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      <title>Retail DDR5 memory prices slowly drop in Europe despite ongoing shortages - overdue pricing correction could be beginning in some regions</title>
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      <description>• Retail DDR5 memory prices slowly drop in Europe despite ongoing shortages - overdue pricing correction could be beginning in some regions Or rather showing signs of a drop? • Get</description>
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      <title>Zuckerberg cuts Meta employee bonuses by 5%, follows 10% reduction last year, despite AI splurge - $130 billion capex vision and eye-watering AI pay packages force efficiency elsewhere in the business</title>
      <link>https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/zuckerberg-cuts-meta-employee-bonuses-by-5-follows-10-reduction-last-year-despite-ai-splurge-130-billion-capex-vision-and-eye-watering-ai-pay-packages-force-efficiency-elsewhere-in-the-business/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 14:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>• Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Email Get Tom&amp;rsquo;s Hardware&amp;rsquo;s best news and in-depth reviews, straight to your inbox. • You are now subscribed Your newslett</description>
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      <title>The state of China&#39;s decade-long semiconductor push: still a decade behind, despite hundreds of billions spent and significant progress - examining the original &#39;Made in China 2025&#39; initiative</title>
      <link>https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/the-state-of-chinas-decade-long-semiconductor-push-still-a-decade-behind-despite-hundreds-of-billions-spent-and-significant-progress-examining-the-original-made-in-china-2025-initiative/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 11:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>• The state of China&amp;rsquo;s decade-long semiconductor push: still a decade behind, despite hundreds of billions spent and significant progress - examining the original &amp;lsquo;Made in China 20</description>
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      <title>Bitcoin difficulty jumps 15% largest increase since 2021, despite price slump</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 06:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>• Bitcoin difficulty jumps 15% largest increase since 2021, despite price slump Bitcoin difficulty rebounds to 144.4T as hashrate recovers to 1 ZH/s despite multi year low hashpric</description>
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      <title>Bitcoin ETFs still sit on $53B in net inflows despite recent outflows: Bloomberg</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 18:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>• Bitcoin ETFs still sit on $53B in net inflows despite recent outflows: Bloomberg Heavy outflows haven&amp;rsquo;t erased the success of spot Bitcoin ETFs, which still hold $53 billion in c</description>
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      <title>Global study finds smaller fish and shifting food webs despite stable species numbers</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>• Species numbers alone do not fully capture how ecosystems are changing. • In a global study, scientists analyzed long-term data from nearly 15,000 marine and freshwater fish comm</description>
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      <title>Ether, XRP, Solana slide in crypto retreat despite tech-led lift in Asia stocks</title>
      <link>https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/ether-xrp-solana-slide-in-crypto-retreat-despite-tech-led-lift-in-asia-stocks/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 06:48:14 +0000</pubDate>
      <guid>https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/ether-xrp-solana-slide-in-crypto-retreat-despite-tech-led-lift-in-asia-stocks/</guid>
      <description>• Ether, XRP, Solana slide in crypto retreat despite tech-led lift in Asia stocks Major tokens stayed under pressure even as risk sentiment improved in equities, with a firmer doll</description>
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      <title>TD Cowen: Despite CFTC intervention, states hold edge in prediction markets legal fight</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 21:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>• &amp;lsquo;We continue to give a slight edge to the states in this legal fight primarily because the states have historically been the regulators of sports gambling.&amp;rsquo;</description>
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      <link>https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/over-80-of-companies-report-no-productivity-gains-from-ai-so-far-despite-billions-in-investment-survey-suggests-6000-executives-also-reveal-1/3-of-leaders-use-ai-but-only-for-90-minutes-a-week/</link>
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      <description>• Over 80% of companies report no productivity gains from AI so far despite billions in investment, survey suggests - 6,000 executives also reveal 1/3 of leaders use AI, but only f</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 06:08:37 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>• Bitcoin ETFs hold billions despite price crash, but resilience masks harsh reality Bitcoin spot ETFs in the United States still hold about $85 billion in assets, despite the BTC</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 20:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>• Analysts expect BitGo&amp;rsquo;s recurring custody &amp;amp; staking revenue to cushion earnings compared with more trading-dependent firms during downturns.</description>
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      <title>Crypto venture capital firm Dragonfly raises $650 million despite &#39;gloom of a bear market&#39;</title>
      <link>https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/crypto-venture-capital-firm-dragonfly-raises-650-million-despite-gloom-of-a-bear-market/</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 19:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>• Crypto venture capital firm Dragonfly raises $650 million despite &amp;lsquo;gloom of a bear market&amp;rsquo; The firm&amp;rsquo;s fourth fund positions it alongside a16z and Paradigm even as blockchain VC f</description>
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      <title>Crypto Fear &amp; Greed Index hits record low despite ongoing institutional push into DeFi</title>
      <link>https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/crypto-fear-greed-index-hits-record-low-despite-ongoing-institutional-push-into-defi/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 19:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>• The prolonged slide into fear territory traces back in large part to the events of Oct. • 10, 2025, widely referred to as &amp;lsquo;10/10.&amp;rsquo;</description>
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      <description>• Tokenized RWAs climb 13.5% despite $1T crypto market drawdown Tokenized real-world assets added 13.5% in 30 days, led by increasing activity on Ethereum, Arbitrum and Solana, eve</description>
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      <title>IBM triples entry-level hires for 2026 despite AI adoption, bucking industry trends - Chief HR officer says that AI can do most entry-level jobs, but work still requires a human touch</title>
      <link>https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/ibm-triples-entry-level-hires-for-2026-despite-ai-adoption-bucking-industry-trends-chief-hr-officer-says-that-ai-can-do-most-entry-level-jobs-but-work-still-requires-a-human-touch/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 13:33:17 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>• IBM triples entry-level hires for 2026 despite AI adoption, bucking industry trends - Chief HR officer says that AI can do most entry-level jobs, but work still requires a human</description>
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      <title>Discord Voluntarily Pushes Mandatory Age Verification Despite Recent Data Breach</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 21:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
      <guid>https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/discord-voluntarily-pushes-mandatory-age-verification-despite-recent-data-breach/</guid>
      <description>• Discord has begun rolling out mandatory age verification and the internet is, understandably, freaking out. • At EFF, we&amp;rsquo;ve been raising the alarm about age verification mandates</description>
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      <title>Progress Despite Fragmentation: The Energy Transition to 2030</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 10:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>• ARTICLE Progress Despite Fragmentation: The Energy Transition to 2030 The second half of the decade will not be straightforward, but count on more progress being made. • By Alber</description>
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