When Donald Trump signed an executive order to gut the government-run agency overseeing Voice of America (VOA), among the first in line to celebrate were Russian and Chinese state officials. “Today is a celebration for my colleagues at RT, Sputnik, and other outlets, because Trump unexpectedly announced that he’s closing down Radio Liberty and Voice...
One might assume decisions that swing economies worldwide were based on careful research… Tags: calculations, James Surowiecki, tariff, trade
When bars are stacked, we can see shifts in composition, but the layout can also make it harder to see patterns individually. Let's look at our options. Tags: categories, composition, separation
The Wall Street Journal has a handful of charts that briefly explain trade… Tags: deficit, tariff, trade, Wall Street Journal
As you might expect, there is a big income difference between those with… Tags: Businessweek, education, income
"One of the simplest, most over-studied organisms in the world is the C. elegans nematode. For 13 years, a project called OpenWorm has tried—and utterly failed—to simulate it."
"The Rev. Jeff Hood has made a career of fighting to save men the state wants to kill — and it doesn't matter if they're innocent."
"As the German right ascends, the nation is still grappling with its fascist past — and how to handle its remains."
"Fifteen teams lifted off from Switzerland in gas ballooning’s most audacious race. Three days later, two of them drifted into Belarusian airspace—but only one would survive."
最近、よく知らない人から「文章うまいですね」と言われる。 それはサッカー選手に「サッカー上手いですね」と言うようなものだ。僕は16歳の頃から商業誌で文章を書いてる。散々鍛えられたし、普通の人とは異なる訓練を積んできた […]
There’s a lot out there to leak. The second Trump administration, historically unfriendly to the press, has thrown Washington into chaos. Tens of thousands of federal employees have been placed on leave or fired as billionaire Elon Musk’s DOGE tries to gut the government. And taxpayer-funded data is being destroyed. Amid the confusion, news organizations...
Billionaire Mark Cuban backing a startup is not, on its own, a big story. He’s done it hundreds of times. But I was interested in this particular investment highlighted by Sarah Perez in TechCrunch: (You can download Skylight for iOS and Android now. It…looks like an underpopulated TikTok clone — but one I could log...
Tripp Mickle / New York Times: Apple shares drop 7%+ after hours following Trump's announcement that the US will impose tariffs of 46% on Vietnam, 26% on India, and an additional 34% on China — The iPhone maker spent years trying to move production of some products out of China to avoid tariffs. But now that may not matter.
Kif Leswing / CNBC: Tech stocks fall in late trading after Trump announced new tariffs: Amazon drops as much as ~6%, Meta ~5%, Nvidia ~5%, Alphabet ~3%, and Microsoft ~3% — Apple slid more than 6% in late trading Wednesday and led a broader decline in tech stocks after President Donald Trump announced new tariffs …
Bloomberg: Source: Scale AI generated ~$870M in revenue in 2024, with its annualized run rate reaching $1.5B by the end of the year, and expects $2B in revenue in 2025 — Startup generated revenue of about $870 million last year. — Scale AI, a startup that helps companies develop artificial …
Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google unveils a NotebookLM “Discover sources” feature, which searches the web and recommends up to 10 sources for users to add to their notebooks — To date, NotebookLM works by having you manually add files and links, with Google now introducing a “Discover sources” button that searches the web for you.
Joey Roulette / Reuters: Amazon plans to launch the first 27 satellites for its Project Kuiper internet network on April 9, after launching two prototype satellites in 2023 — Amazon.com said on Wednesday it plans to launch the first 27 satellites for its Project Kuiper internet network next week …
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Europol says German and Dutch authorities shut down Kidflix, a CSAM streaming platform with 1.8M+ users between April 2022 and March 2025, on March 11 — Kidflix, one of the largest platforms used to host, share, and stream child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on the dark web …
Bloomberg: Siemens agrees to acquire Boston-based R&D scientific software company Dotmatics from Insight Partners for $5.1B, in a deal expected to close in H1 2026 — Siemens AG has agreed to acquire Dotmatics for $5.1 billion as part of a push to provide more artificial intelligence software to life sciences companies.
