April 14 — India's Population Milestone, US Student Debt Erasure, and Global Tech Developments

Every day, I ask ChatGPT to read the top 1000 trending news and post only the important ones. No junk news, ever: if nothing important happens, nothing gets posted.

Big news! I now ask ChatGPT to also consider news source’s credibility when evaluating importance (so Bloomberg gets a higher score than Daily Mail). That should considerably improve top articles’ quality.

Today we could have 58 articles with scores over 6:

But the new algorithm helps to bring it down to 14:

14 is still a lot, so here’s 6 articles with scores over 6.5:

1. India's population overtakes China as regional fertility rate disparities persist — The Washington Post

   India's population is set to overtake China's to become the world's largest, with U.N. officials projecting that it will happen this month. However, the demographic milestone masks dramatically divergent trajectories inside India, with fertility rates varying sharply from state to state.

2. US Supreme Court upholds settlement erasing $6bn in student debt — Reuters

   The US Supreme Court has rejected a request from three colleges to halt a legal settlement that would erase over $6bn in debt owed by former students of colleges, many of them for-profit institutions, who have said they were misled by schools about academics and job prospects.

3. Florida Lawmakers Pass Six-Week Abortion Ban — The New York Times

   Florida lawmakers have passed a bill that prohibits abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, making it one of the most restrictive states in the country. Governor Ron DeSantis is expected to sign the bill, which would force women seeking abortions to travel to other states for care.

4. Intel's future hinges on success of EUV chip production and US government support — Financial Times

   Intel's decision to stick with older manufacturing techniques instead of adopting extreme lithography (EUV) has left the company lagging behind Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and Samsung, which have both adopted EUV.

5. Jordan proposes joint Arab peace plan to end Syrian conflict — Reuters

   Jordan is proposing a joint Arab peace plan to end the Syrian conflict and allow the country to rejoin the Arab League. The plan will be discussed at a meeting in Jeddah attended by foreign ministers from Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries.

6. Western Australia to allocate land for battery metal processing facility to reduce global reliance on China — Reuters 

   The state of Western Australia will provide land for a battery metal processing facility proposed by IGO and Wyloo Metals, backed by billionaire Andrew Forrest. The facility would be Australia's first to produce nickel-cobalt-manganese precursor cathode active material, used to make components for lithium-ion batteries.

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The News Minimalist