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Nvidia buys AI chip startup Groq for $20 billion
The semiconductor giant will hire all of Groq’s top staff and license the firm’s AI technology.
When sanctions fail, power turns to seizure: The unraveling of the western coercive order
By Peiman Salehi for the Cradle The recent escalation in US–Venezuela tensions is often framed narrowly in tactical terms: the seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker, new sanctions targeting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s inner circle, and a publicized diplomatic exchange with Moscow. Individually, these developments appear episodic. Together, they signal the decay of a coercive model that no longer delivers, […]
Judge upholds Trump's H-1B fee
A US judge upheld President Donald Trump’s $100,000 fee on new applications for H-1B visas, dealing a setback to tech companies that have long benefitted from recruiting highly skilled foreign nationals.
From Zohr to Leviathan: How Israel turned Egypt’s gas dreams into a pipeline for dependency
By The Cradle’s Egypt Correspondent Over the past decade, Egypt’s natural gas sector has shifted from a symbol of self-sufficiency and export ambition to a glaring indictment of the country’s fragile energy governance – and of the increasingly tangled web of politics and economics in the eastern Mediterranean. The latest Leviathan gas agreement with Israel – expanded even […]
Ending the American Dream by 2029?
Eye of Newt and Toe of Frog in Trump's U.S.A.
How the ‘Epstein Class’ Fails to the Top | The Chris Hedges Report (w/ Anand Giridharadas)
Anand Giridharadas explains how the elite continuously find ways to screw you, with either good or cynical intentions.