“There are other reasons to be bullish about #compute #standardisation. Chips from Nvidia’s Hopper range, which includes the H100, have held much of their rental value even as next-generation Blackwell models entered the market.

This flies in the face of a comment in March 2025 by Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s boss, that “when Blackwell starts shipping in volume, you couldn’t give Hoppers away”. It also suggests that #computed erivatives’ underlying #assets will not suddenly become worthless, the risk of which would slow adoption”

#Derivatives / #FinancialisingCompute / #MoneyTalks / #funding / #NeoCloud / #indicies / #ComputeCost / #FuturesMarket / #assets <https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/06/22/how-to-turn-compute-into-a-financial-asset> (paywall) / <https://archive.md/YHOPYG

The #NSF is shifting significant amounts of money from research grants to tech investments.
https://www.science.org/content/article/exclusive-nsf-slashes-research-programs-support-new-tech-initiative-insiders-say
(#paywalled)

#DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

"Inside the new political screening that’s stalling #NIH grants."
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01924-8

"Mandatory reviews by [political appointees] and checks for 235 disfavoured terms have left hundreds of vetted grant applications in administrative limbo."

Here's the Nature list of "disfavored terms" that trigger slow-walking and political scrutiny of grant applications.
https://media.nature.com/original/magazine-assets/d41586-026-01924-8/52836226

Also see the similar list of "banned words" compiled last year by #PENAmerica (apparently last updated Dec 2025).
https://pen.org/banned-words-list/

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

📢 The EU’s 🆘 #disaster safety net 🆘 has some loose threads, the auditors say. #rescEU has become an important back-up for Europe’s disaster response, but it shows some weaknesses.

🚨 €2.9 billion allocated to rescEU from the 2021-2027 #EUbudget
🚨 #Funding not always directly linked to identified needs
🚨 #Sustainability of funded projects beyond their end date is not assured

🔗 Read the report 👇
https://www.eca.europa.eu/en/publications/SR-2026-17

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