Prabir Purkayastha
US President Donald Trump Chinese President Xi Jinping Trump’s trade war: truce yes, but road to peace still uncertain

The larger trade war between the two economies will only continue unless the US is willing to come back to a global trading regime.

Inflection point: Renewable energy is cheaper than fossil fuels Punto de inflexión: la energía renovable es más barata que los combustibles fósiles

Por primera vez, la energía solar y eólica son ahora más baratas que el carbón, el gas natural o el petróleo, y son las opciones más rápidas para instalar nueva generación de electricidad.

Inflection point: Renewable energy is cheaper than fossil fuels Inflection point: Renewable energy is cheaper than fossil fuels

For the first time, solar and wind energy are now cheaper than coal, natural gas, or oil, and are the quickest options for installing new electricity generation.

Negotiations_about_Iranian_Nuclear_Program_-_Foreign_Ministers_and_other_Officials_of_P5+1_Iran_and_EU_in_Lausanne ¿Volverá Trump al acuerdo nuclear entre Irán y los Estados Unidos?

Trump tendrá que aceptar dar marcha atrás o librar una guerra que destruirá la región y posiblemente la economía global.

Negotiations_about_Iranian_Nuclear_Program_-_Foreign_Ministers_and_other_Officials_of_P5+1_Iran_and_EU_in_Lausanne Will Trump return to the Iran–US nuclear deal?

Trump will either have to agree to a climb down or wage a war that will destroy the region and possibly the global economy.

Boeing se declara culpable de fraude criminal: la saga del 737 Max

¿Por qué Boeing, uno de los líderes de la ingeniería en Estados Unidos, violó los fundamentos de su disciplina? Prabir Purkayastha reflexiona.

Boeing pleads guilty to criminal fraud: the continuing 737 Max saga

Why did Boeing, one of the engineering leaders in the US, violate the fundamentals of their discipline? Prabir Purkayastha reflects.

Remembering Allende and his Project Cybersyn

During Salvador Allende’s brief term in power, a revolutionary project sought to use technology, specifically information from factories for real-time planning and interventions in the economy. What does this tell us about knowledge and the struggle over the infrastructure that produces it?

Oppenheimer military industrial complex La paradoja de Oppenheimer: el poder de la ciencia y la debilidad de los científicos

La bomba lanzada sobre Hiroshima en 1945 anunció la era atómica e inauguró el complejo militar-industrial que se apoderó de Estados Unidos.

Oppenheimer military industrial complex Oppenheimer paradox: power of science, weakness of scientists

The bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945 heralded the atomic age and ushered in the military-industrial complex that took over the United States

Twitter vs Meta Clash of Twitter Vs Meta’s Threads: Zuckerberg and Musk fight over digital real estate

Twitter vs Threads is interesting because until now, the digital monopolies had carved out their exclusive spaces, which had some overlaps, particularly in technology and infrastructure, but not in the primary “product” they were selling to the people. Threads marks the first major change in this trend an instance of direct competition

US-India semiconductor Micron If chip-making is India’s goal, Micron deal won’t deliver it

If chip-making is India’s goal, the Micron deal to set up a plant in India won’t deliver it. What India is getting—assembling and testing chips made elsewhere—is the lowest end of the chip-making technology