Browsing: funded

Technology

the crypto industry has so far spent over $288 million on the 2026 US midterm elections, more than double the 2024 cycle; crypto PAC Fairshake is the fifth most funded PAC in the United States (Molly White/Citation Needed)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 22, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: OpenAI Closes to $100 Billion, OpenClaw Acquisition, AI Productivity Question – with Aaron Levie The…

Technology

SMART USA Institute, funded by the U.S. CHIPS Act and focused on digital twins for chipmaking, says the Commerce Department will terminate its five-year, $285 million contract (Samuel K. Moore/IEEE Spectrum)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 21, 2025

Samuel K. Moore / IEEE Spectrum: The SMART USA Institute, funded by the US CHIPS Act and focused on digital…

Technology

Papua New Guinea says Google will build three undersea cables for the country, a $120 million effort funded by Australia, amid growing Chinese influence in the region (Kirsty Needham/Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 12, 2025

Kirsty Needham / Reuters: Papua New Guinea says Google will build three undersea cables for the country, a $120 million…

Technology

A profile of the teacher of UCB CS Ion Stoica, a billionaire who helped launch four startups from his private funded research laboratory, notably Databricks (Martina di Licosa / Forbes)

By Stacey D. WallsAugust 16, 2025

Featured podcasts Big Technology Podcast: Can the web survive a generative AI? – With Matthew Prince The Big Technology Podcast…

Asia

Hun Sen of Cambodia, Junta Myanmar celebrate the closure of the media funded by the United States – the diplomat

By Frank M. EverettMarch 18, 2025

Yesterday, former Cambodia Prime Minister of Cambodia, Hun Sen, expressed his support and assessment for the decision of US President…

Asia

Cameroon communities demand justice as progress in the Iron Extraction Project Funded by Chinese – the diplomat

By Frank M. EverettMarch 7, 2025

The Lobé-Kribi iron ore project in Cameroon is a large-scale mining initiative designed to operate a major iron ore deposit.…

Business & Money

Professional tennis of women presents paid maternity leave funded by Saudi Pif

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 6, 2025

Victoria Azarenka plays a setback against Iga Swiatek in Poland in her second round match on the third day of…

Heat maps show North Korea’s largest greenhouse at less than half capacity – Radio Free Asia

Balikatan 2026 exercises will highlight Manila’s ‘more active defense posture’ – Radio Free Asia

North Korean agents use fake identities to apply for tech jobs – Radio Free Asia

Award-winning Burmese journalist Shin Daewe released from prison – Radio Free Asia

RFA welcomes release of Shin Daewe, RFA contributor in Myanmar – Radio Free Asia

FDA Speeds Up Research on Psychedelic Drugs Following Trump Order

Spirit Airlines’ money ‘won’t last very long’

Nike cuts 1,400 jobs in second round of layoffs this year

Trump administration decides to reclassify cannabis

Regeneron signs drug pricing deal with Trump, will offer hearing loss treatment for free

Trump falls asleep during Oval Office event as his decline deepens

Hakeem Jeffries calls Trump the stupidest president in history

Republicans attempt to overturn election after Virginia backfires Trump’s Gerrymander

RFK Jr. looked completely crazy during Senate hearing

Investigation opened into Kash Patel’s alleged drinking

Meta announces deal to use “tens of millions” of Amazon’s Graviton chips to help deliver its next generation of AI models, amid Nvidia chip shortage (Ina Fried/Axios)

Norway plans to ban children from using social media until age 16; government says it will present bill to parliament by end of 2026 (Terje Solsvik/Reuters)

EY survey of 18,000 people across 23 countries: Around 49% of consumers have used AI in the past six months to support their savings and investment decisions (Emma Dunkley/Financial Times)

Trump threatens to “impose significant tariffs on the UK” if he does not scrap his digital services tax, which he sees as unfairly targeting US tech companies (Connor Stringer/Telegraph)

Sources: AI coding company Cognition in early talks to raise hundreds of millions of dollars at a valuation of $25 billion, up from $10.2 billion announced in September 2025 (Bloomberg)

Browsing: funded

the crypto industry has so far spent over $288 million on the 2026 US midterm elections, more than double the 2024 cycle; crypto PAC Fairshake is the fifth most funded PAC in the United States (Molly White/Citation Needed)

SMART USA Institute, funded by the U.S. CHIPS Act and focused on digital twins for chipmaking, says the Commerce Department will terminate its five-year, $285 million contract (Samuel K. Moore/IEEE Spectrum)

Papua New Guinea says Google will build three undersea cables for the country, a $120 million effort funded by Australia, amid growing Chinese influence in the region (Kirsty Needham/Reuters)

A profile of the teacher of UCB CS Ion Stoica, a billionaire who helped launch four startups from his private funded research laboratory, notably Databricks (Martina di Licosa / Forbes)

Hun Sen of Cambodia, Junta Myanmar celebrate the closure of the media funded by the United States – the diplomat

Cameroon communities demand justice as progress in the Iron Extraction Project Funded by Chinese – the diplomat

Professional tennis of women presents paid maternity leave funded by Saudi Pif