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Trump addresses the world and shows he must be removed from office

By Frank M. EverettJanuary 20, 2026

In the video above, I discussed Trump’s briefing as it unfolded. I would appreciate it if you checked it out.The…

Business & Money

Tariffs and AI top 2026 World Economic Forum Risk Report

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 14, 2026

A photograph shows a sign at the Congress Center on the opening day of the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting…

Technology

A look at WhatsApp’s enormous reach and global influence, and how the messaging app has become the dominant platform for everyday conversations around the world (Sam Knight/New Yorker)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 13, 2026

Sam Knight / New Yorkers: A look at WhatsApp’s enormous global reach and influence, and how the messaging app has…

Technology

World Liberty Financial launches World Liberty Markets, allowing users to lend and borrow digital assets from each other, supporting its own USD1 token and others (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg)

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…

Technology

Local governments across China are funding dozens of “robot training centers,” where human trainers imitate movements, like folding clothes, to teach robots (Rest of the world)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 8, 2026

Featured Podcasts Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith: Ed Policy: How technology is changing the game in Green Bay Microsoft…

Technology

Fueled in part by U.S. tech companies, governments around the world are rushing to deploy GenAI in schools and universities, even as agencies such as UNICEF urge caution (Natasha Singer/New York Times)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 4, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Meta’s AI Agent Plan, Grok’s Perversion, The Prison of Financial Mediocrity The Big Technology Podcast…

Technology

How "money in crypto" swaps allow users around the world to convert national currencies into stablecoins and then into debit cards, avoiding financial surveillance and sanctions (Aaron Krolik/New York Times)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 8, 2025

Aaron Krolik / New York Times: How cash-for-crypto exchanges allow users around the world to convert national currencies into stablecoins…

Business & Money

2026 FIFA World Cup: Fanatics enters into merchandising agreement

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 4, 2025

A Fanatics advertisement on the secondary scoreboard during the NWSL match between Houston Dash and Washington Spirit at Shell Energy…

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

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

The clock is ticking for Spirit Airlines as bondholders weigh in on Trump bailout

New York pied-à-terre tax sparks legal fight over values

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

The biggest sign yet that the midterm blue wave could be massive

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

JPMorgan and other banks have struggled to spread the risk of billions in loans they made to build data centers leased from Oracle in Texas and Wisconsin (Wall Street Journal)

French forecast office refers suspicion of tampering with weather sensors at Paris airport to police after detecting unusual values alongside Polymarket betting (Joe Wertz/Bloomberg)

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)

Browsing: World

Trump addresses the world and shows he must be removed from office

Tariffs and AI top 2026 World Economic Forum Risk Report

A look at WhatsApp’s enormous reach and global influence, and how the messaging app has become the dominant platform for everyday conversations around the world (Sam Knight/New Yorker)

World Liberty Financial launches World Liberty Markets, allowing users to lend and borrow digital assets from each other, supporting its own USD1 token and others (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg)

Local governments across China are funding dozens of “robot training centers,” where human trainers imitate movements, like folding clothes, to teach robots (Rest of the world)

Fueled in part by U.S. tech companies, governments around the world are rushing to deploy GenAI in schools and universities, even as agencies such as UNICEF urge caution (Natasha Singer/New York Times)

How "money in crypto" swaps allow users around the world to convert national currencies into stablecoins and then into debit cards, avoiding financial surveillance and sanctions (Aaron Krolik/New York Times)

2026 FIFA World Cup: Fanatics enters into merchandising agreement

A look at Mexico City’s Nuevo Polanco neighborhood, where Huawei, TikTok and other Chinese companies have opened offices, fueling a growing Chinese tech community (Daniela Dib/Rest of the World)

A look at Indian startups like TuluAI, which are building LLMs for low-resource languages by creating datasets almost from scratch with community participation (Rest of World)