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Debt Window Slams Shut: Meta Taps Shareholders For Up To $95 Billion, With Its Own Chip Suppliers Buying In

"As of the past few weeks, debt markets have almost entirely shut off access to money for any company that doesn't have substantial revenue independent of AI data centers." - Elon Musk

"A Good Idea": SpaceX Jumps On Blowout Quarter, Musk Confirms Committees Discussing Tesla Merger

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"I do think there’s a lot of merit for combining the companies,"

eBay To Axe 9% Of Workforce As Shares Hit Record Highs Without A Ryan Cohen Takeover

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Cohen's GameStop holds the second-largest position on eBay.

Global Gas Crunch Makes Europe's Remaining Coal Plants Profitable

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The global LNG supply crunch has made Europe’s last-standing coal-fired power plants profitable this year as gas supply costs soar while the need for conventional generation to stabilize grids remains.

Tennessee Man Who Recorded Police Sues After Eight Armed Officers Raided His Home

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Joshua Gibbons says the early morning arrest was retaliation for posting footage criticizing a Kingsport police officer.

Ex-Facebook security exec slams Meta $17bn no-trial pay-off

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Technology.

The controversial settlement with US states effectively prevented the court from assessing widely-held accusations that Facebook and Instagram were designed to addict minors

US Looks To Revive 'Prize Courts' For Iranian Oil Seizures

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The Justice Department is preparing to use a dormant wartime maritime system to handle ships and cargo captured under the Iran blockade...

Federal Court Dismisses Musk's X Lawsuit Against New York Law Forcing Platforms To Define Speech

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Technology.

"[T]he First Amendment poses no obstacle to New York’s law," the judge wrote...

Trump Complained About Big Oil Profits, But Dumped Exxon Stock On Ceasefire Day

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President Trump’s investment accounts sold between $500,000 and $1 million of ExxonMobil stock on April 7, the same day Trump announced a ceasefire in the Iran war and hours before Exxon shares opened 6.5% lower...

Nvidia agrees to acquire Hugging Face for $13B

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Technology.

Meta Settles With US States For $16.7 Billion Over Social Media Harms To Children

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The company faced a theoretical $1.4 trillion in penalties...

USA probably buys some gold from Russia

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"US Air Force C-17 Makes Mysterious Visit To Moscow"

VW job cuts could reach 140,000 as capacity falls further

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Volkswagen’s original agreement to cut 50,000 jobs was unprecedented at the time, but now comes across as a moderate option.

Norway Takes Oilfield Climate Battle To Supreme Court

Energy.

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The Norwegian government is asking the country’s Supreme Court to overturn lower-court rulings that invalidated the development permits of three new oilfields in Norway’s North Sea...

Spain's Great Replacement: Half Of Unskilled Construction Workers Are Now Foreign Laborers

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Geopolitics.

While Spain chooses mass immigration to combat labor shortages, Asian countries like South Korea are choosing automation and robotics...

How Europe is killing makers and micro-entrepreneurs

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Technology.

Alain Pannetrat, August 24, 2026

Lectronz is a marketplace for open-source hardware makers and DIY electronics. Most of our sellers are not factories or well-funded start-ups. They are engineers, independent designers, and hardware enthusiasts working from spare rooms, garages, and tiny workshops.

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