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Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Hamas-linked Jew-hater Hasan Piker pours out the congratulations to Mamdani

 


By Monica Showalter
Sure, a lot of uninformed idiots were celebrating the election of Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York. They'll learn the hard way why that was a bad idea as the rest of the country takes in the cautionary warning.

But you've really got to wonder when someone closely associated with Hamas, maybe even a member of Hamas, takes to celebrating, too. 

Such as this guy, whom many observers say is Hamas, too. If so, he plays "journalist" like a lot of them do.

Hamas is literally congratulating Zohran Mamdani.

RIP NYC. pic.twitter.com/hRpDdYXzDU

— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) November 5, 2025

He pops up a lot on antisemitism watchdog sites, denying the Holocaust here, defending a Palestinian stabbing attack on Israeli civilians as "legitimate," for being "armed struggle," there. He's been called a "Hamas propaganda-spreader" by the Israeli Defense Forces' official spokesman here. His so-called "reporting" is replete with tales of starvation, weeping widows, dead children, alleged Israeli atrocities, and IDF forces killing kittens. A lot of kitten stuff, actually.

Now he's congratulating Mamdani, which sends a pretty creepy message to all those who have been victims of Hamas, directly and indirectly, many of whom live in New York.

Sure, you can argue that a lot of clowns are phoning in their congratulations -- such as this famously incompetent boob:

But it's worth noting that Mamdani campaigned with this flamingly antisemitic freak, a so-called 'streamer' and 'influencer' with 700,000 followers named Hasan Piker, or HasanAbi. Reportedly, the pair of them are friends, and they have very similar backgrounds as children of cossetted academic radicals and far-left film-industry mothers.

Hasan famously called Jews 'inbred,' blamed them for the Oct. 7 massacre, mocked Israeli victims of Hamas rapes, mocked Anne Frank, and declared that "America deserved 9/11." Even left-wing commentator Ezra Klein, whom he once did a show with, couldn't stand him by the end, saying he sympathized with terrorists.

Here's a recent of the putrid creature in action:

What's more, both Hasan and Mamdani have denied that an Islamist murder of a British soldier several years ago was terrorism. They sync a lot, don't they?

There's so much more that suggests a circle of evil associates envelope Mamdani.

The New York Post did a major deep dive into Mamdani's sleazy backers and found something pretty disturbing:

His pop, the cossetted Islamo-Marxist nutty professor, seems to have written this:

And he brazenly, and gigglingly, campaign with an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing:

It's disturbing enough to make one wonder if Mamdani is about more than socialism, and maybe someone who would turn New York into a new terrorist nesting ground. These are, after all, his pals. 

One can only hope that the FBI is closely watching this, because terrorists and killers of innocents really don't need a new Afghanistan from which to hatch their evil plots and plans.

When Hamas is out congratulating you on how wonderful you are, you've got to assume that ugly things are in store for Jewish people and normal Americans who will always end up as Hamas's -- and a host of other bad actors' -- targets as they pursue their vile, filthy, murderous agendas.

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/hamas_linked_jew_hater_pours_out_the_congratulations_to_mamdani.html

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King Charles handed Nvidia boss a letter warning of AI dangers



Jensen Huang, the head of the world's most valuable company Nvidia, says King Charles III personally handed him a copy of a speech he delivered in 2023 that included a warning about the dangers of artificial intelligence.


"He said, there's something I want to talk to you about. And he handed me a letter," Huang told the BBC, speaking after receiving the 2025 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering in a ceremony at St James's Palace.

The letter was a copy of the speech delivered by the King in 2023 at the world's first AI Summit, held at Bletchley Park.

In it the monarch said that the risks of AI needed to be tackled with "a sense of urgency, unity and collective strength".

"It was his speech on AI safety. He obviously cares very deeply about AI safety," Mr Huang said.


Mr Huang said the King wrote in his speech that he believed in the "incredible capability" of the technology to transform the UK and the world.

