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AI ‘slopaganda’ and the battle for Philippine political reality

The Philippines is no stranger to politically weaponised memes and internet trolls. What has changed is the way information warfare is waged, now requiring nothing more than a smartphone and a well-crafted prompt. Supporters of former president Rodrigo Duterte helped pioneer the industrialised use of social media to spread disinformation, rewarding loyalists and destroying opponents through the ruthless deployment of memes, viral videos, paid amplifiers and manufactured trending topics. Analysts

Study financing: Minister Bär is preparing for the end of the Bafög reform

Research Minister Bär no longer expects a quick Bafög update. Why she shows understanding for a possible stop to the reform.

China’s Oil Buying Pause Won’t Last Forever

China has been cited as an example of a country that has managed to insulate itself relatively well against oil crises. With over a billion barrels in estimated inventories before the war in the Middle East started, China was the poster child of forward planning in energy security. But this could change, and if it does, it would make an already severe crisis even worse. Kpler sounded the alarm about that prospect earlier this month, reporting that Chinese refiners have reduced their purchases of

Ebola shows world unprepared for next pandemic, ex-US CDC head says

The world is not “well prepared” for the next pandemic, Tom Frieden, the former head of the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said, citing the current response to the Ebola outbreak and cuts to US public health efforts. “This Ebola outbreak is not going to cause a pandemic, it’s not going to cause a significant risk to large numbers of Americans,” Frieden, the CEO of Resolve to Save Lives, said. “It’s a stress test, and it’s a stress test the world is not doing well at. I would say so..

Folk festival in northern Spain: 100 years of “Fiesta” – in Hemingway’s footsteps in Pamplona

The novel “Fiesta” by future Nobel Prize winner Ernest Hemingway was published in 1926. A search for clues where the eponymous and now controversial folk festival in July has always been fiercely celebrated.

China and Japan aren’t talking. Will their rare earth trade go quiet?

When China broke out one of its “big guns” in last year’s trade war with the US – an array of export controls on rare earth elements – it helped spur a temporary truce in the pitched conflict between the two economic superpowers. After Beijing’s announcement, many around the world expressed shock at the size and scope of China’s response to Washington’s sky-high tariffs. But for Japan, a squeeze on rare earth shipments was not so novel a concept. In 2010, following the collision of a Chinese...

Russia says Ukraine drone struck Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Russia’s state ⁠nuclear energy company Rosatom said on Saturday that a Ukrainian drone had struck the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Europe’s largest, causing no damage to key equipment, but the Kyiv military ‌denied it. Rosatom’s head Alexei Likhachev called the incident “deliberate” and said it left a hole in the wall of a turbine hall. “This afternoon, a Ukrainian kamikaze combat drone struck the turbine hall building of Power Unit No 6, resulting in ⁠a subsequent detonation,”

Hong Kong’s old buildings: 5 lessons for urban renewal

Think of Hong Kong as a living dictionary. Every old arcade, footbridge and mixed-use tong lau, or tenement building, is an entry worth studying. As the city embarks on another redevelopment cycle, we should be leafing more carefully – not erasing the dictionary’s words but learning how to write new ones in the same spirit. Here are five key words that should be at the centre of any sensitive, forward-looking renewal blueprint. One, shelter. Tong lau arcades were an original climate adaptation..

Question for the ladies out there: How do you budget and maintain self care ?

👋 Hi! I have a question for the ladies out there. How do you keep up with the self care budget? I am on a strict budget and I started to neglect my self care (like laser, hair and nails) and my mental health has gotten worse. I feel that self care is quite expensive, between laser, nails, hair and facial care nothing very fancy just “basic”, no special treatments, massages fancy gyms or consultants, a necessarily budget would be around 3-400 euro/month on the lower end. No eyelashes, Botox or t

Long for a future that no one outside of the stock market actually believes in anymore.

Hello, am I the only one who finds this all completely absurd? Every morning it's the same madness: you open the news and all you see is geopolitical meltdown, broken infrastructure, bureaucratic madness, war here, war there and politicians lining their pockets, so somehow the feeling that we're collectively hitting the wall. I've been here for a long time now, I've seen a lot of things crash since then, but this blatant contradiction

SoftBank plans $88bn AI data hub in France as it expands beyond US

Japan, US, Philippines to hold September investment forum for Manila AI hub

Japan's advantage in the AI era: Credibility that travels

America’s LNG Boom Is Real — But China Is Planning Beyond It

The Iran war has handed the United States a rare opportunity: a new dawn of energy dominance in an increasingly fractured world. With coordinated US-Israeli strikes disrupting the Strait of Hormuz from late February, roughly 20% of global LNG supply has been stripped from the market since early March. Prices have surged across Asia and Europe. And into that vacuum, American gas has flowed. The numbers speak for themselves. US LNG exports to Asia jumped sharply in April, with nearly a quarter of

