2024-07-03
Tech Industry Wants to Lock Up Nuclear Power for AI Largest tech companies are looking to buy nuclear power directly from plants, which could sap the grid of critical resources https://www.wsj.com/...
Wall Street Journal
The owners of about a third of US nuclear power plants are in talks with tech companies to provide electricity to new data centers needed to meet AI demand
“The owners of roughly a third of US nuclear power plants are in talks … Brian Walsh : The demand and popularity for nuclear power is growing. There is real demand for it. It's n...
2023-08-13
Cannabis, sports betting, online gambling, bitcoin trade .... The dark side of the US sports betting boom Americans have bet $245bn on sporting events since restrictions were loosened in 2018. But many fear a surge in gambling addiction is coming https://www.ft.com/...... [image]
Financial Times
How SCOTUS overturning the sports betting ban in 2018 transformed the sector into a high-growth tech business; many fear a surge in gambling addiction is coming
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2022-11-28
The cost of America's ban on Chinese chips The new US technology rules will hurt China's chipmakers. But they will also add to inflationary pressures on many products https://www.ft.com/... https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Financial Times
An in-depth look at the US sanctions on China's chipmakers and worries over their impact on inflation and rising costs for Western manufacturers and customers
2021-03-08
When SPAC-Man Speaks, Reddit and Wall Street Listen Buy! Sell! Tweet! An icon of the amateur trading masses and an evangelist for SPACs, Palihapitiya is commanding the financial moment with a blend of deal-making prowess, social-media savvy and moxie. https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Wall Street Journal
Profile of Chamath Palihapitiya, who has become a public icon of the SPAC and amateur trading booms; sources: Social Capital raised $3.7B for five SPACs in 2020
Buy! Sell! Tweet! An icon of the amateur trading masses and an evangelist for SPACs, Chamath Palihapitiya is commanding …
2020-10-14
“US carriers were offering 5G on a part of the spectrum lacking in bandwidth capacity, meaning that avg 5G download speeds were just 52 megabytes per second ...By contrast, average 5G download speeds in the UK were 138 Mbps, nearly 6x faster than 4G and 4x faster than WiFi” @FT https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
VentureBeat
Verizon launches its 5G Nationwide network, though users might not experience better performance than 4G, as Apple brings 5G to its new iPhones
“US carriers were offering 5G on a part of the spectrum lacking in bandwidth capacity, meaning that avg 5G download speeds were just 52 megabytes per second ...By contrast, average 5G download speeds in the UK were 138 Mbps, nearly 6x faster than 4G and 4x faster than WiFi” @FT https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
MacRumors
Apple debuts $999 6.1" iPhone 12 Pro and $1,099 6.7" iPhone 12 Pro Max with flat-edge design, 5G, LiDAR, three rear cameras with 5x zoom, and 128GB base storage
Apple today unveiled the new 6.1-inch iPhone 12 Pro and 6.7-inch iPhone 12 Pro Max at its pre-recorded “Hi, Speed” digital event.
2019-12-15
Fintech: “The sheer scale of the fintech groundswell is captured by the number of start-ups across Asia. Almost 800 companies have received financing from venture capital and private equity houses since December 2016” https://www.ft.com/... @ft h/t @SoberLook #vc #lbo #pe https://twitter.com/...
Financial Times
Fintech startups in Asia are proving to be formidable competitors to traditional banks, offering a slew of financial services, but many are bleeding cash
and offer models that could be adopted elsewhere https://www.ft.com/...
2019-12-14
Fintech: “The sheer scale of the fintech groundswell is captured by the number of start-ups across Asia. Almost 800 companies have received financing from venture capital and private equity houses since December 2016” https://www.ft.com/... @ft h/t @SoberLook #vc #lbo #pe https://twitter.com/...
Financial Times
Fintech startups in Asia are proving to be formidable competitors to traditional banks, offering a slew of financial services, but many are bleeding cash
Rice Basket Queen is the name of a stall run by Ruri Ruhyaty in a bustling suburb of Jakarta. A year ago it was typical of thousands of others. Tweets: @mohossain and @financialti...