"But he also wants to remind us that the technology could be used for good and for evil, and so to make sure we do everything we can to advance AI safety."

In the King's address he describes the development of advanced AI as "no less important than the discovery of electricity".

On Wednesday, Jensen Huang received the the 2025 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering alongside six other foundational figures in AI, including Professors Yoshua Bengio and Geoffrey Hinton, who have warned that the technology poses an existential threat to humanity.

But US president Donald Trump has urged the AI sector to make rapid rather than cautious advances in the technology, and the AI Safety Summit was rebranded the AI Action Summit earlier this year.

Howard Lutnick has discouraged the use of the word safety on the grounds that, "It makes us sound like we're afraid".


Mr Huang's company, Nvidia, was valued at $5tn this week. It specialises in advanced computer chips including those which power AI.

Mr Huang added that in his view the UK is in a good position to take advantage of what he described as "an industrial revolution that's happening right now."

"It's your opportunity to grasp," he said.

Large US tech firms including Nvidia are investing billions of dollars in building AI infrastructure in the UK, in the form of enormous data centres, which Jensen Huang has called "AI factories".

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cze60grxx4wo
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Will quantum be bigger than AI?



There's an old adage among tech journalists like me - you can either explain quantum accurately, or in a way that people understand, but you can't do both.


That's because quantum mechanics - a strange and partly theoretical branch of physics - is a fiendishly difficult concept to get your head around.

It involves tiny particles behaving in weird ways. And this odd activity has opened up the potential of a whole new world of scientific super power.

Its mind-boggling complexity is probably a factor in why quantum has ended up with a lower profile than tech's current rockstar - artificial intelligence (AI).

This is despite a steady stream of recent big quantum announcements from tech giants like Microsoft and Google among others.



Broadly speaking, we tend to think about quantum more commonly in the form of hardware like sensors and computers, while AI is more software-based – it requires hardware to operate.

Put them together, and we might one day have a new form of technology that's more powerful than anything we have ever created… although the word "might" is doing some heavy-lifting in that particular prediction, warns Brian Hopkins, VP and principal analyst in emerging tech at research firm Forresters.

"The potential is there, but the jury is still out," he says.

"Initial experiments suggest promise, but they all indicate that we require much more powerful quantum computers and further innovative research to effectively apply quantum effects to AI."

In terms of their value, both are lucrative. The quantum sector could be worth up to $97bn (£74bn) by 2025, according to market research group McKinsey.

Meanwhile, AI's value is forecast in the trillions. But they both live under the shadow of hype and the bursting of bubbles.

"I used to believe that quantum computing was the most-hyped technology until the AI craze emerged," jokes Mr Hopkins.

In mid-October analysts warned some key quantum stocks could fall by up to 62%, while mutterings about an AI bubble grow ever louder.

Quantum and AI have one more thing in common - errors. While we are largely familiar now with the "hallucinations" of generative AI tools, quantum is plagued by a different kind of error.


These are caused because the state in which the particles have to operate is so fragile. The slightest change to the environment, including light and noise, can disrupt them.

It's tricky to sustain such an environment. This week Elon Musk suggested on X that quantum computing would run best on the "permanently shadowed craters of the moon".

Quantum computers don't look anything like a traditional machines. There is no design blueprint, but they are currently very big.

They exist in laboratories, and the most commonly adopted format seems to include a kind of jellyfish-inspired shape.

They require extremely cold temperatures and lasers. It's not the sort of thing you're likely to have in your home, let alone in your pocket.

They're also a bit bling - researchers have found that using synthetic diamonds to create qubits, which are the building blocks of quantum computers, enables them to work much closer to room temperature.

The luxury jeweller De Beers has a subsidiary company called Element 6, which claims to have launched the world's first general-purpose quantum-grade diamond in 2020. And it has worked with Amazon Web Services on optimising artificial diamonds for future networks of quantum machines.

