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  1. 4h ago

    The math of electoral college: why candidates ignore safe states and chase margins

    The U.S. Electoral College assigns each state a number of electoral votes equal to its total congressional representation (House seats plus two Senators), and 48 of 50 states allocate all of those votes to the statewide popular-vote winner — a rule known as winner-take-all or the unit rule. Maine and Nebraska are partial exceptions, distributing some electors by congressional district.

    The math of electoral college: why candidates ignore safe states and chase margins

  2. 5h ago

    Trump's $10 billion IRS lawsuit—flagged by courts as aimed to 'manipulate' proceedings—is now blocking his own attorney general nominee

    On January 29, 2026, President Donald Trump, along with Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, and the Trump Organization, filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS and Treasury Department, alleging the unauthorized disclosure of Trump's tax information that subsequently appeared in reporting by The New York Times and ProPublica.

    Trump's $10 billion IRS lawsuit—flagged by courts as aimed to 'manipulate' proceedings—is now blocking his own attorney general nominee

  3. 5h ago

    Amazon pocketed $600 million in Trump tariff refunds and is now returning a portion to customers—revealing how tariff policy flows to corporate bottom lines

    In late July 2026, Amazon disclosed during its Q2 earnings call that it had received approximately $600 million in tariff refunds from U.S. Customs and Border Protection — representing what CFO Brian Olsavsky called the "significant majority" of refunds Amazon expects to collect.

    Amazon pocketed $600 million in Trump tariff refunds and is now returning a portion to customers—revealing how tariff policy flows to corporate bottom lines

  4. 5h ago

    Trump's attorney general pick faces trouble as GOP senators demand he kill his weaponization fund

    In late July 2026, two Republican senators — John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina — emerged as the primary obstacles to President Donald Trump's nomination of Todd Blanche as attorney general.

    Trump's attorney general pick faces trouble as GOP senators demand he kill his weaponization fund

  5. 13h ago

    Moonshot acquired 20,000 Nvidia chips through Alibaba to build an AI rival to US labs

    On July 31, 2026, Bloomberg reported that Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI has a confidential computing agreement with Alibaba Group providing access to a cluster of approximately 20,000 Nvidia GPUs — a substantial portion of the compute underpinning its Kimi large language models.

    Moonshot acquired 20,000 Nvidia chips through Alibaba to build an AI rival to US labs

  6. 13h ago

    Apple just passed Nvidia as the world's largest company—but analysts say it won't last

    On July 31, 2026, Apple briefly surpassed Nvidia as the world's most valuable public company by market capitalization, with Apple's cap touching approximately $4.91–4.93 trillion while Nvidia's dipped to roughly $4.77–4.92 trillion amid a 3–5% decline in Nvidia shares.

    Apple just passed Nvidia as the world's largest company—but analysts say it won't last

  7. 14h ago

    Human cells are learning and remembering without a brain — what this changes about biology

    A Nature Communications study has reported that non-neural human cells can exhibit pattern recognition, adaptive responses, and information retention lasting for days—directly challenging the long-held assumption that learning and memory are exclusive to neural tissue. This finding situates itself within a growing body of research on what some scientists are calling "cellular intelligence."

    Human cells are learning and remembering without a brain — what this changes about biology

  8. 14h ago

    AI is solving math problems faster — but mathematicians still debate what counts as 'real' proof

    Since 2024, AI systems have made rapid, measurable advances in formal and competition-level mathematics, sparking a serious debate about the nature of mathematical discovery itself.

    AI is solving math problems faster — but mathematicians still debate what counts as 'real' proof
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  • Creator
    Onpode
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    50
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