iran-US war minutes before they were publicly announced, raising major suspicion of insider trading. Many suspicious accounts were newly created […]
Trump When Asked About Audit of Fort Knox: “Which One Are You Talking About?”
May 10th, 2026Your what hurts? ATTKISSON: What happened to the audit of Fort Knox? TRUMP: Which one are you talking about? ATTKISSON: You and Elon Musk talked about auditing the gold TRUMP: We wanted to go knock on the door and see whether or not we have any gold in there. We played with that. I wonder […]