These machines are all in their infancy right now, there are believed to be around 200 of them in the whole world (China however has not disclosed how many it has) – this doesn't stop quantum experts making bold claims about their potential.


"We as consumers will touch the impacts of quantum computing in almost every walk of our lives," said Rajeeb Hazra, the boss of Quantinuum, a firm recently valued at $10bn. He was talking to the BBC's Tech Life podcast.

"The area of quantum computing is, in my mind, when you look at the applications, as big if not bigger than AI."

Prof Sir Peter Knight is one of the UK's top quantum experts. "Things that could take the age of the universe to calculate, even on the most powerful supercomputer, could be performed probably in seconds," he told Dr Jim Al-Khaleli on BBC Radio 4's The Life Scientific.

So what exactly are these gigantic, life-changing things that the machines might do once they're ready?

As with AI, there's a lot of quantum research directed towards improving healthcare.

Quantum computers could one day be able to effortlessly churn through endless combinations of molecules to come up with new drugs and medications – a process that currently takes years and years using classical computers.

To give you an idea of that scale - in December 2024, Google unveiled a new quantum chip called Willow, which it claimed could take five minutes to solve a problem that would currently take the world's fastest super computers 10 septillion years - or 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years – to complete.

Hazra says this could pave the way for personalised medication, where instead of getting a standard prescription, you get a specific drug tailormade for your individual body, that's most likely to work for you.


And that applies to wider chemical processes too, such as new ways to produce fertilizers more efficiently, potentially a huge boost for global farmers.

Quantum sensors, which use the principles of quantum mechanics to measure things incredibly precisely, already exist and are found in atomic clocks.

In 2019, scientists at Nottingham University put them in a prototype device the size of a bike helmet, and used them in a new system to conduct non-intrusive brain scans on children with conditions such as epilepsy.

"The foundations for human cognition are laid down in the first decades of life, but there have always been limited ways to study them due to restrictions in brain scanning technology," said researcher Ryan Hill at the time.

"A particular problem has always been movement and the fact that the large traditional fixed scanners have always required patients to stay completely still.

"Not only does this fail to give an accurate picture of the brain operating in a natural environment, but it also places severe restrictions on who can be scanned, with children representing the biggest challenge."

Last year, scientists at Imperial College, London trialled an alternative to GPS satellite navigation, dubbed a "quantum compass", on the city's underground Tube network.


GPS doesn't work underground but this does – the idea is that it could more accurately track and pinpoint objects anywhere in the world, either above or below ground, unlike GPS signals which can be blocked, jammed and affected by the weather.

"The UK economy relies on GPS to the tune of £1bn per day, position, navigation and timing – this is often labelled a defence requirement - but all our financial transactions require a timestamp for authentication," says Dr Michael Cuthbert, director of the UK's National Quantum Computing Centre.

"Using quantum clocks, gyroscopes and magnetometers enables us to create a resilience against jamming and spoofing of our vital navigational systems."

The National Grid is investing in quantum research to see if it can help with what's known as "load shedding" - how to maximise the output of thousands of generators from various energy sources as demand rises and falls in real time, preventing blackouts.

And Airbus partnered with the UK quantum firm IonQ to trial quantum-based algorithms designed to load cargo more efficiently onto aircraft. An aircraft can use thousands of kilos of extra fuel if its centre of gravity shifts by just a small amount.

So far, so good – but we also need to talk about secrets.


It is widely accepted that current forms of encryption – the way in which we store both personal data and official secrets – will one day be busted by quantum technology being able to churn through every single possible combination in record time, until the data becomes unscrambled.

Nations are known to be already stealing encrypted data from each other with a view to being able to decode it one day.

"It's called harvest now, decrypt later," says Prof Alan Woodward, a cybersecurity expert from Surrey University.

"The theory of how to break current forms of public key encryption await a truly operational quantum computer," he adds.

"The threat is so high that it's assumed everyone needs to introduce quantum-resistant encryption now."

