When it comes to vitamins, well-known examples that immediately come to mind include vitamins C and D. While these are certainly important, I believe that other vitamins also deserve their own spotlight, such as vitamin K2.
ECONOMIC UPDATE—MARKET OVERVIEW
Another day in the U.S.A. is another day of economic and political uncertainty. And where it starts and stops nobody knows. As we continue to note, two of our Top Trends for 2025 are the Trump Card and the Wild Card, both of which are being played day-in and day-out.
DYSTOPIANISM: HUNKER DOWN, BECAUSE THE WORST IS YET TO COME
For many years, and for those who follow my work, I have attempted to explain that there is a deliberate and extremely methodical new order or “transition” happening worldwide.
U.S. CONSUMERS CUT SPENDING AS MOOD CONTINUES TO DARKEN
Foot traffic in American brick-and-mortar stores was 4.3 percent less in early March than a year earlier, continuing a reduction in shopping that began early this year, research service RetailNext reported.
FROM DENIAL TO ARROGANCE: WORKERS TOLD TO ‘GET OVER’ AI TAKING THEIR JOBS
Legacy media still mostly spouts the lines of tech CEOs (at least the ones who haven’t politically transgressed) concerning both the inevitability and the general gee-whiz awesomeness of AI and fast approaching AGI and ASI.
HAARETZ BLAMES ISRAEL FOR ‘DERAILING’ GAZA CEASEFIRE—NOT HAMAS
Haaretz, a top newspaper in Israel, ran an editorial last week that placed blame squarely on the Israeli government for the Gaza ceasefire’s undoing—challenging the propaganda from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and repeated in the Western media that the collapse was the result of an obdurate Hamas.
TRUMP VOWS TO ‘COMPLETELY ANNIHILATE’ HOUTHIS AFTER VOWING NOT TO GET U.S. ENSNARED IN ANOTHER WAR
On 20 January 2025, Donald Trump gave his inauguration speech inside the U.S.’s Capitol Rotunda and said his “proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker and unifier,” but two months later, he took the opposite approach…
Global Economy
SPOTLIGHT: BIGS GETTING BIGGER
Google is paying $32 billion in cash to buy Wiz, a noted cybersecurity startup. The purchase not only improves Google’s cloud services’ security but also leads the company beyond its search engine and Internet services businesses.
TOP TREND 2024, OFFICE BUILDING BUST: SEATTLE DEVELOPER DEFAULTS ON $135 MILLION IN OFFICE BUILDING LOANS
Martin Selig Real Estate, a commercial property developer in Seattle, has defaulted on $135 million in loans against three office buildings after failing to secure refinancing.
INDONESIA’S STOCK MARKET DIVES AS CONSUMER SPENDING SLOWS
Indonesia’s Jakarta Composite Index plunged 7.1 percent last week to its lowest level in almost four years.
The Israel War
HAARETZ BLAMES ISRAEL FOR ‘DERAILING’ GAZA CEASEFIRE—NOT HAMAS
Haaretz, a top newspaper in Israel, ran an editorial last week that placed blame squarely on the Israeli government for the Gaza ceasefire’s undoing—challenging the propaganda from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and repeated in the Western media that the collapse was the result of an obdurate Hamas.
IDF DESTROYS GAZA’S ONLY CANCER HOSPITAL
Another day, another atrocity committed by Israel, and no outrage.
ISRAEL KEEPS VIOLATING CEASEFIRE DEAL—INTENSIFIES DEADLY STRIKES ON LEBANON
The IDF on Saturday carried out a massive wave of airstrikes inside Lebanon on Saturday after accusing Hezbollah of lobbing rockets into northern Israel—a claim that the group denied, accusing the Israelis of using the allegation to justify its latest round of aggression.
Trends in AI
AI BRIEFS
Scientists at Imperial College London worked for 10 years to figure out exactly how a superbug virus—one that has become drug-resistant—gained its ability to infect a range of kinds of bacteria instead of just one or a related few.
YUM BRANDS IS IN THE CHIPS
The conglomerate that owns KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell has partnered with Nvidia, the world’s dominant maker of AI chips, to ease and improve customers’ experiences, boost franchisees’ technological infrastructure, and earn more money for shareholders, Joe Park, the company’s chief technology officer, said in a statement.
TOP U.S. COLLEGE GRADS SEND THEIR RESUMES TO CHINA
New graduates from Harvard, Stanford, and other leading U.S. universities are applying for work at China’s Manycore AI company, Bloomberg reported.
Hi-Tech Science
HAS D-WAVE REALLY ACHIEVED “QUANTUM SUPREMACY?”
D-Wave, a California research firm, has published a technical paper claiming it has achieved “quantum supremacy”—using a quantum computer to solve a problem beyond the reach of today’s supercomputers.
CHINESE CARMAKER UNVEILS FIVE-MINUTE EV CHARGER
Drivers skeptical of owning an electric vehicle (EV) often cite two concerns: the lack of enough public charging stations and the time it takes—up to an hour—to even partially recharge an EV’s battery pack.
PRINTING YOUR NEXT MEAL
3D printing is building everything from entire houses to detailed anatomical models for medical research. Now it’s printing food.
