This article is adapted from our April 17 edition of RANKED CHOICES, THE CITY’s weekly election newsletter. Click here to sign up. Dear New Yorkers, This week, we found out that five mayoral candidates will get millions of dollars in taxpayer-supported matching funds, according to the latest disclosure from the city’s Campaign Finance Board. Noticeably […]

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Financial Times:
Insiders, including tech execs, say President Trump's trade war may hinder the US computing industry by raising costs for building chip fabs and AI data centers  —  Tariffs and threat of new duties on chips and computing infrastructure could frustrate American ambitions to lead artificial intelligence race

Coco Liu / Bloomberg:
A look at ways AI is being used to cut carbon emissions: calculating fuel-efficient driving patterns, monitoring grid infrastructure, and more  —  Shrinking the world's carbon footprint will require poring over vast datasets to spot solutions — something computers do better and faster than humans.

IDC:
China's Q1 2025 smartphone shipments grew 3.3% YoY to 71.6M units; Xiaomi led with 18.6% market share, Apple was the only foreign brand in top 5 with 13.7%  —  Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, China's smartphone market shipped 71.6 million units in 1Q25, a 3.3% year-on-year (YoY) increase.

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