What Caused the Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank?

On February 28th, President Trump bypassed Congress and started the biggest war perhaps since Vietnam against an Iran that had neither attacked nor threatened the United States. Censorship and propaganda have converged to deliver the false narrative that this will be another “Venezuela” in and out operation. But the numbers do not support the thesis. […]

8 Of The Top 10 'Most Surveilled' Cities Are Asian While quantifying the total number of surveillance cameras in the world remains an almost impossible task, IHS Markit suggested that there would be around 1 billion surveillance cameras worldwide This visualization, via Visual Capitalist, ranks major global cities by the number of CCTV cameras per 1,000 people using data from Comparitech, showing where surveillance is most concentrated. China is the most-surveilled nation overall, with 700 million cameras (494 per 1,000 people), though per-city data is unavailable. That’s almost one camera for every two people. While China...

"Resurgence Of Electrification": Goldman Says EV Demand Gaining Momentum Amid Fuel Price Shock There were early signs during the third week of the U.S.-Iran conflict that EV demand was gaining traction in Asia, where the energy shock has been felt the hardest. That was followed by a separate note earlier this month confirming that EV demand was beginning to reaccelerate. Now, Goldman analysts led by Kota Yuzawa see global EV demand gaining momentum after several years of muted demand, as the fuel-price shock at the pump pushes consumers back toward EVs. Yuzawa...