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Obama bluntly denounces Trump’s abuse of power

By Frank M. EverettMay 6, 2026

There is perpetual activity around Donald Trump, but most of it is not government related. The second Trump administration is…

Technology

The Internet Watch Foundation says it has identified 8,029 AI-generated images and videos showing realistic child sexual abuse in 2025, a 14% increase from the previous year (Madhumita Murgia/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 24, 2026

Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: The Internet Watch Foundation says it has identified 8,029 AI-generated images and videos showing realistic…

Technology

A US judge dismisses the lawsuit filed by Sam Altman’s sister accusing Altman of sexual abuse from 1997 to 2006 because the lawsuit expired in 2008, but says she can refile (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 21, 2026

Featured Podcasts Access: Live from Nvidia’s Nerd Super Bowl, poker takes over technology and the future of banking AI A…

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Companies are starting to track employee AI token usage and account for costs to measure their return on AI investment and prevent potential token abuse (Katherine Bindley/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 18, 2026

Featured Podcasts Cheeky pint: Creating Prediction Markets (and Suing the CFTC) with Tarek Mansour and Luana Lopes Lara Stripe co-founder…

Politics

Immediate Trump deposition demanded following alleged disappearance of Trump child sex abuse, Epstein files

By Frank M. EverettFebruary 26, 2026

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee saw their opportunity and they took it. Another way to look at the situation…

Technology

Deutsche Bank partners with Google Cloud to create agentic AI to monitor 1TB of daily communications and more than 40 channels to prevent market abuse and data loss (William Shaw/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 25, 2026

William Shaw / Bloomberg: Deutsche Bank partners with Google Cloud to create agentic AI to monitor 1TB of daily communications…

Technology

YouTube revises policy to allow full monetization of non-graphic videos about sensitive issues, including abortion, self-harm, suicide, and domestic and sexual abuse (Sam Gutelle/Tubefilter)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 16, 2026

Sam Gutelle / Tubefilter: YouTube is revising its policy to allow full monetization of non-graphic videos on sensitive topics, including…

Technology

The Trump administration’s travel ban on five Europeans includes researchers working to combat online misinformation and abuse, such as CCDH founder Imran Ahmed (Adam Satariano/New York Times)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 24, 2025

Adam Satariano / New York Times: The Trump administration’s travel ban on five Europeans includes researchers who fight online misinformation…

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A Berlin court rules that Google must pay 465 million euros and 107 million euros to German price comparison sites Idealo and Producto, as damages for market abuse; Google will appeal (Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 14, 2025

Reuters: A Berlin court rules that Google must pay 465 million euros and 107 million euros to German price comparison…

Technology

Google Chrome won the Browser Wars Fair and Square, and the web will be worse if Google is forced to sell it, even to atone for the abuse of monopoly on the advertising market (David Heinemeier Hansson / Hey)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 28, 2025

David Heinemeier Hansson / HEY:: Google Chrome won the Browser Wars Fair and Square, and the web will be worse…

‘Seismic shift’ to Australia’s orbit likely under new Solomon Islands PM – Radio Free Asia

The fall of Victory Day in Kazakhstan – The Diplomat

From discreet cooperation to strategic partnership? – The diplomat

Counter-drone efforts in Southeast Asia – The Diplomat

5 years later – The diplomat

Chinese electric vehicles are coming to Canada and dealers are eager to sell them

Family Investors Turn to Old Economy Companies to Avoid AI Disruption

Starbucks to lay off 300 US employees, close some regional offices

Detroit automakers cut more than 20,000 U.S. payroll jobs as AI looms

China to order 200 Boeing planes, Trump tells Fox News

Trump doesn’t have enough votes to get his ballroom money

The war in Iran broke Trump

China humiliated Trump and now he’s in a damage control frenzy

HUD Secretary’s BDS is completely closed

JD Vance Compares Himself to Child Abandoned at Deranged White House Event

Electricity prices on the largest U.S. power grid, operated by PJM, jumped 76% year-over-year to an average of $136.53/MWh in the first quarter due to rampant data center demand (John Ainger/Bloomberg)

Sources: OpenAI acquired Weights.gg, which offered AI tools for creating clones of people’s voices, earlier this year; PitchBook: Weights.gg raised about $4 million (Mike Isaac/New York Times)

How tech companies are using open source initiatives to achieve critical strategic goals and how these efforts are reshaping industries like AI, AV, and more. (Bill Gurley/Bill’s Substack)

Kraken cut about 150 employees after AI tools improved efficiency and its IPO could be delayed until late 2026 or early 2027 due to falling digital asset prices (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg)

A profile of Runway, an AI video generation startup that trains models directly on observational data, is now valued at $5.3 billion and added $40 million in ARR in the second quarter (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)

Browsing: abuse

Obama bluntly denounces Trump’s abuse of power

The Internet Watch Foundation says it has identified 8,029 AI-generated images and videos showing realistic child sexual abuse in 2025, a 14% increase from the previous year (Madhumita Murgia/Financial Times)

A US judge dismisses the lawsuit filed by Sam Altman’s sister accusing Altman of sexual abuse from 1997 to 2006 because the lawsuit expired in 2008, but says she can refile (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters)

Companies are starting to track employee AI token usage and account for costs to measure their return on AI investment and prevent potential token abuse (Katherine Bindley/Wall Street Journal)

Immediate Trump deposition demanded following alleged disappearance of Trump child sex abuse, Epstein files

Deutsche Bank partners with Google Cloud to create agentic AI to monitor 1TB of daily communications and more than 40 channels to prevent market abuse and data loss (William Shaw/Bloomberg)

YouTube revises policy to allow full monetization of non-graphic videos about sensitive issues, including abortion, self-harm, suicide, and domestic and sexual abuse (Sam Gutelle/Tubefilter)

The Trump administration’s travel ban on five Europeans includes researchers working to combat online misinformation and abuse, such as CCDH founder Imran Ahmed (Adam Satariano/New York Times)

A Berlin court rules that Google must pay 465 million euros and 107 million euros to German price comparison sites Idealo and Producto, as damages for market abuse; Google will appeal (Reuters)

Google Chrome won the Browser Wars Fair and Square, and the web will be worse if Google is forced to sell it, even to atone for the abuse of monopoly on the advertising market (David Heinemeier Hansson / Hey)