Beijing has suspended exports of certain rare earth minerals and magnets that are crucial for the world’s car, semiconductor and aerospace industries.

  • SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee
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    2 days ago

    Yes and since the advent of the smart phone I haven’t seen any tangible evidence the next “thing” is here for them to dump money into. (Tangible, not software based)

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      2 days ago

      Exactly this!

      They’re pretending it’s AI, or cryptocurrency, but neither has any use case that anybody wants or needs aside from money laundering and homework cheating