Cannabis Light Deprivation: Techniques, Timing & Yield
Executive Summary (TL;DR) Light deprivation (light-dep) uses blackout coverings and scheduling to shorten daylength, push cannabis into flower, and stack multiple outdoor/mixed-light harvests per season. The winning formula is: tight…
Boy, 11, shot dead in Texas after ‘ding dong ditch’ doorbell prank
An 11-year-old boy was fatally shot in Houston, Texas after a prank in which he rang the doorbell of a home and ran away, police said. The boy had been…
Cannabis Trimming & Processing: Facility Requirements, SOPs & Cost Models
Executive Summary (TL;DR) Trimming and processing turn harvested biomass into sellable SKUs; the winners combine disciplined SOPs, compliant facilities, and precise moisture/handling controls. Real estate selection drives speed to license:…
ByteDance fires LLM team head over conflict of interest · TechNode
ByteDance has dismissed Qiao Mu, former head of its Doubao large language model (LLM) team, following an internal ethics probe. In a notice circulated internally on Monday, the TikTok owner…
Hemp Industry Revival: Practical Uses & Processing Advances
Executive Summary (TL;DR) Hemp is rebounding on the strength of fiber, hurd, and grain markets, plus building materials like hemp-lime (hempcrete) now recognized in model residential codes. Processing advances—modern decortication,…
My Take | In history’s latest surprising twist, just who really are the late Soviets now?
Long after the Tiananmen Square incident in 1989, Westerners and, secretly, even some within China, were thinking that if the communist country was going to follow the decline and fall…
Cannabis Delivery Models: Ice Cream Truck vs. Pizza Delivery
Executive Summary (TL;DR) “Ice cream truck” and “pizza delivery” are shorthand for two very different cannabis last-mile models. One is roving retail with inventory on wheels; the other is hub-and-spoke…
CATL backs humanoid robotics startup Galbot in $153 million funding · TechNode
China’s CATL, the world’s biggest battery maker, has extended its drive into humanoid robotics, leading a RMB 1.1 billion ($153 million) funding round for Beijing-based startup Galbot, making it a…
Introduction to Cannabis Cultivation: Methods and Best Practices
Executive Summary (TL;DR) Success starts with siting: confirm zoning, buffers, and local approvals before modeling yields or ordering equipment. Pick the lowest-complexity cultivation method (outdoor, mixed-light/greenhouse, indoor) that meets your…
China’s nanotechnology patents top the world: white paper
A staff member works at a nanotechnology company at the Suzhou Industrial Park in Suzhou, East China“s Jiangsu province, Nov 12, 2024. BEIJING – China accounts for 43 percent of…