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Meta removes AI video made to look like RTÉ news bulletin that falsely showed Irish presidential candidate Catherine Connolly withdrawing from race (Órla Ryan/The Irish Times)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 22, 2025

Orla Ryan / Irish weather: Meta removes an AI video made to look like the RTÉ news bulletin that falsely…

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Findem, an AI-powered talent acquisition startup, raised $51 million in equity and debt, including a $36 million Series C round led by SLW, bringing its total funding to $105 million (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 21, 2025

Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: Findem, an AI-powered talent acquisition startup, raised $51 million in equity and debt, including…

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A U.S. judge bars NSO Group from targeting WhatsApp users and reduces Meta’s roughly $168 million damages verdict awarded to Meta by a jury in May to $4 million, saying it was excessive (Carly Nairn/Courthouse News Service)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 18, 2025

Carly Nairn / Courthouse press service: A U.S. judge bars NSO Group from targeting WhatsApp users and reduces the approximately…

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Dreamdata, which offers a B2B marketing analytics platform, raised a $55 million Series B round led by PeakSpan, bringing its total funding to $67 million (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 17, 2025

Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: Dreamdata, which offers a B2B marketing analytics platform, raised a $55 million Series B…

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Three unions have filed a lawsuit in New York federal court to stop the Trump administration from searching visa holders’ social media for posts it deems hostile (David Ingram/NBC News)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 17, 2025

Featured Podcasts Decoder with Nilay Patel: The electric vehicle tax credit is gone – now the hard part begins A…

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Austin-based Routefusion, whose API for financial institutions allows them to integrate accounts, payments, currency conversion and compliance, has raised a $26.7 million Series A round (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 9, 2025

Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: Austin-based Routefusion, whose API for financial institutions allows them to integrate accounts, payments, currency…

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Alvys, a supplier of logistics software fueled by the AI, allowed a series B of $ 40 million led by RTP Global, bringing its total funding to $ 77 million; Alvys has more than 1000 customers (Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 5, 2025

Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News:: Alvys, a supplier of logistics software fueled by the AI, allowed a series B…

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Appzen, which builds tools fueled by AI to automate the financing functions, has raised a series of $ 180 million led by Riverwood Capital, bringing its total funding to 290 million dollars (Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News)

By Stacey D. WallsSeptember 22, 2025

Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News:: Appzen, which builds tools fueled by AI to automate the funding functions, has collected…

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Trump announcing the capture of Charlie Kirk’s shooter on Fox News is a massive problem

By Frank M. EverettSeptember 12, 2025

Politicususa is a new independent that is not influenced by money or power, so please support us by becoming a…

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Q&A With the CEO of Lyft, David Risher, in three consecutive profitable districts, the co -founders leave the board of directors, the acquisition of Freenow, the economy of the Robotaxis, and more (J. Edward Moreno / Sherwood News)

By Stacey D. WallsSeptember 1, 2025

Featured podcasts The talk show with John Gruber: ‘Ersatz Popsocket’, with Andru Edwards The director of the director’s comments for…

PNG Prime Minister Marape strengthens economic partnerships with China – Radio Free Asia

Aung San Suu Kyi transferred to house arrest – Radio Free Asia

Olivia Enos and Mira Rapp-Hooper join RFA board of directors – Radio Free Asia

Satellite imagery reveals increased activity at North Korean nuclear complex – Radio Free Asia

Solomon Islands political crisis won’t ‘fundamentally change’ relations with Beijing – Radio Free Asia

Spirit Airlines is about to close its doors. What travelers need to know

Trump says he will raise EU auto tariffs to 25% without specifying how

Trump says government has presented ‘final’ bailout proposal for Spirit Airlines as liquidation nears

Why prediction platforms are missing

Smoothie King eyes expansion as wellness trends drive sales

Trump brags about being tested for dementia, says his supporters couldn’t pass the test

Trump’s Iran War Is Officially a Disaster for the Republican Party

Trump flatly threatens Disney in his efforts for 86 Jimmy Kimmel

Trump walks around the White House sticking coins on the doors

Democrats have a way to eliminate the Supreme Court’s damage to voting rights

A profile of OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar, who sources say helped keep OpenAI’s Microsoft deal on track and privately suggested waiting until 2027 for an IPO (Wall Street Journal)

Ripple Labs investor and director Chris Larsen plans to spend $3.5 million to help Alex Bores, a New York congressional candidate at the center of a proxy war over AI regulation (New York Times)

GameStop prepares to bid on eBay after quietly building stake; GameStop had a market cap of about $11 billion as of May 1, while eBay had about $45 billion (Lauren Thomas/Wall Street Journal)

British court orders Samsung to pay ZTE $392 million for patents needed to access phone network; Samsung faces similar lawsuits from ZTE in China, Germany and Brazil (Sam Tobin/Reuters)

xAI releases Grok 4.3, featuring ‘always-on reasoning’, 1M token pop-up and low API price, and launches voice cloning suite called Custom Voices (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)

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Meta removes AI video made to look like RTÉ news bulletin that falsely showed Irish presidential candidate Catherine Connolly withdrawing from race (Órla Ryan/The Irish Times)

Findem, an AI-powered talent acquisition startup, raised $51 million in equity and debt, including a $36 million Series C round led by SLW, bringing its total funding to $105 million (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

A U.S. judge bars NSO Group from targeting WhatsApp users and reduces Meta’s roughly $168 million damages verdict awarded to Meta by a jury in May to $4 million, saying it was excessive (Carly Nairn/Courthouse News Service)

Dreamdata, which offers a B2B marketing analytics platform, raised a $55 million Series B round led by PeakSpan, bringing its total funding to $67 million (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

Three unions have filed a lawsuit in New York federal court to stop the Trump administration from searching visa holders’ social media for posts it deems hostile (David Ingram/NBC News)

Austin-based Routefusion, whose API for financial institutions allows them to integrate accounts, payments, currency conversion and compliance, has raised a $26.7 million Series A round (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

Alvys, a supplier of logistics software fueled by the AI, allowed a series B of $ 40 million led by RTP Global, bringing its total funding to $ 77 million; Alvys has more than 1000 customers (Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News)

Appzen, which builds tools fueled by AI to automate the financing functions, has raised a series of $ 180 million led by Riverwood Capital, bringing its total funding to 290 million dollars (Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News)

Trump announcing the capture of Charlie Kirk’s shooter on Fox News is a massive problem

Q&A With the CEO of Lyft, David Risher, in three consecutive profitable districts, the co -founders leave the board of directors, the acquisition of Freenow, the economy of the Robotaxis, and more (J. Edward Moreno / Sherwood News)