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Producer prices of commercial goods in Germany rose by 3.0 percent in July 2026 compared to the previous year. According to data released by the Federal Statist... https://news.osna.fm/?p=60210 | #news #costs #driven #energy #german

Amerika the Beauty 👀

https://tardigram.com/m/Actualidad/t/54629

https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/aug/14/us-long-term-borrowing-25-year-high-trump-aviva-eurozone-economy-stock-markets-live-news-updates. "The #fiscal pressures on the #US #Government have risen after it paid the highest #borrowing #costs to sell long-term #bonds in a quarter of a century. An auction of 30-year US #Treasury bonds last night showed that #investors are demanding a heavy premium to take on long-duration US #debt, amid concerns over the risk from #inflation & the country’s rising #nationaldebt."

… costs will continue to grow in future if governments fail to implement policies to limit impacts of climate change.

#ClimateChange #Heatwave #Wildfire #Drought #Agriculture #Costs #France

Adding a layer of indirection solves most problems 🤓:

“Managing AI Coding Costs At Scale”, Databricks (https://www.databricks.com/blog/managing-ai-coding-costs-scale).

Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49214468

#AI #SoftwareEngineering #Coding #AIAssistedCoding #Costs #AgenticCoding #Harness

Viral avocado toast for $20 highlights today’s soaring airport food prices

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Travelers are increasingly questioning why a quick bite at the airport can come with a restaurant-level price tag, according to several reports. A recent vir…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Food #airlines #airports #costs #familytravel #Food&Drink #Lifestyle #travel
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2761951/viral-avocado-toast-for-20-highlights-todays-soaring-airport-food-prices/

Viral avocado toast for $20 highlights today’s soaring airport food prices https://www.diningandcooking.com/2761951/viral-avocado-toast-for-20-highlights-todays-soaring-airport-food-prices/ #airlines #airports #costs #FamilyTravel #food #Food&Drink #Lifestyle #travel

Databricks drove down AI coding spend 70%

https://www.databricks.com/blog/managing-ai-coding-costs-scale

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49214468

#HackerNews #Databricks #AI #coding #costs #savings #technology #innovation

The financial policy spokespersons for the Union and the SPD have rejected President Ifo Clemens Fuest's proposal for a uniform value-added tax (VAT). According... https://news.osna.fm/?p=58500 | #news #costs #food #fuests #increased

#US #JobMarket Shows Unexpected Loss
Businesses shed 23,000 #jobs in July in the face of renewed #tariffs & higher #costs driven by Trump’s #war in the #MiddleEast & numbers from previous months were revised down sharply.

#Trump #economy #inflation #labor #business #unemployment #affordability #CostOfLiving #recession #Trumpcession
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/08/07/business/jobs-report-economy?unlocked_article_code=1.3lA.Ul3N.Pb1JCczayHEf&smid=nytcore-ios-share

The popularity of chinese models can be illustrated by the top 10 of models used in the OpenRouter market place. Interesting to see the increase in GPT-5.6 use.
https://openrouter.ai/rankings
#AI #Rankings #China #Openrouter #costs

So as someone has already posted about the rising costs of self hosting, here's my reasoning and why we moved to Netcup.
The point being there is other hosting options, be aware and be switched on.

good luck!

https://haunted.lighthouse.co.im/articles/the-30-percent-letter/

#selfhosting #SovereignInfrastructure #costs

Apple stockpiles $11 billion in inventory as a memory price surge erodes its gross margin

Repost to help others discover this.

https://1ban.news/apple-memory-costs-margin-2026/

#1ban #apple #memory #costs #margin #tech

Amazon Insiders Horrified at "Catastrophically Expensive" Internal AI Usage https://futurism.com/future-society/amazon-catastrophically-expensive-ai #AI #costs #example #Amazon

https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/tories-block-disability-news-service-from-receiving-press-releases-and-stop-answering-its-calls-and-emails/. "Disability News Service (DNS) has been blocked by #Conservative head office from receiving any of the party’s #press releases or even submitting #media requests." The #Tories are allergic to the #truth about #disability & #disabled people, & especially about disability #benefits. They want to go on peddling the #lie of "the spiralling #costs of #welfare" with total #impunity.

OpenAI and Anthropic can only survive against chinese OpenSource/OpenWeights models if they improve more rapidly and try to bring down their costs. And that is what OpenAI is doing. The race is on...
https://openai.com/index/advancing-the-price-performance-frontier-with-gpt-5-6/?utm_source=www.therundown.ai&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=openai-s-models-cut-their-own-costs&_bhlid=c0b32ae3c2596c05347b3462cc168aff42e7be0b
#AI #race #OpenAI #costs

Prices in Germany are accelerating again. The Federal Statistical Office released an estimate this Thursday indicating that the annual inflation rate is likely... https://news.osna.fm/?p=57351 | #news #costs #driven #energy #german

Iran's Economy Is Being Destroyed, to No Clear Purpose

Stay curious — follow @1ban_news.

https://1ban.news/iran-economic-war-costs-unclear/

#1ban #iran #economic #war #costs #geopolitics

Interesting blog about the economics of inference, GPU's , tokens etc. In this case for Kimi K3.
https://cefboud.com/posts/ai-inference-costs-profit/
#AI #KimiK3 #Inference #tokens #economics #costs

The DAX continued its ascent on Tuesday. At the close of trading on Xetra, the index stood at 25,464 points on the Frankfurt exchange floor, marking a 0.4 perce... https://news.osna.fm/?p=57135 | #news #amid #costs #dax #energy

The rapid growth of #datacentres, driven by #AI, is significantly increasing #electricitydemand in the #PJM Interconnection region. This surge in demand is straining the grid and causing #capacityprices to soar, with the #costs being #socialised across all ratepayers, including #households and #smallbusinesses. While utilities claim ratepayers won’t bear the brunt of these costs, evidence suggests otherwise, with potential rate hikes of up to 60% looming. https://fortune.com/2026/07/24/why-youre-paying-for-data-center-electricity-power/?eicker.news #tech #news

German companies split on energy transition impact, want infrastructure priority – survey

https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/german-companies-split-energy-transition-impact-want-infrastructure-priority-survey #energytransition #Germany #renewables #costs #prices #DIHK

The rapid growth of #datacentres, driven by #AI, is significantly increasing #electricitydemand in the #PJM Interconnection region. This surge in demand is straining the grid and causing #capacityprices to soar, with the #costs being #socialised across all ratepayers, including #households and #smallbusinesses. While utilities claim ratepayers won’t bear the brunt of these costs, evidence suggests otherwise, with potential rate hikes of up to 60% looming. https://fortune.com/2026/07/24/why-youre-paying-for-data-center-electricity-power/?AIagents.at #AIagent #GenAI

According to a previously unreleased study from the Institute of the German Economy (IW), which was reported by the "Rheinische Post" (Saturday edition), the ne... https://news.osna.fm/?p=56715 | #news #conversions #costs #double #energy