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What rich donors gain if Trump accounts allow stock donations

By Stacey D. WallsMay 14, 2026

President Donald Trump on stage at the Trump Accounts Summit at the Treasury Department in Washington, January 28, 2026.Kevin Lamarque…

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Peter Thiel donated $3 million to a group to fight California’s wealth tax, the first in a series of major donations expected by tech leaders in 2026 (New York Times)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 12, 2026

Featured Podcasts Squeak: Why we only use 1% of AI | Arvind Jain, CEO of Glean Grit explores what it…

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Jimmy Wales says Wikimedia is working with Big Tech on AI deals similar to Google’s and reader donations are important. "don’t subsidize OpenAI which costs us a ton of money" (Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 4, 2025

Reuters: Jimmy Wales says Wikimedia is working with Big Tech on AI deals similar to Google’s and that reader donations…

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Doug Beck, director of the Pentagon Defense Innovation Unit, resigns; DOD officials had already raised concerns about his donations to the Democrats (Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsAugust 25, 2025

Featured podcasts Tech Brew is home: Uncle Sam’s intel stake Tech News titles every day. 15 minutes and you are…

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The Pioneer Yoshua Bengio launches Lawzero, a non -profit organization focused on a safer AI; Lawzero collected $ 30 million in donations, including the co-founder of Skype Jaan Tallinn (Cristina Criddle / Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 3, 2025

Featured podcasts Techmeme comes home: How doordash have quietly killed The news of the day, every day at 5 p.m.…

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Sources detail how the crypto flooded Trump with money, including $ 50 million and donations of at least eight executives, and how it does much of what industry wants (Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 8, 2025

Wall Street Journal:: Sources detail how the crypto flooded Trump with money, including $ 50 million and more donations of…

Uyghur human rights activist condemns death sentences in Bangkok attack – Radio Free Asia

China’s maritime outposts could distract Taiwan’s allies in the event of an invasion from Beijing – Radio Free Asia

The Dalai Lama undergoes left knee surgery in New Delhi – Radio Free Asia

Satellite photos reveal Vietnamese construction boom in controversial Spratly channel – Radio Free Asia

Can ASEAN’s green goals survive the data center boom? – The diplomat

Lilly, Novo and Pfizer look to new weight loss drugs

Rivian CEO takes different approach to humanoid robots than Elon Musk

Paramount-WBD Merger Gets DOJ Approval

Elon Musk becomes world’s first billionaire as SpaceX begins commercial operations

Ad Spending for 2026 Elections Expected to Hit Record: AdImpact

Trump has been officially removed from the Kennedy Center

American households are paying a $3,100 Trump tax and they don’t know it

Trump has lied dozens of times about a deal with Iran that isn’t even a deal.

White House refuses to say why Trump is being examined by dozens of experts

House Republicans continue to fail to show up, putting Democrats in the majority

How the AI boom is revolutionizing U.S. stock markets, as hyperscalers cut buybacks and increase investments, including Alphabet’s planned $85 billion AI stock offerings (Robert Armstrong/Financial Times)

European politicians say Anthropic disabling access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 is a “wake-up call” about the risks of relying on the United States for AI technology (Nathan Rennolds/Associated Press)

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is among tech executives who raised concerns with Trump officials about Myth 5, implementing new export restrictions (The Information)

A review of The Yahoo Boys, a high-profile book about four online scammers in Lagos, Nigeria, exploring how and why they scam and the local impact of this business (Jessica Loudis/Bloomberg)

Luta Security CEO says US government restrictions on Mythos follow jailbreak report by Amazon researchers and calls restrictions ‘completely overreacting’ (Amrith Ramkumar/Wall Street Journal)

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What rich donors gain if Trump accounts allow stock donations

Peter Thiel donated $3 million to a group to fight California’s wealth tax, the first in a series of major donations expected by tech leaders in 2026 (New York Times)

Jimmy Wales says Wikimedia is working with Big Tech on AI deals similar to Google’s and reader donations are important. "don’t subsidize OpenAI which costs us a ton of money" (Reuters)

Doug Beck, director of the Pentagon Defense Innovation Unit, resigns; DOD officials had already raised concerns about his donations to the Democrats (Reuters)

The Pioneer Yoshua Bengio launches Lawzero, a non -profit organization focused on a safer AI; Lawzero collected $ 30 million in donations, including the co-founder of Skype Jaan Tallinn (Cristina Criddle / Financial Times)

Sources detail how the crypto flooded Trump with money, including $ 50 million and donations of at least eight executives, and how it does much of what industry wants (Wall Street Journal)