Nicolás Rivero
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Tesla’s supply chain struggles forced it to sell off 75% of its bitcoin
“This should not be taken as some verdict on Bitcoin," CEO Elon Musk said. "It's just that we were concerned about overall liquidity for the company.” → Read More
The rapid growth of crypto mining is threatening to slow the US clean energy transition
Bitcoin and ethereum mining are growing quickly in the US after China cracked down on cryptocurrencies. But energy-intensive mining rigs are already using as much electricity as all Houston homes. → Read More
TSMC’s great quarter is bad news for semiconductor supply chains
The chip manufacturer's record profits, booming sales, and high margins are the latest sign the chip shortage and its inflationary impact will drag on for at least several more months. → Read More
The Euro-US dollar exchange rate has parity for the first time in two decades
Fears of a looming recession, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and a growing European energy crisis have pushed the value of the euro down to parity with the US dollar. → Read More
Airlines are piloting a program to sell “zero carbon” flights
Business travelers could cut their carbon emissions to zero by subsidizing the purchase of sustainable aviation fuels, under a pilot program organized by the World Economic Forum. → Read More
It’s the best and worst of times for semiconductor supply chains
Chips are in short supply. Chips are over-supplied. Semiconductor manufacturing has expanded too fast. Semiconductor manufacturing can’t scale up fast enough. The chip business is booming. Chip stocks are falling. → Read More
The US can still fight climate change, but only the hard and expensive ways
The agency’s remaining options for curbing power plants’ carbon emissions are narrower, more onerous, and more expensive for power companies. → Read More
Tesla is killing off coal and gas plants with its giant battery projects
Tesla has stepped up the pace of its utility-scale battery projects, and its Megapack installations in 2022 will help power utilities shut down coal- and natural gas-fired power plants. → Read More
Why JetBlue is so desperate to buy Spirit
Buying Spirit would give JetBlue a chance to bulk up its presence in key airports, expand its roster of planes and pilots, and prevent its rival Frontier from doing the same. → Read More
Oracle finally won TikTok’s US data storage business
Two years after the Trump administration engineered a deal for Oracle to take over TikTok's US data storage, ByteDance announced “100% of US user traffic is being routed to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure." → Read More
Biden’s plan for addressing high shipping prices is bogus
The Ocean Shipping Reform Act doesn't address the true cause of high shipping prices: aging US port infrastructure and high demand for imported goods from US consumers flush with stimulus cash from the US government. → Read More
Tesla is leaving the market for low-end electric cars to traditional automakers
Tesla keeps raising the price of its luxury electric cars, while automakers like GM and Nissan steadily cut the prices of their more affordable EVs to appeal to the mass market. → Read More
The biggest corporate holder of bitcoin is facing a reckoning
MicroStrategy is staring down a possible margin call on a recent loan to buy more bitcoin. → Read More
Could $5 a gallon gas finally get Americans over EV sticker shock?
As US gas prices are rising, so too are US Google searches for terms like "EV" and "electric car." But the high sticker price of buying an electric car could prevent many US drivers from ditching gas-powered cars. → Read More
The best examples of DALL-E 2’s strange, beautiful AI art
Twitter and Instagram have been awash in sample images from DALL-E 2, the image generation model developed by OpenAI, which creates elaborate pictures based on simple text descriptions. → Read More
Most of the world’s economies are slowing down—except for oil producers
The World Bank's June Global Economic Prospects report lowered predictions for most countries' GDP growth, thanks to rising inflation, war in Ukraine, and Covid lockdowns in China. → Read More
May was the worst month for startup layoffs since the start of the pandemic
17,000 workers got laid off from 71 tech startups globally in May after tech stocks crashed, startup investment slumped, and executives began cutting costs. → Read More
America’s cheapest electric car is a Chevy
The Chevy Bolt EV's starting price has dropped 27% since the 2021 model year, even as semiconductor shortages, pandemic-related factory shutdowns, and high battery metal prices have raised new car prices. → Read More
Goldman Sachs has bad news for metals investors and good news for EV makers
Goldman Sachs analysts believe companies have over-invested in lithium, nickel, and cobalt mining, which will lead to an over-supply that will lower the price of battery metals within two years. → Read More
The world is facing helium shortage 4.0
Helium Shortage 4.0 is once again the result of a handful of unexpected supply disruptions in the heavily concentrated helium production industry—and a disastrous 1996 US law. → Read More