Kaya Yurieff / The Information: Source: Trump plans to announce a company called TikTok America, with a 50% stake for US investors and 19.9% for ByteDance, which would license the algorithm — President Donald Trump plans to announce later on Wednesday his plan for a new company called TikTok America …
Wall Street Journal: Sources: Zuckerberg is lobbying Trump for a settlement that would prevent Meta from facing an antitrust trial later this month; he visited the White House today — Meta Platforms CEO has visited the White House three times since the start of Trump's second term
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Automattic lays off 16% of staff, CEO Matt Mullenweg says to become “more agile and responsive”; Automattic website listed 1,744 employees ahead of the layoffs — Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, Tumblr, WooCommerce, and a range of other online services, is reducing its workforce.
Wall Street Journal: Sources: AppLovin has made a bid for TikTok and talked to casino magnate Steve Wynn about backing it — Trump is expected to be briefed Wednesday on a framework to keep the video-sharing app operational — Mobile technology company AppLovin has made a bid for TikTok and talked …
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Adobe updates Premiere Pro with AI-powered features like Generative Extend, which lets users extend clips by two seconds with 4K quality and background audio — Generative Extend is now rolling out, alongside an AI-powered search panel and caption translations.
Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk: Sources: Justin Sun bailed out Techteryx's TrueUSD after $456M in reserves, managed by First Digital, became illiquid; Techteryx says it was a victim of fraud — Justin Sun bailed out Techteryx's TrueUSD stablecoin after nearly half a billion dollars of its reserves were rendered illiquid …
Daniel Kuhn / The Block: FDUSD stablecoin depegged 9% after Justin Sun raised concerns over Hong Kong-based First Digital Trust's solvency; Binance alone holds ~$2.2B worth of FDUSD — - Justin Sun is warning users to pull funds from First Digital Trust, a Hong Kong-based firm once employed by TrueUSD's owner Techteryx as a fiduciary.
Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: Anthropic debuts a Claude for Education tier for colleges, with Learning Mode, where it asks questions to test understanding, shares templates for papers, more — Anthropic announced on Wednesday that it's launching a new Claude for Education tier, an answer to OpenAI's ChatGPT Edu plan.
Two-hit wonders are in between the obscure one-hit wonders and famous musicians. Chris… Tags: Billboard, Chris Dalla Riva, music, songs
"When the VFW opened a chapter inside northeastern Colorado’s Sterling Correctional Facility, the post was celebrated as a victory for prison reform nationwide. So why did it get canceled?"
It’s tax season in the U.S. At least 60 million Americans have taxes that are so simple, the IRS could do them automatically and just send them the bill. Instead, the average American spends $270 and 13 hours filing their taxes each year. Is anyone surprised that the IRS is the least popular federal agency, […] The post Earners vs Owners appeared first on No Mercy / No Malice.
For Runner’s World, David Alm profiles Sofia Camacho, a 25-year-old runner with a rocky, traumatic past who’s emerged as a trailblazer in both sports and the arts. Camacho won the New York City Marathon’s nonbinary division last year and set a new nonbinary course record by 14 minutes. Alongside this rise in the running world, Camacho […]
A decade ago, journalist András Pethő co-founded the nonprofit investigative site Direkt36. He’d just resigned from Origo, one of Hungary’s leading news sites, over political pressure on the newsroom. Origo went on to become “a mouthpiece of Hungary’s authoritarian government” and “the website that shows how a free press can die.” Direkt36, meanwhile, has cemented...
What would happen if Congress defunded NPR and PBS — something Republicans have renewed their push for following a House hearing last week? First things first: “The funding bill passed by Congress and signed into law by Trump earlier this month included $535 million for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the entity that disburses funds...
On the morning of February 27, USAID workers who had been fired or placed on administrative leave during the Trump administration’s sudden dismantling of the agency went back to their offices at the Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C., for the last time. They’d been assigned 15-minute windows to clean out their...
Austin, Texas — The first time Donald Trump attacked White House reporter Ashley Parker by name on social media was in 2019. It was worrying and unsettling but Parker quickly focused on a silver lining. “There was this wonderful moment where I got to hear from everyone in my life,” Parker told a crowd at...