Question for the experts. That's why I'm posting here

As more and more people blindly save for an all-world ETF, money will constantly flow into the same stocks. In the long term, doesn't this lead to an overvaluation of companies or even an ETF bubble because many people only invest because they assume that prices will continue to rise anyway? submitted by /u/ObiWanShinobi777 [link] [comments]

Persuasion to get married

Hi everyone, after saying so much about Vietnamese weddings here, I need your encouragement for a moment. I'm getting married in August for €30,000 (fingers crossed, I'll probably add a dew on top of that in the end). Especially because of the feedback from my parents and the thought "In the end it's only one day" I always get a mediocre panic that I'm throwing away far too much money. I know that this is far from the limit. I also know that it is for

Spacex IPO fast tracking as the beginning of a development?

I've been reading a lot lately that ETF savers are saying that Spacex's fast tracking isn't that big of a deal because it's not expected to have a big impact overall in the ETF itself. That may be true, but I find the whole thing rather worrying if you see it as the beginning of a development in America. Who says that you can't just do the same thing with OpenAI and other larger IPOs in the future and potentially make a lot of money in bubbles as a saver/investor

ING savings plans cost information

In the screenshot we see the cost information for A2PKXG, which I would like to save 1000 euros per month. Did I enter something wrong? Where is this free? What am I reading wrong? submitted by /u/Hafi_Javier [link] [comments]

34 years old. What kind of investing would it take to retire in my 40s?

Turning 34 next month and I can't get excited about the traditional retirement timeline. Every piece of advice seems to be "max your 401k, keep buying index funds, retire at 65." Maybe that's fine for some people, but the idea of waiting another 30 years before I can really enjoy my time sounds like a nightmare Asking from investing perspective: What would someone my age need to do to have a realistic shot at retiring in their 40s? How much would I realistically need invested by 40? Is retiring

TIL Warren Buffett made his first Billion at the age of 56!

So Warren Buffett became a Millionaire at the age of 32 but it took him 24 years to go from 1 million to 1 Billion. Compare that to Tech billionaires and especially the top 10-20 richest people, like Bill Gates, Zuck, google founders, Musk, Bezos etc. this seems very slow indeed. But it makes sense given his methodology of Value Investing. All the other richest people in the world are founders. I think Buffett is a only one of handful of people who got to be one of the richest in the world witho

German banks and the art of sending letters

First of all: Yes, I know. Neobank here, neobank there. With Revolut, Trade Republic and Co. I could probably have saved myself this. But I had to vent for a moment. In good r/finanzen style, I occasionally take advantage of new customer bonuses via mydealz & Co. At the beginning of the month I opened a current account with Santander and a deposit with Deutsche Bank (maxblue). The KYC process was surprisingly unproblematic for both - no WebID strangling, no having to photograph me ten times

EM vs EM Value Factor

Hello ETF disciples. Can someone explain to me why the iShares EM Value Factor ETF (right) performs so much better than the “normal” EM ETF (left). When I look at the top 10 companies/sectors/countries I don't see that big of a difference... so where does the almost double return come from? submitted by /u/Exciting-Cream9313 [link] [comments]

Cuba Bets on Solar Power as Energy Crisis Deepens

Cuba has been experiencing a worsening energy crisis for several years, which previously led it to rely heavily on Venezuela for its fuel. Following the United States’ intervention in Venezuela in February, the energy crisis has grown even worse, as Cubans face regular blackouts and the economy suffers. Cuba requires about 100,000 barrels a day to power its grid and meet the regular transportation demands. It fulfils just 40 percent of this demand domestically. In January, the Trump administrati

As Big Tech’s power demand surges, data centers bring utilities a huge new profit center

The market hasn’t fully priced the next logical step for the AI buildout: Big Tech acquiring regulated utilities outright.

China’s next export shock walks on two legs — and costs less than a used car

Beijing is funding humanoid robots to slash Chinese factory costs and build a competitive advantage.

Why double-digit earnings growth won’t stop the next bear market

Spiking S&P 500 profits often signal the final innings of a bull market. History says stocks are on thin ice.

America is losing the AI productivity war to 3.5 million Chinese STEM graduates

Big Tech’s structural mistakes are costing stock investors and fueling a massive talent crisis.

This bear market signal Wall Street ignores is putting your money at risk right now

Veteran trader Steve Burns prepares for a 50% decline and exposes the 3 “deadly stock-market sins” destroying portfolios.

Your portfolio can’t afford the real bill for the Iran war

The Pentagon claims the conflict has cost $29 billion — but the true cost is much higher and it’s fueling inflation.

Endgame for reforms: When will the coalition reach an agreement?

The government has gotten stuck in an unexpected place: income tax. This brings back bad memories of a day 96 years ago.