The White House Is Going to Put Government Statistics on the Blockchain (Yeah, We Don’t Know Why Either)

Matt Novak, Gizmodo.com

"We're just ironing out all the details," said Howard Lutnick.

Apple product launch, Meta Super PAC, Trump & Cracker Barrel

Yahoo Finance Video, Yahoo Entertainment

Yahoo Finance's John Hyland tracks Tuesday's top moving stocks and biggest market stories in this Market Minute: Apple's (AAPL) upcoming fall product launch ...

OpenAI Makes a Play for Healthcare

Ece Yildirim, Gizmodo.com

The results are mixed on whether healthcare AI will be revolutionary or problematic

Trump Accuses Other Countries of Making Silicon Valley the ‘Piggy Bank’ of the World

Bruce Gil, Gizmodo.com

The President was losing sleep over the poor tech barons, last night.

Tech’s Heavy Hitters Are Spending Big to Ensure a Pro-AI Congress

Lucas Ropek, Gizmodo.com

$100 million and campaign season is nowhere in sight.

Trump threatens extra tariffs, tech export bans, for any nation that dares to regulate Big Tech

Simon Sharwood, Theregister.com

Poor defenseless tech companies need help despite massive profits, low tax bills, and monopoly positions +COMMENT US president Donald Trump has threatened to impose extra tariffs on imports from any nation that dares to regulate American technology companies.…

Intel Warns US Equity Stake Could Trigger 'Adverse Reactions'

msmash, Slashdot.org

Intel said Monday that converting $8.87 billion in federal chip subsidies into a 10% equity stake creates unprecedented complications and potential "adverse reactions" for a company deriving 76% of revenue internationally. The arrangement transforms Biden-era…

Intel says US govt stake could hurt sales, White House hints at more deals

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett says the US could take stakes in other companies in the sector.

How a road trip from hell pushed 2 Tesla alumni to try to solve the 'Achilles' heel' of EVs

Tom Carter, Business Insider

Range is already a major anxiety for EV owners taking long trips, and towing a heavy RV can cause an electric vehicle battery to drain even faster.

A Harvard professor on why AI 'evangelism' is harming students' career prospects

asheffey@businessinsider.com (Ayelet Sheffey), Business Insider

"We need actual committed educators who are not the bible salesman version of AI at the front of the room," said Harvard professor Alex Green.

The Airbnb cofounder who just became the US's chief design officer is using the Apple Store's style as his north star

Kwan Wei Kevin Tan, Business Insider

Joe Gebbia says he wants to "update today's government services to be as satisfying to use as the Apple Store."

SpaceX to Launch Starship Rocket Again After String of Setbacks

bloomberg.com, Biztoc.com

Links 8/24/2025

Haig Hovaness, Nakedcapitalism.com

Our strategic daily links: Music box, Waymo in NYC, Chinese trains, Africa map, Gaza horrors, Ukraine burning, vanishing privacy, Trumpishness, Musk world, hapless Democrats, immigration troubles, Mr. market, AI, scams, and wretched excess

Killing the Moonlight

Alexander Stille, The New York Review of Books

Electric light, the telephone, radio, the automobile, the movie camera, the airplane: the last years of the nineteenth century and the first years of the twentieth were a blur of technological innovation. In Italy, a provincial, largely agrarian country only …

Adobe Removed from Daniel Ives’ AI 30

Rameen Kasana, Yahoo Entertainment

Adobe Inc. (NASDAQ:ADBE) is among the best stocks to buy now according to AI. Wedbush has removed Adobe Inc. (NASDAQ:ADBE) from its IVES AI 30 list, which is...

The long, painful downfall of Intel

New York Times, The Indian Express

The tech titans of today work on the graveyards of yesterday.

Intel's New Funding Came From Already-Awarded Grants. So What Happens Next?

EditorDavid, Slashdot.org

The U.S. government's 10% stake in Intel "is a mistake," writes the Washington Post's editorial board, calling Intel "an aging also-ran in critical markets" that "has spent recent years stumbling on execution and missing one strategic opportunity after anothe…

Nvidia’s CEO says it’s in talks with Trump administration on a new chip for China

apnews.com, Biztoc.com

Nvidia’s CEO says it’s in talks with Trump administration on a new chip for China BANGKOK (AP) — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Friday that the company is discussing a potential new computer chip designed for China with the Trump administration. Huang was asked…

Nvidia reportedly shows China-specific B30 chips with 80% of the performance of the standard Blackwell GPU to the U.S. government — Nvidia CEO says approval is still up in the air

editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) , Jowi Morales, Tom's Hardware UK

Nvidia is still waiting for approval from the U.S. government to sell the B30 chip to China.

It’s official: The U.S. owns 9.9 percent of Intel

Mark Hachman, PCWorld

On Friday afternoon, Intel confirmed what everyone already knew: that the U.S. government is taking the unprecedented step of investing $8.9 billion into the company. On Tuesday, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that the United States was pushing I…

What time is SpaceX's Starship Flight 10 launch on Aug. 24?

tmalik@space.com (Tariq Malik) , Tariq Malik, Space.com

SpaceX is aiming to launch its Starship Flight 9 test mission no earlier than Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. EDT (2330 GMT), but only if conditions allow.

JPMorgan (JPM) and MUFG Eye $22B Loan for Texas AI-Driven Data Hub

Abdul Rahman, Yahoo Entertainment

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) is one of the best stocks to buy according to billionaire Ken Fisher. On August 20, JPMorgan Chase and Mitsubishi UFJ...

US to take 10% equity stake in Intel, in Trump’s latest corporate move

Reuters, The Indian Express

Under the agreement, the US will purchase a 9.9% stake in Intel for $8.9 billion, or $20.47 per share, which represents a discount of about $4 from Intel's closing share price of $24.80 on Friday.

Zscaler and CrowdStrike (CRWD) Team Up to Boost AI-Powered Cybersecurity

Ghazal Ahmed, Yahoo Entertainment

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD) is one of the Trending AI Stocks on Wall Street. On August 20, cloud security leader Zscaler, Inc. announced an...