Alexander Maxham / Android Headlines: Leaked renders of the Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold show a design similar to its predecessor's; sources: it will feature a TSMC-made Tensor G5 chip and 16GB of RAM — Update: We've updated this article with the dimensions of the Pixel 10 Pro Fold. … After having released renders of the Google Pixel 10 …
Yazhou Sun / Bloomberg: Sources: Finland-based IQM, which builds full-stack superconducting quantum computers, is in talks to raise more than €200M; it raised a €128M Series A2 in 2022 — IQM, a Finnish startup that builds quantum computers, is in talks to raise more than €200 million ($216 million) …
Jake Kanter / Deadline: YouTube suspends two major fake movie trailer channels from its partner program, after a report on how the AI-heavy trailers generated millions in ad revenue — The Google-owned video-hosting giant has turned off ad revenue on Screen Culture and KH Studio trailers after a Deadline investigation chronicled …
CNBC: Circle files for a US IPO, with plans to list on the NYSE under CRCL; Circle, which issues the USDC stablecoin, is reportedly seeking a $4B to $5B valuation — Circle, the company behind the USDC stablecoin, has filed for an initial public offering and plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange.
Samantha Subin / CNBC: CoreWeave shares close up 41.8% at $52.57 in their third trading day, bouncing back above the $40 IPO price and bringing the company's market cap to ~$24.9B — CoreWeave's stock popped nearly 42% on Tuesday, bouncing back above its initial public offering price following a lackluster second trading day on the public markets.
John Hudson / Washington Post: Sources: WH national security adviser Michael Waltz and other National Security Council members have conducted government affairs over personal Gmail accounts — Trump's national security adviser is trying to manage his way out of a crisis. But new revelations about his team's operational security are piling up in the inbox.
AnnaMaria Andriotis / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Visa offered Apple ~$100M to become the Apple Card's payment network; Amex is also competing while Mastercard is trying to keep its role as the network — Visa, Amex and Mastercard are all competing to be the network for Apple's credit card — Visa has offered Apple …
Jason Evangelho / Forbes: Mozilla says it's developing Thundermail, an email service similar to Gmail but with a focus on privacy, as part of an upcoming premium Thunderbird Pro suite — I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. — SaveComment — In case you missed it …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Meta is ramping up work on its first AR glasses with a display, which could be introduced as early as the end of 2025 and cost between $1K and $1,400 — The company intends to introduce its first glasses with a screen as early as the end of this year — a product it sees …
Rocket Drew / The Information: Source: Agility Robotics, a maker of humanoid robots led by Peggy Johnson, is raising $400M at a $1.75B pre-money valuation; ~100 of its robots are in the field — Agility Robotics, a humanoid robot maker led by former Microsoft executive Peggy Johnson, is raising $400 million …
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Similarweb: Gemini's web app had 10.9M average daily visits in March, up 7.4% MoM; Sensor Tower: Claude and Gemini saw activity jump after flagship model debuts — OpenAI's ChatGPT may be the world's most popular chatbot app. But rival services are gaining, according to data from analytics firms Similarweb and Sensor Tower.
Financial Times: Sources: a16z is in talks to join the Oracle-led frontrunner bid for TikTok's US arm, after being approached along with Blackstone Group and others — Venture capital group could join last-gasp bid by allies of Donald Trump to take control of video app owned by ByteDance
Ufonobong Umanah / Bloomberg Law: A US judge rules Arkansas' Social Media Safety Act, which requires minors have parental permission before creating social media accounts, infringes on 1A rights — Arkansas' youth-focused Social Media Safety Act infringes on the First Amendment rights of internet users and is unconstitutionally vague …
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: TikTok is shutting down its Instagram competitor, TikTok Notes, on May 8, directing users to Lemon8, a similar ByteDance-owned app — TikTok is shutting down its Instagram competitor, TikTok Notes, on May 8. The photo-sharing app launched in testing in Canada, Australia, and Vietnam last year.
Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: Meta VP of AI Research Joelle Pineau says she plans to leave in May 2025 after eight years; she has led the FAIR group since early 2023 and reports to Chris Cox — Joelle Pineau, the VP running Meta's FAIR group, to depart company in May — Meta Platforms Inc.'s head …