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Sources: HP, Dell, Acer, and Asus are considering sourcing memory chips from Chinese chipmakers; HP and Dell are currently qualifying DRAM products from CXMT (Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/supply-chain/h…

HP, Dell, Acer and Asus mull using Chinese memory chips amid supply crunch
Shortage a golden opportunity for China's memory chipmakers and electronics manufacturers

After a wet January and February, Carrizo Plain National Monument has entered superbloom
The mountain ranges have been flowering for weeks.
The valley floor has begun to follow.
And if the weather holds,
the display could stretch into early April.
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Carrizo Plain in Superbloom as BLM Leadership Change Looms
Winter rains bring an early start to wildflower season at the national monument amid renewed federal debate over public lands.

Todd Bowles believes he's 'earned the chance' to return as Buccaneers coach despite disappointing finish https://www.nfl.com/news/todd-bowles-believes-he-s-earned-the-chance-to-return-as-buccaneers-coach-de…

Fur Auction Decried As Colorado Mulls Halt to Native Pelt Sales https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/fur-auction-decried-as-colorado-mulls-halt-to-native-pelt-sales-2026-02-02/

Fur Auction Decried As Colorado Mulls Halt to Native Pelt Sales
DENVER— The Center for Biological Diversity today urged Colorado officials to move quickly to halt the sale of furs from native animals. The call comes ahead of a planned annual fur auction on Feb. 4 and 5 in Hugo, Colorado.

🗳️ Why struggling Thailand keeps voting for change that never comes
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/06/asia-pacific/politics/thailand-vote-never-change/
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Why struggling Thailand keeps voting for change that never comes
Repeated military coups and short-lived civilian governments since the early 2000s have made long-term planning in Thailand nearly impossible.

Huawei dominated MWC as the largest exhibitor, illustrating the challenge facing the EU as it pushes to outlaw the Chinese supplier from European networks (Mathieu Pollet/Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/china-huawei-dominates-telco-jambo…

China’s Huawei dominates telco jamboree despite European bans
Chinese supplier thrives at Mobile World Congress in Spain even as Brussels pushes to outlaw.

The automotive industry’s big bet on a rapid adoption of electric vehicles — in the United States —continues to unwind.
Today, Stellantis, which owns brands like Jeep and Dodge, as well as Fiat, Peugeot, and others,
announced that it has “reset” its business to adapt to lower EV sales, which comes with a rather painful $26.2 billion (€22.2 billion) write-down.
It wasn’t that long ago that everyone was more bullish on electrification.
Even the US had relatively ambitiou…

Stellantis swallows $26 billion costs as it rethinks its EV strategy
The automaker follows Ford and GM in writing down huge sums after betting wrong.

Meituan agrees to buy Dingdong, a Chinese fresh grocery e-commerce company, for $717M in cash; Dingdong had 7M monthly transacting users as of September 2025 (Cao Li/South China Morning Post)
https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3342

Meituan snaps up Dingdong to deepen push into fresh grocery retail
The US$717 million Dingdong acquisition highlights Meituan’s long-term bet on grocery e-commerce and on-demand consumption in China.

At a time of simultaneous climate and biodiversity crises, protecting land and sea is key for conservation.
However, for protected areas to function as effective engines of knowledge generation, they must adapt to rapid changes and be adequately equipped to monitor environmental change both as individual sites and as nodes in a larger knowledge network.
The Jack and Laura Dangermond Preserve
—a nearly 25,000-acre property that sits at Point Conception in Santa Barbara Coun…

Close the cover on the CIA World Factbook:
The spy agency announced Wednesday that after more than 60 years,
it is shuttering the popular reference manual.
The announcement posted to the CIA’s website offered no reason for the decision to end the Factbook,
but it follows a vow from Director John Ratcliffe to end programs that don’t advance the agency’s core missions.

The CIA World Factbook is no more
The CIA is ending the publication of its popular World Factbook reference manual. The agency announced the decision Wednesday but gave no reason for it. It comes as CIA Director John Ratcliffe has promised to return the agency's focus to its core missions. First launched more than 60 years ago as a classified reference manual for CIA officers, the Factbook went on to be a reference manual cited by journalists, trivia experts and college essayists alike. A message seeking comment from the CIA ab…