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The Price is Right: Responsible Uses of Personal Data in Pricing
https://fpf.org/blog/the-price-is-right-responsible-uses-of-personal-data-in-pricing/
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Mittelklasse-Notebooks könnten fast 40 Prozent teurer werden
Nicht nur Speicher, sondern auch Mobilprozessoren steigen offenbar im Preis. Sie sollen bei Notebooks bald den Großteil der Produktionskosten ausmachen.

Countries heavily dependent on Middle Eastern energy—particularly in Asia—have been most affected.
India sources around 55 percent of its energy imports from the region,
China about 50 percent,
Japan 93 percent,
South Korea 67 percent,
and Singapore 70 percent,
according to Ladekjær.
Around 1,000 ships remain in the Gulf,
including hundreds of tankers awaiting passage.
As of this writing, more than 800 cargo ships and tankers are stuck i…

As the Strait of Hormuz Reopens, Global Shipping Will Take Months to Recover
After weeks of disruption, a ceasefire is easing pressure on the Strait of Hormuz. But backlogs, infrastructure damage, and delayed supply mean the system won’t return to normal overnight.

reality_mining: Reality mining proximity network (2004)
A network of human proximities among students at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), as measured by personal mobile phones. Nodes represent people (students from the Media Lab and the Sloan Business School) and an edge connects a pair if the two devices made a Bluetooth handshake at the time. Edges are timestamped.
This network has 96 nodes and 1086404 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted, Timestamps

Michael's has gone to surge pricing, I hear.
WA lawmakers consider bill to end retail surveillance, surge pricing | The Seattle Times
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/wa-lawmakers-consider-bill-to-end-retail-surveillance-surge-pricing/

Analysis: surging memory and CPU costs could drive the retail price of a mainstream $900 notebook up by nearly 40% in 2026 to maintain current margin structures (TrendForce)
https://www.trendforce.com/presscenter/news/20260310-12959.html

Rising Memory and CPU Prices Could Push Mainstream Notebook Prices Up by Nearly 40%, Says TrendForce
For a mainstream notebook with an MSRP of US$900, surging memory prices alone could raise retail prices by more than 30%; combined with CPU price increases, the total price hike could approach 40%. If memory and CPU prices rise simultaneously, their combined share of notebook BOM costs could climb to 58%. CPU supply volatility is also emerging, with shortages beginning to affect entry-level platforms across multiple brands.

All 17 episodes of "The Prisoner" featuring Patrick McGoohan, available to watch for free!
▶️ The Prisoner | FULL EPISODES | Shout! Studios
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBrrfZs-ew7NeZ-4sYoqnEsifM0jL7vQ7&si=DSmCaNxwVgvos27M…

The Prisoner | FULL EPISODES | Shout! Studios
After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre prison. His warders demand information. ...

U.S. Cadets Were Stuck in the Persian Gulf After Trump Bombed Iran - NOTUS — News of the United States https://www.notus.org/defense/us-cadets-vessels-stuck-persian-gulf-trump-bombing-iran-war

U.S. Cadets Were Stuck in the Persian Gulf After Trump Bombed Iran
The Trump administration failed to warn vessels with close ties to the U.S. military ahead of the strikes, leaving them trapped in the region.

Lions' Jahmyr Gibbs wants David Montgomery back but will support him '100 percent' if he seeks trade https://www.nfl.com/news/lions-jahmyr-gibbs-wants-david-montgomery-back-support-him-100-percent-trade

Google handed over a trove of personal data
about a student and journalist to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
in response to a subpoena that had not been approved by a judge, according to a report by The Intercept. 
The search and advertising tech giant provided ICE with the usernames, physical addresses, and an itemized list of services associated with the Google account of Amandla Thomas-Johnson,
a British student and journalist who briefly attended a pro-P…

Google sent personal and financial information of student journalist to ICE | TechCrunch
The tech giant handed over the personal information of a journalist and student who attended a pro-Palestinian protest in 2024. This is the latest example of ICE using its controversial subpoena powers to target people critical of the Trump administration.