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30th Anniversary of South 32 Hillside Smelter twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

.@ojblanchard1 & @AngelUbide propose replacing up to 25% of GDP of each EU country debt with Eurobonds over the next few years, by exchanging current national bonds by Eurobonds via buybacks & refinancing national bond maturities coming due with Eurobonds.piie.com/blogs/realtime…

Design matters, but so does culture. In Olympic Gardens, we are rethinking how waste is managed, making systems more convenient, while also shaping better habits through education, starting with our children. This is about building smarter communities that work for the people who live in them.

Arm CEO Rene Haas said the company is experiencing an “explosion of demand” for its CPU architecture driven by AI workloads in data centers, with orders doubling to $2 billion in just five weeks. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

"On the part of the US, they are looking for some kind of deal – whatever that happens to be – on critical minerals & rare earths with Brazil," Monica de Bolle says. "The US actually needs something from Lula." reuters.com/world/americas…

Why Trump Can't Stand Still: The Iran War He Doesn't Know How to End youtu.be/nZM2x485OJs?si… via @YouTube

Maryland homeowners will pay an extra $1.6 billion on their electric bills over the next decade to subsidize grid costs to feed data centers, according to a state agency bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Earnings reports from Uber, DoorDash, and Amazon highlight "resilient" consumer demand, Roth Capital Partners managing director Rohit Kulkarni says.

Israel bombed Beirut for the first time yesterday since it agreed to a ceasefire in Lebanon last month. The attack underscored how fighting in Lebanon could pose an obstacle to a regional peace deal—even as Iran studies a U.S. proposal to end the war. Read more and subscribe to the Daily News Brief: on.cfr.org/48LYHhx

The European Central Bank will have to raise interest rates if the Iran war leaves a more lasting mark on inflation, according to Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Japan's moonshot nuclear fusion tech finds earthbound applications Startups explore industrial spin-offs to sustain long quest for boundless energy s.nikkei.com/3R9hQDT

Old IT makes its bid for AI relevance ft.trib.al/qETu2cS | opinion

Generative artificial intelligence is being used by 17.8 per cent of the world’s working-age population, but the gap between wealthy and developing nations continues to widen, according to a report published Tuesday by Microsoft. jamaicaobserver.com/2026/05/07/ai-…

US data center construction rose to a new record high in official data released today, hitting a pace of nearly $50B/yr (and this only includes data center facilities, not the expensive computers within) Spending is up 34% over the last year and 260% since the launch of ChatGPT

EU prepares for ‘potential’ talks with Putin, says official ft.trib.al/kxTW4uC

Semafor: The Trump administration plans to invite CEOs from Nvidia, Apple, Exxon, Boeing, and other big companies to accompany the president on his trip to China next week, a person familiar with the matter said.

SoftBank in talks with Nvidia to build made-in-Japan AI servers s.nikkei.com/4ngF7Qs

Yuan payments soar as currency of last resort for Iran, Russia China's answer to SWIFT network sees rapid growth in transactions s.nikkei.com/42PvpuS

Apple $AAPL stock just hit new ALL TIME HIGHS 🍏🍏🍏🍏🍏

Sony Music is finalizing a deal to acquire a music catalog from Blackstone that includes works of Justin Bieber and Neil Young in one of the largest such deals in music history bloom.bg/4whaw9t