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📉 Opinion: China's new condom tax will prove no effective barrier to country's declining fertility rate
https://theconversation.com/chinas-new-condom-tax-will-prove-no-effective-barrier-to-countrys-declinin…

China’s new condom tax will prove no effective barrier to country’s declining fertility rate
The Asian giant is grappling with a dramatic population decline, with a fertility rate of 1.0, well below the 2.1 replacement rate.

Grabenkampf um Kupfer-Aus: Telekom verteidigt DSL, Konkurrenz will Abschaltrecht
Das Ende der Kupferleitung kommt, doch die Details spalten die Telekommunikationsbranche. Die angriffslustige Telekom definiert VDSL kurzerhand zu Glasfaser um.

Chiefs rookie LT Josh Simmons suffers dislocated, fractured wrist in Thanksgiving loss to Cowboys https://www.nfl.com/news/chiefs-rookie-lt-josh-simmons-dislocated-fractured-wrist-thanksgiving-loss-cowboys

Memeorandum data: WaPo's presence on the news aggregator plunged since a peak in Trump's first term, while the NYT recovered from a drop to grow in his second (Nate Silver/Silver Bulletin)
https://www.natesilver.net/p/the-sad-and-self-inflicted-decline

The sad and self-inflicted decline of the Washington Post, in one chart
Under Jeff Bezos, the paper retreated from the adversarial, anti-Trump posture that helped fuel its growth. And now its influence has fallen sharply.

Microsoft Q2 gaming revenue fell 9% YoY, including a 32% drop in Xbox hardware revenue and a 5% decline in Xbox content and services, which includes Game Pass (Tom Warren/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/869493/microsoft-q2-…

Microsoft reports strong cloud earnings in Q2 as gaming declines
Microsoft’s More Personal Computing division was the only business unit to post a revenue decline this quarter.

MAN Trucks and EDF in France have launched an electric truck package that guarantees price parity with the diesel equivalent. Smart charging plays a key role in reducing energy costs by 30–50%.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jaapburger_

Is a battery-electric truck achieving cost parity with a diesel truck possible? Yes, that's the guarantee offered by MAN Truck & Bus France in a new package together with EDF. Smart charging plays a… | Jaap Burger
Is a battery-electric truck achieving cost parity with a diesel truck possible? Yes, that's the guarantee offered by MAN Truck & Bus France in a new package together with EDF. Smart charging plays a key role in this. Under the Energy Savings Certificates (CEE) scheme, EDF pays a bonus of up to 25% of the vehicle's price. Changes to the taxation system allow the price difference to a diesel truck to be depreciated more quickly. These changes, along with several other mechanisms, bring costs dow…

One Massive Raiders' Target Just Declared for the NFL Draft https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-one-massive-target-just-declared-for-draft

Judge disqualifies MAGA Los Angeles US Attorney Bill Essayli - National Zero
https://nationalzero.com/2025/10/28/judge-disqualifies-maga-los-angeles-us-attorney-bill-essayli/

Homelessness Appears to Decline, Reversing a Yearslong Trend (Jason DeParle/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/us/politics/homelessness-decline-trend.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p127#a260128p127

The European Commission claims €80B of €120B in post-EU Chips Act investments remain on track, despite the stalled GlobalFoundries-STMicro project in France (Virginie Malingre/Le Monde)
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/article/2…

Europe's relentless semiconductor decline
Microchips: The Oil of the 21st Century' (3/5). When the Chips Act, the plan by the 27 European Union member states to reduce their dependence on the US and China for semiconductors, came into force in 2023, the goal initially appeared 'out of reach.