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WorkThe capacitor that Apple soldered incorrectly at the factoryThere have been some past rumblings on the internet about a capacitor being installed backwards in Apple's Macintosh LC III. The LC III was a "pizza box" Mac model produced from early 1993 to early 1994, mainly targeted at the education market. WorkBuilding LLMs is probably not going be a brilliant businessLarge language models (LLMs) like Chat-GPT and Claude.ai are whizzy and cool. A lot of people think that they are going to be The Future. Maybe they are -- but that doesn't mean that building them is going to be a profitable business. In the 1960s, airlines were The Future.
WorkTunable ultrasound propagation in microscale metamaterialsAcoustic metamaterials -- architected materials that have tailored geometries designed to control the propagation of acoustic or elastic waves through a medium -- have been studied extensively through computational and theoretical methods. Work
WorkSatellite space junk might wreak havoc on the stratosphereEarth's space junk may be wreaking havoc on the stratosphere. The rapid surge in satellite megaconstellations is connecting much of the world to broadband internet. But each year, hundreds of those satellites die, burning up in the atmosphere as they fall. Work
WorkSetelinleikkaus: When Finns snipped their cash in half to curb inflationAll Finns were required to take out a pair of scissors and snip their banknotes in half. This was known in Finland as setelinleikkaus, or banknote cutting. Anyone who owned any of the three largest denomination Finnish banknotes — the 5000 markka note, the 1000, or the 500 — was required to perform this operation immediately. The left side of the note could still be used to buy things, but at only half its value. So if a Finn had a 1000 markka note in their wallet, henceforth he or she could now only buy 500 markka worth of items at stores. As for the right side, it could no longer be spent and effectively became a bond (more on this later). Work
WorkWorkWhy Is Gratitude So Difficult? - The New Yorker (No paywall)Does Gratitude to R for -ing Imply Gratitude that R -ed? isnt a question we often ask ourselves on Thanksgiving. Translated into plain Englishits the title of a scholarly article by the philosopher Tony Manelait asks whether its possible to be grateful to someone for doing something without being grateful that the same something has happened. The idea isnt that complicatedat least, not at first. Imagine, Manela writes, that Yakov and Ruth work together in a factory with dangerous machinery. Yakov gets one of his hands stuck in a machine:
WorkIsrael and Hizbullah strike a fragile deal to end their war - The Economist (No paywall)IT HARDLY LOOKED as if a truce was imminent. The afternoon of November 26th saw Israel launch dozens of air strikes on Beiruts southern suburbs, some of the heaviest bombardment this year. Then the Israeli army told people to evacuate the heart of the Lebanese capital, an area where Hizbullah, a Shia militia, has no armed presence. Traffic jams stretched for kilometres as panicked residents fled. Work
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WorkWork WorkWorkTribal lands were stolen. What happens when those ancestral territories are returned?Our mission could not be more clear and more necessary: We have a duty to explain what just happened, and why, and what it means for you. We need clear-eyed journalism that helps you understand what really matters. Reporting that brings clarity in increasingly chaotic times. Reporting that is driven by truth, not by what people in power want you to believe. WorkWorkWorkThis start-up is removing carbon from a polluted New York City riverIn November, I toured a shipping container bristling with tubes and wires, perched beside New York City's East river. It is the test site of a start-up called Vycarb, which recently began adding crushed rocks and other chemicals to the water to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. WorkWorkWorkWorkHow political upheaval inspired the French ImpressionistsDouble your support for intelligent, in-depth, trustworthy journalism. Impressionism is perhaps the most-viewed and best-loved movement in art history. A new exhibition, first shown in Paris, looks back 150 years to its founding moment and to the darkness hidden behind all that light. WorkWorkWorkWorkHacker in Snowflake Extortions May Be a U.S. SoldierTwo men have been arrested for allegedly stealing data from and extorting dozens of companies that used the cloud data storage company Snowflake, but a third suspect -- a prolific hacker known as Kiberphant0m -- remains at large and continues to publicly extort victims. