Nvidia invests $5B in struggling Intel for joint chip development—a power reversal that would've seemed impossible three years ago. Intel gets cash and validation; Nvidia gets x86 access without foundry risk. AMD faces pressure on two fronts.
Trump's White House now operates as a meme factory. His digital team floods social media with provocative content at lightning speed.
They've abandoned staid press releases for viral videos and attack graphics. The strategy works. When Selena Gomez posted a tearful video about deportations, Trump's team countered with handcuff-rattling deportation videos. Gomez deleted her post. Trump's clip garnered 100 million views.
A dozen young staffers run the operation with minimal oversight. They posted 207 times in a single day during Trump's Congressional address.
Why this matters:
Accountability journalism gasps for air when presidents control both message and distribution method.
The bully pulpit just acquired a megaphone, brass knuckles, and a TikTok account.
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Anthropic builds classified AI models for intelligence agencies while blocking FBI and ICE from domestic surveillance use. The contradiction has sparked White House tensions and raises questions about ethical lines in government AI.
Google's £5bn UK AI investment drops hours before Trump's state visit, transforming routine infrastructure into geopolitical theater. The strategic timing reveals how American tech giants are rebuilding Europe's digital backbone.
China announced Nvidia violated antitrust law precisely as US-China trade talks resumed in Madrid. Beijing's regulatory timing exposes the impossible bind facing tech giants caught between competing sovereign demands over AI chip access.
Albania just appointed the world's first AI government minister to handle all public procurement. Diella promises corruption-free contracts as the country races toward EU membership by 2027. But can algorithms resist human manipulation?
