Field Notes
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The Reading from August: China’s Factory Barometer Points at Dawn, Not Full Light
China’s August manufacturing PMI rose to 49.8, and for the first time in five months new orders outran production. Read as a spectrum, the data…
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The AI Capex Question, Answered in One Earnings Sheet
A chipmaker posted $96.2 billion revenue, up 106%, with $89 billion from data centers — 92% of the total. Deep time has a way of…
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Learning Technology Still Needs a Learning Problem
A practical, evidence-led examination of human-centred technology in learning and work, focused on coordination, access, timing and the operating measures that turn a visible trend…
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The Scientists Who Read Ice to Tell the Story of the Past
Deep inside glaciers and ice sheets is a record of the atmosphere going back hundreds of thousands of years. The people who read it are…
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Field Notes From the Frontier of Sky Watching
The people who watch the sky for a living share a craft that is part science, part patience and part luck. A look at how…