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkThe US is losing the ability to deter war with China - WSJ (No paywall) America is rapidly losing the ability to deter China in the Taiwan Strait and elsewhere due to a weak defense industrial base. The Trump administration can revitalize this base by increasing procurement funds, making defense systems critical for warfighting and deterrence in Asia a priority, and cutting excessive contracting regulations. WorkWhat Trumps new tariff threats mean for the US economy - WSJ (No paywall) The stiff duties that President-elect Donald Trumpthreatened against the U.S.s neighbors and big trading partners, along with the additional tariffs he promised against China, could raise prices for Americans on everything from fresh fruit from Mexico to lumber from Canada and Chinese electronics. WorkWorkDonald Trump and Elon Musk could radically reshape NASA. Here's howFrom America's 250th birthday to the the 2026 World Cup, President-elect Donald Trump will enjoy the global spotlight during a number of major events in two years' time. But one will likely be sweeter for him than all others: he is poised to become only the second president in history to place a phone call to the moon. WorkErdogan Is Plotting His Next Power GrabRecep Tayyip Erdoan is a political survivor. For more than 20 years, first as Turkeys Prime Minister and then as its President, he has weaved his way through the kinds of crises that end the careers of even the most resourceful and resilient of leaders: runaway inflation, a spiraling currency, the arrival of millions of refugees, a devastating earthquake, corruption accusations, mass protests, international condemnation and pressure, and a 2016 coup attempt. WorkTwo Presidents, Two Policies, One Superpower: America in Transition “Leaders in capitals around the world are trying to take advantage of the moment to try to curry favor with Trump himself at a time when it may still be possible to shape his agenda,” she added. And Mr. Trump’s “inner circle is dismissive of the traditional Washington protocols that might suggest some discretion during the transition.” WorkA New Mega-Ship From Europe Heads to the Caribbean But what the Swiss, family-run MSC company hopes will really set the World America apart is the European influence on the ship’s design, its restaurants, activities and service. There will be Swarovski crystal stairs, a Mediterranean-inspired promenade, Italian marble details, as well as fresh croissants, authentic mozzarella and pasta, and artisanal coffee from Lavazza, an Italian company. WorkTrump Selects Jamieson Greer as Trade Representative In his next term, Mr. Trump has promised to again make aggressive use of the government’s authority over trade. On Monday, he said he would impose tariffs on all products coming into the United States from Canada, Mexico and China on his first day in office. WorkInside the Plastic Industry's Battle to Win Over Hearts and Minds The corporate strategizing laid out in the documents provides a behind-the-scenes look at a battle being waged over the future of plastic. Nations are gathering in Busan, South Korea this week to hammer out details of a global plastic treaty that might tackle pollution at its source, by limiting its production — an approach that the plastic industry has vehemently opposed. WorkOpinion | R.F.K. Jr. and Trump's MAGA Science Agenda While most Americans still support the benefits of vaccination, Republicans today tend to be more vaccine hesitant than Democrats and more distrustful of the pharmaceutical industry generally. Compared with Democrats, Republicans are more likely to believe that the Food and Drug Administration is preventing natural cures from reaching the public because of corporate influence and that genetically modified organisms threaten public health. In short, Republican attitudes toward the scientific and medical establishment increasingly resemble the worldview embodied by Mr. Kennedy. WorkWorkApple ordered to open up in-app purchases in BrazilBrazil's antitrust regulator Cade has ruled that Apple must lift restrictions on in-app purchases within 20 days, Reuters reports. Otherwise, if the iPhone maker doesn't comply, it faces fines of $43,000 per day. TradeBriefs Publications are read by over 100,000 Industry Executives About Us | Advertise | Privacy PolicyUnsubscribe (one-click) You are receiving this mail because of your subscription with TradeBriefs.
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