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04.08.26 - 05:21
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"We Use Thicker Steel": Security Firm Fortifies HVAC Units Against Thieves (ZeroHedge)
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"We Use Thicker Steel": Security Firm Fortifies HVAC Units Against Thieves
Copper wiring, light poles, catalytic converters, copper gutters, and even Tesla charging cables have long been targets for thieves.
But in crime-ridden metro areas governed by progressive or reformist socialist city halls that have adopted softer enforcement policies, where lefty prosecutors are perceived as unwilling to pursue property crimes, criminals have become increasingly emboldened.
They have moved beyond stealing industrial metals to taking entire outdoor HVAC units, prompting some homeowners and businesses to install heavy steel security cages around their condensers.
An Atlanta-based company called Ornamental Security published a viral Instagram video titled "Securing Your HVAC System," highlighting what appears to be a growing trend among homeowners: installing metal cages over outdoor condensers to prevent theft.
Ornamental Security's Instagram video was later reposted on X by Everythi...
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04.08.26 - 05:06
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MediaTek sees SerDes 448G as copper′s final battleground (Digitimes)
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The question of where the limits of cloud AI high-speed interconnects will fall has been a major market focus over the past six months. MediaTek addressed the issue for the first time in its 2026 second-quarter earnings call, saying its work on the more advanced SerDes 448G specification is roughly halfway complete....
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01.08.26 - 04:12
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The Strange Reason Scientists Still Need Pre-1945 Steel (ZeroHedge)
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The Strange Reason Scientists Still Need Pre-1945 Steel
The world's most sensitive radiation detectors sometimes rely on low background steel produced before the first atomic bomb test in July 1945, according to a new report from SpaceDaily.
Steel manufactured before the nuclear age lacks the tiny traces of radioactive fallout that atmospheric weapons testing later introduced into the environment, making it valuable for experiments searching for extraordinarily rare particles and faint radiation signals.
The report says that this gave rise to the popular story that scientists depend on steel salvaged from pre war shipwrecks resting on the ocean floor. While there is some truth to that, the claim has been greatly exaggerated. Some laboratories have indeed used steel from old warships for shielding, but it is not true that nearly every sensitive detector depends on sunken ships or that science faces a crisis as this supply disappears.
The reason low background steel matters is that, in cutting ...
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01.08.26 - 00:24
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What does Radiant World Do? The Iron Ore Trader Under Scrutiny (Bloomberg)
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Radiant World is little-known outside of the commodities industry, but over the past decade it has grown rapidly to become one of the largest traders of iron ore, by volume the world's most-traded commodity after oil. It's forged relationships with major producers, traders and banks during its ascent....
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