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Trump Considers New Tariffs On Semiconductors - Reports Raise Alarm Could Doom US Dominance Politico reports Thursday on what could be another significant setback for US data centers and major damper on American AI aspirations. The White House is mulling the possibility of introducing new tariffs on semiconductors and a broader range of technology products, including laptops, servers for data centers and gaming equipment - a move tech companies have long been warning against, and which may demonstrate once again that the only thing getting 'reshored' is massive inflation for end consumers. Source: Equinix. Data...

16 U.S. Trucking Companies File For Bankruptcy In Less Than A Month As Diesel Prices Soar Diesel prices have exploded over the past month, creating another major cost shock for an industry that was already operating on thin margins. The national average climbed from roughly $5.60 per gallon at the end of August to a record $6.53 in late September, an increase of about 17% in just a few weeks. Prices have eased slightly from that peak, but the EIA’s latest weekly reading still puts diesel at $6.38 per gallon,...

Wall Street Keeps Testing AI Traders, But Most Are Still Underperforming Recent trading competitions suggest large language models are still unreliable portfolio managers, according to Bloomberg. Tests involving models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and xAI have often delivered underwhelming results: many lost money, traded excessively, and made erratic decisions despite receiving identical prompts. In several cases, models appeared unable to stick to coherent strategies for more than a few trading sessions. Bloomberg writes that one of the clearest examples came from Alpha Arena, a competition created by startup Nof1. Eight models were...