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Sources: WH approved a $9B request to acquire advanced AI chips for spy agencies; Anthropic is finalizing a classified contract for NSA to keep using its tools (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/us/poli

White House Approves $9 Billion for Spy Agencies to Catch Up on A.I.
The C.I.A. and N.S.A. cannot fully deploy the latest models on their classified systems because of a shortage of cutting-edge chips.

This last week, I heard great explanation of difference between deficit & shortage in context of oil supply.
A deficit is when oil inputs (domestic production imports) is less than consumption.
However, that doesn't immediately result in a shortage, as demand is met by drawing down tanks at transit facilities and refineries.
A shortage is when those tanks run dry, and this person forecast that would begin happening in major Western economies in early June.
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Seth Myers short video.
https://youtube.com/shorts/9zS1kHJCd-c?is=UnajzMFtSYyxwiUT

"Severe drought, energy shortages and food insecurity: What El Niño could mean for Europe this year"
#Europe #ElNino #Climate

A crisis 'unfolding': Why El Niño won’t just make Europe warmer
This year’s potentially record-breaking El Niño could impact food systems, energy production, economies, ecosystems and human wellbeing.

ICC Judge sanctioned for Netanyahu arrest warrant still defiant | DW News
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6ovhCogzVy4

Neue KI-Features in iOS 27: Bildgenerator für Wallpaper, Shortcuts, Textcheck
Apple plant für das nächste iPhone-Betriebssystem nicht nur eine Chatbot-Siri, sondern auch Verbesserungen bei anderen KI-Funktionen.

Neue KI-Features in iOS 27: Bildgenerator für Wallpaper, Shortcuts, Textcheck
Apple plant für das nächste iPhone-Betriebssystem nicht nur eine Chatbot-Siri, sondern auch Verbesserungen bei anderen KI-Funktionen.

SK Group Chair Chey Tae-won says the memory shortage has prompted governments to intervene for domestic industries, and SK Hynix must expand capacity faster (Moon Joon-hyun/The Korea Herald)
https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10812835

SK chief warns AI memory shortage could turn geopolitical - The Korea Herald
SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won said the global shortage of AI memory chips is severe enough that foreign governments have started intervening on behalf of their

When I got asked to be on Colbert, that's when I knew I'd "made it." What a sad end of an era - racheldoesstuff
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bn6rRyeEAOg

"How f he can rip with that racket going on! But then again power slide specialists tend to sound like this ❤"
Ruining everybodys sesh
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8Lwy4mJLiGg

Sources: the EU will propose temporarily lifting sanctions, imposed in April, on a major Chinese semiconductor supplier after automakers warned of shortages (Alberto Nardelli/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20