Articles by alephnerd
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Stockholm poised to become leading European geospatial intel player (intelligenceonline.com)

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Europe regulated itself into American vassalage (economist.com)

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US manufacturing activity rises to four-year high in May, S&P flash PMI shows (reuters.com)

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StanChart to cut over 7k jobs and use AI to replace 'lower-value human capital' (reuters.com)

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NextEra and Dominion in talks over tie-up to create $400B US utility giant (ft.com)

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Iran's Internet Shutdown Enters Its 77th Day (mastodon.social)

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LinkedIn planning to lay off 5% of staff in latest tech-sector cuts (reuters.com)

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US Adds 115,000 Jobs in April (ft.com)

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US Economy Grows 2%, Boosted by Surging AI Investment (bloomberg.com)

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Kalshi suspends 3 US congressional candidates for 'political insider trading' (reuters.com)

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China, India place strategic bets on clean energy (H2) out of favour in the West (reuters.com)

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Mass shooting reignites push to loosen gun laws in war-torn Ukraine (reuters.com)

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America's coming revolt is in the 'wired belt' (ft.com)

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AI ruling prompts warnings from US lawyers: Your chats could be used against you (reuters.com)

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Autonomous Robot Brigade Successfully Retook Russian Positions in Ukraine (thetimes.com)

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The AI build-out is powering global goods trade (ft.com)

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Grid Battery storage is now cheap enough to unleash India's full solar potential (ember-energy.org)

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More Americans are breaking into the upper middle class (wsj.com)

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TSMC plans 12 fabs in Arizona as supply chain shifts from passive to active (digitimes.com)

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AI Is Rewiring India's Film Industry (reuters.com)

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US economy beats expectations to add 178,000 jobs in March (ft.com)

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Tehran Accuses Ukraine of Active Participation in Iran War (kyivpost.com)

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RSA 2026 – How many exhibitors could be replaced by a weekend of vibe-coding? (vibecoded.vc)

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Cape Town Seeks to Emulate India's High-End Outsourcing Push (bloomberg.com)

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Distressed-debt funds target priv credit downturn as 'best opportunity' since 08 (ft.com)

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WTO reforms talks stalled amid U.S.-India digital services taxation deadlock (reuters.com)

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Europe's Tech Exodus Drained $1.4T in Value (bloomberg.com)

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OpenClaw lands in WeChat, signaling a new era of AI agents in messaging (digitimes.com)

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Japan Flags Concern over GCAP Due to UK Domestic Issues Delaying Contracting (asahi.com)

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Honda confirms EV continuity with Honda 0's Alpha testing in India (automotiveworld.com)

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[flagged] Iran launched unsuccessful attack on UK's Diego Garcia (bbc.com)

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DOE Announces $293M Genesis Mission Funding for Quantum and AI Research (thequantuminsider.com)

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Europeans get a downgraded version of AI, which can only delay their adaptation (lemonde.fr)

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Thailand Is Sleepwalking into a Demographic Crisis (grantthornton.co.th)

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Tender offers are growing–but they're no exit replacement (pitchbook.com)

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Tata expands in India market with $7k EV (nikkei.com)

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EU axes AI, semiconductors, and quantum from the Industrial Accelerator Act (sdxcentral.com)

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EU strips AI, chips and quantum from industrial plan aimed at countering China (scmp.com)

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Poland says foiled cyberattack on nuclear center may have come from Iran (reuters.com)

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Goldman executive says private markets clients glad about Iran war 'distraction' (ft.com)

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Uber rolls out women-only option in the US (bbc.com)

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White supremacist social media grips teens plotting attacks in Southeast Asia (reuters.com)

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What We Forget About Covid Will Shape the Next Pandemic (bloomberg.com)

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US Won't Allow India to Become Rival Like China, Official Says (bloomberg.com)

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EU proposes "Made in EU" rules for strategic sectors to limit China reliance (reuters.com)

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Defense contractors removing Anthropic's AI after Trump ban (reuters.com)

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Pentagon moves to build AI tools for China cyber operations (ft.com)

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US role as global talent hub in doubt amid Donald Trump's visa crackdown (ft.com)

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Hacker Used Anthropic's Claude to Steal Sensitive Mexican Government Data (bloomberglaw.com)

