Author: Daniel snow

Spruce Pine, N.C., supplies the world’s highest-purity quartz, a mineral that keeps the A.I. revolution afloat. What are the consequences? Source link

The Trump administration wants to cancel some spending through a budget maneuver with disturbing ramifications. Source link

Unlike the Christian conservatives when I was younger, today’s variations seem incapable of compassion toward outgroups like mine. Source link

A judge’s remedy for the company’s illegal monopolization of search may worsen the problem. Source link

It’s about fostering principled engagement across ideological lines. Source link

The alienated loners behind left-coded violence. Source link

Using artificial intelligence can feel like magic. You type a prompt, and your answer instantly, effortlessly appears. But the magic is an illusion. This one prompt uses roughly 10 times more energy than a standard search. Pull back the curtain, and you discover vast warehouses of computers with a voracious appetite for energy, water and raw minerals. New data centers are fueling a trillion-dollar industrial revolution. “This is the biggest infrastructure project in history.” All of this, quite literally, scars the earth. Right now, A.I.’s environmental impacts are growing, and the consequences are hitting home. “My car is gone.” “I’m…

Dollar heads for winning week; PCE data looms large Source link

While the West is distracted and divided, China is focused and surging ahead. Source link

Asia FX heads for sharp weekly losses on Fed rate caution; Tokyo CPI in focus Source link