Your gateway to a free society
Article
Chinese Chipmakers Buy 3-Year Sanctions Buffer As Huawei Spearheads Domestic Juggernaut
Chinese Chipmakers Buy 3-Year Sanctions Buffer As Huawei Spearheads Domestic Juggernaut
Right now, Chinese open-weight AI models are on the cusp of dominating closed-weight US frontier models in both price and performance. All ten of the top open-weight models on Artificial Analysis’s spring Intelligence Index came from China-based labs, and the best sat just six points behind the leading closed model; Chinese models also passed American ones in token share on OpenRouter in early June. All of this - despite asymmetrical lack of access to bleeding-edge hardware vs. their US competition,...
aboutLiberty Portal
Liberty Portal is your gateway for free markets and free thinking. We aggregate open-sourced content to promote and popularize important people and lessons within the liberty movement.
suggested
Jun 23, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Rubio Heads To Gulf Capitals As Washington Races To Lock In Iran Deal
Rubio Heads To Gulf Capitals As Washington Races To Lock In Iran Deal
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is scheduled to visit Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates this week, set for June 23–25, following the weekend breakthrough Switzerland-based negotiations with Iran, Department of State Spokesperson Tommy Pigott announced Monday.
The announcement comes on the heels of indirect talks between Iranian and American officials - the latter delegation which was led by Vice President JD Vance in person, which took place on Sunday in the Swiss resort of Bürgenstock...
Read more
Jun 4, 2026 / Tyler Durden
S&P Denies SpaceX Fast Index Entry, Delaying $14BN In Passive Inflows By At Least A Year
S&P Denies SpaceX Fast Index Entry, Delaying $14BN In Passive Inflows By At Least A Year
Earlier today, in our forensic analysis of the SpaceX IPO, we said that according to BNP estimates, the company's inclusion into the S&P500 some 6 months after the offering would unlock $13.4 billion worth of inflows.
It turns out that that is not going to happen 6 months after the IPO. In fact, the earliest it may happen is 12 months after Friday's break for trading... and realistically well after that.
That's because after the close...
Read more
Jul 10, 2026 / Tyler Durden
When Uncle Sam Turns Venture Capitalist, What Could Go Wrong?
When Uncle Sam Turns Venture Capitalist, What Could Go Wrong?
Authored by James Varney via RealClearInvestigations,
The battery recycler Ascend Elements was riding high in 2023, flush with hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding.
The seed money provided to the Massachusetts company, which launched in 2017, was one of several large bets the Biden administration placed on the green future as it essentially created a venture capital arm at the Department of Energy and other agencies. In the movies, VCs almost always score big through their early investments in future...
Read more
support
If you like what we do and want to support us, then you are a fine humanitarian. Click the link below to find out more.
Support the liberty movement
Want to get in touch?