From Around the Web
Elon Musk's Terafab semiconductor project could cost $5 trillion, Bernstein claims — herculean effort would cost more than 70% of the total yearly US government budget. Link
BMW Rules Out Range Extenders For The Time Being. BMW isn't fully closing the door on electric cars with range-extending engines but it believes regular EVs deliver plenty of range already. Link
Scientists Just Broke the Solar Power Limit Everyone Thought Was Absolute. Link
Between 30% and 40% of Gulf refining capacity has been damaged or destroyed by Iran’s retaliatory strikes, leaving a shortage of 11 million barrels per day on global oil markets. The destruction is now pushing consumers toward electric vehicles. Link
BAIC’s Aurora sodium-ion battery pack features prismatic cells with an energy density of over 170Wh/kg. Link
President Trump is turning to zillionaires—including Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle executive chairman Larry Ellison and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang—to help guide U.S. policy on AI and other key technologies through a new White House advisory council. Link
More Students Use AI for Homework, and More Believe It Harms Critical Thinking. Link
Developer Decompiles the White House's New App. It sends user location data every few minutes to a third party site, etc. Link
Just when you think you've seen it all - bank borrows money to fund the ensuing retail investor robbery via AI (There's the old adage, "It's illegal for you to rob a bank but it's legal for a bank to rob you"). SoftBank has taken on a new $40 billion loan to help it cover its $30 billion commitment to invest in OpenAI. Link
The Hidden Math Behind 3D Eye Tracking. Link
There are signs the [memory] price surge is beginning to ease as OpenAI hits the brakes on its vast investment in data centres. Link
