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February 27, 2026
Trump Media’s Stock Price Is Falling Even Faster Than His Poll Numbers — motherjones.com
Donald Trump’s media corporation told investors on Friday that it is considering spinning off his Truth Social platform into its own company—a move that comes after years of struggling to make money from the business. The president founded Trump Media and
‘They transform spaces of care into instruments of state violence’ — theweek.com
‘As Trump’s immigration crackdown continues, hospitals have become a battleground’ Theresa Chang at the San Francisco Chronicle The Trump administration’s “immigration crackdown has spilled into emergency departments and hospitals across the country,” and
What Do the People Building AI Believe? — theatlantic.com
Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube Silicon Valley runs on hype cycles, and the AI boom is generating a new one—part gold rush, part ideology, and part quasi-religious devotion to building an alien intelligence. On this week’s “Galaxy
North Carolina primary becomes an early test for Democrats — rollcall.com
Four years ago, Nida Allam came up short in her quest for an open seat in the heart of North Carolina’s Research Triangle. Now she’s back for a rematch with Rep. Valerie P. Foushee — and the blue-on-blue battle is a sign of just how much Democratic
Bitcoin Crashed 50% in 4 Months. Fidelity Says That’s a Good Thing — gizmodo.com
Fidelity Digital Assets analysts do see one ray of hope for bitcoin maxis.
Bitcoin Sinks Towards $65,000 as Inflation Douses Risk Appetite — bloomberg.com
Bitcoin tumbled back toward $65,000 Friday after investors reduced risk following the release of stronger-than-expected inflation data that damped expectations for near-term Federal Reserve rate cuts.
How AI Is Making Romance Scams Even More Dangerous — lifehacker.com
Most of us believe that we would never, ever fall for a scam. We think we know the "tells," like poorly formulated communication that sounds urgent. Unfortunately, social engineering—tactics that prey on human emotions and instincts to get us to act
The dire state of desktop PCs: ‘If you want performance, you have to pay for it’ — pcworld.com
RAM shortages, SSD shortages, Nvidia shortages, possible shortages of Intel CPUs — 2026 is off to a rough start, if that’s not enough, consider what AMD and Intel have to offer us in new desktop processors throughout this year. It’s not much at all. After
Exclusive analysis: we looked at the 400 western firms still in Russia. Their paltry size strips Putin’s bluff bare naked — fortune.com
Last week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that state intelligence had uncovered discussions between the U.S. and Russia on economic agreements totaling approximately $12 trillion as part of the controversial 28-point peace plan released in
Jeffrey Epstein saw promise in Bitcoin — and its far-right supporters — theverge.com
The tranche of Jeffrey Epstein emails and files released on January 30th tie the infamous pedophile, sex trafficker, and influence peddler to elite figures across the tech industry. The world of cryptocurrency is no exception. Epstein's connections are
UK Gambling Watchdog to Weigh Allowing Punters to Pay in Crypto — bloomberg.com
The UK Gambling Commission plans to explore permitting gamblers to pay for their bets with cryptocurrencies as Britain moves toward adopting digital-asset regulations.
U.S. stocks are being battered by ‘AI derangement syndrome’ and CEOs are learning not to talk about it — fortune.com
S&P 500 futures were down 0.32% this morning prior to the opening bell in New York, after the index fell 0.54% yesterday, suggesting that investors hate U.S. equities right now. The index is up 0.93% year-to-date, a feeble performance compared to foreign
China’s ‘The US hacks itself to make us look bad’ theorists return with a crypto conspiracy — theregister.com
Apparently Uncle Sam busted Binance to shore up the dollar, balance the budget, and achieve world domination The Chinese agency that has accused the USA of cyberattacks on its own infrastructure to make Beijing look bad is back with another theory:
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