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- 1Japan turns abandoned golf courses into solar farms●Mountainous, densely populated Japan has little land available for large solar farms, so developers are erecting arrays
Japan, mountainous and densely populated, has little open land for large solar installations. Developers are increasingly building solar arrays on the many golf courses abandoned after the country's 1980s economic boom, repurposing disused leisure land for renewable energy. The approach is being cited as a practical example of how land-scarce countries can expand clean power without competing for farmland or residential space.
- 2Artist Elizabeth Saloka turns rocks into grocery paintings▼Elizabeth Saloka paints groceries and gadgets onto rocks – yep, rocks
Artist Elizabeth Saloka is attracting attention for trompe l'oeil works in which she paints everyday groceries and gadgets onto ordinary rocks, making them look convincingly real. The playful illusion has been featured by Creative Boom and is drawing interest for its surreal blend of humble natural objects and consumer goods.
- 3Amazon Pursues $8 Billion Sale-and-Leaseback Deal for Nvidia Chips▼Amazon Pursues $8 Billion Sale-and-Leaseback of Nvidia Chips
Amazon is reportedly pursuing an $8 billion sale-and-leaseback arrangement involving Nvidia chips used in its data centers. Under such a deal, Amazon would sell the hardware to investors and lease it back, freeing capital for its massive AI infrastructure buildout while keeping the chips in operation. The move highlights the enormous financing costs tech giants face as they scale up AI computing capacity.
- 4Four Directors Who Moved From Comedy to Horror▼Genre Switching: Four Directors Who Started in Comedy Before Switching to Horror
A film feature highlights four directors who began their careers in comedy before turning to horror, examining how comedic timing and tonal control translate into effective scares. The piece points to the long creative overlap between the two genres, where skills in pacing, subversion of expectation and audience manipulation prove valuable in both making people laugh and making them flinch.