The moment a such a computer exists is sometimes referred to as Q-day. Estimates of when it might arrive vary, but Brian Hopkins at Forrester says it could be soon - around the year 2030.

Companies like Apple and the secure messaging platform Signal have already rolled out what they believe to be post-quantum encryption keys, but they cannot be applied retrospectively to current data encrypted in the traditional way.

And that's already a problem. In October, Daniel Shiu, the former head of cryptographic design at GCHQ, the UK's intelligence, security and cyber agency, told the Sunday Times it was "credible that almost all UK citizens will have had data compromised" in state-sponsored cyber attacks carried out by China – with that data stockpiled for a time when it can be decrypted and studied.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c04gvx7egw5o
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EQT-Backed Biotech Firm Evommune Raises $150 Million in IPO

 


Evommune Inc., a biotechnology company targeting chronic inflammatory diseases, raised $150 million in an initial public offering, adding to the list of companies that have been able to proceed with listings despite the US government shutdown.

The EQT AB-backed company sold 9.38 million shares at $16 each, according to a statement Wednesday. Palo Alto, California-based Evommune had marketed the shares for $15 to $17 each, according to its filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-06/eqt-backed-biotech-firm-evommune-raises-150-million-in-ipo

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China Orders State-Funded Data Centers Not To Use Foreign AI Chips

 Yesterday we said that with Beijing giving Trump a list of 4 "red lines" he should note cross (including i) Taiwan, ii) democracy and human rights, iii) China’s political system, and iv) development rights), the countdown to the end of the trade truce has started because there is no more certain way to get Trump to do something than to tell him he shouldn't. 

And in a move that will only accelerate Trump's anger, the Chinese government issued guidance requiring new data centre projects that have received any state funds to only use domestically-made artificial intelligence chips, Reuters reported.

In recent weeks, Chinese regulatory authorities ordered such data centres that are less than 30% complete to remove all installed foreign chips, or cancel plans to purchase them, while projects in a more advanced stage will be decided on a case-by-case basis, the Reuters sources said.

Some projects have already been suspended before breaking ground as a result of the directive, including a facility in a northwestern province that had planned to deploy Nvidia chips, one of the sources said. The project, being developed by a private technology company that received state funding, has been put on hold, the source said.

The move could represent one of China's most aggressive steps yet to eliminate foreign technology from its critical infrastructure amid a pause in trade hostilities between Washington and Beijing, and achieve its quest for AI chip self-sufficiency.

China's access to advanced AI chips, including those made by Nvidia has been a key point of friction with the U.S., as the two wrestle for dominance in high-end computing power and AI. Trump said in an interview aired on Sunday following talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping last week that Washington will "let them deal with Nvidia but not in terms of the most advanced" chips.

Beijing's response: if you limit technology, we will come up with our own. 

The move by Beijing, would dash Nvidia's hopes of regaining Chinese market share, while giving local rivals, including Huawei, yet another opportunity to secure more chip sales. Besides Nvidia, other foreign chipmakers that sell data centre chips to China include AMD and Intel. 

It remains unclear whether the guidance applies nationwide or only to certain provinces, although it is likely the case that this will soon become the norm unless something changes. The sources did not identify which Chinese regulatory bodies had issued the order. 

Unlike in the US where corporations are funding data center buildout - either through cash flow, equity or debt - AI data center projects in China have drawn over $100 billion in state funding since 2021, according to a Reuters review of government tenders. Most data centers in China have received some form of state funding to aid their construction, but it is not immediately clear how many projects are subject to the new guidance.

Beijing has long been irked by Washington's export controls aimed at impeding China's tech progress and has taken a series of measures, including retaliatory moves, to wean itself off US technology. In response, the US has been aggressively ramping up Industrial Policy to boost domestic rare earth mining and refining to ween itself off reliance on Chinese rare earth production. The latest trade truce gives Trump about a year to come up with a viable alternative and a domestic rare earth industry which has seen substantial, but still mostly insignificant, funding from the US. 

