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War and Data Centers Are Driving Up the Cost of Fiber Optic Cable Economics Hardware

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https://archive.ph/2026.05.13-143034/https://www.404media.co/war-and-data-centers-are-driving-up-the-cost-of-fiber-optic-cable/

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Amazon staff use AI tool for unnecessary tasks to inflate usage scores AI Impact Economics

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https://archive.ph/2026.05.12-050231/https://www.ft.com/content/8ee0d3ef-9548-422d-8ff1-ebd48ad4b2ca?syn-25a6b1a6=1

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I Work in Hollywood. Everyone Who Used to Make TV Is Now Secretly Training AI AI Impact Economics

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https://removepaywalls.com/https://www.wired.com/story/i-work-in-hollywood-everyone-who-used-to-make-tv-now-training-ai/

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The AI Compute Crunch Is Here (and It's Affecting the Entire Economy) AI Impact Economics

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Venture capitalists can’t subsidize cheap AI forever, and the hunger for more compute is affecting the labor market, the gadget market, and electricity prices.

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Newly Deciphered Sabotage Malware May Have Targeted Iran’s Nuclear Program—and Predates Stuxnet Economics Security

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Meta to cut 10% of jobs, or 8,000 employees, report says Economics Platforms

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RAM kits are now sold with one fake RAM stick alongside a real one to create a performance illusion AI Impact Economics Hardware

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AI faces closing time at the cash buffet AI Impact Economics

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Well, you can’t spell EBITDA without AI, but the trouble is that it’s in the ITDA, not in the E. They don’t teach that at Wharton.

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Most CEOs are ready to spend even more on AI in 2026 despite no clear path to ROI AI Impact Economics

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xAI employee praised by collegues for working 36 hours without sleep Economics

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Microsoft and Google overstate job creation at Chile data centers by ~100x Economics

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In June, President Gabriel Boric announced that Microsoft’s hyperscale data center cluster would generate over 81,000 jobs.

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Bay Area tech titan announces mass layoffs just after soaring revenue report Economics

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Perplexity makes unexpected $34.5 billion offer to buy Google Chrome Economics Law

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IRS Makes Direct File Software Open Source After Trump Tried to Kill It Economics

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Nvidia accused of poaching TSMC engineers in Taiwan – up to $180,000 salaries offered for talent Economics

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Trump is forcing states to funnel grant money to Starlink, Senate Democrats say Economics

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The U.S. Just Ran a Solar Storm Emergency Drill. The Real Deal Would Be a Catastrophe Economics

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