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Carney has pivoted from climate action to fossil fuel expansion. His strategy centers on a major oil pipeline and LNG exports, paired with carbon capture. Experts say his plan will reverse emissions progress and fail Canada's 2030 Paris targets. This political realignment, trading climate advocates for oil sector support, has boosted his polling against Conservative opposition, revealing a calculated understanding of power over planetary urgency.

The Walrus

No Matter Which Way You Look at It, Carney Has Abandoned Climate | The Walrus

It’s one thing to make compromises in times of national crisis. It’s another to twist the math on emissions

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A century after warnings before the Great Depression, today's AI boom echoes 1929's tech optimism. Massive data center investments, projected near $1.6 trillion annually by 2030, are fueled by debt and speculative market behavior. While giants fund expansion with cash, newer firms borrow heavily, creating vulnerabilities if sentiment shifts or demand falters, mirroring past cycles where optimism persisted until doubt took hold. https://www.gurufocus.com/news/4075437/the-16-trillion-ai-stampede-is-wall-street-building-data-centers-no-one-will-use #usa #economy #ai

US GDP grew 4.3% in Q3, far exceeding expectations and boosting stocks. However, this growth is narrowly driven by massive AI investment, while other sectors remain weak. Tech giants are funding a historic data center rush with record debt, raising concerns of a period where speculative spending outpaces revenue.

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A huge chunk of U.S. GDP growth is being kept alive by AI spending ‘with no guaranteed return,’ Deutsche Bank says

“Investment in AI-related sectors is critical to GDP growth [and the] US would be close to recession this year if it weren’t for tech-related s...

#usa #economy

CATL has launched the world's first large-scale use of humanoid robots in battery production. Its "Xiaomo" robot, developed with Spirit AI, performs high-precision tasks like connector insertion and final testing, replacing human operators in risky roles. Achieving a 99% success rate, it boosts efficiency and quality. This automation push underpins CATL's market dominance, holding a 38.1% global share.

Interesting Engineering

World's 1st humanoid robot-led EV battery production begins in China

Xiaomo delivers over 99% connection success, matches skilled worker cycle times, and detects wiring faults in real time to cut defects.

#china #technology #robotics #automation

Opposing AI art on spiritual grounds is an idealist error because true artistic value stems from material intent, not the tool. The real conflict is not over aesthetics but control of new technology. The necessary praxis is not rejection in form of futile liberal gestures like boycotts, but developing open-source models to socialize these tools, wresting them from capitalist control and placing them in the hands of the many.

Praxis Over Protest

Why Shoving the AI Toothpaste Back in the Tube is a Liberal Fantasy

#technology #ai #llm #socialism

A new paper demonstrates that delivery receipts in popular messengers like Signal and WhatsApp create serious privacy risks. An attacker can silently "ping" a target's phone number, extracting private information like activity status, device count, and OS type. This technique can also be used for resource exhaustion attacks without triggering any notification for the victim. The authors call for a fundamental design change to protect users.

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Careless Whisper: Exploiting Silent Delivery Receipts to Monitor Users on Mobile Instant Messengers

With over 3 billion users globally, mobile instant messaging apps have become indispensable for both personal and professional communication. Besid...

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UK unemployment has risen to 5.1%, but new research reveals a deeper crisis. Online forums are turning to insecure gig economy work to survive, often as a second job after redundancy. These "Limb (b)" workers face financial hardship and poor mental health but remain invisible in official statistics, lacking protections.

Big Issue

Unemployment in Britain much worse than reported, study finds

Gig economy workers may be missing from official employment statistics that show the UK employment rate currently sits at 5.1%.

#uk #economy

A Harvard study shows only 13% of U.S. youth are confident in the country's direction. They overwhelmingly reject both political parties, fear a worse economic future, and support for capitalism is falling. Meanwhile, a stock market boom fueled by AI speculation enriches tech billionaires who openly predict mass job loss.

Workers World

Young workers reject capitalism’s dead-end future

According to a recent Harvard Kennedy School study, only 13% of 18-29 year olds in the U.S. have confidence “in the direction the country is goin...

#usa #politics #economy #socialism