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Gig work is growing faster than worker protection The US is still fragmented; India is moving toward broader coverage The real issue is basic security for flexible workers In New York, some app food delivery workers w

Amazon to acquire U.S.

Anthropic prices its AI agent OpenClaw on a usage-based model OpenAI launches a $100 “middle-tier” plan as it moves to improve profitability Low-cost plans are also being actively deployed as tools to attract users and lock them into broader ecosystems

SoftBank and other major Japanese companies establish an AI joint venture Japanese government turns to physical AI as it seeks remedies for labor shortages Competitive dynamics shift toward full-stack systems as large-scale U.S.

AI Anxiety Fuels Extremist Rage Physical Resistance to AI Spreads, Rejecting Technological Change and Innovation Backlash Echoes the Luddite Movement of the Industrial Revolution Sam Altman, chief executive offi

Samsung Electronics’ 2-nanometer pilot production nears, ushering in full-scale competition at the leading edge of foundry manufacturing Samsung Electronics parts ways with Arm, aggressively embraces the open-source RISC-V architecture "Aiming to end its reliance on AMD by 2027," the company accelerates its drive toward GPU design independence

OpenAI Adopts Process Stability–Focused Technological Pragmatism Widening Gap in CoWoS-Based Packaging Competitiveness Urgent Need to Restore Trust Through Yield Stabilization and Low-Cost Orders OpenAI’s proprietary semiconductor develop

Experimental thorium molten salt reactor converts material into nuclear fuel Construction costs stand at one-quarter of Western levels, reshaping the market through the “manufacturing industrialization” of nuclear power plants Inner Mongolia reserves alone secure the potential to supply electricity for 60,000 years

Gig jobs can pull excluded immigrants into legal work When regular jobs are blocked, platform work can support stability Europe should use gig work as a bridge, not a destination Europe is facing a shortag

Signs Emerge of Samsung Electronics Restructuring Its Local Home Appliance Operations in China “Premium in Europe, Budget in China” Korean Appliance Competitiveness Rapidly Weakens Samsung’s Smartphone Plants and Shipyards Have Already Withdrawn from China

China accused of exploiting the machine-learning technique of ‘distillation’ Securing vast troves of data by inducing millions of conversations “Undermining the price competitiveness of U.S. AI and threatening national security” Major U.S.

Shipment strategy changes, including internal supply adjustmentsContract structures reshaped amid short-term price volatility

Erosion of Labor Income Base Amid AI Expansion Declining Tax Revenues Offset by Higher Capital Taxes Rising Imperative for Redistribution Through Enhanced Taxation Amid mounting concerns over job displacement driven

Leveraging silicon processes, securing a foundation for commercializationAccelerating efforts to ease equipment and process monopolies

Broad toxicity rules can distort lawful political speech and narrow debate Platforms should remove illegal and clearly harmful content, not ideological disagreement User-controlled filtering and ranking offer a better balance between safety and free expression

Spot D-RAM prices, which had been soaring, lose upward momentum Chinese distributors that rushed into memory hoarding take a direct hit: “We’re ruined” Google’s TurboQuant fuels concern over a decline in memory demand Spot D-RAM prices, which h

AI data center market faces supply chain risks and local opposition Big tech doubles down on energy self-sufficiency, from power plant construction to direct procurement "Will aggressively leverage solar power"—efforts to build space-based data centers accelerate

Microsoft Pushes Ahead with Texas Power Plant in Partnership with U.S.

Vulnerability of the fossil-fuel supply chain and the energy transition South Korea and Japan also put security ahead of the environment, temporarily shelving carbon-neutrality policies Expansion of palm oil biodiesel distribution gives rise even to energy “barter” deals

Mobilized even retail investors to secure $122 billion in funding Accelerating profitability improvements ahead of IPO, with advertising and B2B as key pillars IPO performance expected to shape investor sentiment, with warnings of a "bubble burst" if the debut falters