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    BIG TECH & STARTUPS

    META BUYS AI STARTUP MA=
    NUS FOR MORE THAN $2 BILLION (4 MINUTE READ)
    [4]=20

    Meta has agreed t=
    o acquire Manus, a Singapore-based company that
    conducts deep research an=
    d performs tasks for paying users. Meta will
    continue to operate and sell=
    Manus' services while integrating it into
    its suite of social media prod=
    ucts. The deal will help Meta cement its
    position in the product segment =
    of AI agents. It is one of the first
    times a major US tech company has bo=
    ught a startup with Chinese roots.


    NVIDIA SPENDS $5B ON INTEL BAIL=
    OUT, INSTANTLY GETS $2.5B RICHER (4
    MINUTE READ) [5]=20

    Nvidia locked=
    in a purchase price of $23.28 per share for Intel when
    the companies str=
    uck a deal in September. The deal had been under
    scrutiny by the US Feder=
    al Trade Commission, but was then greenlighted
    on December 18. The purcha=
    se of 214 million shares closed on December
    26, and Intel shares closed M=
    onday at $36.68, making Nvidia's $5
    billion purchase worth $7.58 billion.=
    The deal will involve the
    companies jointly developing multiple generati=
    ons of chips for
    datacenters and PCs.=20

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    SCIENCE & =
    FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY

    RESEARCHERS MAKE =E2=80=9CNEUROMORPHIC=E2=80=
    =9D ARTIFICIAL SKIN FOR ROBOTS (5
    MINUTE READ) [6]=20

    Chinese researc=
    hers have created an artificial robotic skin that can
    sense pressure and =
    locate input and injuries. The neuromorphic robotic
    e-skin (NRE-skin) is =
    assembled from a collection of segments that snap
    together using magnetic=
    interlocks, automatically linking up any
    necessary wiring. Each segment =
    broadcasts a unique identity code, so
    it is relatively easy to pop out th=
    e damaged segment and replace it
    with fresh hardware if the system identi=
    fies damage.=20

    CLINIC-IN-THE-LOOP (16 MINUTE READ) [7]=20

    Biomedic=
    al progress has become less productive for the last several
    years despite=
    staggering advances in basic science. One of the reasons
    for this is tha=
    t institutional bureaucracy has become harder to
    overcome. Increasing the=
    number and efficiency of clinical trials
    would help create a faster feed=
    back loop and result in better data to
    inform models and ideas. This coul=
    d help decrease the cost of bringing
    new drugs to market and break a tren=
    d that has held since the 1950s.=20

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    MISCELLANEOUS

    CAPITAL IN THE 22ND CENTURY (58 MINUTE READ) [11] =


    Labor and capital have traditionally complemented each other. While=

    wealthy people can keep accumulating capital, it becomes less valuable=

    when there aren't enough hands to use all of it, and hands grow more
    v=
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    bre=
    aks in the world of advanced robotics and AI. A global and highly
    progres=
    sive tax on capital (or at least capital income) may be the
    only way to p=
    revent inequality from growing extreme.=20

    2025 IN REVIEW: JAGGED INTEL=
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    The immediate A=
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    adoption. There is a growing AI perc=
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