businessSaturday, July 4, 2026
Elon Musk and Tim Cook rarely agree, but both are sounding alarms on a new memory chip shortage that Cook calls a 'hundred-year flood.' Meanwhile, the energy crunch from data centers is colliding with a heat wave, tripling power prices on the PJM grid. Today's business news is about infrastructure bottlenecks hitting from multiple angles.
Two separate infrastructure crises are converging: a memory chip shortage that threatens supply chains and a power grid strained by data centers and extreme heat.
Tim Cook called the memory chip shortage a 'hundred-year flood' in a Wall Street Journal interview, and Elon Musk agreed it's the biggest price jump he's ever seen. Consumer prices on Apple products are already rising.
PJM Interconnection came within 2% of its all-time demand record as a heat wave pushed power prices to triple. Surging data center growth is a structural driver behind the rising demand.
GM's EV sales are sliding, and a new cheap EV from Slate shows how China's battery tech is reshaping the market.
GM retained the top U.S. sales spot in Q2 but saw EV sales drop sharply. The automaker has no mainstream hybrids to capture the surging hybrid market, leaving it exposed.
Michigan startup Slate launched America's cheapest EV truck at under $25,000, using lower-cost Chinese batteries. The repeal of EV tax credits partly enabled the shift, per Wired.
Two pieces examine hidden costs in business: the emotional labor women carry at work and the common mistake new founders make.
Stanford professor Steve Blank says the fatal mistake founders make is skipping customer research before building a product. Multiple outlets are picking up his warning today.
Business Insider reports that white-collar women spend nearly 13 hours a week providing emotional support to colleagues, unpaid and unrecognized, a hidden cost of workplace empathy.
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How Elon Musk Became More Powerful Than Everwww.theatlantic.comUnstitching Americaphenomenalworld.org
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'A wild testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI': Google's electricity consumption is…www.pcgamer.com
The article examines Google's rising electricity consumption driven by its massive investment in generative AI infrastructure, drawing on data analyst Ketan Joshi's analysis of Google's environmental report. It argues that the energy demands of GenAI are contributing to climate c
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Astro Teller runt een uitvindersfabriek: 'Radicale innovatie bestaat niet zonder speelsheid'www.tijd.be
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How John Deere steeps its brand story in its American heritagewww.marketingdive.com
John Deere, the oldest consumer brand among America250's official sponsors (founded in 1837), leverages its deep American heritage — with its iconic yellow and green alongside Coca-Cola red and Levi's blue — while actively working to connect with new generations. The company has
ASA – Scare with Care: Advertising Guidance on Phobias | Ethical Marketing Newsethicalmarketingnews.com
The ASA/CAP has released guidance titled "Scare with Care" addressing how marketers should handle phobias in advertising. The article discusses the ethical considerations marketers need to be mindful of when using fear-based imagery or themes that could trigger severe phobias in
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Sebi open market share buy-back norms explained: Eligibility, timeline and impactwww.livemint.com
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