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Book reviews: ‘The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy’ and ‘The Ego Trip: Psychedelic Toads, a Trail of Deaths, and the Guru Who Peddled Transcendence’ — theweek.com
‘The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy’ by Gil Durán “Picture this: A loosely organized cabal of obscenely wealthy tech moguls aim to overthrow democracy and replace it with a corporatist dictatorship,” said Kevin Truong in The
‘What a fool I was’: Reported scams reach record high of $15.9 billion, and estimates reach upwards of $500 billion annually — fortune.com
When Simon’s wife of 43 years passed away, it felt a bit like he’d died too. In his overwhelming grief, Simon sought companionship online, like so many other lonely widows and widowers. Almost immediately he met Emily. But over the next few months, Emily,
SEC proposal could open floodgates to make America capital of digital cash — foxbusiness.com
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is moving to give crypto companies a clearer path to raise capital in the United States as the agency seeks to bring crypto-asset investment and innovation back onshore while keeping activity under U.S. law. SEC
DOJ seizes over $560,000 in Hamas-linked cryptocurrency — nypost.com
The seizures targeted an ongoing Hamas scheme to finance terrorist operations and recruit supporters.
Nearly 9 in 10 Americans report widespread government corruption after Trump's return — axios.com
Data: Gallup; Chart: Avery Lotz/Axios Americans' perceptions of government corruption have hit a 20-year high following President Trump's return to office, a new Gallup survey found. Why it matters: The results signal a deepening crisis of confidence in
How Trump Lost Asia — theatlantic.com
Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube In this episode of The David Frum Show, The Atlantic’s David Frum opens with a discussion of how Donald Trump has enriched himself and his family during his presidencies. David discusses how these
Trump Blatantly Rips Off His Fans With New Coins of His Face — newrepublic.com
President Donald Trump’s latest grift appears to be selling $1 coins for more than $2 apiece. Beginning at noon Wednesday, the U.S. Mint is selling $1 commemorative gold coins emblazoned with Trump’s face on its website for the country’s 250th
Mysterious Bitcoin investor quickly sells Miami mansion for $51.5M as his whereabouts remain unknown — nypost.com
Before listing this property, George Bachiashvili fled Tbilisi, Georgia shortly before he was sentenced in absentia to 11 years in prison in 2025.
Legacy Lenovo login opens 5,000 Dropbox accounts to attackers — theregister.com
Dropbox has warned around 5,000 users that attackers compromised their accounts by abusing a legacy Lenovo login integration. In an email sent to affected customers, the cloud storage biz said attackers exploited an integration that allowed users to access
Trump Crypto Ally David Bailey Rebuilds After 99% Stock Collapse — bloomberg.com
A year ago, David Bailey appeared to have the Midas touch. The crypto entrepreneur who helped win Donald Trump over to Bitcoin had raised about $760 million for a public company built to stockpile the cryptocurrency, while his hedge fund had returned 640%
Data center backlash is panicking tech oligarchs ahead of midterms — salon.com
Midterm elections are typically sleepier than presidential campaign years, so it’s genuinely shocking to see how much money is being unleashed, especially into GOP coffers, by the hyper-wealthy this cycle. Corporate political donations have reached a
Inside a Conservative Operation to Hijack Your Social-Media Feed — theatlantic.com
If you’re short on cash, there is someone in Riga, Latvia, who can help. “You can literally make 100k a month with this campaign,” a young man with blond curls and a thick accent says into a camera. All you have to do is post on social media video clips of
Crypto Billionaire Taps Scandal-Tarred Crypto Critic To Meddle in GOP Primaries — freebeacon.com
The crypto billionaire and Democratic megadonor Chris Larsen is pouring millions into Republican primaries through the Invest in Tomorrow Coalition, a PAC devoted to climate activism led by the scandal-plagued former executive director of the Sierra Club,
Southeast Asia’s scam gangs regroup after Cambodia’s purge — scmp.com
Cambodia says it has flushed out a scam industry estimated to have stolen tens of billions of US dollars last year alone, but a string of arrests in recent days suggests the gangs behind it may have simply changed address. Scam centres proliferated across
Cops, CrowdStrike disrupt Sality botnet by poisoning the network and diverting into sinkholes — theregister.com
International law enforcement agencies, working with CrowdStrike and Shadowserver Foundation, have disrupted Sality, a 23-year-old peer-to-peer botnet used to deliver malware to more than 15,000 machines worldwide. The botnet has operated since 2003 and
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