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Top249: Google's Offerwall | China's homegrown server chips | Anthropic Economic Futures Program

Top249: Google's Offerwall | China's homegrown server chips | Anthropic Economic Futures Program

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June 28, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes

28th June 2025

Google introduced Offerwall, a new tool allowing publishers to offer micro-payments, surveys, or ad viewing options to access premium content.
This aims to combat declining search referrals by diversifying revenue streams beyond ads and subscription paywalls.
Publishers can add custom engagement options, tapping into their most loyal readers.

China’s Loongson released the 3C6000 series flagship with 64 cores and 128 threads, rivaling Intel’s Xeon 8380 and built using quad-chiplet architecture.
The chip supports DDR4-3200 memory, 32 MB cache, and uses LoongLink interconnect similar to NVLink or Infinity Fabric.
This marks a significant step in China’s bid for semiconductor independence and high-performance domestic infrastructure.

Anthropic launched its Economic Futures Program, including an Economic Advisory Council to guide research on AI’s impact on labor and economies.
The initiative builds on the Economic Index, which analyzes how AI is used across jobs through anonymized Claude data.
The program invites economists and policy experts to help shape frameworks for understanding AI-driven workforce transformation.

MIT’s CSAIL team used diffusion models (a form of generative AI) to automatically design parts for jumping robots, achieving 41% higher jumps and 84% more reliable landings compared to human-designed models.
The AI created innovative curved components and optimized foot shapes that weren’t part of traditional engineering designs, and these were successfully tested and 3D printed.
This approach showcases the potential of AI to automate hardware design, opening up new paths for robotics, manufacturing, and future natural language–guided engineering tools.

President Trump has terminated trade negotiations with Canada, declaring the new 3% Digital Services Tax levied on U.S. tech firms a “direct and blatant attack.”
The tax is retroactive to 2022, and is expected to impact major tech companies like Amazon, Google, Meta, Uber, and Airbnb, potentially costing around $2 billion.
The U.S. is preparing retaliatory tariffs on Canadian goods within a week, escalating trade tensions as Canada refuses to pause the tax.

Till next time.