U.S. president Joe Biden has slapped additional tariffs on some Chinese products entering the country and added new levies on others.
Author: admin (Kendrick Williams)
SPOTLIGHT: CHINA’S ECONOMIC STRUGGLE
On 17 May, China will open the sale of a trillion yuan worth of bonds—about $138 billion—to help it stand its economy back up after almost three years of weakness and turmoil.
SILVER PRICE JUMPS WITH SOLAR PANEL BOOM
In 2023, solar panel production more than doubled and has continued rising this year, surging the demand—and, therefore, the price—for silver.
BLOCKCHAIN BATTLES
There’s been a recent growing awareness in the crypto community that the 2024 election represents a high stakes proposition for the future of the sector in the United States.
BIDEN ADMIN “STRONGLY” OPPOSES FINANCIAL INSTITUTION BITCOIN PARTICIPATION
The Biden administration continued its increasingly hardened anti-crypto policies this past week with a declaration saying the President would veto a bill allowing “highly regulated” financial institutions to provide crypto related services to clients.
OPENAI RELEASES TOOL TO IDENTIFY FAKE IMAGES
AI has created memorable fake images—the pope in a puffer coat, Donald Trump being tackled to the ground by a squad of police—that have tricked some people into thinking they were real.
AI CAN CREATE YOUR DIGITAL TWIN
New versions of AI can create images to order, threatening the livelihood of photographers. AIs can create images of people to order, ending the careers, and the profession, of fashion models.
A HORDE OF CHINESE START-UPS ARE BLITZING THE COUNTRY’S AI MARKET
“There is no winner of [AI] foundation models yet” in China, Charlie Dai, vice-president of consulting firm Forrester, told the Financial Times.
SAUDI ARABIA: THE NEXT BIG PLAYER IN AI?
Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s king-in-waiting, has invested his country’s cash in gaming enterprises, green hydrogen technology, and plans to build a “digital city” called Neom in the desert.
THE FALL OF EUROPE IS A DONE DEAL, RUSSIA HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT…AND AMERICA ISN’T FAR BEHIND
The EU is destined to fall apart and be balkanized, once again. A combination of demographic implosion and desperate immigration policies has, at this point, baked in a clash of civilizations.









