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Trump signs annual defense bill with provisions allowing the president to screen and restrict U.S. funding for Chinese technology companies (Anvee Bhutani/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 19, 2025

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Visa says it will allow U.S. banks to settle transactions using Circle’s USDC stablecoin rather than Solana, the first full U.S. deployment of stablecoin settlement (Emily Mason/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 16, 2025

Émilie Mason / Bloomberg: Visa says it will allow U.S. banks to settle transactions using Circle’s USDC stablecoin rather than…

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Intel this year tested chipmaking tools from California-based ACM Research, which has deep ties to China; ACM’s two overseas units were targeted by U.S. sanctions (Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 12, 2025

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U.S. judge rules that Google must renegotiate every year any contract that makes its search engine or AI app the default on smartphones and other devices (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 5, 2025

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Salesforce: Black Friday online sales grew 6% year-over-year to $79 billion globally, including $3 billion in U.S. sales driven by AI agents; Adobe: U.S. online sales increased 9.1% to $11.8 billion (Joan Verdon/Forbes)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 29, 2025

Jeanne Verdon / Forbes: Salesforce: Black Friday online sales grew 6% year-over-year to $79 billion globally, including $3 billion in…

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SEC Filing: CoinShares Deregisters Its XRP, Solana Staking and Litecoin ETFs to Focus on Higher Margin Opportunities Ahead of a U.S. Listing (Arasu Kannagi Basil/Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 28, 2025

Basil Arasu Kannagi / Reuters: SEC Filing: CoinShares Deregisters Its XRP, Solana Staking and Litecoin ETFs to Focus on Higher…

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TikTok Shop reached more than $10 billion in U.S. sales from 600,000 creators between January and October, up from $5 billion year-over-year; global sales are comparable to eBay (Emmett Lindner/New York Times)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 26, 2025

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The U.S. DOD and intelligence community awarded Enabled Intelligence a seven-year data labeling contract worth up to $708 million in September, beating out Scale AI (Katrina Manson/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 24, 2025

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Major insurers recently asked U.S. regulators for permission to offer policies excluding liabilities related to companies deploying chatbots and AI agents (Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 23, 2025

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Although the AI bubble resembles the dotcom bubble of 1999, it could actually be bigger and scarier with an unstable U.S. economy and greater exposure of big tech (Fred Vogelstein/Crazy Stupid Tech)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 22, 2025

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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

ASEAN, China unlikely to finalize South China Sea Code of Conduct at next summit – Radio Free Asia

Demand for offices rebounds to its highest level since the start of the Covid pandemic

Rivian renegotiates $4.5 billion DOE loan, adjusts capacity plans for Georgia plant

Blue Owl shares jump after private credit firm cites SpaceX gains

Lawyers warn of serious risks

Eli Lilly (LLY) first quarter 2026 results

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

Trump confuses Iran and Ukraine, clear sign of brutal mental decline

Pete Hegseth Was A Total Train Wreck At Iran War Hearing

The US Senate unanimously passed a rule banning senators from trading on prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket, amid growing concern over insider trading (Dan Mangan/CNBC)

North Korea-linked hackers stole an estimated $577 million through the Drift Protocol and KelpDAO hacks in April, accounting for 76% of total crypto hacking losses so far in 2026 (TRM Insights)

US Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves bipartisan child safety bill requiring AI companies like OpenAI and Meta to implement age verification (Emily Birnbaum/Bloomberg)

U.S. officials prepare broad AI policy memo that outlines rules for national security agencies’ use of AI, including avoiding single vendors (Bloomberg)

strong demand for AI in China nearly doubles prices for Nvidia’s B300 servers to around $1 million each, as crackdown on chip smuggling dries up black market supply (Reuters)

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Trump signs annual defense bill with provisions allowing the president to screen and restrict U.S. funding for Chinese technology companies (Anvee Bhutani/Wall Street Journal)

Visa says it will allow U.S. banks to settle transactions using Circle’s USDC stablecoin rather than Solana, the first full U.S. deployment of stablecoin settlement (Emily Mason/Bloomberg)

Intel this year tested chipmaking tools from California-based ACM Research, which has deep ties to China; ACM’s two overseas units were targeted by U.S. sanctions (Reuters)

U.S. judge rules that Google must renegotiate every year any contract that makes its search engine or AI app the default on smartphones and other devices (Bloomberg)

Salesforce: Black Friday online sales grew 6% year-over-year to $79 billion globally, including $3 billion in U.S. sales driven by AI agents; Adobe: U.S. online sales increased 9.1% to $11.8 billion (Joan Verdon/Forbes)

SEC Filing: CoinShares Deregisters Its XRP, Solana Staking and Litecoin ETFs to Focus on Higher Margin Opportunities Ahead of a U.S. Listing (Arasu Kannagi Basil/Reuters)

TikTok Shop reached more than $10 billion in U.S. sales from 600,000 creators between January and October, up from $5 billion year-over-year; global sales are comparable to eBay (Emmett Lindner/New York Times)

The U.S. DOD and intelligence community awarded Enabled Intelligence a seven-year data labeling contract worth up to $708 million in September, beating out Scale AI (Katrina Manson/Bloomberg)

Major insurers recently asked U.S. regulators for permission to offer policies excluding liabilities related to companies deploying chatbots and AI agents (Financial Times)

Although the AI bubble resembles the dotcom bubble of 1999, it could actually be bigger and scarier with an unstable U.S. economy and greater exposure of big tech (Fred Vogelstein/Crazy Stupid Tech)