DeepSeek roiled the AI industry and financial markets last month with news of its world-class R1 model made on the cheap. The news set off a tsunami of Chinese investment and focus on the potential of domestic AI.
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AI FERVOR REACHES EUROPE
Fourth-quarter earnings among tech companies in the MSCI Europe stock index grew by an average of 5.5 percent, compared to analysts’ forecasts of 0.5 percent.
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MICROSOFT CANCELS LEASES ON DATA CENTERS
Microsoft, which had budgeted $80 billion this year to build out its AI infrastructure, has been canceling leases on “a substantial amount of data center capacity,” Bloomberg reported.
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DEEPSEEK WILL NOT SLOW DEMAND FOR DATA CENTERS, SUPPLIER SAYS
The kind of cheaper, less energy-intense AI created by Chinese start-up DeepSeek will not slow the headlong demand for AI data centers around the world, according to Schneider Electric, a major supplier of electrical infrastructure to the centers and other industrial sites.
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ROBBER BARONS 2.0: 24 PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD NOW QUALIFY AS ‘SUPERBILLONAIRES’
Twenty-four people around the world are now considered “superbillionaires” because they’ve acquired a net worth of $50 billion or more—a major jump even among their fellow billionaires.
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AI BOOM A PUBLIC HEALTH BUST
A newly released study found that AI infrastructure development in the U.S. has increased the costs of treating illnesses tied to the air pollution generated by these facilities.
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BLOOD TEST PROMISES TO DETERMINE ORGAN ‘AGE’ AND OFFER WINDOW INTO DISEASE RISK
Blood tests that identify “organ-specific biological markers” could help individuals determine possible future health issues.
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WHAT IS NIH HIDING? AGENCY REPORTEDLY REDACTS THOUSANDS OF PAGES ON WIRELESS RADIATION
Miriam Eckenfels, the director of Children’s Health Defense’s Electromagnetic Radiation and Wireless Program, noted that her group filed a FOIA to learn exactly why the government stopped the research given the previous “smoking gun.”
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AT HOME OR AT JUNK FOOD RESTAURANTS, BLOATING UP ON ULTRA-PROCESSED FOODS IS THE AMERICAN WAY
A new study found that you could be eating nearly as much ultra-processed foods at home as you are when eating out, raising new health concerns about the American diet.
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ONLY THE RICH NEED APPLY: TRUMP PUSHES $5M GOLD CARD FOR CITIZENSHIP
U.S. President Donald Trump announced a plan to sell “gold cards” for $5 million to wealthy foreigners interested in citizenship in hopes of paying down the federal deficit with the earnings while opening the door to wealthy individuals.