The US justified its restrictions by alleging the Chinese military would use the chips to increase its capabilities. China has discouraged local tech giants from purchasing advanced Nvidia chips over security concerns this year, while showing off a new data centre powered solely by domestic AI chips.

And in 2023, Beijing banned the use of Micron'sproducts in its critical infrastructure, which paved the way for a decision this year by the largest U.S. memory chipmaker to exit the server chip market in China, Reuters reported last month.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has repeatedly lobbied Trump and his cabinet to allow the sale of more AI chips to China, arguing that keeping its superpower rival's AI industry dependent on U.S. hardware was good for America's interests.
Its current share of the Chinese AI chip market is zero, compared to 95% in 2022, according to the company.

Excluding foreign chipmakers like Nvidia from big state projects would eliminate a significant portion of their China revenue, even as a deal is agreed to allow the resumption of advanced chip sales to China. The new guidance on data centres covers Nvidia's H20 chips, the most advanced AI chip the U.S. firm is allowed to sell to China, but also more powerful processors such as the B200 and H200, the sources said.

While the B200 and H200 are barred from being shipped to China by U.S. export controls, they remain widely available in China through grey-market channels.

Of course, the obvious next question is does China have the technology to actually achieve parity with the US.

With the latest directive, the Chinese government is carving out even more market share for domestic chipmakers. China has a range of AI chip companies, from the most prominent, Huawei Technologies, to smaller players such as Shanghai-listed Cambricon and startups including MetaX, Moore Threads, and Enflame.

While products from these Chinese companies already rival some of Nvidia's offerings, they have struggled to crack the market. Developers used to Nvidia's reliable software ecosystem have been reluctant to adopt domestic alternatives.

Lastly, while the move would help boost sales of domestically developed chips, it also risks widening the U.S.-China gap in AI computing power. U.S. tech giants like Microsoft, Meta, and OpenAI have spent or allocated hundreds of billions of dollars to build data centres powered by Nvidia's most advanced chips. Meanwhile, leading Chinese chip manufacturers like SMIC are facing supply constraints due to U.S. sanctions on semiconductor manufacturing equipment that have hit advanced chip production capacity.

In the end, the most likely endgame is one where both Beijing and DC directly fund their domestic AI industries to win the next "arms race" which will be who gets to AGI first, as the cost for not getting there first will be existentially staggering. As such, we expect a substantial spending spree from the US government to fund even more progress as Trump seeks to expand the tech gap with China, which in turn will further blow out the US budget deficit and lead to an even faster growth in the US federal debt in coming years. 

https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/china-orders-state-funded-data-centers-not-use-foreign-ai-chips

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Nvidia's Huang: China will beat US in AI race

 Nvidia Corporation Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jensen Huang told the Financial Times (FT) on Wednesday that China will beat the United States in the AI race due to lower energy costs and fewer regulations.

Huang said it was more affordable for Chinese tech companies to run local alternatives to Nvidia's chips due to energy subsidies, while pointing to the lack of "optimism" in the US and the United Kingdom. His comments came amid reports that the Chinese authorities provided additional energy subsidies to data centers run by local tech giants, boosting competitiveness.

Huang participated in the Future of AI Summit hosted by the Financial Times in London.

https://breakingthenews.net/Article/Nvidia's-Huang:-China-will-beat-US-in-AI-race/65128008

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40 US airports to cut 10% flights from Nov. 7

 Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced on Wednesday that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will implement a 10% reduction in scheduled flight capacity across 40 high-volume airports starting November 7.

Speaking alongside FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford, Duffy said the measure is necessary to maintain safety standards during the ongoing government shutdown.

They both underscored that the agency is facing widespread staffing shortages as unpaid air traffic controllers continue to call out of work, leading to mounting delays nationwide.

https://breakingthenews.net/Article/40-US-airports-to-cut-10-flights-from-Nov.-7/65128107

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