Monthly Highlights
4171.
Former Google CEO plans to singlehandedly fund a Hubble telescope replacement (arstechnica.com)
4172.
"TSMC's U.S. Production Costs 2.4 Times Higher Than That in Taiwan" (newsletter.semianalysis.com)
4173.
EU moves closer to using its trade bazooka against the US (politico.eu)
4174.
Utah Full Steam Ahead on Nuclear Industry While Wyoming Avoids (cowboystatedaily.com)
4175.
Trump calls for $1.5T military budget in 2027, up from $901B in 2026 (reuters.com)
4176.
Locked out of my GCP account for 3 days, still charged, can't redirect domain
4177.
Show HN: SpecificProxy – Proxy Using a Specific IP (github.com)
4178.
The AI Noise (rishi.monster)
4179.
Declassified cable estimates 10k killed at Tiananmen Square (2017) (axios.com)
4180.
Trump sues JPMorgan for $5B over account closure after Capitol riot (bbc.com)
4181.
PICO-8 Demo from RSync – Demoparty (nodeponds-nerdletter.de)
4182.
U.S. murder rate hits lowest level since 1900, report says (axios.com)
4183.
Fatberg the size of 4 buses likely birthed poo balls that closed Sydney beaches (theguardian.com)
4184.
China blocks Nvidia H200 AI chips that US Government cleared for export – report (theguardian.com)
4185.
Science Is Drowning in AI Slop (theatlantic.com)
4186.
Cancer might protect against Alzheimer's – this protein helps explain why (nature.com)
4187.
The Origin of Rot (owlposting.com)
4188.
Tech AI godfather says Meta's new 29-year-old AI boss is 'inexperienced' (cnbc.com)
4189.
Cloudflare CEO threatens the Winter Olympics after Italy slugs it with a fine (theregister.com)
4190.
US State Department Threatens UK over Probe into Elon Musk's X (politico.eu)
4191.
Weaponized (teeny tiny) black holes (joshchamot.substack.com)
4192.
One of America's Most Successful Experiments Is Coming to a Shuddering Halt (nytimes.com)
4193.
Malaysia and Indonesia block X over failure to curb deepfake smut (theregister.com)
4194.
Neo-Royalism, the Trump Administration, and the Emerging International System (cambridge.org)
4195.
Foreigners' data stolen in hack of French immigration agency (lemonde.fr)
4196.
AI SRE needs better observability, not bigger models (clickhouse.com)
4197.
2026 macro outlook – views across the street (synthesis 2026 outlook reports) (2026macro.vercel.app)
4198.
Xi's Enforcers Punished Nearly a Million in 2025–and China's Leader Wants More (wsj.com)
4199.
Doctorow: Trump may be the beginning of end of 'enshittification' (theguardian.com)
4200.
Taiwan will invest $250B in U.S. chipmaking under new trade deal (cnbc.com)