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Artikel ist leider auf Englisch....
Cars are piling up at European ports at an alarming rate (qz.com)
Tesla is the worst-performing stock in the S&P 500 this year (qz.com)
TIL that after an Egyptian man witnessed US lawncare practices and heard the song "Baby it's Cold Outside" he became so incensed with American culture he went home and invented Salafi jihadism (qz.com)
Completely understandable how those things could drive a person over the edge tbh
Meta is trying to stop Chinese accounts from swaying US and Indian elections (qz.com)
Thousands of accounts from China are spreading misinformation in the world's two largest democracies ahead of 2024 elections
Was the metaverse ever a good bet? (qz.com)
Investments in the metaverse have plummeted in the past two years.
The average long-term US mortgage rate falls to 7.29% in fourth-straight weekly drop (qz.com)
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate fell for the fourth time in as many weeks, more positive news for prospective homebuyers who have been held back by sharply higher borrowing costs and heightened competition for relatively few homes for sale....
Apple may be quiet on AI, but it’s also the biggest buyer of AI companies (qz.com)
cross-posted from !apple...
White House asks Congress to pass short-term funding to keep government operating, official tells AP (qz.com)
The White House said Thursday that Congress should pass a short-term funding measure to ensure the government keeps operating after the current budget year ends Sept. 30....
Apple now has 1 billion paying subscribers (qz.com)
Apple announced that it now has 1 billion paying subscribers to its services and that revenue from these sales has reached an all-time high....
Tomato prices are so high some Indians are going to Nepal to find better deals (qz.com)
A staple in Indian cooking, soaring tomato prices put a strain on both households and eateries
Deforestation in the Amazon dropped by a third since Lula became president (qz.com)
But the real test for the Brazilian president's deforestation goals starts now, in the dry season
Saudi Arabia and Russia are trying to make oil more expensive (qz.com)
The two major oil producers plan to cut 1.5 million barrels a day amid a global economic slowdown
The music industry is waging war upon an AI server on Discord (qz.com)
Db0’s note: Not quite about piracy, but very very close to be relevant to us....
The World Bank has spent $37 billion since 2020 on "climate mitigation" projects. Most have little to do with climate (qz.com)
A study of more than 2,000 projects funded from 2020 to 2022 shows scant evidence of a climate focus
Tennessee is set to become the first US state to ban drag (qz.com)
Honda has started building America's first plug-in hydrogen fuel cell vehicle (qz.com)
The alternative fuel vehicle can run on both hydrogen and — to a degree — electricity
Tesla's sales in China grew last month as the EV industry rebounds (qz.com)
ExxonMobil lost a bid to sue its own climate-focused shareholders | One suit was dismissed, though another will continue (qz.com)
Google accidentally deleted a $125 billion pension fund's account (qz.com)
cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/31910025
Another United Airlines Boeing plane is diverted with mechanical issues (qz.com)
🚀 Space Business: Life after the ISS (qz.com)
The International Space Station has exceeded its intended lifespan. What will replace it?
The shift of manufacturing out of China is shaking up shipping (qz.com)
Demand for shipping routes within Asia is rising as producers diversify supply chains
Why so many Hamas hostages are from Thailand (qz.com)
Israel's dependence on migrant workers dates to previous conflicts with Palestine
Students are sharing AI-generated fake nudes of classmates—and there's no US federal law to stop them (qz.com)
Although several US states have laws against pornographic deepfakes, Washington has yet to act
