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The Token Revolt Goes Mainstream: Palo Alto CEO Demands 90% AI Price Drop Eight days ago it was Palantir's Alex Karp going ballistic on live television about the "effing insane" economics of renting intelligence by the token. On Thursday it was Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora's turn, and while his delivery was calmer, his number was not: Arora told CNBC that AI token prices need to fall as much as 90% before enterprise adoption can actually scale. So the chief executive of one of the largest cybersecurity companies in the world...

China To Impose Mining Controls On Strategic Minerals The Trump-Xi meeting is now history, so Beijing can go back to doing what it does best: squeezing US supply chains with its near chokehold on most strategic and rare-earth supply chains. China plans to impose mining controls on certain strategic minerals to ensure supply security and protect the finite resources, Beijing revealed in a government notification published by the official Xinhua News Agency.  The new rules will take effect from June 15 and allow Beijing to control total output, restrict mining entities and...

Trump Blasts 'Fake' Reports Of Iran Talks Freeze As Rubio Insists To Congress Tehran Ready To Negotiate Nuclear Curbs Summary: Trump insists reports that Iran & US have not been talking for days is 'fake news'; Rubio also tells Congress talks are ongoing, despite fresh Iranian denials, and even claims the nuclear file is part of it. Washington has seen the Lebanon partial truce as opportunity enough to press forward on broader talks, with Trump saying he expects a broader Iran deal "over the next week". But Fars denies this Tuesday: "exchange of messages...