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3-Nation chip pact takes shape: Japan's capital, Taiwan's IP, India's talent (digitimes.com)

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Iran nears deal to buy supersonic anti-ship missiles from China (reuters.com)

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US GDP growth falls sharply to 1.4% in fourth quarter (ft.com)

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Germany seeks more F-35 jets as European fighter programme falters (reuters.com)

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CIA, Pentagon reviewed secret 'Havana syndrome' device in Norway, WaPo reports (reuters.com)

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Trump admin releases Maritime Action Plan aimed at resurrecting US shipbuilding (reuters.com)

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The United States Is Southern Now (bloomberg.com)

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Alabama offers three tricks to fix poor urban schools (economist.com)

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Introducing Sarvam Arya (railway.app)

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The US is flirting with its first-ever population decline (bloomberg.com)

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The Five Types of Programmers (2010) (stevenbenner.com)

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Japan's Sanae Takaichi wins a supermajority after gambling on a snap election (nbcnews.com)

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Pentagon cutting ties w/ "woke" Harvard, ending military training & fellowships (cbsnews.com)

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U.S. jobs disappear at fastest January pace since great recession (forbes.com/sites/mikestunson)

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Frisco residents divided over H-1B visas, 'Indian takeover' at council meeting (dallasnews.com)

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US to cut tariffs on India to 18%, India agrees to end Russian oil purchases (reuters.com)

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Google Disrupts Ipidea Proxy Network (securityweek.com)

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S&P 500 tops 7k for first time (ft.com)

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EU, Vietnam to agree to boost work on minerals, chips, "trusted" 5G (reuters.com)

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‘Mother of all deals’: Details of the EU-India FTA (reuters.com)

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EU, India wrap up talks for landmark trade deal amid strained US ties (reuters.com)

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The US Is Losing Top Tech Talent to India in the Wake of Trump's H-1B Chaos (bloomberg.com)

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Gen Z Gamblers Are Putting the Fun Back into Online Gaming (gamblinginsider.com)

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Is liberal democracy in terminal decline? (ft.com)

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EU Plans to Unfreeze Trade Deal with US and Vote on Ratification (bloomberg.com)

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India Is Electrifying Faster Than China Using Cheap Green Tech (bloomberg.com)

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Tesla poised to be early winner as Canada opens door to Chinese-made EVs (reuters.com)

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Brazil and US eye rare earths deal (ft.com)

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Trump housing plan to allow 401(k) money for down payments, adviser says (reuters.com)

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US moves to strip sovereign wealth investors of US tax perks (ft.com)

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Gen X and Millennials Will Inherit Trillions in Real Estate over the Next Decade (wsj.com)

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Can Wikipedia Survive? (ft.com)

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Tariffs: Why Oxford students are more protectionist than their professors (lowyinstitute.org)

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UK's Open Cosmos beats Thiel-backed Rivada to European satellite licence (ft.com)

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Trump announces 25% tariff on countries 'doing business' with Iran (ft.com)

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VN Ministry of Public Security proposes digital citizen scoring system on VNeID (vietnamlawmagazine.vn)

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US battery autonomy will upend EV hierarchy (reuters.com)

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NYT reporter sues Google, xAI, OpenAI over alleged copyright infringement (reuters.com)

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How Did Corporations Get Stuck in Politics and Can They Escape? (law.harvard.edu)

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National Design Studio (2025) (ndstudio.gov)

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EU leaders face crunch decision on using frozen Russian assets for Ukraine (reuters.com)

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Apple in early talks to assemble and package iPhone chips in India (9to5mac.com)

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AI romance blooms as Japanese woman weds virtual partner of her dreams (reuters.com)

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Liberal-coded economic policies lose support in polls when proposed by Trump (politico.com)

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The Impact of Visual Generative AI on Advertising Effectiveness (ssrn.com)

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German unions call for French Dassault's expulsion from EU fighter jet program (reuters.com)

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Combustion engine cars regain popularity worldwide (reuters.com)

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Microsoft to invest $17.5B in India, CEO Nadella says (reuters.com)

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Europe Is Under Siege (noahpinion.blog)

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US sets 2027 deadline for Europe-led NATO defense (reuters.com)

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Norway's $2T Wealth Fund Has Become an Election Football (bloomberg.com)