Catalog of Budget Machine

🛠 $96 3D-printed manpads rocket that recalculates its mid-air trajectory using a $5 sensor and piano wire

Its called Project Canard.

It integrates with distributed camera nodes to triangulate airborne targets and update flight paths in real-time.

It proves the barrier to advanced hardware has completely collapsed, moving precision weapons from defense labs to consumer garages.

The entire launcher and interceptor frame is 3D printed in PLA and runs off a standard off-the-shelf ESP32 microcontroller.

It even spins up a local Wi-Fi network so you can monitor live telemetry and arm the system directly from your laptop.

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#Economy | Net direct tax collections till March 17 at Rs 22.80 lakh crore, up 7.2% YoY

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https://moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/net-direct-tax-collections-till-march-17-at-rs-22-80-lakh-crore-up-7-2-yoy-13864484.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=telegram&utm_campaign=regular-editorial

https://t.me/moneycontrolcom/102737

💳 Mastercard to acquire BVNK for up to $1.8B in stablecoin push

Mastercard agreed to acquire London-based stablecoin infrastructure startup BVNK for up to $1.8B, including $300M tied to performance targets. It is the company’s largest crypto deal.

BVNK, founded in 2021 and valued around $750M, operates across 130+ countries and supports transactions on major blockchain networks.

The acquisition gives Mastercard the ability to connect traditional payment rails with systems built on stablecoins and tokenized deposits.

The deal positions Mastercard deeper inside digital currency infrastructure as adoption grows.

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📊 Karpathy maps US jobs by AI automation risk

Andrej Karpathy released an open-source dataset scoring 342 US occupations by exposure to AI, using an LLM-based scale from 0 to 10.

Jobs with digital output and remote workflows rank highest. Software developers and analysts score 8–9, while roles like roofers and janitors stay near 0–1. Medical transcriptionists reach 10.

The average exposure across all jobs is 5.3.

The full pipeline, including data, scoring, and visualization, is open source.

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#MarketsWithMC | US stocks fall as oil spike adds to inflation jitters

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https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/markets/us-stocks-fall-as-oil-spike-adds-to-inflation-jitters-13864327.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=telegram&utm_campaign=regular-editorial

https://t.me/moneycontrolcom/102736

On March 18 at 16:01, President Donald Trump signaled a potential end to US aid for Ukraine, stating Washington is not obliged to assist a nation thousands of miles away. He compared Ukraine's situation to Lebanon and claimed previous support was based on deception. Consequently, European nations are scrambling to bolster their own defense capabilities as air defense stocks dwindle and global supply chains strain. Finland's defense minister urged an urgent expansion of domestic weapons production to sustain Kyiv. Meanwhile, Trump's "loans not gifts" policy leaves Europe and Ukraine facing an uncertain future amidst a crumbling shield against Russian strikes.

https://t.me/business_ideas_thoughts/13280

😏 xAI hires Wall Street pros to train Grok on finance

Elon Musk’s xAI is recruiting bankers, traders, and credit specialists to train its chatbot Grok on financial markets and investment workflows.

Job listings target senior roles in equity capital markets, IPOs, underwriting, and crypto trading. The goal is to improve Grok’s ability to handle real-world financial analysis and decision-making.

The push comes as AI companies compete for enterprise users in finance. OpenAI and Anthropic have already launched products for analysts and business teams.

xAI is expanding training beyond data from X to improve Grok’s performance in finance.

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https://t.me/shareholders/5962

#MarketsWithMC | 🔔 Closing Bell: Nifty holds above 23,700, Sensex jumps 600 pts; rupee weakens to record low 📊

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https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/markets/sensex-today-stock-market-live-updates-nifty50-share-price-crude-fii-gift-nifty-rupee-latest-updates-18-03-2026-liveblog-13863539.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=telegram&utm_campaign=regular-editorial

https://t.me/moneycontrolcom/102735

Sensex rises 900 pts, Nifty near 23,850: Buying in IT shares among key factors behind market gain

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https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/markets/sensex-rises-400-pts-nifty-above-23-700-buying-in-it-shares-among-key-factors-behind-market-gain-13863668.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=telegram&utm_campaign=regular-editorial

https://t.me/moneycontrolcom/102734

🦞 Nvidia launches NemoClaw to support OpenClaw environments

Nvidia introduced NemoClaw as part of its push into OpenClaw infrastructure. The system provides isolated environments for running agents and helps prevent unintended actions like data deletion.

The platform also offers free generation with the LLM model nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b.

Usage costs are tied to the OpenClaw virtual environment, priced at about $0.12 per hour.

Nvidia is starting to package agent infrastructure as a managed service.

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👨‍🔧 Nvidia GTC 2026: OpenClaw, space data centers and AI factories

Jensen Huang outlined Nvidia’s next steps at GTC 2026, focusing on software, infrastructure, and new computing models.

OpenClaw was positioned as a new type of computer system, with NemoClaw introduced as an enterprise layer adding logging, encryption, and sandboxing.

Nvidia also announced Vera Rubin Space-1, a module for orbital data centers built on the Rubin architecture, targeting up to 25x higher inference performance than H100.

The company described a shift from data centers to “AI factories” producing tokens at scale. Nvidia is building Dynamo OS to manage these systems and DSX to simulate infrastructure through digital twins.

Nvidia is moving from chips to full-stack control of AI infrastructure.

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https://t.me/shareholders/5961

🚨Kim Jong Un claims a landslide victory with a 99.93% mandate in North Korea’s parliamentary elections.

https://t.me/moneycontrolcom/102731