According to a cnbeta report on the Three-Body Universe, former CEO Xu Yao has been executed for the 2020 poisoning of founder Lin Qi. The company released a statement declaring that “justice is served,” marking the end of a dramatic corporate saga involving the globally recognized sci-fi IP. This concludes a shocking case where Xu tested poisons in a makeshift lab before successfully administering lethal doses disguised as probiotic pills.
If you only watch one thing today, make it Jonathan Haidt’s compelling TED Talk, Why You Should Be a Techno-Skeptic, which argues persuasively that screens are rewiring adolescent brains and destroying the human capacity for sustained attention. He calls for a major cultural shift back to real-world social bonding and limiting digital exposure until high school.
On the finance front, the Chinese-language channel 美投侃新闻 drops a sobering analysis of Broadcom’s 12% stock plunge, pointing to a Bain report indicating that corporate AI spending is failing to deliver promised efficiency and ROI 美股要来黑色星期一？AI的钱白花了吗？博通暴跌12%！大摩上调美光目标价！. CNBC International profiles Will Ahmed, whose fitness wearable WHOOP narrowly escaped bankruptcy to hit a $10.1 billion valuation, offering a gritty look at the immense psychological toll of entrepreneurship 143 Investors Said No. Now His Company Is Worth $10 Billion. Meanwhile, Bloomberg Originals interviews FIFA’s Jill Ellis on the soaring economics of the women’s game, projecting a massive $1 billion in revenue for the next Women’s World Cup and noting how unbundled streaming rights are revolutionizing the sport’s profitability FIFA’s Jill Ellis on World Cup Demand | The Deal. We also get a geopolitical pulse check from the Financial Times on how Tehran views the current Middle East war, illustrating their deep-seated fear of becoming “another Gaza” if they compromise on regional proxies or their nuclear file Middle East war: The view from Tehran | FT #shorts.
What Brexit Really Cost from Bloomberg Originals is a staggering look at a decade of economic self-harm, modeling what the UK’s GDP would look like today if they had remained in the EU. It is a fascinating autopsy of a political earthquake that ultimately cost the British economy around 2-4% of its total GDP.
The Financial Times covers a massive political shift in the UK as Andy Burnham secures a pivotal by-election victory, directly challenging Keir Starmer’s leadership and pointing toward major government instability in Andy Burnham storms to by-election victory in challenge to Keir Starmer | FT #shorts. They also look at a controversial new US-Iran peace deal negotiated under the Trump administration that offers Iran sweeping economic relief while straining US-Israel relations to breaking points (What will happen with the US-Iran peace deal? | FT #shorts), a story corroborated for Chinese audiences by BBC News 中文 in 特朗普簽署美伊初步協議－ BBC News 中文 #美國 #伊朗. Meanwhile, the Hoover Institution dives into domestic drama with a bombshell DOJ investigation involving California Governor Gavin Newsom, his wife, and their non-profit dealings (California Update: First Couple Under Investigation; Wealth-Tax Deal Underway? | Hoover Institution).
Why I Love My Bad Days | Alexi Pappas | TED. Olympian Alexi Pappas shares her coach’s brilliant “rule of thirds”: when chasing a dream, you should feel good a third of the time, okay a third of the time, and completely terrible a third of the time. It is a remarkably practical psychological framework that recontextualizes your worst days as proof that you are pushing the boundaries of your potential, rather than failing.
專家揭秘醫學歷史面紗！以前沒有麻醉怎麼手術？旁觀手術真的會「嚇死」？整形其實是古老醫學｜名人專業問答｜GQ Taiwan is a surprisingly gripping, sometimes gruesome dive into medical history by a historian, answering internet questions about everything from surgery before anesthesia (where a surgeon’s speed was literally life or death) to the truth behind lobotomies and the ancient practice of using maggots in field medicine. It is fascinating, visceral, and easily the most compelling watch today if you have a strong stomach.
AI-driven memory chip shortages are fundamentally disrupting the consumer electronics market, triggering unprecedented price hikes across major brands. According to a cnbeta report on Apple’s price adjustments, the company has raised prices on 14 hardware products, including Macs and iPads, citing a massive surge in memory demand from AI data centers. This cost inflation is a systemic industry issue; as noted in a cnbeta report on Lenovo’s market forecast, the era of cheap storage is likely over, with memory price increases expected to become the “new normal” through the end of the decade. The ripple effects are already being felt globally, pushing Microsoft to hike Xbox console prices and causing Apple’s Asian supply chain stocks to plummet as hardware cost inflation spooks investors.
The Financial Times documentary The AI factory: the rewiring of India’s tech industry | FT Film is a fascinating look into the human labor powering global AI. It examines how millions of workers in small-town India are annotating data and training robotics while wearing meta glasses, raising profound questions about whether India is building a path to sovereign tech power or merely acting as an exploitative “back office” for Silicon Valley.