n November, the average selling price of a U.S. home was 3.6 percent higher than in October, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National Home Price Index, due in significant part to a flurry of sales in New York City.
Category: 4 February 2025
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CONSUMER CONFIDENCE DROOPS AGAIN IN JANUARY
Consumers’ view of the present and future economy fell more than economists expected last month, according to a January survey by the Conference Board (CB).
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U.S. ECONOMY GREW 2.8 PERCENT IN 2024
U.S. GDP expanded by 2.8 percent last year, the Commerce Department reported. The growth was smaller than 2023’s 3.2 percent but compared to much of the world, the U.S. economic growth is doing better than most.
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TECHNOCRACY BRIEFS
Some in the media were suddenly interested in the subject of stolen IP, after revelations that China’s Deepseek.ai likely heisted datasets and more from its American competitor OpenAI.
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GAZA CEASEFIRE
The fragile ceasefire between Hamas and Israel remains in place, as tens of thousands of Gazans return to their homes throughout the enclave that have been reduced to rubble.
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AI ARMS RACE, HUMANITY IN THE CROSSHAIRS
OpenAI safety researcher Steven Adler revealed this past week that he had left OpenAI in late 2024, over concerns about the way AI was being developed at the company.
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CRISPR FUTURE: WHO ARE YOUR DADDIES?
“Humans are off limits for now…” That line is from a 28 January MIT Technology Review detailing new experiments that have combined genetics from two same sex “parents” to create offspring.
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BLOCKCHAIN BATTLES
Trump Media, started after MSM and social media platforms censored the sitting President during the 2020 election, and after the massive January 6 protests against election fraud, is moving into crypto and Defi.
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MOVES TO HOLD BITCOIN AS STRATEGIC ASSET WILL EXPAND
More companies are acquiring and holding bitcoin as a reserve asset every day. And more government entities in 2025 will be joining them.
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TURNING JUNK PLASTIC INTO HIGH-GRADE PLASTIC
Some plastics are hard, literally and figuratively, to recycle—for example, acrylonitrile butadiene that’s used to make computer keyboards and protective headgear.
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