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Micron breaks ground on $9bn Hiroshima expansion to chase AI memory demand
Micron Technology broke ground on Saturday on a ¥1.5 trillion, roughly $9.3bn, expansion of its factory in Hiroshima, western Japan, the company’s latest bet on the AI memory boom that has already pushed its market value past $1 trillion. The Boise, Idaho based chipmaker will use the site to produce high-bandwidth memory, the stacked DRAM
Bitcoin Is Passing the Geopolitical Test. Why Is Crypto Rising While Stocks Fall?
In recent weeks, geopolitical tensions have caused strong volatility in global financial markets. However, Bitcoin has shown a contrary reaction to many traditional assets. While global stock markets wiped out trillions of dollars in value and precious metals struggled to maintain gains, Bitcoin and the broader crypto market recorded significant increases. This development is drawing
Potential War Pause Fuels BTC Rally as Shorts Get Squeezed — Can Bitcoin Hit $80K in 5 Days?
On March 23, U.S. President Donald Trump posted an announcement on the Truth Social platform, stating that the U.S. will temporarily suspend military strikes on Iran for five days. According to him, the two sides have held “positive and constructive” negotiations. This move inadvertently triggered a wave of short position liquidations in the crypto market
America’s coming war over AI regulation
In 2026, states will go head to head with the White House’s sweeping executive order. Stephanie Arnett/MIT Technology Review | Adobe Stock MIT Technology Review’s What’s Next series looks across industries, trends, and technologies to give you a first look at the future. You can read the rest of them here . In the final
The Solution to America’s Housing Crisis Might Be Built in a Factory
It’s called modular construction, and it could allow apartments to be constructed within a week...
America’s blue-collar workforce is shrinking
America's blue-collar workforce is shrinking, as President Trump's policies hit the same sectors he vowed to reinvigorate.Why it matters: Hiring is stalling out nearly across the board amid drastic shifts in trade and immigration policies. But perhaps nowhere is it more apparent than in the labor sectors that expected a Trump-era boost.By the numbers: The
America’s job growth has flatlined — and Mark Zandi believes June may have been the start of a recession
June’s job loss was the first since the pandemic, a flashing-red signal that the economy’s growth momentum has stopped...
Trump Says America’s Oil Industry Is Cleaner Than Other Countries’. New Data Shows Massive Emissions From Texas Wells.
by Martha Pskowski, Inside Climate News, and Mark Olalde, ProPublica ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. Hakim Dermish moved to the small South Texas town of Catarina in 2002 in
Guns, Race, and Profit: The Pain of America’s Other Epidemic
BOGALUSA, La. — Less than a mile from a century-old mill that sustained generations in this small town north of New Orleans, 19-year-old Tajdryn Forbes was shot to death near his mother’s house. She found Forbes face down in the street in August 2023, two weeks before he had planned to move away from the
America’s Most Powerful Laser Fires Its First 2-Petawatt Shot
Science & Nature Reaching 2 petawatts of power, the NSF-funded ZEUS facility at the University of Michigan supports research with potential benefits for medicine,...
How America’s economic policies are copying Trump’s aggressive business tactics
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Micron breaks ground on $9bn Hiroshima expansion to chase AI memory demand
Micron Technology broke ground on Saturday on a ¥1.5 trillion, roughly $9.3bn, expansion of its factory in Hiroshima, western Japan, the company’s latest bet on the AI memory boom that has already pushed its market value past $1 trillion. The Boise, Idaho based chipmaker will use the site to produce high-bandwidth memory, the stacked DRAM
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Bitcoin Is Passing the Geopolitical Test. Why Is Crypto Rising While Stocks Fall?
In recent weeks, geopolitical tensions have caused strong volatility in global financial markets. However, Bitcoin has shown a contrary reaction to many traditional assets. While global stock markets wiped out trillions of dollars in value and precious metals struggled to maintain gains, Bitcoin and the broader crypto market recorded significant increases. This development is drawing
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Potential War Pause Fuels BTC Rally as Shorts Get Squeezed — Can Bitcoin Hit $80K in 5 Days?
On March 23, U.S. President Donald Trump posted an announcement on the Truth Social platform, stating that the U.S. will temporarily suspend military strikes on Iran for five days. According to him, the two sides have held “positive and constructive” negotiations. This move inadvertently triggered a wave of short position liquidations in the crypto market
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Institutions Are Frantically Buying Bitcoin While Retail Traders Short It — What the Divergence Tells NFT Collectors
In recent weeks, as institutional flows back into the Bitcoin (BTC) market through investment products like ETFs, derivatives market data reveal a contrary trend: many retail traders are still betting on a decline in BTC prices. This divergence not only reflects current market sentiment but could also serve as an early indicator of how capital
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India Markets Regulator Reinstates Open Market Buybacks, Tightens Rules for Officials
Updated 19 June 2026 at 18:15 IST The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has approved the re-introduction of share buybacks directly through stock exchanges starting August 1, limiting the window to 66 working days with strict promoter lock-in safeguards. SEBI | Image: Reuters India's markets regulator on Friday approved the re-introduction of share